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Nursing ratios save money and lives
New Study Links Nurse Understaffing to Increase in Deadly Infections
Findings Come as the Mass. State Senate Considers Action on a Bill to Require Much Needed Improvements in Hospital Nurse Staffing Levels along with Other Measures to Protect Patients BOSTON–As… Read more »
State Rep. and RN Mary Grant Publishes Powerful Op Ed in Support of the Patient Safet Act
My view: Nurse staffing rules make senseBy Mary Grant
‘Fatal Care’: Medical errors cause 98,000 deaths in U.S. hospitals each year
By CYNTHIA McCORMICK
OSHA outlines training requirements for first receivers of victims of mass casualty emergencies and chemically contaminated patients
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMay/June 2008 Edition Healthcare workers risk occupational exposures to chemical, biological or radiological materials when hospitals receive contaminated patients during emergency response activities with mass casualties…. Read more »
MNA members efforts rewarded—Carney to remain open as acute care hospital
New Caritas Christi CEO Ralph de la Torre unveils plan during May 22 Coalition to Strengthen Carney Hospital meeting As a result of efforts initiated by MNA members that developed… Read more »
House Passes Landmark Bill on RN Staffing and Patient Safety in Massachusetts Hospitals
Measure Calls for Safe Limits on Nurses’ Patient Assignments, Prohibits Mandatory Overtime, and Includes Initiatives to Increase Nursing Faculty & Nursing Scholarship.
Workers’ Compensation: A brief overview
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMay/June 2008 Edition
Governor proclaims May 11-17 as Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Week
Nurses, Patient Advocates and Legislators Rally at State House for Patient Safety Full House Vote on Patient Safety Act Scheduled for May 21 or 22
Measure Calls for Safe Limits on Nurses’ Patient Assignments, Prohibits Mandatory Overtime and Includes Initiatives to Increase Nursing Faculty & Nursing Scholarships
