CANTON, Mass. – Agreement was reached today on a landmark measure that will codify in state law safe patient limits for registered nurses who wo…
Category Archives: Massachusetts Nurses Association News
Lawrence General Hospital Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement for New Contract That Includes an Increase in RN Staffing Levels to Ensure Safer Patient Care
Informational Picket Scheduled for June 26 is Canceled
LAWRENCE, Mass. − The registered nurses of Lawrence General Hospital, who are represented by the M…
Lawrence General Hospital Nurses to Hold June 26 Informational Picket
When: Thursday, June 26 from 2 – 4 p.m.
Where: Outside the entrance to Lawrence General Hospital (on the corner of Marston and General Streets.)
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TV and Radio Ads Launched on Hospital CEOs Receiving Excessive Pay and Storing Public Funds in Cayman Islands
Ads Urge Legislators to Demand Accountability and Transparency
BOSTON, MA — A TV and radio campaign has been launched to highlight spendthrift hospital CEOs s…
50,000 Signatures Gathered For Two Ballot Initiatives Ensuring That They Go Before the Voters in November:
CANTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today that it has collected and will submit the final round of signa…
MNA/NNU Receives Award for Publication Excellence in category of “Public Service Campaigns, Programs & Plans”
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The MNA/NNU’s Division of Public Communication was recently awarded a 2014 APEX Award for Publication Excellence in the categor…
Radio Ad Highlights Hospital CEOs’ Excessive Pay and
Ad is Released as Hospital CEOs Gather for Three Days of Golf, Fine Dining and Networking at the Luxurious Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod
BOSTON, MA — A r…
7 in 10 Doctors Favor Pending Legislation to Call for Greater Transparency of Hospital Finances, Profits and CEO Compensation and Believe it Would Protect Funding for Valuable Patient Care Services
As well-heeled hospital CEOs plan to gather for three days of golf, lavish receptions and networking at one the state’s most luxurious resorts on the Cape…
Video of Rep. Denise Garlick’s Presentation of Shocking Findings of RN Survey on Patient Safety
State Representative Denise Garlick, RN details the findings of a study of bedside registered nurses released today during a press conference held at the Massac…
Nearly One in Four MA Registered Nurses Report Patient Deaths That Are Directly Attributable to Unsafe Patient Assignments
78% of RNs agree that the quality of patient care in Massachusetts hospitals is suffering due to unsafe patient assignments including 59% of RNs who are aware o…