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MNA Daily NewsScan, December 4, 2012: Flu season could be severe

NOTES ON NURSING

CDC Says US Flu Season Starts Early; Could be Bad Flu season in the United States is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one

HEALTH CARE

GOP Counteroffer Would Raise Medicare Age Republicans are proposing a “fiscal cliff” plan that revives ideas from failed budget talks with President Barack Obama last year, calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social Security benefits and bringing in $800 billion in higher tax revenue.
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December 4, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, December 3, 2012: FOUR! Sugar workers reject contract- again; 60 Minutes exposes HMA

LABOR NEWS

Can you Hear Us Now? Sugar Workers Reject Contract 4th Straight Time One of the longest work stoppages in recent Minnesota history will continue as locked-out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Saturday rejected essentially the same contract for the fourth time, with 55 percent voting against.
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December 3, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, November 30, 2012: MNA Day; Flu shot or mask

NOTES ON NURSING

Simple Measures Reduce Infections Caught in Hospitals Solutions included having patients shower with special germ-fighting soap before surgery, and having surgery teams change gowns, gloves and instruments during operations to prevent spreading germs picked up during the procedures.
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November 30, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, November 29, 2012: Metro legislators & RNs talk nursing values

LABOR NEWS

Unions Mobilize in Opposition to Right to Work as Preventive Measure Michigan Republicans could decide as early as today whether or not to introduce a “right-to-work” proposal for consideration during the final weeks of the 2011-12 legislative session.
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November 29, 2012

Dec. 6 is MNA Day – features education and a toy/food shelf drive

Education, Solidarity, Networking, Community

As MNA’s bargaining team negotiates with Twin Cities contract hospital employers, let’s show how serious nurses are about our profession, our patients and our communities.
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November 28, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, November 28, 2012: MNA RNs in west central MN step up push for safe staffing; NY nurses leave ANA

NOTES ON NURSING

MNA Legislative Meet & Greet in Alexandria an Eye-Opener for Elected Officials

30 nurses from Bemidji, Alexandria, and Fergus Falls gathered on Nov.
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November 28, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, November 27, 2012: A pension deficit disorder; Design for healing

HEALTH CARE

Fix for the Modern Hospital: A Design for Healing Rarely is nurse Cindy Steckel possessed by fantasies of unspeakable revenge.
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November 27, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, November 26, 2012: Buffet rule-“pay up;” RTW back in Michigan?

LABOR

Buffet: A Minimum Tax for the Wealthy “And, wow, do we have plenty to invest.
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November 26, 2012

MNA Announces Legislative Meet & Greet Schedule

November 21, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, November 21, 2012: Accretive pays; Thanks nurses

HEALTH CARE

Hospitals Spend Big Advertising Bucks to Attract New Patients But some health care experts question whether hospitals should spend so much money on promotion and advertising, especially the nonprofit health systems that pour tax-exempt funds into these campaigns.
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November 21, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, November 20, 2012: Sutter profits-patients suffer; Vets unaware of benefits due them

NOTES ON NURSING

Natick (MA) Nurses Want More Staff
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 20, 2012: Sutter profits-patients suffer; Vets unaware of benefits due them » Mancuso, a Milford resident, said nurses have to pick up some duties of personal care assistants, and also handle post-operative care that may pull them away from their regular rounds.”Overall we’re taking on more hats and not getting any help,” she said.

November 20, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, November 19, 2012: Hospital racket slows recovery; O! Canada for economical, great health care

LABOR UPDATES

Dayton Urges Union Members to Fight for Better Pay DFL Gov. Mark Dayton told several hundred janitors, security officers, airport service workers and retail cleaners on Saturday that they won’t get the wages they deserve unless they negotiate for it.
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November 19, 2012