The Health Policy Commission’s Quality Improvement Protection Committee today approved its “Proposed ICU Staffing Regulations” governing the i…
Category Archives: Massachusetts Nurses Association News
Vote NOW for the MNA’s Natalie M.Pereira for Woman of the Year!
Natalie M. Pereira, a fellow MNA member and the bargaining unit chairperson at Leominster Hospital, has been nominated by the Sentinel & Enterprise for it…
RNs at Cape Cod and Falmouth Hospitals to Picket on Dec. 11 over Management’s Efforts to Implement Dangerous Changes in How Nursing Care is Delivered
The registered nurses at both Cape Cod and Falmouth Hospitals, who are affiliated with the Massachusetts Nurses Association and National Nurses United (MNA/NNU)…
Leominster Hospital RNs to Hold Candlelight Vigil to Protect Patient Safety on Dec. 10
Nurses know better than anyone that even is the midst of the joyful holiday season, loved ones, friends and neighbors all too often get sick and require hospita…
Region 5 Council Meetings Schedule for 2015
MNA R5 council meetings are scheduled the third Tuesday of each odd-numbered month. Meetings will be held at MNA Headquarters at 6pm. Here is an updated list…
Berkshire Medical Center Nurses To Hold an Informational Picket on Dec., 10 to Protest Unsafe Staffing, Excessive Patient Assignments and Punitive Work Environment
While the hospital has seen a 20% increase in census following the closing of North Adams Regional Hospital, there has been no increase in staffing to meet the …
For the Record: The true legislative intent on of An Act Relative to Patient Limits in All Hospital Intensive Care Units
During a recent hearing before the Health Policy Commission, the governmental agency charged with developing regulations surrounding the ICU patient limits law,…
HPC Listening Session Provides Opportunity to Clarify MNA’s Position on Effective Acuity Tools Under the ICU Staffing Law
Brigham & Women’s Hospital ICU nurse Clair O’Connell and MNA staffer Mary Sue Howlett answer questions about our position on acuity tools at H…
Leominster Hospital RNs to Hold Food Drive to Support Ginny’s Helping Hands Food Pantry
Saturday, November 22 from 9 – 11 a.m. at the Shaw’s at Water Tower Plaza in Leominster
Leominster, Mass. — The registered nurses from HealthAllia…
HPC to Hold Second Listening Session: Nurse Staffing in ICUs on Nov. 19 from 9 – 11 a.m. at State House in Boston
Attention ICU nurses, below is an announcement from the State’s Health Policy Commission about a second listening session about the new law for safe limit…