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2005 News
- 12.15.2005 |
Internet monitoring at work and employee privacy - 12.15.2005 |
Needlestick injuries continue despite 2000 rewrite of OSHA standard - 12.15.2005 |
MassCOSH guide aids clinicians in preventing workplace injuries and illnesses - 12.06.2005 | After 890 Days Without a Contract From the Romney Administration, MNA Launches Radio Campaign to Support State-Employed RNs and Health Professionals
- 11.15.2005 | Nurses and health care professionals come together to hold veterans and those who serve them
- 11.10.2005 | Nurses and Health Care Professionals Honor Veterans
- 10.31.2005 | Legislature Holds Hearings on Three Important Bills for Nurses and Patients
- 10.27.2005 | Wednesday's State House rally by state-employed RNs and health professionals was a rousing success
- 10.27.2005 | MNA to Boycott Sen. Moore/Becker College Oct. 28th Nursing Symposium, Plan Protest/Press Conference (9 a.m.) Outside Event
- 10.26.2005 | Globe Series on ICU Nursing Spotlights Complexity of Nurses' Role
- 10.25.2005 | Romney & Healey: Pay more attention to the state's most vulnerable and less to your campaigns
- 10.15.2005 |
Walk tall and carry a union card - 10.15.2005 |
MNA continues opposing placement of patients in halls - 10.15.2005 |
The real solution to ED overcrowding - 10.15.2005 |
How to organize a union - 10.15.2005 |
Union membership a key to health care coverage - 10.15.2005 |
Environmental pollutants and the immune system - 10.15.2005 |
Personal Checklist: What You Need In Case Of Disaster Emergency - 10.15.2005 |
Worker's comp in Massachusetts: punitive, inadequate and unfair - 10.15.2005 |
Safe patient handling: it’s all been said, now here’s what needs to happen - 10.07.2005 | Statement of the Massachusetts Nurses Association Regarding UMass Study on Nurse Staffing Legislation
- 09.23.2005 | Legislation on Workplace Violence Prevention Heads to Ways and Means
- 09.22.2005 | Nurses rip Romney over contract impasse
- 09.21.2005 | Romney footdragging on contract has negative effect on patients in state facilities
- 09.15.2005 |
HIPAA and the union's right to information - 09.15.2005 |
Responding to Disasters - 09.15.2005 |
Groundbreaking survey on workplace violence released - 09.12.2005 | Patients Undergoing Cancer Surgery are Safer in Hospitals With Higher RN-to-Patient Ratios
- 09.07.2005 | 800 Days without a Contract
- 09.01.2005 | Statement of Karen Higgins, RN, MNA President
- 08.24.2005 | Rep. John Conyers to speak at grassroots hearing on solutions to the health care crisis, Sarah-Ann Shaw to moderate
- 08.17.2005 | California Nurses Travel to Boston to Protest Schwarzenegger's $100k Rolling Stones Fundraiser
- 08.15.2005 |
The Small Necessities Needs Act: The right to take leave for family obligations - 08.15.2005 |
Behavioral health and emergency planning: the role of the school health programs - 08.15.2005 |
The avian influenza threat - 08.15.2005 |
Infection control and avian influenza recommendations - 08.15.2005 |
Avian flu: Will it or won’t it happen here? - 08.15.2005 |
Transmission of viruses between animals and people - 08.15.2005 |
Health and safety conference signals close of research portion of PHASE Project - 08.02.2005 | Journal Medical Care: New Study Finds Lower RN-to-Patient Ratios A Cost Effective Measure for Saving Lives and Improving Safety in Hospitals
- 08.01.2005 | Legislature Advances Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program
- 07.14.2005 | In 5 Hours of Testimony, Hospital Administrators Continue to Refuse any Limit on Patient Loads
- 07.13.2005 | More Than 1-in-3 Registered Nurses Report Patient Deaths & Nearly 80% Report Increase in Medical Errors Due to RN Understaffing
- 07.08.2005 | Hundreds of Nurses and Health Care Advocates will Converge on the
- 06.21.2005 | North Adams Regional Hospital RNs File Suit in Federal Court to Enforce Legal Ruling on Staffing After Hospital Repeatedly Violates Arbitrator's Order Not to Admit "More Patients than Nurses Can Safely Care For"
- 06.21.2005 | Joint Committee on Public Safety Holds June 29th Hearing On Bill to Prevent Workplace Violence Against Health Workers
- 06.08.2005 | UMass Memorial Campus RNs Will Hold Informational Picket Over Patient Safety and Pay Equality
- 05.24.2005 | House to Debate and Vote on Nurse Staffing Bill Today at 1 p.m.
