<![CDATA[MNA News]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events Thu, 17 May 2012 18:27:29 +0000 Zend_Feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Nurses, Global, U.S. Activists Converge on Chicago in Call To G-8 Leaders for Tax on Wall Street to Heal Economy]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7444 Thu, 17 May 2012 18:21:28 +0000 <![CDATA[New York Professional Nurses Union affiliates with NENA/NNU]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7421 Mon, 14 May 2012 19:16:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Executive Director's Column: Everything old is new again (and we’re not talking fashion)]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7422 Mon, 14 May 2012 19:23:42 +0000 <![CDATA[Baystate RNs picket during hospital's dedication of new building]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7423 Mon, 14 May 2012 19:32:38 +0000 <![CDATA[Noteworthy news from the negotiationg table]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7425 Tue, 15 May 2012 15:51:58 +0000 <![CDATA[The legislative drop: an easy way to advocate for patients & our profession]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7426 Tue, 15 May 2012 16:06:47 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA supports earned sick leave coalition]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7427 Tue, 15 May 2012 16:35:58 +0000 <![CDATA[Political Pulse]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7428 Tue, 15 May 2012 16:43:07 +0000 <![CDATA[The lockout: breaking the union, breaking the middle class]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7429 Tue, 15 May 2012 17:10:04 +0000 <![CDATA[Lawrence General food drive produces nearly 1,400 meals for those in need]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7433 Tue, 15 May 2012 20:03:09 +0000 <![CDATA[Standing o’ so tall in Worcester]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7434 Tue, 15 May 2012 20:05:14 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA member visits White House as part of Heart Association initiative]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7430 Tue, 15 May 2012 17:48:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Traveling to Paris and the French countryside with MNA]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7431 Tue, 15 May 2012 17:51:30 +0000 <![CDATA[Massachusetts Nurses Association 2012 positions available]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7437 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:34:15 +0000 <![CDATA[Is a bloodborne pathogen exposure treated as an emergency?]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7440 Thu, 17 May 2012 15:16:08 +0000 <![CDATA[Call to Action for the Senate to Prohibit Mandatory Overtime ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7414 Fri, 11 May 2012 22:29:27 +0000 <![CDATA[U.S. Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren to Address Several Hundred Frontline Nurses at Mass. Nurses Association’s Clinical Conference at DCU Center]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7409 Thu, 10 May 2012 14:27:21 +0000 <![CDATA[Media Coverage and Video of Worcester City Council Vote Opposing Closure of Taunton State Hospital]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7389 Wed, 02 May 2012 14:38:13 +0000 <![CDATA[Call to Action!! We Need Every MNA Member to Call Their State Senator Today To Save Taunton State Hospital and Protect Mental Health Services]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7388 Wed, 02 May 2012 02:50:14 +0000 <![CDATA[Be skeptical about the state’s medical apology program]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7394 Wed, 02 May 2012 16:59:55 +0000 <![CDATA[House Budget’s Consent to the Closure of Taunton State Hospital Represents an Abandonment of the Mentally Ill ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7346 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:46:59 +0000 <![CDATA[Boston Globe April 24 2012: Fatal flaws in biolab report]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7380 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:01:33 +0000 <![CDATA[March of Dimes Nurse of the Year]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7334 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:15:22 +0000 <![CDATA[New York Professional Nurses Union Votes to Affiliate with Nation’s Largest Nurses’ Union]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7293 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:55:03 +0000 <![CDATA[Support a National Day of Action for Public Transportation]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7281 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:18:16 +0000 <![CDATA[Labor Notes Conference 2012]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7287 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:51:20 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA's Patient Safety Bills Are Progressing on Beacon Hill ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7279 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:49:51 +0000 <![CDATA[FDA working to trim hospital ‘alarm fatigue’]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7308 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:02:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Video: Save Mental Health Services Rally]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7272 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:04:47 +0000 <![CDATA[TAUNTON HOSPITAL CLOSURE PLANS STIRRING FIERCE BATTLE ON BEACON HILL]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7271 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:29:45 +0000 <![CDATA[State House Rally to Oppose the Closure of Taunton State Hospital and to Improve Mental Health Services for All Residents of the Commonwealth Will Be Held March 22 at 10 a.m.]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7263 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:38:14 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA denounces state’s plan to close Taunton State Hospital]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7244 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:06:18 +0000 <![CDATA[Advocacy group cites decision to close Taunton State as latest example of Massachusetts balancing budget on the backs of people with mental illness]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7245 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:11:01 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA responds to UMass Med Center layoffs, sale of home health services]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7261 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:13:55 +0000 <![CDATA[Brigham & Women’s RNs approve contract]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7262 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:36:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Anna Jaques nurses hold successful food drive]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7264 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:44:32 +0000 <![CDATA[Rules for MNA state and regional elections and campaigns]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7265 