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The real solution to ED overcrowding

There have been a number of studies and reports conducted on the issue of emergency department overcrowding and ambulance diversion that offer a number of alternative solutions, including one commissioned… Read more »

How to organize a union

From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterOctober 2005 Edition Short Term Goals: Develop an organizing committee; have 70 to 75 percent of members sign cardsLong Term Goals: Establish a union; achieve first… Read more »

Union membership a key to health care coverage

From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterOctober 2005 Edition According to a recent study by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), union members are much more likely to have employment-based health… Read more »

Environmental pollutants and the immune system

It’s not nice to fool mother nature From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterOctober 2005 Edition By David H. Sherr, Ph.D. Department of Environmental Health Boston University School of Public Health In… Read more »