Position Statements

The following is a listing of position statements drafted and approved by the MNA. For more information contact the MNA at 781.821.4625 or 800.882.2056.

• May, 2023
  White Paper: Examining Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Recordkeeping Data to Determine Trends in Worker Injuries & Illnesses Related to COVID-19

• September, 2021
  Massachusetts Nurses Association Position Statement on COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements and other Strategies to Combat the COVID Pandemic

• March, 2021
  Congress on Nursing Practice Massachusetts Nurses Association White Paper, “Massachusetts: Maternal Services Are Central to Racial and Social Justice”

• January, 2021
  • Massachusetts Nurses Association Position Statement on Anti-Racism
  • MNA Position Statement on Workplace Violence and Abuse Prevention

• December, 2020
  Massachusetts Nurses Association Position Statement on Vaccine To Combat Covid-19 & Nurses Rights To Informed Consent Voluntary Nature Of Acceptance Of Vaccine

• October, 2020
  MNA Position Statement on Safe Patient Handling & Mobility

• April, 2020
  • Position Statement Opposing the Decontamination Methods for N95 Masks/Respirators & Nurses Right to Informed Consent and Refusal If Requested
  • Position Statement on the Deployment of Students in COVID-19 Healthcare Environment
    

• March, 2020
  Position Statement on a COVID-19 Response to Protect Patients and Staff in Massachusetts Hospitals

• 2016
  MNA Position Statement on Influenza Vaccination

• June, 2015
  MNA Position Statement on Ebola

• 2013
  Tele-E-ICU Nursing Practice 

• June, 2012
  Treating an Initial Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids as a True Emergency 

• December, 2011
  Medication Errors

• September, 2010
  Management of Patients Receiving Mild, Moderate or Deep Sedation

• October, 2007
  Exposure to Environmental Cleaning Chemicals in Healthcare Settings

• December, 2006
  On-call and extended work hours

• April, 2005
  Opposition to DPH policy allowing boarding and care of patients in the corridors of inpatient units

• January, 2005
  Proposed BU Biosafety Level 4 Lab

• August, 2004
  Unit 7 of Health Care Professionals Position Statement

• April, 2003
  COFAR Position Statement Opposing the Closure of The Fernald Center

• January, 2003
  Smallpox Pre-Event Vaccination Plan

• July, 2002
  Accepting, Rejecting and Delegating a Work Assignment: A Guide for Nurses

• November, 1998
  Sufficiency of Nursing Care

• Spring 1998
  Latex Allergy

• March, 1998
  Human Rights

• June, 1997
  • Role of Nurse in Early Intervention
  • Patient’s Right to Know the HIV Status of the Health Care Provider

• March, 1991
  Affirmative Action Plan & Position Statement

• September, 1990
  Abortion

• March, 1988
  Rights of Professional Nurses in Relation to Ethical or Religious Beliefs