2004 News
- 05.21.2004 | State Senate Passes Amendment to Protect Patients by Establishing RN-to-Patient Ratios in Hospitals
- 05.13.2004 | More than 1,000 Nurses and Health Care Advocates Flood Massachusetts State House to Call for Vote on H.1282, A Bill To Set Minimum RN-to-Patient Ratios
- 05.08.2004 | Safety of patients demands adequate staffing of nurses
- 05.06.2004 | More than 1,000 Nurses and Health Care Advocates Will Converge at State House to Protest Dangerous Staffing Levels in Mass. Hospitals, Call for Vote on H.1282, A Bill To Set Minimum RN-to-Patient Ratios
- 05.03.2004 | On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate is likely to vote on a measure to guarantee that nobody will lose overtime pay when President Bush's overtime pay changes become law Aug. 23, 2004
- 04.15.2004 | Survey Shows That Part-Time RNs Already in Massachusetts Hospitals
- 04.15.2004 | Important information regarding MNA e-mail messages and AOL
- 04.15.2004 |
Ways to reduce toxic exposures in the home - 04.15.2004 |
Complaint of improper claims handling against an insurer: Form 130 now available at the Division of Industrial Accidents - 04.15.2004 |
Using patient-handling equipment to reduce injuries - 04.14.2004 | Legislators, Health Care Advocates, & Nurses to Release Critical Information on Nurses in Massachusetts Hospitals
- 04.14.2004 | New Report Linking Toxics to 180 Diseases Will Be Used as Lobbying Tool
- 04.12.2004 | MNA stands proudly with Senator Kerry
- 03.30.2004 | Patriot Ledger Publishes Scathing Report of the State’s Care of the Disabled in Group Homes
- 03.23.2004 | School Nurses Hold School Health Advocacy Day at State House on March 24th (8:30 – 11:30 am)
- 03.23.2004 | 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
- 03.22.2004 | Faulkner Hospital RNs Will Hold Informational Picketing on March 29th Over Staffing Conditions, Salary and Pension Issues
- 03.15.2004 | MNA Testifies at Hearing Before House FY 2005 Budget Task Force on Hospitals
- 03.15.2004 |
Is your hospital healthy? Taking a look at use of harmful pesticides - 03.15.2004 |
Incident Command System for Health Care Providers: An interview with Mary Taschner - 02.27.2004 | COFAR Members Kick Off 2004 Legislative Advocacy Season on February 27 at State House
- 02.21.2004 | Campaign RX: Help Make Universal Health Insurance a Permanent Right for Everyone
- 02.15.2004 |
Pathogens and the use of safe needle devices - 02.15.2004 |
STIK Beeper: Rapid Reporting System for Blood/Body Fluid Exposures - 02.15.2004 |
Formaldehyde exposure in the OR: one nurse's experience - 02.15.2004 |
Universal Respiratory Etiquette: A Revolutionary Approach to Reducing Exposure to Bacteria and Viruses - 02.04.2004 | Once again, evidence has surfaced to buttress the arguments of the Coalition to Protect Massachusetts Patients
- 02.03.2004 | RNs at Providence Hospital Ratify New Three-Year Contract
- 02.03.2004 | Database links environmental exposures with diseases
- 01.12.2004 | Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Angus McQuilken for State Senate in Special Election
