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
- 05.26.2020 Boston City Council to Hold Virtual Hearing on May 27th Regarding the Occupational Presumption of COVID-19 Exposure for Essential Frontline Workers
- 05.26.2020 DPH to Hold Public Hearing on Closure of Falmouth Hospital Maternity Unit on Thursday May 28 at 6 pm
- 05.19.2020 Nurses of Cambridge Health Alliance to Hold Press Conference Outside Cambridge Hospital on Wednesday, May 20 at 2 p.m. to Sound the Alarm about Dangerous Conditions that Threaten the Safety of CHA Patients, Staff and Their Families During Pandemic
- 05.18.2020 Department of Public Health Declares Providence Hospital Child and Adult Psychiatric Beds ‘Necessary for Preserving Access and Health’ as MNA Nurses, Healthcare Workers, Patient Families and Advocates Fight to Save Services
- 05.18.2020 Gov. Baker COVID-19 Reopening Plan Prompts MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals to Call for Stronger PPE Standards, More Frontline Perspective, Consistent Back-to-Work Guidelines
- 05.15.2020 Middlesex DA Marian Ryan: Giving Back to Essential Workers Through Focus on Family: Providing the Tools for Identifying and Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Children of Essential Workers
- 05.15.2020 Boston City Council Calls on Governor, Boston Delegation to Support Occupational Presumption Legislation
- 05.14.2020 A Note About the MNA’s Current Office Capabilities (as of 5/14/20)
- 05.13.2020 MNA Calls for Advisory Group of Frontline COVID-19 Nurses and Healthcare Professionals to Ensure Safe Operations During Re-Opening and Second Wave of Pandemic
- 05.13.2020 Fearful for Local Patients, an Ayer-Based Community Group and RNs in Haverhill Will Hold May 14 Events Calling on Steward Healthcare to Immediately Reopen the ICUs it Quietly Shuttered Weeks Ago
- 05.13.2020 Private equity firms now control many hospitals, ERs and nursing homes. Is it good for health care?
- 05.12.2020 MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Issue ‘A Nurse’s Pledge for the 21st Century’ During National Nurses Week and the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 05.12.2020 Deadline for Submitting Nominations for Annual MNA Awards Extended to June 15, 2020
- 05.12.2020 MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Abolish Nearly $1 Million in Medical Debt for Massachusetts Residents Struggling with Healthcare Expenses
- 05.11.2020 MNA Retirees Call for Safe Personal Protective Equipment for Frontline Caregivers Battling COVID-19 in Video Released During National Nurses Week
- 05.08.2020 MNA: Cape Cod Hospital Announces Furloughs of 600 Workers, Including Nurses, Nurses Aides and Other Staff as of May 10 As Caregivers Continue to Provide COVID Pandemic Care
- 05.08.2020 Resolution by the Massachusetts Senate congratulating the MNA for its observance of National Nurses Week and National Nurses Day!
- 05.07.2020 Cape Cod Hospital Announces Furloughs of 600 Workers, Including Nurses, Nurses Aides and Other Staff as of May 10 As Caregivers Continue to Provide COVID Pandemic Care
- 05.06.2020 During National Nurses Week 2020, MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Launch Video Campaign to Thank Public and Urge Social Distancing
- 05.06.2020 Long time MNA activist and Registered Nurse, Marion Cronin passes away at age 100
- 05.05.2020 MNA Proposes Safe Standards for Resumption of Normal Healthcare Operations, Calls for Frontline Worker Perspective in Re-Opening Plans in Governor Letter on COVID-19
- 05.05.2020 Nurses and Supporters to Picket outside Mercy Medical Center on May 7 to Protest Trinity Health’s Plan to Close Mental Health Beds and the Lack of Support and Protection for Staff During Pandemic
- 04.30.2020 St. Vincent Hospital Nurses Report Unsafe Conditions Impacting Patients Care and Dignity as Tenet Continues to Cut Staff at the Height of Pandemic Surge
- 04.29.2020 Nurses Have Right to Refuse or Consent to Decontaminated COVID-19 Masks, Processes Should Be Halted, MNA Declares in New Position Statement
