PHOENIX – RNs from across the US, with guests from as far away as Canada and South Africa, gathered Sunday evening for a reception preceding the founding convention of the… Read more »
Year: 2009
Dispatch #1 from the NNU Convention by MNA delegate Sandy Eaton on Opening Night Reception
Present at the birth: The National Nurses Movement
By Chico David RNDailyKos I’m writing from Phoenix Arizona where I just spent the morning with hundreds of nurses from around the country finalizing the creation of the new nurses… Read more »
RN SuperUnion Founding Convention Opens Today
Largest U.S. RN Union Ever to Promote Safer Care, RN Rights, AFL-CIO President to Keynote First Convention in Phoenix The day has come. Eight months in the planning, delegates from… Read more »
U.S. nurses unions merge, back healthcare overhaul
By Tim GaynorReuters PHOENIX – Three nurses unions merged on Monday to form the largest-ever labor organization for U.S. medical professionals, which is expected to wield greater clout in collective… Read more »
MNA Delegates Participate in NNU Founding Convention
Twenty-two delegates from the Massachusetts Nurses Association are in Phoenix this week for the founding convention of National Nurses United, the new national voice for nurses. After much deliberation of… Read more »
Thank You from Katherine Kirkland, MPH
I want to express my appreciation to the MNA members for all your support in my dissertation work. My survey was completed by 122 members and 20 of those received… Read more »
Nursing staff cuts possible for school district
By Gerry Tuoti, Staff WriterGateHouse News Service Posted Dec 03, 2009 @ 10:29 PM Taunton — State budget cuts are having a negative impact on health services in the Taunton… Read more »
Flu test wrong, girl almost dies
(CNN) — Hayli Murphy hears her mother’s cell phone ring, and she bounces off the couch to get it. Watching her run around, it’s hard to believe that just a… Read more »
Dec 2 2009 Good Breaking News: NIH authorizes use of first human embryonic stem cells under new policy
NIH authorizes use of first human embryonic stem cells under new policy Obama administration approves the first human embryonic stem cells for experiments by federally funded scientists under a new… Read more »
6 hospitals to sue state over payment shortfalls
Call for parity with Hub facilities By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff | December 1, 2009 Six community hospitals, squeezed by the economic downturn and the Massachusetts budget crunch, are set… Read more »