From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2003 Edition As health care professionals, some of us are being called upon to receive the smallpox vaccine. We are being asked to become vaccinated… Read more »
Year: 2003
Vaccinate Against War Not Smallpox
CDC Fact Sheet: Reactions to the Smallpox Vaccine
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2003 Edition The smallpox vaccine prevents smallpox. For most people, it is safe and effective. Most people experience normal, typically mild reactions to the vaccine,… Read more »
Facts About the Smallpox Vaccine
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2003 Edition Smallpox vaccine, which is made from a live virus related to the one that causes smallpox, is considered the most dangerous immunization for… Read more »
State Announces Voluntary Smallpox Vaccination Plan
Nurses Will Play Major Role From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary/February 2003 Edition Nurses will comprise the lions share of more than 12,000 health care workers scheduled to be vaccinated in… Read more »
As UMass/Memorial Medical Center Nurses’ Contract Talks Stall RNs Express Outrage at Refusal of John O’Brien to Hear Concerns About Staffing, Lack of Appropriate Patient Care Supplies and the Need for a Salary Commensurate With their Skills and Experience
According to Recent JAMA Study, University Campus Staffing Ratios Place Some Patients at 31 – 49% Greater Risk of Death Nurses Regularly Report Having a Lack of Supplies Needed to… Read more »
Pembroke Hospital Nurses Hold Candlelight Vigil on Feb. 20 at 5:30 pm
Seek Public Support to Convince Management to Release Impounded Ballots from Union Election Held 7 Months Ago on June 13, 2002 PEMBROKE, Mass.—The registered nurses of Pembroke Hospital, who have… Read more »
Mass Nurses Association Blasts Governor’s Health Care Cuts Calls Cuts Shortsighted, Misguided and Devastating to Children and Seniors
MNA Issues Position Statement On the Massachusetts DPH Smallpox Pre-Event Vaccination Plan
This statement was updated at the MNA Board of Directors meeting on 3.20.2003. Massachusetts Nurses Association Issues Position Statement On the Mass. DPH Smallpox Pre-Event Vaccination Plan CANTON, Mass. —… Read more »
The MNA participates to support GE workers strike in Lynn on January 15th.
MNA Activists Alert: We are joining other citizen and health care advocacy groups in organizing a Community Rally for Health Care Reform in Lynn, to coincide and demonstrate support for… Read more »
