Challenging policymakers to heed the advice of America’s registered nurses to guarantee healthcare for all, National Nurses United (NNU) is sending a message to House Speaker John Boehner and other… Read more »
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National Nurses United Unveils Bold New Ad Charting Third Way in Healthcare Debate
President’s Column: Our fight for patient safety and protection
A new approach to an old and persistent problem of the critical need for safe patient limit MNA’s expertise, resources and humanity key to success From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJuly/August… Read more »
Nursing practice alert: Update on new law banning mandatory overtime
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJuly/August 2013 Edition Last August, Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law a health care payment reform bill that includes a ban on mandatory overtime proposed by… Read more »
Taunton State Hospital funding assured through June 2014
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJuly/August 2013 Edition Another victory was achieved for those affected by mental illness in Southeastern Massachusetts through this year’s state budget. MNA nurses and advocates worked… Read more »
Great TV Coverage of the MNA/NNU Ballot Initiative for Safe Patient Limits
NNU-affiliated Certificate Program in Women’s Global Health Getting Underway; Scholarships Available
As part of the Certificate Program in Women’s Global Health, we are pleased to announce the fall 2013 courses Global Women’s Health Movements and Impacts of Economic Inequality on Women’s… Read more »
To Protect Patients and Improve Care, Mass Nurses File Ballot Initiative for Safer Staffing Levels in Mass. Hospitals
Today’s Globe Features Story About the MNA/NNU’s Effort to Protect Patients By Filing A Ballot Question to Set Safe Maximum Patient Limits in MA Hospitals
Today’s Globe features a prominent story about the MNA/NNU’s launch of a campaign to protect patients in our state’s hospitals, with the filing this week of a ballot initiative that… Read more »
MA Boards Meeting Without Quorum
The Boston Globe today criticized the flouting of MA law by the current administration of the Commonwealth in an editorial (below). Regulatory boards have been meeting without a Quorum, including… Read more »