Nurse Alliance of SEIU California
About Us:
Nurse Alliance of SEIU California is an organization of advocates who are SEIU members in the nursing profession throughout California.
Mission Statement:
Nurse Alliance of SEIU California advocates for improving healthcare and the nursing professions through education, empowerment, political and other collective actions.
Core Values:
Equity: As nurses, we advocate for policies that address the inequities that exist in the healthcare industry as well as the social determinants of health, especially those which impact Californians who are low-income, people of color, immigrants, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
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Knowledge: We provide unique and relevant educational opportunities for nurses.
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Support: Nurse Alliance of SEIU California is a place where nurse can learn from each other and lift each other up, no matter where in California they are practicing.
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Advocacy: We drive excellence in nursing through empowering nurses to speak out and lead on healthcare, nursing, environmental and social justice.
Background:
Nurse Alliance is of, by, and for nurses. This philosophy means that nurses are in charge, make decisions, and work together to engage other nurses in their work to improve the quality of patient care.
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More than 35,000 Registered Nurses from both public and private sector health systems are part of the Nurse Alliance of SEIU California. By uniting nurses from all over California, we can speak with a collective voice to enhance patient care, save our public health systems, improve working conditions, work to ensure quality affordable and accessible healthcare, communicate more effectively with each other, and build a better future for nurses and their families.
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Registered Nurses are driven by a desire to care for others and we can do that most effectively when we work together. The leadership of the Nurse Alliance of SEIU California makes a difference not just in the lives of our patients, but also in the standards of our profession and the quality of healthcare throughout California.
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The Nurse Alliance of SEIU California is a professional organization made up of public and private sector Registered Nurses from a wide variety of specialties and work sites: behavioral and mental health, critical care, development disabilities, long-term care, advanced practice such as nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners and nurse midwives, detention and corrections, community clinics, case managers, state administrative and surveyor nurses, school nurses, home healthcare, and county trauma nurses.
Nurse Alliance joins forces and works with multidisciplinary professions including physicians, radiology technicians, licensed vocational nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, certified nursing assistants, and more.
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National Structure
Nurse Alliance of SEIU Healthcare consists of the Executive Committee (NEC) comprised of 7 RNs. NEC members are elected from the larger body and that is the Nurse Alliance Leadership Council (NALC). The NALC consists of one RN from each Local that represents 85,000 Registered Nurses nationally. For more information, please visit Nurse Alliance of SEIU Healthcare website.
OUR LOCALS
Meet your local Nurse Alliance of SEIU