From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2005 Edition
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How, when and where to report an incident affecting patient safety
A primer on the dangers of ‘shared governance’
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2005 Edition By Roland GoffDirector, MNA Labor Program As a labor union as well as a professional association, the MNA advocates improved terms and conditions… Read more »
Change in mandated reporting of elder abuse law affecting RNs
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2005 Edition The legal responsibility for nurses, as well as a number of other groups of professionals1, to report elder abuse was recently expanded by… Read more »
MNA partners with UMass Lowell in grant to protect home health care practitioners
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2005 Edition The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has awarded the University of Massachusetts Lowell a four-year $2 million grant for prevention… Read more »
New study of Brigham RNs shows lasting effects of poor indoor air quality
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2005 Edition A recently completed study of registered nurses at Brigham & Women’s Hospital who were negatively impacted by poor indoor air quality at the… Read more »
‘Safe lifting’ legislation filed by MNA attempts to reduce injuries to health care workers
A bill entitled "An Act Relating to Safe Patient Handling in Certain Health Facilities," which would mandate safe lifting practices, was filed by the MNA on Dec. 1 at the… Read more »
