Archive :: 1999 

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December 1999

• Boston VNA RNs Vote to Ratify Contract 
• MNA Secures Several Major Wins on Beacon Hill!  
• Governor Signs MNA's Whistle Blower Bill into Law 
• MA Wins $ for Nation’s 1st Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program 
• MNA Hails California Law Mandating Staffing Levels
• MNA's Monthly Guide to Single Payer (chapter 1)
• Nursing Staffing Problem Addressed on ABC TV's 20/20
• S. 514 “An Act Relative to the Registered Nurse First Assistant" 
• Congress on Health Policy Reconvenes Blue-Ribbon Commission 
• Congress on Health Policy and Legislation Wants Your Ideas 
• License Renewal Year: Birthday Gift of Privacy 
• Study Reveals Nursing Concerns About Quality of Care
• Latex Allergy Causes Dentist to Change Practice
• Impact of Violence on Children ( MNA Domestic Violence Task Force Report)
• MNF High Tea Speaker Selected
• ANA/MNA Praises Release of OSHA Ergonomics Rules
• Important Changes to Your Disney Magic Kingdom Club Membership

October/November 1999

• Nurses Urged to Make Last Push on Ballot Initiative
• MNA Launches Ballot Initiative
• Support H.969 - MNA's Needlestick Bill
• MNA-ANA Needlestick Conference
• How Effective is JCAHO?
• MNA Proposed Bylaw Amendments*
• Fact Sheet on ANA's Union Partnership Strategy
• MNA Fact Sheet on Nursing Shortage
• MNA Diversity Day - Historic Step
• MNA Nominates 3 RNs for Appoinment to BORN
• NursePLAN Recognizes Rep. David Donnelly
• Nurse Practitioners Prescribe More Drugs
• RNs Say Managed Care has Decreased Quality of Care
• MNA Member Writes Book re: Addressing Issues of Multicultural Patients
• Urban Health Symposium - Nov 12-14
• Health Care Proxy Day - Nov 26
• Follow-up to June's Back-Safety Story
• MNA Goes Union Direct- EFT Payment (Ongoing)

August/September 1999

• Coalition for Patient Confidentiality
• MNA Signs On to Ballot To Improve Access
• MNA & SEIU 767 Sign Cooperative Agreement
• Whistle Blower Awaits Governor’s Signature
• MNA Lobby Day II…Strategy for 2000
• Harris Poll: Americans Fear Affects of Nursing Shortage
• Nursing Research: Domestic Violence
• MNA Supports Land Mine Ban
• District 5 Fall Programs
• Nursing and Workplace Violence
• World Health Organization Critical of Free Market Health Care
• Save the Date for Compassionate Care
• MNA-ANA Needlestick Conference
• Peg Shea Retires After Distinguished 30 Year Career

July 1999

• BORN Sets Hearings Dates on Reg. Changes
• MNA 2000 Leader Fellows: Call for Applications
• MNA Legislative Agenda

June 1999

• Senate Approved Budget Includes Whistle Blower Protection For Health Care Providers.
• ANA House of Delegates Takes Historic Step
• MNA Celebrates ANA Vote for Single-Payer
• Play a Role Passing Single-Payer Legislation
• MNA Members Take to the Streets
• Nurse Blast Drug Program As Risky
• MNA RN Urges Congress to Prevent Back Injuries
• View RN’s Testimony to Prevent Back Injuries
• Stuart Altman Speaker at MNA/RISNA Convention
• Lay Caregiver Burden Story
• Home Care Hearings Story
• Clinical Excellence Awards
• Nurses in the News
• MNA Honors State Senators Tolman and Rauschenbach
• Chemical Sensitivity Recognized by Governor
• Six Rights Testimony for Massachusetts Nurses

May/April 1999

• MNA Members Receive A Discounted Price On Suzanne Gordon's Book Life Support
• Senate Passes Patients Bill of Rights Bill
• ANCC Seeks Nominations For Internal Steering Committee For Home Health Care
• First Annual Leadership Institute
• Wash. DC Think Tank Releases Studies Showing Unionized Nurses Improve Care Quality And Hospital Profitability, Affirm RN Role In Care Delivery
• Nursing Community Mobilizes In Response To BORN Plan To Change Disciplinary Regs
• Northeastern University Researchers Seek Subjects For Study On Lay Caregiver Experiences In Home Care
• MNA Statement Regarding Board Of Registration In Nursing Sanctions Of Dana Farber Nurses
• MNA Files Legislation To Protect Nursing Practice And Guarantee Safe Care For Patients
• Valley Regional Hospital Nurses Vote For Union Representation by Massachusetts Nurses Association