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04.14.2006
Action Alert to UMMC Nurses
Great Letter today in the T&G
Let's Keep them Coming
Below is a wonderful letter to the
editor in today's Worcester T&G. Way to go, Kathie Logan. Now,
it's your turn. Write you own letter.
You can send a letter to the editor at letters@telegram.com.
Keep your letter to 250 words or less (anything
longer and they won't get printed) and include your name, address
and phone number.
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Friday, April 14, 2006
Skilled nurses should be respected
KATHLYN M. LOGAN, R.N., Spencer
At a time when the management team of UMass Memorial
Medical Center is trying to decimate the contract for the registered
nurses employed at the university campus, an article (Sunday Telegram,
April 9) highlighted the complex and sophisticated care provided
there and the life-saving role of the nurses.
Without skilled nurses working in a safe environment,
shiny new buildings and state-of-art technology areworthless. Although
the hospital has doubled the size of the emergency room, it has
not added any staff.
The current contract proposals are threatening to
drive our staff away to trauma centers, where nurses can be treated
with respect and practice every day without fear of harming their
patients.
If UMass Memorial wants to celebrate Level 1 trauma
service, then it needs to respect its nurses and give them the resources
they need to take care of their patients.
Top 10 medical centers retain, recruit and respect
their nurses; they do not try to force them away.
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