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Hospital Profits Near $1 Billion
Health Care News—DPH Approves Sale of St. Vincent Hospital/MetroWest Medical Center—Community Coalition Raises Concerns
Study shows hospital charges are increasing, fueling inflation
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterNovember/December 2004 Edition According to a new study released Sept. 8, high hospital markups across the nation can be blamed for fueling the national health care… Read more »
Past practice: can the employer change the rules in the middle of the game?
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterNovember/December 2004 Edition
Avian flu: a dreadful possibility on the horizon
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterNovember/December 2004 Edition
Worcester School Nurses Will Leaflet/Picket Outside the School Superintendent’s Christmas Party on Dec. 15th from 2 – 4 pm at the Durkin Administration Building
Nurses are Protesting Poor Pay and Working Conditions that Prevent Recruitment and Retention of Staff Needed to Adequately Care for the City’s School Children WORCESTER, Mass.—The registered nurses of the… Read more »
UMass Lowell Awarded $2M Grant to Protect Home Healthcare Practitioners
Statement by Karen Higgins, President of the Massachusetts Nurses Association Regarding the Proposed Hospital Industry Nurse Staffing Bill
Canton, Mass.— While we are pleased that the Massachusetts Hospital Association has now acknowledged that a crisis exists for the safety of patients in our state’s hospitals, legislation filed by… Read more »
MNA/Coalition to Protect Mass. Patients Re-Files Safe RN Staffing Bill to Regulate RN-to-Patient Ratios in State’s Hospitals
Legislation is Key to Improving Patient Care & to Ending the Nursing Shortage CANTON, Mass.—The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), in conjunction with the Coalition to Protect Massachusetts Patients, announced today… Read more »
Position Statement On the “Magnet Recognition Program for Nursing Services in Hospitals” and Other Consultant-Driven Quality Improvement Projects that Claim to Improve Care
MNA opposes the latest industry strategy to avoid safe RN-to-patient ratios CANTON, Mass.—In the wake of an onslaught of studies and reports detailing deplorable nursing care in hospitals and a… Read more »
