Situation criticalBoston Business Journal – March 25, 2002From the March 22, 2002 print editionLinda GoodspeedSpecial To The Journal Hospitals grapple with an increasing shortage of registered nurses Not even the… Read more »
Year: 2002
Nursing Shortage: Situation Critical
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Survey of RNs Shows Critical Shortage Driven by the Exodus of Experienced Nurses, Slowed Recruitment of New Nurses And Job Satisfaction Levels that Rank Nurses Below Nearly All Other Employee/Professional Groups
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has released the final report of the 2000 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses. HHS’ nursing survey is the… Read more »
Nurses lobby for minimum staffing levels, Boston Globe, 3/17/02
Below is a story that appeared in the Boston Globe this Sunday 3/17/02, which focuses on MNA legislation to regulate nurse to patient ratios in Massachusetts. For more information about… Read more »
Mass. Nurses and Seniors Converge on State House on March 12th To Call for Legislation to Ensure Safe Nurse-to-Patient Ratios
Legislation is Key to Improving Deteriorating Patient Care, Deplorable Working Conditions for Nurses & to Solving the Nursing Shortage Editor’s Note: Contact the MNA to locate nurses attending from your… Read more »
Too many local hospitals on life support
With number of beds halved since 1980, state should alter its closings policy By Alan Sager and Deborah Socolar, 3/3/2002 Massachusetts has lost almost half of its hospitals and patient… Read more »
Nursing Journal Study Shows Nurses Unions Improve Patient Outcomes in Hospitals. Patients Treated for Heart Attacks Have Lower Mortality Rate at RN-Unionized Hospitals
Patients with heart trouble would be wise to seek care at a hospital with a nurses union according to a recent study of the impact of nurses unions and the… Read more »
School Health Lobby Day On Beacon Hill
JOIN US TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS STUDENTS THROUGH IMPROVED SCHOOL HEALTH AND NURSING SERVICES! Monday, February 11, 20029 A.M. to 11 A.MThe Great Hall HallState House, Boston The… Read more »
School Nurses Hold School Health Lobby Day at State House on Feb. 11, 2002 (9 – 11 am)
Seek to Maintain Funding for Improved School Health Services for State’s Children Note to Editors & Reporters: Nurses will be attending fromall areas of the state, call Marcia Buckminster above… Read more »
New nursing group divides ANA: AARN piggybacks on CNA’s success
New nursing group divides ANA: AARN piggybacks on CNA’s success, fights fornurse-staffing ratios By: Jeff TiemanFebruary 11,2002 IssueThe Week in HealthcareState nurses who broke away from the American Nurses Association… Read more »
Nurses, seniors lobby lawmakers
Saturday, February 9, 2002By JOHN F. LAUERMAN SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — It seems like the perfect marriage: nurses working side-by-side with seniors to get health care legislation passed. Representatives from the… Read more »
