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Sharp

Officers

Jay O'Brien, RN
SPNN President
Deborah Shepley, RN
SPNN Vice President
Sheila Berg, RN
SPNN Treasurer
Anna Patterson, RN
SPNN Secretary

Chairs and Co-Chairs

Rachelle Padilla, RN
Chair (Coronado)
Cynthia Karlicek, RN
Co-Chair (Coronado)
Kristen Palumbo, RN
Chair (Grossmont)
Sandy Cooper, RN
Co-Chair (Grossmont)
Melissa Reed, RN
Chair (Chula Vista)
Malyne Santos, RN
Co-Chair (Chula Vista)
Shawn McCoy, RN
Chair (Mesa Vista)
Julie Braatz, RN
Co-Chair (Mesa Vista)
Jan Hodgson, RN
Chair (Non-Hospital)
Carmen Picaso, RN
Co-Chair (Non-Hospital)
Deborah Shepley, RN
Chair (Mary Birch)

Staff Representatives

Michael Boccio, RN
Staff Representative
Email: Michael.Boccio@unacuhcp.org
Joel Emerson, RN
Staff Representative
Email: Joel.Emerson@unacuhcp.org
Yesenia Godinez
Staff Representative
Email: Yesenia.Godinez@unacuhcp.org

Sharp News

UNAC/UHCP Celebrates 2016 Scholarship Recipients

Posted on October 10, 2016

UNAC/UHCP celebrated 30 new scholarship recipients in early October at the UNAC/UHCP scholarship banquet held during the 2016 UNAC/UHCP convention. Local recipients were celebrated for their academic and professional accomplishments.

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Patient Care at Sharp is San Diego’s Biggest Story

Posted on October 7, 2016

Our Real Sharp Experience rally was the biggest story in San Diego on October 6, covered live by CW6, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and Telemundo. We held our banners, cheered, waved flowers, danced and sang, and most of all, stood up for our patients.

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Sharp RNs Rally for Our Patients!

Posted on October 7, 2016

Sharp HealthCare RNs were up early Thursday morning, making sure San Diego knows why retention and recruitment of experienced nurses is critical for quality patient care. Thank you to all of our community supporters who came out to the rally, including Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, NUHHCE President Henry Nicholas, fellow nurses from Kaiser San Diego, union […]

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UNAC/UHCP 2016 Election Results

Posted on October 7, 2016

UNAC/UHCP is pleased to announce our newly elected state officers and members of the Board of Directors.

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Our Commitment to Patient Care Won’t be Silenced

Posted on October 4, 2016

What’s happening at SPNN right now is historic. By the thousands, Sharp RNs have taken action to fight for our patients. On Monday, October 3, nurses from the Sharp Professional Nurses Network (SPNN) spoke at the 2016 UNAC/UHCP convention to share our stories about our fight to recruit and retain experienced nurses in our facilities.

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SPNN RNs’ Commitment to Patient Care Won’t Be Silenced

Posted on September 30, 2016

What’s happening at SPNN right now is historic. By the thousands, Sharp RNs have taken action to fight for our patients.

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SPNN Bargaining Update #11

Posted on September 28, 2016

NURSES REJECT MANAGEMENT’S PROPOSAL!

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Sharp RNs Speak Out about Wage Issues in the System

Posted on September 27, 2016

Both sides of the table have agreed that recruiting and retaining nurses is a key goal of negotiations, but thus far Sharp hospital administration has not accepted that paying registered nurses far below competitive rates in the area is an obvious impediment to recruiting and retaining the best nurses. Watch the video to hear more.

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SPNN Bargaining Update #10

Posted on September 15, 2016

Sharp management’s math doesn’t add up!

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SPNN Bargaining Update #9

Posted on September 9, 2016

At negotiations on September 9, 15-year Sharp Mary Birch RN Alana Lawler received a standing ovation after she read a letter to Sharp management that captured the sentiments of thousands of nurses at Sharp.

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