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From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterApril 2008 Edition

The Registered Nurses who work for the Cooley Dickinson VNA and Hospice have called for a Federal mediator to join their contract negotiations. The nurses, who are represented by the… Read more »

H. 2059, The Patient Safety Act, was recently voted out of the Joint Committee on Public Health. The Act calls upon the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to set safe… Read more »

Nurses are Assaulted as often as Police Officers and Prison Guards yet Most Hospitals Fail to Enact Adequate Policies to Protect Employees Canton, Mass.—On March 18, the Joint Committee on… Read more »

The Coalition to Protect Massachusetts Patients and the MNA has launched a new radio advertising campaign this week, which provides a call for action on H.. 2059 from the patient’s… Read more »

From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMarch 2008 Edition MNA’s Health & Safety Division shares conference findings In June 2007 MNA and the UMass Lowell’s School of Health and Environment held a… Read more »

From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMarch 2008 Edition

Seeking to combat assaults on health care workers, advocates yesterday lobbied lawmakers for tougher penalties for those attack medical providers. The bill would expand current state law by specifically adding… Read more »