The Patriot Ledger has run a powerful three-part investigative report detailing the often deplorable care, abuse, neglect and even deaths of disabled and mentally retarded residents under the care of… Read more »
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Patriot Ledger Publishes Scathing Report of the State’s Care of the Disabled in Group Homes
School Nurses Hold School Health Advocacy Day at State House on March 24th (8:30 – 11:30 am)
Seek to Maintain Funding for Improved School Health Services for State’s Children Nurses, teachers, parents and students expected at the State House toProtest devastating cuts in school health programs as… Read more »
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Nurses Release Results of Conducted Informational Picketing on March 25th Survey Showing Unsafe Staffing and Forced Overtime are a Regular Occurrence
Conditions Threaten Patients’ Access to Safe Nursing Care, and Force ManyNurses to Consider Leaving the Facility
Faulkner Hospital RNs Will Hold Informational Picketing on March 29th Over Staffing Conditions, Salary and Pension Issues
To compensate for inadequate staffing, the hospital regularly transfers nurses to work in areas where they are not qualified to safely care for patients JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass. – Registered nurses… Read more »
MNA Testifies at Hearing Before House FY 2005 Budget Task Force on Hospitals
Nurses Decry Romney Budget Cuts for Health Care Services Call for Greater Legislative Oversight of Hospital Industry Finances &Reform of a Heath Care System that is Failing to Provide Patients… Read more »
Is your hospital healthy? Taking a look at use of harmful pesticides
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMarch 2004 Edition By Kathy Sperrazza, RN, BSN, MSLR A recent study entitled "Healthy Hospitals: Controlling Pests without Harmful Pesticides" found that many hospitals are regularly… Read more »
Incident Command System for Health Care Providers: An interview with Mary Taschner
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterMarch 2004 Edition
COFAR Members Kick Off 2004 Legislative Advocacy Season on February 27 at State House
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Campaign RX: Help Make Universal Health Insurance a Permanent Right for Everyone
Help Make Health Care a Right for All We are asking you to support the Constitutional Amendment Campaign to make comprehensive and affordable health insurance a permanent right for all…. Read more »
Pathogens and the use of safe needle devices
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2004 Edition
