OSHA has initiated a pilot ergonomics initiative which combines the benefi ts of using establishment-specific illness/ injury data for the OSHA Data Initiative with the flexibility and knowledge of local… Read more »
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New program seeks to reduce hospital injuries
MRSA is a recordable occupational illness
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently stated that Methycillin Resistant Staphlococcus Aureus is a recordable occupational illness. Nurses and otherhealth care workers who test positive for MRSA in infectioncontrol… Read more »
Budget Cuts Place Jane Doe Rape Crisis Centers in Jeopardy
Learn How You Can Help After months of intensive budget advocacy and tremendous support from the governor and members of the Legislature, the final state budget for FY04 was released—and… Read more »
Campaign to Save Fernald Continues, Despite Governor’s Veto
MANSFIELD, Mass. — Advocates for the Fernald Developmental Center and other state facilities for the mentally retarded vowed today to continue their campaign to save the facilities, despite a veto… Read more »
COFAR to deliver final petitions opposing Fernald closure Advocates will tell Gov. Romney that, “people count!”
MANSFIELD, Mass. — In a last push of the fiscal year to save the Fernald Developmental Center and other state facilities for the mentally retarded, members of COFAR (Coalition of… Read more »
One in Three Registered Nurses Report Patient Deaths that are Directly Attributable to RN Understaffing
93 percent of RNs agree that burnout from high patient loads is causing nurses to leave the hospital setting; Two-thirds of RNs who have already left the bedside say they… Read more »
More than 500 Nurses and Health Care Advocates Will Converge on the State House for a June 18 Press Conference & Legislative Hearing on a Bill to Regulate RN-to-Patient Ratios in Hospitals
9:30 a.m. Press Conference Will Announce Results of Statewide Survey of Mass. RNs Showing Alarming Threat to Patient Safety Caused by Poor RN-to-Patient Ratios New Bill is Key to Improving… Read more »
More than 50 organizations begin workplace mobilization for reform…
Tens of thousands of workers to unite on June 5 for "health care for all!"
UMass Medical School RNs Will Hold an Informational Picket on June 4
As Contract Talks Stall Over Failure to Provide UMMS RNs the Same Pay and Benefits as Nurses at UMass Memorial Health Care As Promised in Merger Legislation While UMMS Nurses… Read more »
MNA Applauds State Senate Budget Proposal for Protecting Vital Public Health Programs
CANTON, Mass. — A s voters across the state continue to express that health care is one of their top priorities and concerns as taxpayers, the Massachusetts Nurses Association today… Read more »
