When: May 8 at 2 p.m.
Where: The Macht Auditorium at Cambridge Hospital, 1493 Cambridge St. in Cambridge MA
Who: Family members, nurses, care …
Daily Archives: May 6, 2013
MNA NewsScan, May 6, 2013: Happy Nurses Week
NOTES ON NURSING
Sen. Boxer Proposes Federal Regulation for Nurse-to-Patient Ratios ”I am proud to introduce legislation that will help save the lives of countless patients by improving the quality of care in our nation’s hospitals,” Boxer said Tuesday. “We must support the nurses who work tirelessly every day to provide the best possible care to their patients.”
HHS to Fund Solders-to-Nurses Program A new program will help military veterans with healthcare experience or training to build on their skills and abilities and earn bachelor’s degrees in nursing, Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced this week.
Nurses Drowning in a Sea of Paperwork Nurses are “drowning in a sea of paperwork” with more than one-sixth of the working week taken up doing non-essential paperwork, a survey suggests.
Nurses Lead the Way in Better Diabetes Outcomes A program led by certified diabetes nurse educators helped patients titrate insulin and improve key diabetes parameters, researchers reported here.
Montague Town Meeting Passes Resolution Calling Upon Baystate Health System to Commit All Necessary Resources to Ensure Baystate Franklin Medical Center Can Meet the Health Care Needs of Franklin County Residents in Franklin County
Residents of Montague cast an overwhelming vote last night to approve a resolution placed on the warrant for the 2013 Annual Town Meeting, which calls upon Bays…
MNA Endorses Rep. Marty Walsh for Mayor of Boston
CANTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Nurses Association National Nurses United (MNA/NNU), the largest union of registered nurses and health professionals in the c…
ANA Members Encouraged to Run for ANA-PAC Board of Trustees
ANA President Daley’s 2013 National Nurses Week Message
ANA President’s 2013 National Nurses Week Message
Happy Nurses Week 2013! Have a pizza on us!
National Nurses Week begins on May 6th and ends on May 12th (the birth day of the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale). Across the nation, communities will gather to celebrate and recognize the accomplishments, hard work, dedication and courage of millions of nurses. Inspired by a story we read about ER departments from Boston ordering pizza for nurses in West, Texas we decided we were going to start a new tradition of free pizza for nurses during Nurses Week!
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