HEALTH CARE NEWS
How Consistent Hospital Error is Having a Deadly Effect on the Health Care System “Medical harm is probably one of the three leading causes of death in the U.S., but the government doesn’t adequately track it as it does deaths from automobiles, plane crashes, and cancer.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, July 8, 2013: Hospital error rate “appalling;” Is 68 the new 65? »
Minnesota’s own UnitedHealth just made headlines by announcing that it is dropping out of the pool of private companies that would offer individual policies in California.
… Read more about: If big insurers drop out, who steps in? »
NOTES ON NURSING
More Cancer Specialist Nurses Improve Hospital Care Patients of better staffed trusts were more likely to report that people treating and caring for them worked well together and they received enough emotional support during outpatient treatment.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, July 3, 2013: Nurses, staffing, special skills combine to improve care for cancer patients »
NOTES ON NURSING
Union Army’s Top Nurses Were Nuns This insight honors the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, July 1, 2013: Nuns as nurses in Civil War; How bogus are patient satisfaction scores »
By Linda Hamilton
Nurses share a common theme: they are totally committed to their co-workers, the communities they serve and to delivering safe patient care.
… Read more about: Greater Minnesota nurses are committed to care »
NOTES ON NURSING
MNA at the 2013 Staff Nurse Assembly Minnesota nurses made up one of the biggest collections of delegates at the annual National Nurses United conference in San Francisco.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, June 26, 2013 »
Video: More than 70 Minnesota nurses journeyed to San Francisco for the 2013 NNU Staff Nurse Assembly and showed up as one of the biggest collections of delegates.
… Read more about: Minnesota Nurses share unity, solidarity, victory at the 2013 Staff Nurse Assembly »
While more than 900 nurses came to San Francisco for the 2013 Staff Nurse Assembly, here the world came to them.
… Read more about: It’s a small world after all. »
NOTES ON NURSING
Approaching Death A nurse goes from the ER to a hospice, and changes the way she thinks about life and its end.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, June 24, 2013: Nurses and Hospice care; SCOTUS weakens workers’ »
How many Minnesota nurses can you spot?
… Read more about: Nurses practice for the big event at the 2013 Staff Nurse Assembly »
NOTES ON NURSING
Nurses Take Activism Beyond the Bedside Nurses and environmental activists from across the U.S.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, June 19, 2013: Nurses march; Jobs gap for Black Americans »
LABOR UPDATES
OSHA To Investigate 2nd Plant Explosion in Louisiana OSHA had cited the company for 14 alleged safety and health violations, 12 of which were described by the agency as serious.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, June 17, 2013: Patients suffer as hospital profits; LA plant where workers died was cited previously »