HEALTH CARE
Is Mayo Gaming the System? The CEO of St. Peter’s River’s Edge Hospital and two area physicians have asked the Attorney General to investigate Mayo Clinic Health Systems in St.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, December 20, 2012: Mayo games?; 11K new jobs »
Update: the Twin Cities TA voting results will be announced sometime this evening on the MNA website, after polls close at 9 PM, and a press release will go out after that.
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Congratulations to former MNA Bargaining Unit Chair and DFL legislator Chris Eaton, who has been appointed by Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk to be one of his Majority Whips.
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LABOR UPDATES
More Young Adults Are Homeless Across the country, tens of thousands of underemployed and jobless young people, many with college credits or work histories, are struggling to house themselves in the wake of the recession, which has left workers between the ages of 18 and 24 with the highest unemployment rate of all adults.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, December 19, 2012: Hospital lays off hundreds and still renovates; For-profit prison operator sued for prisoner death »
NOTES ON NURSING
Nurses Call for Action on Nation’s Ravaged Mental Health Services “This is a massive tragedy that is being played out on a smaller scale every day in emergency rooms, in mental health facilities, and on the streets across our country, where, with sometimes devastating consequences, mental health is underfunded to a shocking, and sometimes deadly degree,” said Deborah Burger, RN, co-president of National Nurses United, the largest U.S.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, December 18, 2012: Nurses call for action on nation’s ravaged mental health system »
NOTES ON NURSING
Electronic Health Records May Turn Small Errors into Big Ones According to a review by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, mistakes and near misses involving electronic health records were analogous to those made with paper-based records with one caveat: those made with EHRs tend to be amplified and can affect a larger group of people.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 17, 2012: Do EHRs mean bigger problems?; RNs to strike on Christmas eve »
More than 150 nurses voted on Tuesday, December 11 to ratify a new contract agreement between the Minnesota Nurses Association and Douglas County Hospital.
… Read more about: MNA Nurses at Douglas County Hospital Ratify Contract »
NOTES ON NURSING
Hospital Alarms Fail to Prevent Injury “My own 2 cents: If an alarm sounds when someone stirs, is any hospital or nursing home so well-staffed that someone can materialize within seconds?
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 14, 2012: Alarms don’t prevent falls, nurses do; Big bucks for HC C-Suites »
NOTES ON NURSING
New Model IDs Patients At Risk for Serious Safety Events “A reliable system to identify, mitigate, and escalate risk can be implemented in a children’s hospital and is associated with a reduction in safety events in a context where these events were already uncommon.”
Perspective: “Get Over a Death in 2 Months.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 13, 2012: Hold the Mayo at Megamall; ID’ing patients at risk »
Twin Cities nurses look below for your voting schedule. We’ll see you next week!
Think of yourself in your early 20s-young, energetic, maybe a little naïve in some ways. All it takes is a look into one’s old closet or record collection to realize that.
… Read more about: Save money by skimping on Medicare? »
LABOR UPDATES
Wages in Minnesota Rise for the Richest, Fall for the Poor It’s being called a “lost decade” for low- and middle-income Minnesotans.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 12, 2012: Rural RNs more likely to commute for better salaries »
