From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMarch 2006 Edition
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Employee safety at your health care facility
Chair of Public Health Committee Announces Pending Draft of a Compromise Bill on RN Staffing
Safe Patient Handling Legislation gets Favorable Vote from Joint Committee on Public Health
If implemented, H. 2662 will save money and protect thousands of nurses from skeletal/back injuries CANTON, Mass. — On March 1, the Joint Committee on Public Health voted favorably on… Read more »
Cape Cod Hospital RNs & Management Reach Agreement in Principle
RNs at UMass Medical-University Hit the Picket Line Hospital Demands Concessions Despite Hospital’s $94 Million Surplus
Cape Cod Hospital RNs to Hold Informational Picket on March 7th, As Contract Talks Stall Over Poor Staffing, Mandatory Overtime and the Layoff of 60 Nurses
If You Vacation on Cape Cod, What is Happening to the Nurses and Patients at Cape Cod Hospital Should be of Concern to You
Poor Staffing Conditions and a Planned Layofff of 60 Nurses Threatens Patient Safety Nurses at Cape Cod Hospital Up in Arms over Staffing Cutbacks/Layoff of 60 Nurses Mount Public Campaign… Read more »
Did we learn anything about avian flu from SARS?
By Thomas P. Fuller PhD, CIH Recent history indicates that nurses and other health care workers should be provided with the highest level of respiratory and other personal protection in… Read more »
MNA advocate testifies at hearing on safe patient handling bill
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2006 Edition Jamie Tessler, an occupational ergonomics consultant and an MNA advocate, recently provided key testimony to the Massachusetts Legislature on behalf of the MNA… Read more »
Ergonomics in health care: key Web resources
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanaury/February 2006 Edition Compiled by Jamie Tessler, MPHOccupational Ergonomics Consultant 1. Patient care ergonomics resource guide: safe patient handling and movement
