Here is some the press generated by the New England Journal of Medicine Study and Report published this week (5/29/02) concerning the impact RN staffing has on patient care. In… Read more »
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Coverage of New England Jounral of Medicine Study on Nurse Staffing: Boston Herald and New York Times—Coverage of New England Journal of Medicine Study on Nurse Staffing and Patient Safety—”Fewer RNs Can Deter Good Health”
The Transfer of Ownership of Waltham Hospital from CareGroup to a New Board of Trustees Has Occurred!
It’s official. Waltham Hospital, formally known as Deaconess Waltham Hospital (a CareGroup-owned facility), has been transferred to a new, locally controlled Board of Trustees, marking a remarkable conclusion to a… Read more »
Read the Media Coverage of MNA’s Ambulance Caravan Success
Safe Staffing Petition Drive Gathers 80,000 Signatures News Coverage of MNA’s Ambulance CaravanDrive to the State House with Safe Staffing Petitions The headline under a photo in Friday, May 10th’s… Read more »
MNA Ambulance Caravan Drive for Safe Staffing Petitions
Mass. Nurses to Divert Ambulances to the State House on May 9With Delivery of Thousands of Public Signatures in Support of the Safe Staffing Bill MNA Ambulance Caravan will make… Read more »
New England Journal of Medicine Highlights Publishes Study Demonstrating RN Staffing Levels Directly Impact Patient Health and Survival
Low RN Staffing Levels Put Patients at Risk for Life-Threatening Infections, Shock and Bleeding MNA Applauds Journal For Demonstrating Positive Impact Nurses Have on Patient Care and the Need for… Read more »
Boston Herald Column Tells the Real Story About Nurses
Kudos to Beverly Beckham of the Boston Herald for her powerful column (see below) in support of nurses and the nursing profession. She is a journalist who has experienced the… Read more »
Nurses are right to argue there’s safety in numbers
Nurses fighting for HB 1186, Quality Patient Care/Safe Staffing legislation, have won the support of the Springfield Union News. This Sunday’s paper included an editorial in support of the legislation,… Read more »
MNA Launches Statewide Petition Drive May 1-7, 2002
Do You Want Safe Staffing ?Sign a Petition and Drive this Bill into LawPetition Drive is "on" Thousands of Nurses Launch Statewide Petition Drive from May 1– 7To Garner Public… Read more »
Nurses Needed to Join a Massive Rally on April 30, 12 Noon, Boston Common Grandstand to Protest Pending Cuts in the State Budget
Attention MNA Members and Supporters of MNA (Especially members from MNA Unit 7)We Need Nurses to Participate in Rally and March to Demand a Humane State Budget DATE: Tuesday, April… Read more »
Nursing Shortage: Situation Critical
Situation criticalBoston Business Journal – March 25, 2002From the March 22, 2002 print editionLinda GoodspeedSpecial To The Journal Hospitals grapple with an increasing shortage of registered nurses Not even the… Read more »
