80% of nurses say hospital care quality has deteriorated over the past two years; many nurses see vacancies remaining unfilled, increased use of travel nurses. Four-in-ten nurses would not feel… Read more »
Year: 2024
New ‘State of Nursing in Massachusetts’ Survey Strikes at Heart of Healthcare Crisis as Nurses Call Out Industry and State Officials for Failing to Address Worsening Patient Care Quality and Unsafe Staffing
Hall of Fame U.S. Soccer Player Kristine Lilly to Join Hundreds of MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals at the State House May 8 for Advocacy Day During National Nurses Week
Nurses will tell legislators they need to address unsafe conditions at the bedside to keep nurses in the profession, a message supported by the annual “State of Nursing in Massachusetts”… Read more »
Update of Steward Financial Situation for MNA Members May 1, 2024. International Workers Day
Update of Steward Financial Situation for MNA MembersMay 1, 2024. International Workers Day Download the file here:https://www.massnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Steward-Update-for-MNA-Members-May-1-2024-final-002.pdf Overview of the situation: Will Steward Healthcare seek Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection from… Read more »
Patients, Caregivers, and Community Groups to Rally to Protect Hospitals Impacted by Steward Crisis; Last of Seven Rallies Scheduled Outside St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center on Monday, April 29 at 3 p.m.
As Steward’s loan agreement nears its April 30th deadline, a growing coalition of residents, healthcare workers, business, community, labor and faith-based organizations has come together to ensure the voice of… Read more »
Patients, Caregivers, and Community Groups to Rally to Protect Hospitals Impacted by Steward Crisis
With more than 200,000 residents served by nine hospitals currently owned by Steward, communities remain in the dark on long-term solutions to protect the future of care across the Commonwealth…. Read more »
Unsafe Patient Care Conditions Prompt Brigham and Women’s Hospital Nurses to Picket on International Workers’ Day as a Federal Mediator is Called in and Management Refuses to Negotiate a Fair Contract
Nurses will hold an informational picket on Wednesday, May 1 outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital to protest management’s refusal to agree to a fair contract to help stabilize the BWH… Read more »
Eight nurses from St. Vincent Hospital Filed Suit Today In Worcester Superior Court Against Tenet Healthcare for Wrongful Termination after Blowing the Whistle on Unsafe Patient Care Conditions that Jeopardize the Safety of Patients Admitted to the Worcester-based, For-profit Facility
Lawsuit follows findings by The Joint Commission (the body that accredits hospitals) supporting the St. Vincent nurses’ complaints stating that SVH was found to be non-compliant with applicable patient care… Read more »
Hospital Accrediting Agency (Joint Commission) Issues Findings Supporting St. Vincent Hospital Nurses’ Complaints about Unsafe Patient Care, Stating that SVH was Found to Be Non-Compliant with Applicable Patient Care Conditions for Medicaid and Medicare Services
In another case, an arbitrator ruled Tenet illegally fired a long time RN and union leader without just cause as “an act of punishment and thinly veiled retaliation, ” yet… Read more »
Amid Steward Financial Crisis, Senator Markey Announces Federal Hearing in April in Massachusetts to Investigate For-Profit Companies in Health Care
Boston (March 1, 2024) – In the wake of Steward Health Care’s ongoing financial crisis, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee of… Read more »
Register Now for the MNA Spring CE Programs
Download the full brochure of all the CE offerings here For registration, please contact: Liz Chmielinski at 781-830-5719 or echmielinski@mnarn.org or Dayana Ocasio at 781-830-5723 or docasio@mnarn.org.
