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Bullet 6.25.08
    New Study Links Nurse Understaffing to Increase in Deadly Infections
   
Bullet 6.24.08
    State Rep. and RN Mary Grant Publishes Powerful Op Ed in Support of the Patient Safet Act
   
Bullet 6.19.08
    'Fatal Care': Medical errors cause 98,000 deaths in U.S. hospitals each year
   
Bullet MASSACHUSETTS NURSE NEWSLETTER :: May/June 2008
  More stories from this issue can be found in the Labor Relations Section
  Bullet Executive Director's Column
    Retaliation at the table—a bad investment
  Bullet House passes landmark bill on RN staffing and patient safety
  Bullet LaBelle, Gordon wow crowd during National Nurses Day event
  Bullet Safe patient handling bill approved by Health Care Finance Committee
  Bullet Update on legislation allowing diabetic students to self monitor, treat
  Bullet Update on Level 4 biolab proposed at Boston Medical Center campus
  Bullet VNA of Cape Cod’s in-home telemonitoring system benefits patients, health care professionals
  Bullet Incident at Boston Medical Center alters life and career of RN
  Bullet MNA 2008 Preliminary Ballot
  Bullet More than 550 senior nursing students get tips on NCLEX preparation at MNA’s transition programs
   
Bullet 5.23.08
  Bullet MNA members efforts rewarded -- Carney to remain open as acute care hospital
   
Bullet 5.22.08
  Bullet House Passes Landmark Bill on RN Staffing and Patient Safety in Massachusetts Hospitals
   
Bullet 5.12.08
  Bullet Governor proclaims May 11-17 as Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Week
  Bullet Patient Advocates & Nurses Decry Hospital Industry’s Continued Effort to Derail Legislation That Would Protect Patients and Save Lives
   
Bullet 5.06.08
  Bullet Nurses, Patient Advocates and Legislators Rally at State House for Patient Safety Full House Vote on Patient Safety Act Scheduled for May 21 or 22
   
Bullet 5.05.08
  Bullet Patient Safety Act is Approved by Health Care Financing Committee
  Bullet Grammy Award Winner Patti LaBelle to Speak at National Nurses Day Event
  Bullet Community Meeting to Discuss the Future of Carney Hospital - Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 6:30 p.m.
   
Bullet 5.01.08
  Bullet Merrimack Valley Hospital Nurses Ratify New Contract Three-year pact includes 22% - 33% pay hike
  Bullet Anna Jaques Hospital Nurses Ratify New Contract Three-year pact includes 14% - 25% pay hike
  Bullet Brockton Hospital Signs Agreement with NLRB Pledging to Cease Unlawful Attempts to Interfere with Nurses’ Union Rights
   
Bullet 4.16.08
    Safe Patient Handling Bill Approved by Health Care Finance Committee
   
Bullet 4.15.08
    Mercy RNS picket for fair contract & quality care
Latest hospital proposal a threat to patient care
; Picket photos
   
Bullet MASSACHUSETTS NURSE NEWSLETTER :: April 2008
  More stories from this issue can be found in the Labor Relations Section
  Bullet Executive Director's Column
    MNA initiatives on safe staffing, safe patient handling move forward
  Bullet MNA Position Statement: Exposure to environmental cleaning chemicals in healthcare settings
  Bullet Medication reconciliation in the emergency department setting
  Bullet Leominster seniors make calls for patient safety
  Bullet The Patient Safety Act: Next steps
Your state representative needs to hear from you!
  Bullet Safety in numbers: nurse-to-patient ratios and the future of health care MNA goes one-on-one with award-winning health care journalist Suzanne Gordon
  Bullet Patti LaBelle keynote speaker during MNA National Nurses Day celebration May 6
   
Bullet 3.27.08
    Cooley Dickinson VNA & Hospice RNs Call in Mediator
   
Bullet 3.25.08
  Bullet New TV Ad Provides Patients' Perspective on Need for Safe Patient Limits
  Bullet Nurses file labor complaint during contract talks
   
Bullet 3.20.08
  Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention Bill gets Favorable Vote from Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee
   
Bullet 3.12.08
    New Radio Ad Provides Patients' Perspective on Need for Safe Patient Limits
   
Bullet MASSACHUSETTS NURSE NEWSLETTER :: March 2008
  More stories from this issue can be found in the Labor Relations Section
  Bullet Executive Director's Column
    An update on boundary changes … and ‘you’ve got mail’
  Bullet Safe patient handling bill approved by public health committee
  Bullet Nursing and labor advocate Rosemary Smith Dies
  Bullet Position descriptions for MNA elected offices and MNA nominations & election policies & procedures
  Bullet Jean McCorry named Gift of Life Award Recipients
  Bullet MNA incumbent office holders
  Bullet Regional Council election
   
Bullet 3.12.08
   

Media Coverage of Nurses' Assault Protection Bill Hearing

   
Bullet 3.10.08
    Joint Committee on Judiciary Holds March 11 Hearing On Bill to Increase Criminal Penalties for Assaulting Nurses
   
Bullet 2.28.08
  Bullet Nurses rallying neighbors to advocate for Carney
  Bullet Patient Safety Act is Approved by Public Health Committee
   
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2.21.08

    Safe Patient Handling Bill gets Favorable Vote from Public Health Committee
   
Bullet MASSACHUSETTS NURSE NEWSLETTER :: February 2008
  More stories from this issue can be found in the Labor Relations Section
  Bullet President's Column
    Your role and responsibility as a union member
  Bullet Nursing on Beacon Hill
   
  Bullet Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Emergency Dept. wins prestigious award
  Bullet Medford school nurses file for mediation, reach out to public as contract talks
  Bullet Layoff of public health nurses in Lawrence jeopardizes public health program
  Bullet Emergency Department overcrowding, diversions and boarding
  Bullet Biosafety Level 4 research laboratory hits stumbling block
  Bullet Chris Pontus honored by MassCOSH for public sector OSHA coalition work
   
1.29.08
    Nursing and Labor Advocate Rosemary Smith Dies Nursing Community Mourns Loss of Longtime Leader
   
1.25.08
    MNA Director of Organizing named president of The Labor Guild
   
MASSACHUSETTS NURSE NEWSLETTER :: January 2008
  More stories from this issue can be found in the Labor Relations Section
  President's Column
    A nurse’s resolutions for the New Year
  What's up on the reimbursement front (besides hospital profits)?
  National reimbursement news which impacts Massachusetts: Medicare to stop paying for "medical errors"
  New survey reveals nurses' use of IT tools a Catch-22
  Why personal liability insurance is more important than ever
  Reduced dues categories implementation for MNA union members
   
1.22.08
    Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Sean Garballey for State Rep.
   
1.10.08
    New ESSENTIAL School Health Grant Opportunity
   
1.03.08
 

State Employed RNs and Health Professionals (Unit 7 MNA)
Vote to Ratify Contract Extension

   
bullet 1.02.08
  bullet Medford School Nurses File for Mediation, Reach Out to Public As Contract Talks Stall Over Nurses Call for Pay Equity With Teachers
   
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