Year: 2009
MNA President Testifies at State House Hearing on Safe Patient Handling Bill
Professional nurses have seen themselves sidelined in TV medical dramas Nursing a concern (DS)
Anyone who has spent time in a hospital might notice there is something missing from prime-time TV medical dramas: nurses. Nurses may make up the overwhelming majority of health care… Read more »
State cuts its health coverage by $115m (DS)
Board to slow enrollment in Commonwealth CareBy Kay Lazar, Globe Staff | June 24, 2009 Overseers of Massachusetts’ trailblazing healthcare program made their first cuts yesterday, trimming $115 million, or… Read more »
Nurses ask for help lifting heavy patients (DS)
By CYNTHIA McCORMICK
SEIU borrows business’ anti-union tactics to fend off a rival (DS)
The Service Employees International Union alleges that the upstart National Union of Healthcare Workers is intimidating and misleading workers.By Paul Pringle June 24, 2009 For years, the powerful Service Employees… Read more »
Senate Report Finds Insurers Wrongfully Charged Consumers Billions (MC)
By David S. HilzenrathWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, June 24, 2009 1:01 PM Health insurers have forced consumers to pay billions of dollars in medical bills that the insurers themselves should… Read more »
More nurses equals better care (DS)
By PATRICIA EAKIN PENNSYLVANIA’S registered nurses are leaving the bedside in droves, and unsafe nurse-to-patient staffing is the impetus behind the exodus. RNs across this state and throughout the country… Read more »
In the news: New TV ad reminds viewers about the importance of nursing (DS)
Stressed Out Nurses Weekly, June 22, 2009 In an effort to build support for mandatory nurse staffing levels, a new television ad asks its audience to "imagine a world without… Read more »
Nurses Push Legislature For Patient Lifting Law (DS)
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Waiting isn’t ER patients’ top issue (DS)
By Janice Lloyd, USA TODAY In what might be a counterintuitive take on crowded emergency rooms, patients say the time spent waiting is not their top concern, according to a… Read more »
