After 890 Days Without a Contract From the Romney Administration, MNA Launches Radio Campaign to Support State-Employed RNs and Health Professionals

Boston: Calling on Romney to be 'fair to those who care': A loud, visible voice for nursing

Worcester: Picketing a sham symposium

The two-question quiz every RN needs to take: Your license might depend on it

Does your employer provide enough liability insurance coverage?: Why you need to know and how to fix it

MNA president testifies at State House on safe patient handling bill: With three key hearings in one week, MNA again leads way in health care advocacy

NURSES AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS COME TOGETHER TO HONOR VETERANS AND THOSE WHO SERVE THEM

Nurses and Health Care Professionals Honor Veterans

Legislature Holds Hearings on Three Important Bills for Nurses and Patients

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MNA to Boycott Sen. Moore/Becker College Oct. 28th Nursing Symposium, Plan Protest/Press Conference (9 a.m.) Outside Event

Wednesday's State House rally by state-employed RNs and health professionals was a rousing success

Globe Series on ICU Nursing Spotlights Complexity of Nurses' Role

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ROMNEY & HEALEY: PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE STATE'S MOST VULNERABLE AND LESS TO YOUR CAMPAIGNS

MNA continues opposing placement of patients in halls

The real solution to ED overcrowding

Legislation on Workplace Violence Prevention Heads to Ways and Means

800+ days with no contract

Beth Piknick Elected President of Massachusetts Nurses Association

Weapons of mass destruction: let’s not allow them in Boston!

MNA on Beacon Hill

• As academic year begins, school nursing takes center stage
• MNA campaigns to make health care a right via ballot initiative in 2006
• UAN supports setting minimum nurse staffing levels
  

Boston firefighters say DPH hallway policy undermines fire safety

MNA nurse goes back to the Louisiana to help victims of Katrina

Debbie Walsh remembered for her passion, professionalism and activism

Statement of the Massachusetts Nurses Association Regarding UMass Study on Nurse Staffing Legislation

Legislation on Workplace Violence Prevention Heads to Ways and Means

NURSES RIP ROMNEY OVER CONTRACT IMPASSE

ROMNEY FOOTDRAGGING ON CONTRACT HAS NEGATIVE EFFECT ON PATIENTS IN STATE FACILITIES

Patients Undergoing Cancer Surgery are Safer in Hospitals With Higher RN-to-Patient Ratios

800 Days without a Contract

STATEMENT OF KAREN HIGGINS, RN, MNA PRESIDENT: UMass Report Offers Nothing New Draws Positions Unsupported by Its Own Data

School Nursing 101: As the MSNO prepares to celebrate its 100th, the MNA offers its thanks for a job well done

West Springfield school RNs organize with MNA

New study finds RN-to-patient ratios a cost effective measure for saving lives, improving safety

Attention school and municipal public health nurses: legislative action alert!

School nursing issues takes center stage on Beacon Hill, across the state

A salute to Karen Higgins for her service and her achievements

• The real difference: a patient load limit
• Legislators, wide-range of advocacy organizations voice support for the nurses’ bill, H. 2663
• Beacon Hill Briefs
  

Helping children eat right in school

Nurses in the News

• Heywood RN scores “slam dunk”
• Nurses make the case for H.2663 with letters to the editor 
• LGH nurse carries the day in Eagle Tribune article
  

Notice to members and non-members regarding MNA agency fee status
In private employment under the National Labor Relations Act

Rep. John Conyers to speak at grassroots hearing on solutions to the health care crisis, Sarah-Ann Shaw to moderate

California Nurses Travel to Boston to Protest Schwarzenegger’s $100k Rolling Stones Fundraiser

Journal Medical Care: New Study Finds Lower RN-to-Patient Ratios A Cost Effective Measure for Saving Lives and Improving Safety in Hospitals

North Adams RNs sue to enforce legal ruling on staffing

Providing health care in the Dominican Republic

The MNA flexes its muscles as the power behind your practice

Rally for Ratios Photos

• Flanagan pushes school nurse issues
• N.E. Nurses Assn. works with N.H.legislators, RNs on mandatory overtime
• RNs visit Kerry in Washington
  

A Region 5 star spreads laughter worldwide

Nurses in the News

A 12-step program for nurses saves lives

Region 4 opens new office in Peabody, welcomes North Shore nurses

Region 1 floods State House with safe staffing postcards

Legislature Advances Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program

In 5 Hours of Testimony, Hospital Administrators Continue to Refuse any Limit on Patient Loads

More Than 1-in-3 Registered Nurses Report Patient Deaths & Nearly 80% Report Increase in Medical Errors Due to RN Understaffing

