Year: 2014
MNA Offers CE Program on Ebola PPE and Safe Donning and Doffing Practices
Leominster Hospital RNS will Picket to “Stop the Cuts & Protect Patient Care” on Nov. 12
Picket is latest action in ongoing campaign to fight off dangerous cuts to both staff and patient care services; comes two weeks after jam-packed community forum Less than two weeks… Read more »
RN Strikes, Pickets, Leafleting Headline Actions in 16 States Nov. 12 for Improved Ebola and Patient Safety Standards
Registered nurses from California to Maine will hold strikes, pickets, and other actions Wednesday, November 12 in 16 U.S. states and the District of Columbia – with possible support actions… Read more »
DPH Sends Notice to All Hospital Administrators to Remind Them That ICU Staffing Law is Indeed Now in Effect
The Department of Public Health has taken steps to educate irresponsible hospital managers and administrators that the new law setting safe patient limits for nurses in all hospital ICUs is… Read more »
MNA/NNU Nurses to Hand Out Information on Ebola at Polling Places Tomorrow
Flyer provides the public with answers to commonly asked questions about Ebola Ebola Question and Answers What is Ebola?Ebola is a virus discovered in Africa in 1976. Ebola is a… Read more »
Leomister RNs’ Community Forum a Resounding Success!
It was a packed hall as the communities of the Twin Cities turned out to for a forum on dangerous staffing cuts and unsafe patient assignments for nurses at UMass… Read more »
Residents, Patients, Community Leaders, and Legislators to Join Oct. 30 Community Forum that is Focused on Protecting Patient Care at Leominster Hospital
MNA/NNU Makes Case for Strong Acuity Tool and Reaffirms Staff Nurses’ Right to Have Final Call on Patient Assignments at ICU Law Listening Session
Health Policy Commission to Hold a Hearing Tomorrow on the New ICU Safe Patient Limits Law
Seeks Nurses Input in Development of Acuity Tool Wednesday, October 2911:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.Daley Conference RoomFifth Floor (China Trade Building)Two Boylston StreetBoston, Massachusetts On September 28, the state implemented… Read more »
Video of Testimony by MNA Nurses at State House Hearing on Ebola Preparedness for Frontline Caregivers
The Joint Committee on Public Health held a hearing last week on Ebola Preparedness designed to gather testimony from frontline caregivers and first responders. MNA/NNU nurses were on hand to… Read more »
