Nurses know better than anyone that even in the midst of the joyful holiday season, loved ones, friends and neighbors all too often get sick and require hospital care, which… Read more »
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Leominster Hospital RNs to Hold Candlelight Vigil to Protect Patient Safety on Dec. 10
RNs at Cape Cod and Falmouth Hospitals to Picket on Dec. 11 over Management’s Efforts to Implement Dangerous Changes in How Nursing Care is Delivered
The registered nurses at both Cape Cod and Falmouth Hospitals, who are affiliated with the Massachusetts Nurses Association and National Nurses United (MNA/NNU), plan to conduct two informational pickets on… Read more »
Region 5 Council Meetings Schedule for 2015
MNA R5 council meetings are scheduled the third Tuesday of each odd-numbered month. Meetings will be held at MNA Headquarters at 6pm. Here is an updated list of meetings: January… Read more »
Berkshire Medical Center Nurses To Hold an Informational Picket on Dec., 10 to Protest Unsafe Staffing, Excessive Patient Assignments and Punitive Work Environment
For the Record: The true legislative intent on of An Act Relative to Patient Limits in All Hospital Intensive Care Units
During a recent hearing before the Health Policy Commission, the governmental agency charged with developing regulations surrounding the ICU patient limits law, a representative speaking on behalf of the Mass… Read more »
HPC Listening Session Provides Opportunity to Clarify MNA’s Position on Effective Acuity Tools Under the ICU Staffing Law
Leominster Hospital RNs to Hold Food Drive to Support Ginny’s Helping Hands Food Pantry
Region 5 Officer Updates
At its 11/18/14 meeting, the following officers were appointed. Two-year terms will begin 12/1/14. Fabiano Bueno, Chair (renewed) Joan Ballantyne, Vice Chair (Ginny Ryan’s term ended.) Betsy Prescott, Secretary (renewed)… Read more »
