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RN Strikes, Pickets, Leafleting Headline Actions in 16 States Nov. 12 for Improved Ebola and Patient Safety Standards
Registered nurses from California to Maine will hold strikes, pickets, and other actions Wednesday, November 12 in 16 U.S. states and the District of Columb…
Leominster Hospital RNS will Picket to “Stop the Cuts & Protect Patient Care” on Nov. 12
Picket is latest action in ongoing campaign to fight off dangerous cuts to both staff and patient care services; comes two weeks after jam-packed community foru…
DPH Sends Notice to All Hospital Administrators to Remind Them That ICU Staffing Law is Indeed Now in Effect
The Department of Public Health has taken steps to educate irresponsible hospital managers and administrators that the new law setting safe patient limits for…
MNA/NNU Nurses to Hand Out Information on Ebola at Polling Places Tomorrow
Flyer provides the public with answers to commonly asked questions about Ebola
Ebola Question and Answers
What is Ebola?
Ebola is a virus…
Leomister RNs’ Community Forum a Resounding Success!
It was a packed hall as the communities of the Twin Cities turned out to for a forum on dangerous staffing cuts and unsafe patient assignments for nurses at…
MNA/NNU Makes Case for Strong Acuity Tool and Reaffirms Staff Nurses’ Right to Have Final Call on Patient Assignments at ICU Law Listening Session
It was standing room only at the special “Listening Session” held by the Health Policy Commission today on the new law that sets safe patient limi…
Residents, Patients, Community Leaders, and Legislators to Join Oct. 30 Community Forum that is Focused on Protecting Patient Care at Leominster Hospital
Community expected to turn out in force to air concerns, learn how to mobilize to oppose dangerous changes to how patient care is delivered
After months of try…
Health Policy Commission to Hold a Hearing Tomorrow on the New ICU Safe Patient Limits Law
Seeks Nurses Input in Development of Acuity Tool
Wednesday, October 29
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Daley Conference Room
Fifth Floor (China Trade…
Here is the PPE RNs Need in Caring for an Ebola Patient
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