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From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterNovember/December 2006 Edition By Thomas P. Fuller, ScD, CIH Almost everyone knows the story of “thalidomide babies”: the drug used widely in the early 1960’s to… Read more »

From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterNovember/December 2006 Edition Unbeknownst to many health care providers, the indoor hospital environment may be making people sick. A new report reveals that substances commonly found… Read more »

From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterNovember/December 2006 Edition By Robert P. Naparstek, MD Medical Director, Caritas-Good Samaritan Occupational Health Services

Pact Includes Landmark Language to Protect Nurses’ Union Rights and Newly Licensed Nurses; Includes Wage Hike to Make BWH Nurses the Highest Paid in State BOSTON, MA—The registered nurses of… Read more »

The nurses are once again struggling with a for-profit owner that is placing a concern for profits over a concern for the safety of patients

Following Recent News of the FDA’s $5.7 Million Fine of the American Red Cross For Poor Blood Donor Screening and Safety Violations

Pact Includes Landmark Language to Protect Nurses’ Union Rights and Newly Licensed Nurses; Includes Wage Hike to Make BWH Nurses the Highest Paid in State BOSTON, MA—After a 14-hour negotiating… Read more »

As Talks Ended Today Without Movement on Key Issues BOSTON, MA—The Brigham & Women’s Hospital (BWH) nurses’ negotiating committee tonight issued an official notice of their intent to strike as… Read more »

As Talks Continue to Stall Over Issues of Poor Staffing, Union Rights, Overburdening of New Nurses and Wages