HEALTH CARE
New Ulm Wellness Project Shows Healthy Results New figures from the project show that the share of New Ulm residents with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high triglycerides has gone down — modestly but measurably.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, February 11, 2013: Hope for health in New Ulm; Strike authorized for TC janitors/guards »
Nurses at the Capitol
MNA nurses flooded the Capitol on Tuesday, bringing the message that patients are at risk in Minnesota hospitals, and we must have a statewide standard of care to ensure patients get the nursing care they deserve.
… Read more about: MNA Legislative Update, February 8, 2013 »
200 nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association union descend on the State Capitol to advocate for patients and the Standards of Care Act, which would protect all those who are hospitalized by establishing standards for staff care.
… Read more about: MNA Day on the Hill 2013 »
NOTES ON NURSING
MNA’S Nurses Day on the Hill 2013 in pictures
Legislators learned a lot about patients at risk in acute care hospitals, and why MNA members support the Governor’s proposed budget and Health Care for All.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, February 6, 2013: Nurses lobby for patient care; Good-bye Saturday mail »
NOTES ON NURSING
Forced Flu Shots Not the Cure Too many hospitals, whose mantra is profits, not patient safety, favor forced vaccinations while cutting nursing or housekeeping staff, and denying paid sick leave, as most industrialized nations ensure.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, February 4, 2013: On forced flu shots; Staffing “dangerously low” in Britain too »
by MNA President Linda Hamilton, RN, BSN
After nine years, hospitals are still reporting 314 adverse events that could have been prevented.
… Read more about: Preventable Adverse Events Are a System Failure »
HEALTH CARE
Docs Weigh In: Workloads are Unsafe (JAMA abstract only) For resident physicians, workload so heavy as to result in physician fatigue is associated with increased medical errors and has led to the implementation of work-hour restrictions.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, January 30, 2013: Docs weigh in-patients are not safe »
Nurses, autoworkers, janitors, and all union-organized workers depend on one thing to maintain fair working conditions with their employers: the enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act.
… Read more about: Union workers caught in middle while NLRB politics shakes out »
NOTES ON NURSING
OpEd: Report Medical Errors and Caregiver Injuries Every 24 hours across the nation there are, on average, 4,658 newly identified hospital-acquired infections, 1,369 patient falls and perhaps as many as 800,000 medication errors.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, January 28, 2013: Medical errors & caregiver injuries need Presidential priority »
Governor Dayton Releases Budget Proposal
On Tuesday, Governor Dayton released his proposal to address Minnesota’s budget deficit, fund important state priorities, and strengthen the middle class while making the tax system fairer.
… Read more about: MNA Legislative Update, January 25, 2013 »
NOTES ON NURSING
When Paying It Forward Pays Us Back One such example is the Transitional Care Model (TCM), which provides planning and home follow-up by trained nurses for chronically ill Medicare patients during and after hospitalization.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, January 23, 2013: When paying it forward pays us back; Prolong CPR »
