By Liz Kowalczyk Globe Staff / February 13, 2011 Logan’s cardiac monitor flashed a red crisis alarm and broadcast a fast, high-pitched beeping, a piercing sound that reached his nurse,… Read more »
Year: 2011
For nurses, it’s a constant dash to respond to alarms
Patient alarms often unheard, unheeded
Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff / Feb 13, 2011 First of two parts. Fresh from surgery, the patient was wheeled into the intensive care unit and immediately hooked up to a… Read more »
Mental health workers decry planned cuts
Recent killings raise concerns about care of violent patients By Michael Levenson Globe Staff / February 11, 2011 Governor Deval Patrick’s proposal to eliminate one-quarter of the beds in the… Read more »
DMH could lose 160 in-unit beds
Worcester spared in new plan By Lee Hammel TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFFlhammel@telegram.com
Health insurers pushed to cut rates
Reductions sought for residents with lower incomes By Kay Lazar Globe Staff / February 11, 2011 Faced with soaring costs, vanishing resources, and an expected jump in enrollment, regulators in… Read more »
CNA/NNU Negotiates Largest Single Contract for RNs in US
Plans steer patients to lower-cost hospitals
Blue Cross latest to add fees for expensive care By Liz Kowalczyk Globe Staff / February 10, 2011 Hundreds of small businesses have signed up in the past month for… Read more »
MNA PRESENTS “NURSES PENSION FUND,” A MULTIEMPLOYER DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION
MNA Puts Forward Plan That Would EnsureYour Retirement Security Last year we engaged the hospital in discussions about the MNA Defined Benefit Pension plan. In the middle of these discussions… Read more »
Multiemployer Defined Benefit Pension Plan Q & A
Studies Documenting the Advantages of Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Below is a list of studies and reports that provide important information about the advantages of defined benefit pension plans, and why the MNA pension proposal is so important for… Read more »
