From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMay/June 2008 Edition
Year: 2008
Workers’ Compensation: A brief overview
Governor proclaims May 11-17 as Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Week
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
Measure Calls for Safe Limits on Nurses’ Patient Assignments, Prohibits Mandatory Overtime and Includes Initiatives to Increase Nursing Faculty & Nursing Scholarships
Patient Safety Act is Approved by Health Care Financing Committee
Measure Calls for Safe Limits on Nurses’ Patient Assignments, Prohibits Mandatory Overtime and Includes Initiatives to Increase Nursing Faculty & Nursing Scholarships – State House Rally for the Bill on… Read more »
Grammy Award Winner Patti LaBelle to Speak at National Nurses Day Event
Grammy Award Winner Patti LaBelle to Speak at National Nurses Day EventMay 6 at 10 a.m. Arlington Author Suzanne Gordon Discusses Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of… Read more »
Community Meeting to Discuss the Future of Carney Hospital
Anna Jaques Hospital Nurses Ratify New Contract
Three-year pact includes 14% – 25% pay hike NEWBURYPORT , MA — The registered nurses represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport have ratified a… Read more »
Merrimack Valley Hospital Nurses Ratify New Contract
Three-year pact includes 22% – 33% pay hike Haverhill, MA — The registered nurses represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association at Merrimack Valley Hospital have ratified a new three-year contract… Read more »
Brockton Hospital Signs Agreement with National Labor Relations Board Pledging to Cease Unlawful Attempts to Interfere with Nurses’ Union Rights
Agreement Responds to the Hospital’s Illegal Attempt to De-authorize the Nurses’ Union BROCKTON — The management of Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital has been forced to post a public notice this… Read more »
Safe Patient Handling Bill Approved by Health Care Finance Committee
If implemented, H. 2052 will protect thousands of nurses and other health care workers from costly and debilitating skeletal/back injuriesCANTON, Mass.— A bill that could dramatically reduce costly and debilitating… Read more »
