From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterOctober 2004 Edition By Donna Lazorik, RN, MS, CS Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Massachusetts DPH Every year in Massachusetts, an estimated 2,600 people are hospitalized… Read more »
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Influenza vaccine helps protect you
2003/2004 annual report from the Congress on Health and Safety
Group members: Terri Arthur, chairperson thru 2/04; Sandra LeBlanc, chairperson beginning 02/04; Rosemary O’Brien, vice chairperson; Janet Butler; David Denneno; Janice Homer; Elizabeth O’Connor; Janet Reeves; Maryanne Dillon; Mike D’Intinosanto;… Read more »
Members Vote to Approve Five-Year Plan and Modified Dues Funding at Annual Business Meeting in Boston
After more than three hours of intense debate and discussion among the membership gathered at the annual business meeting of the Massachusetts Nurses Association in Boston, a vote was cast… Read more »
OSHA, Mass. Nurses Association and Mass. Division of Occupational Safety Sign Alliance to Protect Nurses/Health Care Workers
BOSTON – Improving workplace safety and health for nurses and other health care workers is the goal of an alliance between the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration… Read more »
State representative Galvin and Kafka host ceremony to honor late World War II Nurse
Boston nurse was the first nurse to die in combat When: October 18, 2004, 1 pm Where: Nurses’ Hall, State House, Boston BOSTON — Sixty years from the week she… Read more »
MHA Survey of RN Vacancy Rates Misses the Mark on Nursing Crisis
Vacancy Rates Say Little about the Actual Safety of Staffing in Hospitals — It’s RN-to-Patient Ratios that Matter Without a Guarantee of Safe RN-Patient Ratios, Patients Remain at Risk and… Read more »
Taunton State Hospital Survey: “97 percent of RNs/Health Professionals Believe Management is Dangerously Understaffing the Hospital—Risking the Safety of Patients, Staff as a Result”
RNs, others say the problem puts patients, staff and the local community in jeopardy TAUNTON, Mass.— A recent survey of nurses and health professionals at Taunton State Hospital (TSH) found… Read more »
MNA supports Jobs With Justice as “Health Care Action Week” Ramps Up
A second look at formaldehyde in the workplace: Some possible alternatives
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterSeptember 2004 Edition
Pollution Prevention
As part of our Purchasing for Pollution Prevention program, INFORM has posted a series of fact sheets on our web site with information on switching from lindane to less toxic… Read more »
