The State : Stanford Nurse Strike Voted

Stanford University Hospital announced that it is limiting admissions and making arrangements to transfer patients to other hospitals because of a threatened nurses strike Friday. Dr. James B.D. Mark, chief of staff, stated in a letter to patients that the preparations were necessary “so that all patients who remain . . . receive the quality of medical care they require and deserve.” About 1,200 non-supervisory nurses are represented by the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement, which issued the strike notice March 7. According to the union, nurses voted 1,074 to 51 to strike.