Statewide Survey Finds More Than 235,000 (>1-in-4) Patients Per Year Feel Their Safety Has Been Compromised in Bay State Hospitals Hospital Industry’s "Patients First" Website No Help
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Massachusetts Patients Say Nurse Understaffing Compromises Patient Safety
New Radio Ads Highlight Need for Passage of H. 2059
In anticipation of the important Oct. 24th State House hearing before the public health committee on the Patient Safety Act (H. 2059), the Coalition to Protect Massachusetts Patients and the… Read more »
MNA Convention Makes News–Nurses lobby for staff levels
By MICHAEL McAULIFFE
Financial Report Shows Hospitals Continue to Post Record Profits in 2007 Approaching $500 Million in Second Qtr–A 35 % Increase Over 2006
During the Same Time Period, Poor RN Staffing Contributes to Thousands of Preventable Infections, Causing Patients to Suffer While Hospitals’ Coffers Grow
North Adams Transcript Story on Strike Vote
NARH nurses prepare for vote to strike By Jennifer Huberdeau, North Adams Transcript
NARN Nurses Letter to the Editor on Strike Vote
Nurses still fighting for contract Tuesday, September 25 To the editor: As a registered nurse who has spent her entire career at North Adams Regional Hospital, I would like to… Read more »
VNA, hospice nurses rally for contract
BY MACKENZIE ISSLER RECORDER STAFF GREENFIELD — About 50 people came out to support the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) and hospice nurses at a rally at the Greenfield Town Common… Read more »
Advocates for Patient Safety Rally on the South Coast
Urge lawmakers to pass bill that will improve patient care, set safe RN-to-Patient Ratios
The Employee Free Choice Act: strengthening union organizing rights
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterSeptember 2007 Edition
Reflections on Labor Day
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterSeptember 2008 Edition
