(FOX40.COM) — The statewide, five-day Kaiser Permanente health care workers strike came to an end on Sunday, as the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals said they sent a "resounding message that patient care and safe staffing must come first."

The strike began on Tuesday and impacted more than 500 Kaiser hospitals across California and Hawaii.

Video Above: Kaiser Permanente workers begin possible five day strike

The Joint Commission released new standards on staffing during the strike that officials said will reshape the landscape of contract negotiations moving forward.

“The Joint Commission has finally said what nurses have known all along: unsafe staffing is unsafe care,” UNAC/UHCP President Charmaine S. Morales, RN, said. “Employers like Kaise

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