SAFE STAFFING NOW 

News Stories on Safe Staffing Issue

• MNA President, Higgins, in Globe Editorial, June 22, 2002
  

• Nurses are Right to Argue There's Safety in Numbers  - Springfield Union News (April 21, 2002)

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Releases National Survey of RNs

• Nursing home neglect, Boston Globe, 3/3/02
  

• Nursing home crisis won't fix itself, February 26, 2002

• Nurses, seniors lobby lawmakers, February 12, 2002

• Prevalence of ICU Nurses Has Strong Link To Patient Outcomes 10/19/2001

• Worcester Columnist Puts Human Face on Staffing Cutbacks at U. Mass Medical Center, Signals Need for Citizen Action (9/2001)

• Study: Nurse shortage puts patients and staff at risk(6/20/01)

• Dedicated Nurses Decry Diminished Ranks, Image (5-20-01)

• Example of What Unsafe Staffing Can Do:  Easter Weekend at Brockton Hospital

• National Survey Underscores Growing Crisis in Nurse Staffing/Patient Safety.

• HHS study links care, nurse staff levels (4-24-01)

• MNA Lauds Introduction of Federal Bill to Ban Mandatory Overtime Legislation is Designed to Assure Quality Patient Care

• MNA Takes Issue With ANA’s Response to Crisis Opposes ANA’s Industry-Friendly Staffing Legislation  

• State probes nursing home after woman's death
  Boston Herald, March 9, 2001

• Senator Speaks Out on Nursing Shortage
  Opening statement of Sen. Barbara Mikulski given at hearing held by subcommittee on aging (posted Feb. 20, 2001)  

• New study shows demand for skilled nursing care far exceeds supply Nurses.com web site Feb. 16, 2001

• Nurses Prescribe Rx for Profession
  Springfield Union News, Jan. 18, 2001

• State is Probing Caritas Norwood Hospital: Patient Death Linked to Shortage of Nurses

• Relatives of patients concerned about care
  Boston Herald, January 25, 2001

• State cites neglect, abuse at nursing homes
  Boston Herald, January 25, 2001

• When the Hospital (RN) Staff Isn't Enough
  Washington Post, January 7, 2001