From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterNovember/December 2009 Edition On Oct. 31, Sue Rowe—a longtime MNA member, Wilmington school nurse and former bargaining unit chairperson—was honored, in abstentia, by the Massachusetts School… Read more »
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Wilmington school RN honored by MSNO
Globe Story — State’s ER policy passes checkup: Hospitals accept ambulance rule; Wait times don’t spike for patients
Hospitals accept ambulance rule; Wait times don’t spike for patients By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff | December 14, 2009 A new state policy requiring crowded hospital emergency rooms to accept… Read more »
CDC: About 1 in 6 Americans have had swine flu
by Mike Stobbe – Dec. 10, 2009 02:15 PMAssociated Press ATLANTA – Swine flu has sickened about 50 million Americans, and killed about 10,000, according to new estimates released by… Read more »
Dec 11 2009 DPH Situation Report – H1N1
Wash Post Dec 11 09 CMS (Medicare) Report: Medicare cuts would threaten profitability of one in five hospitals, warning that many institutions might drop Medicare
By Lori Montgomery Friday, December 11, 2009 2:42 PM A Senate plan to cut Medicare to pay for an overhaul of the health system would threaten the profitability of roughly… Read more »
CNN Dec 11 2009 Not good! Senate health care bill to allow benefit caps, Democratic aides say
Washington (CNN) — The health care bill being negotiated in the Senate would allow caps on annual insurance benefits, reversing a previous version of the plan that would have prevented… Read more »
Attention! Knitters, Crocheters and Others
Grassroots Action Needed: S. 2216 ED Reform
It is critical that you add your voice to the education reform debate NOW, to ensure school nurses are included in the bill and the "Race to the Top" federal… Read more »
Nation’s New RN SuperUnion Names Executive Director, Holds First Public Rally for RN Rights, Representation
Dispatch #3 From NNU Convention by MNA Delegate Sandy Eaton
Phoenix – Monday morning’s business meeting was chaired by UAN executive director Walt Frederickson. AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka had been scheduled to chair this historic session, but family illness prevented… Read more »
