By Barbara Tiller, RN, Chair of the MNA Local Bargaining Unit 508.241.8215 BOSTON — It is with great interest for the future of Tufts Medical Center that the registered… Read more »
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Massachusetts Nurses Association/Tufts Medical Nurses Statement Regarding the Retirement of Tufts Medical Center CEO Ellen Zane
Tufts Medical Center Nurses Hold Candlelight Vigil on Feb. 15 Call for Restoration of Safe Patient Care
Tufts Medical Center Nurses Hold Candlelight Vigil on Feb. 15 Call for Restoration of Safe Patient Care Nurses are Protesting Dangerous Staffing Conditions that have Prompted Hundreds of Reports by… Read more »
“Alarm Fatigue” Series in Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is running an interesting two-part series on “Alarm fatigue” focusing primarily on the nursing role. Links are below. The word “fatigue” itself suggests human fallibility or nurses’… Read more »
New reason not to permit BSL4 lab in Boston: Anthrax report casts doubt on scientific evidence in FBI case against Bruce Ivins
NRC has released a report (story below) that FBI “evidence” used to conclude the scientist responsible for the 2011 anthrax attacks is questionable. The significance for MNA: We have long… Read more »
St. Vincent Hospital Nurses Hold St. Valentine’s Day Picket To Ensure Safe Staffing and a Secure Future
In training, hospitals see big rewards
By Erin Ailworth Globe Staff / February 15, 2011 Instead of just recruiting outside candidates to fill midlevel jobs, three area hospital systems are expanding training programs that will allow… Read more »
No easy solutions for alarm fatigue
By Liz Kowalczyk Globe Staff / February 14, 2011 Second of two parts On the morning of Jan. 28, 2007, a neighbor looked through Madeline Warner’s window and saw her… Read more »
Ask a nurse how they deal with all the noise in hospitals
Patient alarms often unheard, unheeded
Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff / Feb 13, 2011 First of two parts. Fresh from surgery, the patient was wheeled into the intensive care unit and immediately hooked up to a… Read more »
For nurses, it’s a constant dash to respond to alarms
By Liz Kowalczyk Globe Staff / February 13, 2011 Logan’s cardiac monitor flashed a red crisis alarm and broadcast a fast, high-pitched beeping, a piercing sound that reached his nurse,… Read more »
