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Nurses from Seton Medical Center tell Daly City council staffing shortages are jeopardizing patient care
Summary
Several Seton Medical Center nurses testified at the Nov. 24 Daly City meeting, describing understaffing, alleged mismanagement by owner AHMC and requests to alter documentation; councilmembers thanked speakers but said no action could be taken during public comment.
Dozens of nurses from Seton Medical Center appealed to the Daly City Council on Nov. 24, urging elected officials to press hospital owners for better staffing, pay and safety practices.
Jennifer Flowers, a registered nurse with more than 25 years of emergency experience, said the hospital is “so mismanaged” that the emergency department at times has only three to four nurses and patients can arrive and be met “with a locked door because the staffing…there is no nurse out there.” She told the council staff and officials that CDPH staffing-ratio rules are not being met and said nurses have been pressured to change documentation to meet those rules.
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