In response to deteriorating patient care conditions and demands by Partners Health Care to cut their benefits in the wake of posting more than a half billion d…
Category Archives: Massachusetts Nurses Association News
UMass Memorial Medical Center Nurses Ratify New One-Year Contract
New Pact Includes Staffing Improvements, Pay Raise and a “Respectful Relationship” Clause Obligating Management to Work With the Union to Address On…
Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses Cast Overwhelming Vote Tonight to Authorize a One-Day Strike As Talks Stall Over Partners’ Plan to Cut RN Staffing, Increase Unwarranted Floating of Nurses and Seek Cuts to RNs’ Benefits
Wellesley, MA — The registered nurses of Newton Wellesley Hospital, who are negotiating a new contract with Partners HealthCare, cast an overwhelming vote (90 …
MNA Reaction to the Health Policy Commission’s Vote to Approve Final Regulations Underpinning ICU Law Setting Safe Patient Limits for Nurses in Hospital ICUs
MNA Applauds Decision to Follow Law’s Intent by Ensuring Neonatal Intensive Care Units are Covered Under the Law
HPC Rejects Cynical Attempt by MHA to E…
Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses To Hold a Vote to Authorize a One-Day Strike on Wednesday, June 10 As Talks Stall Over Partners’ Plan to Cut RN Staffing, Increase Unwarranted Floating of Nurses and Seek Cuts to RNs’ Benefits
The registered nurses of Newton Wellesley Hospital, who are negotiating a new contract with Partners HealthCare, have scheduled a vote by the membership on …
Health Policy Commission to Vote June 10th on Final Recommendations for the Regulations Underpinning the New ICU RN Staffing Law – We Need You There
When: Wednesday, June 10 at 12 Noon
Where: Where: 1 Ashburton Place, 21st Floor in Boston (located across the street from the side entran…
Video: MNA Nurses’ Testimony at State House Hearing on the Hospital Profit Transparency and Fairness Act
It was a packed hearing room on June 3, when the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing held a public hearing at the State House on the Hospital Profit Transp…
Nurses and Patient Advocates to Testify Wednesday at State House Hearing on Hospital Profit Transparency & Fairness Act
State House Hearing on Wednesday, June 3 at 11 a.m. at the State House, Room B2
Press availability/special delivery prior to the hearing at 10:30 a.m.
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New York Times Editorial Highlights Dangers Posed by Unsafe Patient Limits
A powerful Op Ed in today’s New York Times highlights the risk to patients when nurses are forced to care for too many patients at one time. The edi…
Video: Health Policy Commission Patient Protection Committee Presentation of Final Regulations Underpinning ICU Law
Below is a video of the meeting on Wednesday of the Health Policy Commission Quality Improvement and Patient Protection Committee’s presentation of their…