Seeking to combat assaults on health care workers, advocates yesterday lobbied lawmakers for tougher penalties for those attack medical providers. The bill would expand current state law by specifically adding… Read more »
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Media Coverage of Nurses’ Assault Protection Bill Hearing: BostonNOW, Nurses look for protection
Media Coverage of Nurses’ Assault Protection Bill Hearing: State House News Service, Violence Against Nurses Carries Special Penalties Under Bill
Health care advocates and state officials said Tuesday afternoon they support legislation stiffening penalties against people who commit violence against nurses. The bill (H 1700), sponsored by Rep. Michael Rodrigues… Read more »
Joint Committee on Judiciary Holds March 11 Hearing On Bill to Increase Criminal Penalties for Assaulting Nurses
Worcester County DA Joseph Early, Jr. to Testify in Support of the Measure Nurses are Assaulted as Much as Police Officers and Prison Guards Yet Oftentimes No Action is Taken… Read more »
Nurses Rallying Neighbors to Advocate for Carney
A group of nurses made the case for the Caritas Carney Hospital at the Lower Mills Civic Association last Tuesday night (Feb. 19), part of an ongoing effort by the… Read more »
Patient Safety Act is Approved by Public Health Committee
Measure Calls for Safe Limits on Nurses’ Patient Assignments, Prohibits Mandatory Overtime and Includes Initiatives to Increase Nursing Faculty & Nursing Scholarships BOSTON, Mass. – The 125-member Coalition to Protect… Read more »
Safe Patient Handling Bill gets Favorable Vote from Public Health Committee
If implemented, H. 2052 will protect thousands of nurses and other health care workers from costly and debilitating skeletal/back injuries CANTON, Mass.—On Feb 19, the Joint Committee on Public Health… Read more »
Union busting is disgusting
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterFebruary 2008 Edition
Nursing and Labor Advocate Rosemary Smith Dies
Nursing Community Mourns Loss of Longtime Leader
Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Sean Garballey for State Rep.
Cites his commitment to health care and nursing issues CANTON, Mass.—The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), the state’s largest union of registered nurses and health care professionals, announced its endorsement and… Read more »
Pointers on ground rules at the bargaining table
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary 2008 Edition