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:11:19 +0000 <![CDATA[NNU: New study shows dramatic revenue potential from a Wall Street tax]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7266 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:21:55 +0000 <![CDATA[Report From Haiti]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7247 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:19:37 +0000 <![CDATA[MAIN STREET CONTRACT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7267 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:55:24 +0000 <![CDATA[President's Column: Be very afraid: The BORN wants to change regs on delegation of nursing tasks]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7243 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:01:17 +0000 <![CDATA[Lawrence General Hospital Nurses' Food Drive A Success]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7216 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:30:08 +0000 <![CDATA[Statement by UMMMC RNs Regarding the Announcement of the Retirement Of UMMMC CEO John O’Brien]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7235 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:10:08 +0000 <![CDATA[Video: Baystate Nurses Picket at Baystate's Hospital of the Future Dedication]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7225 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:34:13 +0000 <![CDATA[Download and share a flyer detailing MNA/NNUs Position Statement on Medical Error Prevention]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7212 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:48:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Baystate Nurses Picket at Baystate's Hospital of the Future Dedication]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7150 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:46:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Yes Magazine: Nurses Fight for a Dose of Tax Justice ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7187 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:34:20 +0000 <![CDATA[State House News Service: Taunton Hospital Backers See Need for Mental Health Needs Study]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7117 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:12:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Terri Arthur Book Signing Thursday, February 16th]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7104 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:21:12 +0000 <![CDATA[Massachusetts Residents Petition To Save Taunton State Hospital & Protect Access to Quality Mental Health Services in Southeastern Mass]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7076 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:11:02 +0000 <![CDATA[The drumbeat of media coverage supporting our call to Save Taunton State Hospital and increase access to mental health services continues]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7061 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:19:51 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA Members Encouraged to Attend Candlelight Vigils for Slain Mental Health Worker Stephanie Moulton]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7060 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:42:16 +0000 <![CDATA[UMass Fined 520K by Attorney General for Bone Marrow Scam One Day After Announcing Cut to Staff and Services ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7059 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:23:45 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA Response to UMMMC Layoffs and Sale of Home Health Services ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7057 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:26:25 +0000 <![CDATA[NAMI Massachusetts Strongly Opposes Balancing the State Budget on the Backs of People with Mental Illness]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7041 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:07:12 +0000 <![CDATA[Governor’s Budget Contains Dramatic Cuts to Care for Developmentally Disabled]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7033 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:07:08 +0000 <![CDATA[Taunton Gazette Features Tremendous Coverage of the Proposed Closure of Taunton State Hospital, And the Fight to Keep It Open ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7025 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:59:20 +0000 <![CDATA[NURSES PACK HEARING, RENEW CALL FOR STAFFING BILL]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7024 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:59:08 +0000 <![CDATA[Selection of Wall-to-Wall News Coverage from Our Press Release on the DMH Announcement of Taunton Closing ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7013 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:01:45 +0000 <![CDATA[State Dept. of Mental Health Announces Plans to Close Taunton State Hospital]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7010 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:37:15 +0000 <![CDATA[2011 MNF Rosemary Smith, RN Memorial Golf Tournament a big success!]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7007 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:39:49 +0000 <![CDATA[January 25 – Joint Committee on Health Care Finance Holding Public Hearing on Bills to Set Safe Patient Limits for Nurses in Massachusetts Hospitals ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7008 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:12:11 +0000 <![CDATA[UMMMC Nurses Cast Overwheling Vote in Favor of Forming a Single MNA Bargaining Unit]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7005 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:58:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ATTENTION ALL NURSES, IMPORTANT HEARING ON OUR SAFE STAFFING BILL TO BE HELD ON JAN. 25TH]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7004 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:41:18 +0000 <![CDATA[President's Column: As hospitals push for BSN-only hiring, MNA calls for different approach ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6984 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:05:57 +0000 <![CDATA[MAIN STREET CONTRACT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6985 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:13:03 +0000 <![CDATA[LEGISLATIVE UPDATE]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6986 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:47:12 +0000 <![CDATA[Nurses picket two Baystate VNA sites in Springfield ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6987 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:56:55 +0000 <![CDATA[Nurses warn: Wall Street targeting hospitals for profits! ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6988 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:59:24 +0000 <![CDATA[It’s a mad, mad, Mad Libs world]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6989 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:37:07 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA position statement on medication error ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6990 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:43:57 +0000 <![CDATA[Nurses reveal how patient handling is unsafe]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6991 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:47:14 +0000 <![CDATA[Protect your patients and practice with the MNA’s updated Safe Staffing Form]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6992 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:55:05 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA member's biography of WWI nurse helps make nursing history]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6993 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:00:31 +0000 <![CDATA[NNU: New Study Shows Dramatic Revenue Potential from a Wall Street Tax]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6977 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:11:06 +0000 <![CDATA[NPR News: No, The School Nurse is Not In]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6974 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:13:30 +0000 <![CDATA[Nurses and Cape Ann residents made big impression at Mass. Department of Public Health public hearing on application of Northeast Health Systems and Lahey Clinic to combine]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7143 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:45:21 +0000 <![CDATA[National Labor Relations Board Issues Charges of Unfair Labor Practices Against Cerberus/Steward Health Care for the Illegal Firing of a Nurse at Holy Family Hospital & for Violations of Nurses’ Union Rights in an Attempt to Discourage Nurses’ Participation in the Union]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6970 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:36:01 +0000 <![CDATA[Gloucester Times: Standing up for AGH: Residents mobilize for state hearing in Beverly ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6966 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:37:58 +0000 <![CDATA[He speaks his mind on health ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7116 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:32:02 +0000 <![CDATA[State reports detail 11 patient deaths linked to alarm fatigue in Massachusetts ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7153 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 <![CDATA[Regionally Speaking: Newsletter of MNA Regional Council 5]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7040 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:23:33 +0000 <![CDATA[Selection of the Great Media Coverage of Our Demonstration Outside Cerberus-Steward Yesterday ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6925 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:30:16 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA endorses Elizabeth Warren for U.S. Senate]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6886 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:06:57 +0000 <![CDATA[President's Column: Nurses standing up and speaking out for their beliefs ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6887 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:13:42 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA/NNU protests in Washington]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6888 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:19:13 +0000 <![CDATA[Nurses and patient advocates gather across the state in name of safe staffing]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6889 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:27:09 +0000 <![CDATA[Crowds gather in protest on doorstep of Cerberus/Steward ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6890 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:35:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Cooley Dickinson RNs hold informational picket]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6891 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:39:37 +0000 <![CDATA[UMass Memorial replaces skilled RNs with ‘lactation consultants’ ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6892 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:42:25 +0000 <![CDATA[Supporting the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6893 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:46:45 +0000 <![CDATA[Patient advocacy also means we support one another as professionals]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6894 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:02:50 +0000 <![CDATA[Keep seniors covered]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6895 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:34:47 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA position on flu vaccine for members ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6896 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:38:58 +0000 <![CDATA[And the survey says … We’re getting sick of surveys!]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6897 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:06:45 +0000 <![CDATA[Mass. BORN updates nurse license renewal process ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6898 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:20:07 +0000 <![CDATA[MNA Business Meeting features call to action on a number of fronts ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6899 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:22:06 +0000 <![CDATA[Mass Nurses To Board Buses For Protest Outside Headquarters of Cerberus-Steward in NYC]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6900 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:29:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Nurses Top Gallup Poll on Honesty, Ethics – Again]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6881 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:01:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ATTENTION MNA Members: Application period now open for Reduced Dues]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6862 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:39:22 +0000 <![CDATA[Region's inequities widen, study finds ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/7048 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:39:49 +0000 <![CDATA[Make Your Nominations for “Scrooge of the Year”]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6843 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:54:38 +0000 <![CDATA[MEDIA ADVISORY: US Nurses Stand by UK Nurses, Public Workers ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6842 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:31:41 +0000 <![CDATA[Nurses Picket Two Baystate Sites]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6839 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:17:05 +0000 <![CDATA[MEDIA ADVISORY: Baystate Visiting Nurses Schedule Information Pickets on Nov. 28 & 29]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6835 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:50:27 +0000 <![CDATA[Governor signs law to protect collective bargaining rights for public sector workers ]]> http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/p/openItem/6815 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:19:09 +0000