New complaints highlight alarming increase in patients experiencing preventable hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (bed sores) due to lack of staff to monitor and reposition patients, the assignment of managerial staff unqualified… Read more »
Author: Joe Markman
St. Vincent Hospital Nurses and the MNA File Fifth in Series of Complaints with State and Federal Agencies About Dangerous Patient Care Conditions That Continue to Compromise the Care and Safety of Patients Admitted to the Worcester-Based Facility
As the Bankruptcy Process Unfolds MNA Calls for Commitment by Healey Administration to Ensure the Preservation of ALL the Steward Hospitals
Over the next five weeks, we await information on new operators of the nine Steward hospitals in Massachusetts that will ensure the preservation of these hospitals to protect the public… Read more »
Update of Steward Financial Situation for MNA Members: May 7, 2024
Summary of First Day of Bankruptcy Hearing – May 7th The first day of Bankruptcy hearings for Steward Health care occurred today May 7th. The hearing was held remotely with… Read more »
MNA/1199SEIU Joint Statement Regarding the Filing of Bankruptcy by Steward Healthcare
BOSTON, MA – Steward Healthcare’s declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and its impact on the numerous communities currently served by the Steward-owned hospitals in the Commonwealth is of concern to MNA, 1199SEIU… Read more »
New ‘State of Nursing in Massachusetts’ Survey Strikes at Heart of Healthcare Crisis as Nurses Call Out Industry and State Officials for Failing to Address Worsening Patient Care Quality and Unsafe Staffing
80% of nurses say hospital care quality has deteriorated over the past two years; many nurses see vacancies remaining unfilled, increased use of travel nurses. Four-in-ten nurses would not feel… Read more »
Hall of Fame U.S. Soccer Player Kristine Lilly to Join Hundreds of MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals at the State House May 8 for Advocacy Day During National Nurses Week
Nurses will tell legislators they need to address unsafe conditions at the bedside to keep nurses in the profession, a message supported by the annual “State of Nursing in Massachusetts”… Read more »
Patients, Caregivers, and Community Groups to Rally to Protect Hospitals Impacted by Steward Crisis
With more than 200,000 residents served by nine hospitals currently owned by Steward, communities remain in the dark on long-term solutions to protect the future of care across the Commonwealth…. Read more »
Unsafe Patient Care Conditions Prompt Brigham and Women’s Hospital Nurses to Picket on International Workers’ Day as a Federal Mediator is Called in and Management Refuses to Negotiate a Fair Contract
Nurses will hold an informational picket on Wednesday, May 1 outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital to protest management’s refusal to agree to a fair contract to help stabilize the BWH… Read more »
Eight nurses from St. Vincent Hospital Filed Suit Today In Worcester Superior Court Against Tenet Healthcare for Wrongful Termination after Blowing the Whistle on Unsafe Patient Care Conditions that Jeopardize the Safety of Patients Admitted to the Worcester-based, For-profit Facility
Lawsuit follows findings by The Joint Commission (the body that accredits hospitals) supporting the St. Vincent nurses’ complaints stating that SVH was found to be non-compliant with applicable patient care… Read more »
Hospital Accrediting Agency (Joint Commission) Issues Findings Supporting St. Vincent Hospital Nurses’ Complaints about Unsafe Patient Care, Stating that SVH was Found to Be Non-Compliant with Applicable Patient Care Conditions for Medicaid and Medicare Services
In another case, an arbitrator ruled Tenet illegally fired a long time RN and union leader without just cause as “an act of punishment and thinly veiled retaliation, ” yet… Read more »
