MNA Position Statements & White Papers

The following is a listing of position statements drafted and approved by the MNA. For more information contact the MNA at 781.821.4625 or 800.882.2056.

• May 2023                                                                                                                       

White Paper: Examining Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Recordkeeping Data to Determine Trends in Worker Injuries & Illnesses Related to COVID-19

• September 2021                                                                                                                         Massachusetts Nurses Association Position Statement on COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements and other Strategies to Combat the COVID Pandemic

• March 2021
  Congress on Nursing Practice Massachusetts Nurses Association White Paper, "Massachusetts: Maternal Services Are Central to Racial and Social Justice"

• January 2021
  Massachusetts Nurses Association Position Statement on Anti-Racism
• MNA Position Statement on Workplace Violence and Abuse Prevention

• December 2020
  Massachusetts Nurses Association Position Statement on Vaccine To Combat Covid-19 & Nurses Rights To Informed Consent Voluntary Nature Of Acceptance Of Vaccine

• October 2020
  MNA Position Statement on Safe Patient Handling & Mobility

• April 2020
  Position Statement Opposing the Decontamination Methods for N95 Masks/Respirators & Nurses Right to Informed Consent and Refusal If Requested

• April 2020
  Position Statement on the Deployment of Students in COVID-19 Healthcare Environment

• March 2020
  Position Statement on a COVID-19 Response to Protect Patients and Staff in Massachusetts Hospitals
  
   
• 2016
  MNA Position Statement on Influenza Vaccination
   
• 2015
  MNA Position Statement on Ebola, 6/18/15
   
• 2013
  Tele-E-ICU Nursing Practice
   
• June 2012
  Treating an Initial Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids as a True Emergency
   
• December 2011
  Medication Errors
   
• September 2010
  Management of Patients Receiving Mild, Moderate or Deep Sedation
  Management of Patients Receiving Mild, Moderate or Deep Sedation (PDF)

• October, 2007
  Exposure to Environmental Cleaning Chemicals in Healthcare Settings

• December, 2006
  On-call and extended work hours

• April, 2005
  Opposition to DPH policy allowing boarding and care of patients in the corridors of inpatient units

• January, 2005
  Proposed BU Biosafety Level 4 Lab

• August, 2004
  Unit 7 of Health Care Professionals Position Statement

• April, 2004
  Workplace Violence and Abuse Prevention

• April, 2003
  COFAR Position Statement Opposing the Closure of The Fernald Center

• January, 2003
  Smallpox Pre-Event Vaccination Plan

• July, 2002
  Accepting, Rejecting and Delegating a Work Assignment: A Guide for Nurses

• November, 1998
  Sufficiency of Nursing Care

• Spring 1998
  Latex Allergy

• March, 1998
  Human Rights

• June, 1997
  Ethical Guidelines for Decision-Making Related to Patient Advocacy and Linkage of Nursing Care to Compensation Methods in Managed Care

• June, 1997
  Role of Nurse in Early Intervention

• June, 1991
  Patient's Right to Know the HIV Status of the Health Care Provider

• March, 1991
  Affirmative Action Plan & Position Statement

• September, 1990
  Abortion

• March, 1988
  Rights of Professional Nurses in Relation to Ethical or Religious Beliefs