The registered nurses working at Norwood Hospital, and supporters will hold a community rally on Wednesday, April 1, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. to call attention…
Category Archives: Massachusetts Nurses Association News
State Rep. Denise Garlick Provides Powerful Testimony at Health Policy Commission Hearing on the ICU Staffing Law — Makes Clear the Intent of the Law is for a Default Standard of One Patient Per Nurse
The Health Policy Commission\’s Quality Improvement and Patient Protection (QIPP) committee held the first of two public hearings regarding the proposed regulat…
North County Cares Coalition to Hold Day of Action for Restoration of a Full Service Hospital for Northern Berkshire County on the One-Year Anniversary of the Illegal Closing of North Adams Regional Hospital
WHEN: Saturday, March 28, 2015
WHERE: 12 p.m. Gathering…
MNA Special Report: Berkshire Medical Center North (BMCN): The Case for Restoring a Full Service Hospital for Northern Berkshire County
Following the sudden closure of the 121-bed North Adams Regional Hospital (NARH), which left thousands of residents without access to local healthcare, …
Nashoba Valley Medical Center RNs and Supporters to Hold a “Help Nurses Care for the Community” Rally on March 24 at 5 p.m.
The registered nurses working at Nashoba Valley Medical Center (NVMC), and supporters will hold a community rally on Tuesday, March 24 from 5 to 6 p.m. to call …
Health Policy Commission to Hold Hearings (March 25 in Boston and April 2 in Worcester) on Recently Enacted Law Mandating Safe Patient Limits for Nurses Working in Mass. Hospital ICUs
Seeks Nurses’ Input on Draft Regulations Addressing Specific Aspects
of the Law Including a Process for Developing a Tool to Assist Nurses
in Determ…
UMass Memorial’s Greed Knows No Bounds as They Threaten Thousands of Patients with the Loss of Phsyician Coverage
Once again, UMass Memorial Health Care is demonstrating its unbridled greed and its willingness to abandon patients as it has threatened thousands of patients w…
UMass Memorial Clinton Hospital Plans to Reduce Beds & Layoff Staff Plan Has Caused Great Turmoil and Low Morale Among Staff
The registered nurses of UMass Memorial Clinton Hospital, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, were informed this week of a pending cons…
New Bill to Protect Patients Draws Strong Support from Legislators As Reports Show Mass. Patients Receiving Poor Patient Care
86 Lawmakers Sign on as Co-Sponsors for Measure to Require Safer Patient Limits for Nurses Working in Massachusetts Hospitals
CANTON, Mass. — In the wa…
Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Jason Palitsch for State Representative in the 11th Worcester District
Cites his commitment to health care and nursing issues
The Massachusetts Nurses Association, the state’s largest union of registered nurses and health pr…