News & Events
The Voice of Nurses in Massachusetts
The MNA Division of Public Communications raises public awareness of and support for nursing issues by making nurses and nursing front-page news throughout the state and the nation. Below you will find the latest news regarding all facets of the organization. For a listing of upcoming MNA happenings, visit our Events Calendar.
Current News
- 02.03.2012 | MNA Members Encourage to Attend Candlelight Vigils for Slain Mental Health Worker Stephanie Moulton
- 02.02.2012 | UMass Fined 520K by Attorney General for Bone Marrow Scam One Day After Announcing Cut to Staff and Services
- 02.02.2012 | MNA Response to UMMMC Layoffs and Sale of Home Health Services
- 02.01.2012 | NAMI Massachusetts Strongly Opposes Balancing the State Budget on the Backs of People with Mental Illness
- 01.31.2012 | Governor’s Budget Contains Dramatic Cuts to Care for Developmentally Disabled
- 01.30.2012 | Taunton Gazette Features Tremendous Coverage of the Proposed Closure of Taunton State Hospital, And the Fight to Keep It Open
- 01.26.2012 | NURSES PACK HEARING, RENEW CALL FOR STAFFING BILL
- 01.25.2012 | Selection of Wall-to-Wall News Coverage from Our Press Release on the DMH Announcement of Taunton Closing
- 01.24.2012 | State Dept. of Mental Health Announces Plans to Close Taunton State Hospital
- 01.23.2012 | 2011 MNF Rosemary Smith, RN Memorial Golf Tournament a big success!
- 01.23.2012 | January 25 – Joint Committee on Health Care Finance Holding Public Hearing on Bills to Set Safe Patient Limits for Nurses in Massachusetts Hospitals
- 01.19.2012 | UMMMC Nurses Cast Overwheling Vote in Favor of Forming a Single MNA Bargaining Unit
- 01.16.2012 | ATTENTION ALL NURSES, IMPORTANT HEARING ON OUR SAFE STAFFING BILL TO BE HELD ON JAN. 25TH
- 01.12.2012 |
President's Column: As hospitals push for BSN-only hiring, MNA calls for different approach - 01.12.2012 |
MAIN STREET CONTRACT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE - 01.12.2012 |
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - 01.12.2012 |
Nurses picket two Baystate VNA sites in Springfield - 01.12.2012 |
Nurses warn: Wall Street targeting hospitals for profits! - 01.12.2012 |
It’s a mad, mad, Mad Libs world - 01.12.2012 |
MNA position statement on medication error - 01.12.2012 |
Nurses reveal how patient handling is unsafe - 01.12.2012 |
Protect your patients and practice with the MNA’s updated Safe Staffing Form - 01.12.2012 |
MNA member's biography of WWI nurse helps make nursing history - 01.09.2012 | NNU: New Study Shows Dramatic Revenue Potential from a Wall Street Tax
- 01.09.2012 | No, The School Nurse is Not In
- 01.05.2012 | 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
- 01.04.2012 | Gloucester Times: Standing up for AGH: Residents mobilize for state hearing in Beverly
- 12.28.2011 | Regionally Speaking: Newsletter of MNA Regional Council 5
- 12.21.2011 | Selection of the Great Media Coverage of Our Demonstration Outside Cerberus-Steward Yesterday
- 12.19.2011 |
MNA endorses Elizabeth Warren for U.S. Senate - 12.19.2011 |
President's Column: Nurses standing up and speaking out for their beliefs - 12.19.2011 |
MNA/NNU protests in Washington - 12.19.2011 |
Nurses and patient advocates gather across the state in name of safe staffing - 12.19.2011 |
Crowds gather in protest on doorstep of Cerberus/Steward - 12.19.2011 |
Cooley Dickinson RNs hold informational picket - 12.19.2011 |
UMass Memorial replaces skilled RNs with ‘lactation consultants’ - 12.19.2011 |
Supporting the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement - 12.19.2011 |
Patient advocacy also means we support one another as professionals - 12.19.2011 |
Keep seniors covered - 12.19.2011 |
MNA position on flu vaccine for members - 12.19.2011 |
And the survey says … We’re getting sick of surveys! - 12.19.2011 |
Mass. BORN updates nurse license renewal process - 12.19.2011 |
MNA Business Meeting features call to action on a number of fronts - 12.19.2011 | Mass Nurses To Board Buses For Protest Outside Headquarters of Cerberus-Steward in NYC
- 12.14.2011 | Nurses Top Gallup Poll on Honesty, Ethics – Again
- 12.13.2011 | ATTENTION MNA Members: Application period now open for Reduced Dues
- 12.13.2011 | Region's inequities widen, study finds
- 12.05.2011 | Make Your Nominations for “Scrooge of the Year”
- 11.29.2011 | MEDIA ADVISORY: US Nurses Stand by UK Nurses, Public Workers
