COVID-19 Updates

KPNAA Member Teleconference: Thursday April 2, 2020 at 8:00pm
    (see email notification for information or contact local rep)

24/7 Hotline (Exposure/Symptoms): 1-833-574-2273

KP: Mental Health Advice 1-800-900-3277  or  (Click Here)

KP: Covid-19 Employee Information  (Click Here)

AANA: COVID-19 Resources (FAQs)  (Click Here)

  OHSA: Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19

CDC: Information for Healthcare Professionals  (Click Here)

Meditation App - Headspace Plus (Free):  (Click Here)

  March 31, 2020 Child Care Resources & Referrals for Southern California

  March 25, 2020 A Message from Ed Ellison and Julie Miller-Phipps RE: PPEs COVID-19 Masking Flyer

  March 25, 2020 PPEs COVID-19 Masking Flyer

  March 24, 2020 A Message from Greg Adams, Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals

  March 23, 2020 California Hospital Association Response Letter

  March 21, 2020 UNAC/UHCP PPE Letter to California Hospital Association

  March 20, 2020 COVID-19 Update

  March 19, 2020 Kaiser Permanente SCAL Masking Guidelines

  March 19, 2020 Alliance Leadership Message

  March 18, 2020 KPNAA Member Tele Town Hall Re-Cap

  March 17, 2020 COVID-19 Update

  March 16, 2020 COVID-19 Update

  Message from Ed Ellison and Julie Miller-Phipps

  Exposure to Novel Coronavirus Policy

  School Closure Policy

Mission

The Kaiser Permanente Nurse Anesthetists Association (KPNAA) is a union of certified nurse anesthetists that work for the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. We have 350 members of our union that work in facilities across the Southern California area. KPNAA members provide professional excellence through advocacy, unity, and vigilance.

Save the Date!

Saturday, June 6, 2020
KPNAA Annual Meeting & Benefits Presentation
Location TBA

KPNAA History

In 1978 Kaiser Permanente’s (KP) internal structure was strongly encouraging the organization of nurses into existing bargaining groups. At that time, the United Nurses Association of California (UNAC) was the premier nursing union for the Southern California region’s seven Kaiser Foundation Hospital (KFH) Medical Centers. Having been independent employees of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) for many years, the CRNAs were reluctant to become part of a large union structure despite the organizational pressure and purported benefits. There was some benefit to bargaining contracts as a group and no option to become partners of the physician-only SCPMG.

At the time, several CRNA’s from across the region had been meeting occasionally for Saturday brunch to update each other on activities across the region sharing items of professional and personal interest. Bette Greene, CRNA, had kept informal notes (legend has it on the proverbial cocktail napkin). The opportunities at the time were to organize in affiliation with an existing bargaining unit, appeal to SCPMG to remain independent employees or seek an independent organization status through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In an outstanding bit of strategy vs. luck, the notes compiled to date were enough to convince the NLRB of the independent status of the CRNAs. This was a time when independent unions were permitted outside of the AFL-CIO or other national affiliates. The NLRB’s 1979 decision allowed the Kaiser Permanente Nurse Anesthetists Association of Southern California to be formed representing all CRNA’s employed by the SCPMG. Our Association was certified as a regional union, not hospital by hospital as most other nursing unions function.

Click here to read more about KPNAA’s History (PDF).