Sharp
Officers
SPNN President
SPNN Vice President
SPNN Treasurer
SPNN Secretary
Chairs and Co-Chairs
Chair (Coronado)
Co-Chair (Coronado)
Chair (Grossmont)
Co-Chair (Grossmont)
Chair (Chula Vista)
Co-Chair (Chula Vista)
Chair (Mesa Vista)
Co-Chair (Mesa Vista)
Chair (Non-Hospital)
Co-Chair (Non-Hospital)
Chair (Mary Birch)
Staff Representatives
Sharp News
Welcome to SPNN
Posted on September 10, 2012
Welcome to SPNN. Our union was formed by Registered Nurses throughout the Sharp system who had become increasingly concerned about our ability as nurses to provide quality patient care in the rapidly changing world of health care, where more and more decisions were being based on profit margins instead of on what is best for […]
Governor Now Has Chance to Strengthen State’s Landmark Patient Safety Law
Posted on August 27, 2012
Help This Bill Become Law! RNs: Click here to send an email to California Governor Jerry Brown asking him to sign SB 1246! (Everyone else, click here)
BRN Renewals
Posted on August 23, 2012
Renewing your BRN license this year? Be smart and do it early or do it online. Word is there have been delays in processing license renewals this year. Don’t get caught in the system. Online, early, or both!
Join Our Team! Make a Difference
Posted on August 10, 2012
In our union contract we have the opportunity to recruit for the position of Quality Care Liaison. This is a Registered Nurse who continues to work in his/her unit/department for a minimum of twenty hours per week, but also works for up to 20 hours per month for the Sharp Professional Nurses Network, our union. […]
To The Point | July-September 2012
Posted on July 31, 2012
The UNAC/UHCP Convention will be held this year in San Diego on October 21-24. Convention delegates help plan UNAC/UHCP’s future, attend training and continuing education courses, and receive updates on the state of the union to bring back to their affiliates. Delegates elect officers of the State Association, adopt the annual budget, and vote on […]
Meals and Breaks
Posted on July 16, 2012
We have been noting an alarming trend in discipline related to Meals and Breaks. As you may remember, Meals and Breaks was an area of focus in our last contract negotiations. Our discussions centered around the inability of nursing staff to receive timely breaks. We were able to achieve an improvement for 12 hour staff […]
Proposed “Temporary Waiver” in Budget Would Waive Staffing Ratios During Meal Breaks
Posted on June 14, 2012
The proposed language would allow hospitals to waive the staffing ratios on all units during meals and breaks. “The UNAC/UHCP, AFSCME legislative team immediately developed a plan to actively oppose the language and to inform the legislators that UNAC/UHCP, AFSCME would never support anything that would threaten the staffing ratios that California Registered Nurses worked so hard to achieve and the patients deserve,” said Barbara Blake, RN, UNAC/UHCP State Secretary/Treasurer. Click here to read UNAC/UHCP’s letter of opposition to the proposed language.
UNAC/UHCP Celebrates Nurses Week
Posted on May 11, 2012
After starting Nurses Week with a recap of how far we’d come in the year since last Nurses Week, thousands of UNAC/UHCP nurses employed by Kaiser got a special Nurses Week gift–a Tentative Agreement on a fantastic new contract. Details are forthcoming. We have a photo gallery of the UNAC/UHCP celebrations that took place all over Southern California. Read all about it!
Happy Nurses Week!
Posted on May 6, 2012
During Nurses Week on May 6-12, we thank our strongest advocates for patients: Registered Nurses. Thank you for all that you do for this union!
To The Point | April-June 2012
Posted on April 30, 2012
New Contractual Language Took Effect April 1, 2012 RNs working twelve hour shifts that are not offered a meal break by the eighth hour of their shift are now entitled to claim a meal break penalty of one hour’s wages. However, if an RN is offered relief for a meal period before the eighth hour […]