From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterSeptember 2009 Edition The interim provisional council for the new national nurses union met in Minnesota on August 18. MNA President Beth Piknick and Board member… Read more »
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RN ‘Super Union’ Update: National Adopts New Name, Sets Date and Location for Founding Convention
Super union update: Membership readies for historic vote on Oct. 1
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterSeptember 2009 Edition
Patient Advocate
By Kimberley S. Jordan-Horte, RNPosted on: September 9, 2009 Kristina Kenyon, RN, is passionate about nursing. As a staff nurse on a busy telemetry unit at Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, MA,… Read more »
When social networking enters the workplace
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterSeptember 2009 Edition
Buprenorphine treatment: a nurse’s story
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterSeptember 2009 Edition By Meredith Hogan Pond “The greatest day of my life was when we were able to get rid of our waiting list,” said… Read more »
MNA goes green(er)!
Installation of solar panels compliments existing energy efficiency/recycling programs From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterSeptember 2009 Edition
Bargaining Unit Updates
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterSeptember 2009 Edition Mercy Hospital Elections for new officers have occurred. The committee is busy with numerous grievances and arbitrations. Negotiations will commence this fall. Providence… Read more »
Notes from the chair at Franklin Medical Center
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterSeptember 2009 Edition Greetings Everyone, Recently, Donna Stern, our MNA Vice-Chair made an interesting analogy. She was talking about a situation where a person might pay… Read more »
FDA approves H1N1 vaccine applications
FDA approves H1N1 vaccine applications
Globe Sept 14 09 Tracking disease globally: HealthMap.org
With tools that range from the iPhone to Internet searches, John S. Brownstein, an epidemiologist at Children’s Hospital Boston, hunts infectious disease. As the Internet and cellphone have become ubiquitous… Read more »