ATHOL, Mass. — In an election held among the 47 registered nurses at Athol Hospital on Friday, RNs voted to join the Massachusetts Nurses Association/Nati…
Category Archives: Massachusetts Nurses Association News
MNA Files Complaint Against Brigham & Women’s Hospital to Stop Mandatory Flu Vaccination Policy
The Massachusetts Nurses Association has filed a complaint against Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Superior Court opposing their proposed mandatory flu…
MNA Analysis of Consultant’s on the Need for Inpatient Services in North Adams
Following the sudden closure of the 121-bed North Adams Regional Hospital (NARH), which left thousands of residents without access to local healthcare, Berk…
Cooley Dickinson Hospital Nurses Plan Informational Picket
Tuesday, September 30 from 4 – 6 p.m.
As Contract Talks Stall Over Staffing, Overtime and Wages
NORTHAMPTON, MA — The registered nurses of Cooley Dic…
Leominster Hospital CEO Refuses to Meet With RNs
The nurses at UMass Memorial/Health Alliance Leominster Hospital were alarmed to learn this week that their CEO Deborah Weymouth has refused to meet with them t…
MNA Statement Regarding the Long-Awaited Consultant’s Report on Health Services for Northern Berkshire County
The Report Misses the Mark by Tying the Provision of those Services to Reimbursement Levels and Access to Federal Funding.
Despite finding that the residents s…
Oct. 1 Marks Start of New “Safe Pateint Limits” Law for all ICU RNs in Mass. Hospitals
Got questions on the new ICU staffing law? We have answers: http://www.massnurses.org/files/file/News/2014/ICU-Listening-Session-October-2014-Newsletter_01.pdf
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Learn More About the New ICU Safe Patient Limits Law
Join Our Telephone Town Meeting on Weds. Oct. 15 at 5 p.m.
Oct. 1 marked the start of the new "safe patient limits" law for all ICU RNs in Massachuse…
Oct. 1 Marks Start of New “Safe Patient Limits” Law for all ICU RNs in Mass. Hospitals
Got questions on the new ICU staffing law? We have answers: http://www.massnurses.org/files/file/News/2014/ICU-Listening-Session-October-2014-Newsletter_01.pdf
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Save the Date for October 29 Hearing on ICU Staffing Law
Health Policy Commission Holds Listening Session for Nurses and Others to Assist in Developing an Acuity Tool Under New Law Setting Safe Patient Limits for ICUs…