(Portland, OR) -- Nurses at OHSU hospitals in Portland and Hillsboro along with nurses at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria plan informational pickets this week. Nurses have been meeting with hospital executives for months to raise standards for patients and hospital care providers. They want safe staffing for patients, better pay for nurses, and safe working conditions. Pickets are planned in Astoria on Tuesday and in Portland and Hillsboro on Wednesday.