- 04.29.2020 DPH Holding Remote April 30 Public Hearing on Proposed Closure of Critical Child and Adult Mental Health Beds at Providence Behavioral Health Hospital
- 04.28.2020 Governor Letter: MNA Advocating for Legislation Deeming all COVID-19 Exposure of Nurses and Healthcare Workers Work-Acquired
- 04.24.2020 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses to Distribute 530 KN95 Masks to Colleagues on Saturday, April 25 as Nurses Face Ongoing Protection Challenges During COVID-19 Pandemic
- 04.22.2020 MNA Nurses Denounce Mental Health Unit Closure at Heywood Hospital Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
- 04.21.2020 MNA Calls for Directive Requiring Daily N95 Masks, Expanded COVID-19 Testing, Presumption of Work-Related Virus Exposure and Halting of All Service and Staff Reductions in April 21 Letter to Gov. Baker
- 04.18.2020 MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals on Front Lines of COVID-19 Pandemic Commend Governor and Legislature for Passage of Healthcare Worker Liability Protection Act
- 04.16.2020 St. Vincent Hospital Nurses Decry Tenet Healthcare Plan to Bully Nurses into Accepting Dangerous Staff Cuts and Re-Deployment Without Proper Safeguards
- 04.15.2020 With Help from Generous Donor, MNA Purchases and Begins to Distribute Tens of Thousands of Desperately Needed KN95 Respirator Masks to Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Across the State
- 04.15.2020 St. Luke’s Hospital and Tobey Hospital Nurses Distribute Hundreds of KN95 Masks as Part of Statewide MNA COVID-19 PPE Effort Fueled by Help from Generous Donors, MNA Purchases of Equipment
- 04.14.2020 MNA Nurses at North Shore Medical Center Call on Hospital President, Partners HealthCare to Improve Protection and Support for Frontline Staff During COVID-19 Pandemic
- 04.14.2020 Latest COVID-19 MNA Letter to Gov. Baker Sounds Alarm on Dangerous Decisions Being Made about Protective Equipment and Service Closures While Hospitals Layoff and Cancel Nurses Despite Extra Funding
- 04.09.2020 N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator Decontamination and Reuse is Unsafe, Dangerous Practice
- 04.09.2020 With New State and Federal Funding Heading to Hospitals During COVID-19 Pandemic, MNA Nurses Call for Improved Protective Equipment and Redeployment Rather Than Furloughs
- 04.07.2020 ICU Surge Capacity, Safe PPE and Housing for all Frontline Healthcare Workers, Liability Protection, Ethical Decision-Making Among Highlights of New Massachusetts Nurses Association COVID-19 Letter to Governor Baker
- 04.07.2020 Call for Proposals for Amendment of MNA Bylaws
- 04.06.2020 MNA Offers Free Meditation/Self Help Resources to Nurses as COVID-19 Crisis Builds
- 04.06.2020 MNA Nurses Call on Brigham and Women’s Hospital to Provide N95 Masks for Every Nurse on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 04.03.2020 Management at Berkshire Medical Center Still Refusing to Implement Universal N95 Masking Policy for all RNs as COVID-19 Pandemic Takes Deeper Root in Hospital
- 04.02.2020 Trinity Health’s Failure to Protect and Support Frontline Staff During Coronavirus Outbreak Alarms MNA Nurses at Mercy Medical Center and Providence Behavioral Health Hospital
- 04.02.2020 Steward Healthcare’s Lack of Support For Staff During Coronavirus Outbreak Alarms MNA Nurses at Facilities Throughout Massachusetts
- 04.02.2020 MNA Urges Nurses to Keep Journal/Diary of Pandemic
- 04.01.2020 MNA Nurses at Baystate Franklin Medical Center and Baystate Noble Hospital Call on CEO to Strengthen Protection Standards and Halt Staff Reductions and Closures Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
- 03.31.2020 Massachusetts Nurses Association Releases March 31 Letter to Governor Baker Opposing New State PPE Guidance and Calling for Stronger Protection and Support for Frontline Healthcare Workers to Combat COVID-19
- 03.31.2020 MNA Launches Donation Tool to Help Purchase Urgently-Needed PPE
- 03.30.2020 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Call for Universal N95 Masking for Frontline Staff and Outside Patient Triage Area in Face of High Risk of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Exposure