- 05.18.2005 | Boston Medical Center RNs Will Hold Informational Picketing Today Over Retiree Health, Pay and Staffing
- 05.15.2005 |
The benefits of union membership: numerous and measurable - 05.15.2005 |
In solidarity: how the nurses at St. Vincent's came together - 05.15.2005 |
Political connections and organizing campaigns - 05.15.2005 |
MNA: A lifeline for Massachusetts nurses - 05.15.2005 |
Organizing and the law: protecting your rights as a worker - 05.15.2005 |
Can joining a union really change the future for my patients? Yes! - 05.15.2005 |
Health effects of fragrances: a Q & A - 05.15.2005 |
MNA offering bioterrorism preparedness modular presentation components - 05.03.2005 | Franklin Medical Center Nurses Picket Hospital
- 05.02.2005 | Newton-Wellesley RNs Will Hold Informational Picketing Today Over Staffing Conditions, Salary and Health Care Insurance
- 04.26.2005 | Massachusetts Physicians Say Nurse Understaffing Harms Patient Safety, Undermines Quality Care
- 04.15.2005 |
The NLRB: What it is and how it impacts workers - 04.15.2005 |
A history of activism and accomplishment - 04.15.2005 |
Emergency room violence growing concern for nurses - 04.15.2005 |
In her own words: How ER assault has changed RN Charlene Richardson's life, work - 04.15.2005 |
VNA of Boston: 'They know we need to be safe' - 04.15.2005 |
MNA offers workplace violence programs available in all regions - 04.15.2005 |
Workplace violence prevention and intervention: Being assaulted is NOT part of the job no matter where you work - 04.15.2005 |
Members of the Workplace Violence and Abuse Prevention Task Force - 04.15.2005 |
MNA offering bioterrorism preparedness modular presentation components in collaboration with Mass. DPH - 03.30.2005 | Massachusetts Patients Say Nurse Understaffing Harms Patient Safety, Undermines Quality Care
- 03.22.2005 | Public Backs MNA's Safe Staffing Bill 3-1 Over MHA Legislation
- 03.21.2005 | Arbitrator Rules in Favor of North Adams Regional Hospital RNs on Staffing; Orders Hospital Not to Admit More Patients than Nurses Can Safely Care For
- 03.21.2005 | TV's Lisa Hughes Recently Sat Down with Four Frontline Nurses to Discuss the Nursing Crisis, Medication Errors and Pending Legislation to Protect Patients
- 03.16.2005 | Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center Nurses and Employees Mobilize to Oppose Significant Cuts in Staffing for Surgical Services
- 03.15.2005 |
Dealing with the dangers of shift work - 03.15.2005 |
Fighting for victory—it's your decision - 03.15.2005 |
Hospital medical errors continue to draw media coverage - 03.15.2005 |
How health care sometimes hurts patients and the environment - 03.15.2005 |
The environmental connection for health and safety - 03.15.2005 |
MNA emergency preparedness task force accomplishments and future plans - 03.15.2005 |
Is vinyl the best glove for your personal protection? - 03.15.2005 |
Congress members share observations on issues of health and safety - 03.15.2005 |
MNA member fights to reduce back injuries for all nurses - 03.15.2005 |
CDC cites staffing patterns and nurses' working conditions adding to poor outcomes in area of infectious disease - 03.15.2005 |
'Sometimes it's just about doing the right thing' - 03.04.2005 | Salem Hospital Nurses Vote For Union Representation
- 02.16.2005 | State's Health Professionals Blast Governor's Budget for Its Neglect of the State's Most Vulnerable, Particularly Those with Acute Mental Illness
- 02.15.2005 |
How, when and where to report an incident affecting patient safety - 02.15.2005 |
A primer on the dangers of 'shared governance' - 02.15.2005 |
Change in mandated reporting of elder abuse law affecting RNs - 02.15.2005 |
MNA partners with UMass Lowell in grant to protect home health care practitioners - 02.15.2005 |
New study of Brigham RNs shows lasting effects of poor indoor air quality - 02.15.2005 |
'Safe lifting' legislation filed by MNA attempts to reduce injuries to health care workers - 02.01.2005 | It's 2005! Why Are We Still Shampooing Children With Pesticides?
- 01.26.2005 | Statement by MNA President Karen Higgins Regarding the Hospital Industry "Patient Safety Pledge" PR Campaign
- 01.25.2005 | Position Statement On the Proposed BU Biosafety Level 4 Lab
- 01.11.2005 | Whidden Hospital RNs and Allied Health Care Professionals Ratify New Two-Year Contract
- 01.06.2005 | As New Session Begins, Legislature Re-affirms Its Support for Patient Safety/Safe RN Staffing Bill
- 01.03.2005 | Hospital Profits Near $1 Billion
