Operating Room Nurses at First Light Health System in Mora started turning up in red lipstick while other nurses wore red scrubs to show support as negotiations began on a new contract.
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NY Bill Would Mandate Hospital Nurse Staffing Advocates say required staffing of one nurse for every two intensive-care patients and 1-to-4 ratios in regular medical-surgical units will improve patient care, reduce deaths, complaints and readmissions and leave hospitals financially intact.
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More than 225 nurses and supporters from St. Mary’s, Miller-Dwan, Virginia, and Superior hospitals showed up to welcome both nurse and management bargaining teams to the negotiating table as contract talks began Monday morning.
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AHRQ Seeks Comments From Patients to Help Develop Patient Safety Reporting System There is a growing body of evidence that many adverse medical events go unreported in current systems.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, June 10, 2013: Long-term damage to health research from budget cuts »
The 2013 legislative session ended last week with some significant improvements and changes to policies that affect nursing, health care and working families.
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Night Shift Workers More Likely to Develop Type 2 Diabetes “It is surprising that just a single night shift can significantly impair glucose tolerance and increase insulin levels,” said Christopher Morris.
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Cities across the state are grappling with what to do about synthetic drugs. Staffers at public shelters in Duluth have caught more than 100 people smoking, snorting, or injecting synthetics in the past year even though city council members have battled with a local head shop to halt sales.
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In Australia, Nurses Fight for Patient Ratios “You’re less likely to have the nursing hours you need the further you are from the city,” Miss Telfer said.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, June 3, 2013: RN concern for patient safety is worldwide »
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MNA OpED: Law Change Will Benefit Patients (originally published in the New Ulm Journal) Everyone who’s a patient in a hospital, who might be a patient in a hospital, or who cares about somebody in a hospital will be grateful that the Staffing Plan Disclosure Act was signed into law on May 9.
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Originally posted in the New Ulm Journal: http://www.nujournal.com/page/content.detail/id/534962/Law-change-will-benefit-patients.html?nav=5004
Everyone who’s a patient in a hospital, who might be a patient in a hospital, or who cares about somebody in a hospital will be grateful that the Staffing Plan Disclosure Act was signed into law on May 9.
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Expert Affirms Nurses’s Warnings About Electronic Health Records System At a meeting of the Marin Healthcare District board on May 14, a group of Marin General nurses told the board problems with the new computer system were diverting them from their patients and causing errors, such as sending orders to the wrong patients.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, May 28, 2013: Nurses warn about electronic health system; The Obamacare shock »
Put Nurses in the Spotlight This Summer
Attention MNA Members
The summer months offer a great opportunity for nurses to enhance our visibility as an organization and a profession.
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