Hundreds of Nurses and Health Care Advocates will Converge on the
State House for a July 13 Rally & Legislative Hearing on a Bill to Regulate RN-to-Patient Ratios in Hospitals

NARH RNs File Suit in Federal Court to Enforce Legal Ruling on Staffing After Hospital Repeatedly Violates Arbitrator’s Order Not to Admit "More Patients than Nurses Can Safely Care For"

Joint Committee on Public Safety Holds June 29th Hearing On Bill to Prevent Workplace Violence Against Health Workers

UMass Memorial Campus RNs Will Hold Informational Picket Over Patient Safety and Pay Equality

Survey finds doctors concerned that RN understaffing harms patient

Organizing: making your voice heard

MHA 'Patient First' is much ado about nothing—don't let them con the public

Programs held in Springfield, Worcester, Randolph More than 500 senior nursing students participate in MNA’s transition programs

Nurses in the News

Anna Jaques RNs come to rescue

MNA members explain staffing crisis on TV4

Nursing Against the Odds: A definitive account of the world's nursing crisis MNA goes one-on-one with award winning health care journalist Suzanne Gordon

Massachusetts Patients Say Nurse Understaffing Harms Patient Safety, Undermines Quality Care

Boston Medical Center RNs Will Hold Informational Picketing Today Over Retiree Health, Pay and Staffing

Franklin Medical Center Nurses Picket Hospital

Newton-Wellesley RNs Will Hold Informational Picketing Today Over Staffing Conditions, Salary and Health Care Insurance

Arbitrator Rules in Favor of North Adams Regional Hospital RNs on Staffing; Orders Hospital Not to Admit More Patients than Nurses Can Safely Care For

Salem Hospital Nurses Vote For Union Representation

Workplace violence: an unacceptable reality for nurses

Arbitration decision underscores great truth about staff nurses—YOU are the expert!

MNA endorses legislation on regulation of 'biosafety' laboratories

Emergency contraception 101: how nurses can help

Public Backs MNA's Safe Staffing Bill 3-1 Over MHA Legislation

Kennedy introduces bill banning mandatory overtime for nurses

State's Health Professionals Blast Governor's Budget for Its Neglect of the State's Most Vulnerable, Particularly Those with Acute Mental Illness

Rep. Canavan appointed floor division chair

'Sometimes it's just about doing the right thing'
ER nurse assaulted while on duty reaches out to others on the 'front line'

Emergency room violence growing concern for nurses

In her own words: How ER assault has changed RN Charlene Richardson's life, work

VNA of Boston: 'They know we need to be safe'

MNA Region 5: What is my money going to anyway?

Free money available to MNA Region 5 members

Massachusetts Physicians Say Nurse Understaffing Harms Patient Safety, Undermines Quality Care

Massachusetts Patients Say Nurse Understaffing Harms Patient Safety, Undermines Quality Care

MNA derides MHA 'safety pledge' as ploy to avoid ratios

The dollar magnet: 'pay for performance'

Governor proposes near level funding for public health in FY06

Kennedy calls for 'Medicare for all'

MHA 'Patient First' is much ado about nothing—don't let them con the public

Public Backs MNA's Safe Staffing Bill 3-1 Over MHA Legislation

Arbitrator Rules in Favor of North Adams Regional Hospital RNs on Staffing; Orders Hospital Not to Admit More Patients than Nurses Can Safely Care For

TV's Lisa Hughes Recently Sat Down with Four Frontline Nurses to Discuss the Nursing Crisis, Medication Errors and Pending Legislation to Protect Patients

Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center Nurses and Employees Mobilize to Oppose Significant Cuts in Staffing for Surgical Services

Salem Hospital Nurses Vote For Union Representation

State's Health Professionals Blast Governor's Budget for Its Neglect of the State's Most Vulnerable, Particularly Those with Acute Mental Illness

Brigham nurses negotiate retiree health benefit

Majority of Americans report dissatisfaction with quality of healthcare in U.S.

Summit on health care access

How, when and where to report an incident affecting patient safety

Barriers to mental health services for Latinos in Worcester

Will the real 'front-line nurses' step forward & claim your right to safe staffing?

Statement by MNA President Karen Higgins Regarding the Hospital Industry "Patient Safety Pledge" PR Campaign

MNA Issues Position Statement On the Proposed BU Biosafety Level 4 Lab

Whidden Hospital RNs and Allied Health Care Professionals Ratify New Two-Year Contract

As New Session Begins, Legislature Re-affirms Its Support for Patient Safety/Safe RN Staffing Bill