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 »
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Joint Committee on Judiciary Holds March 11 Hearing On Bill to Increase Criminal Penalties for Assaulting Nurses
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
Chemical exposures on the job may be linked to diseases in nurses
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary 2008 Edition A first ever national survey of nurses’ exposures to chemicals, pharmaceuticals and radiation on the job suggests there are links between serious health… Read more »
