LABOR
Mail Carriers Call For Financial Fix: More than 9,100 members of the National Association of Letter Carriers met in Minneapolis this week to discuss their union’s future.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 27, 2012 – Mail Carriers Meet in Minneapolis, More Minnesota Kids Get Health Care »
LABOR
Yesterday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka joined 1,300 workers with the Bakery, Confectionery Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM), who have been locked out of five processing facilities and other facilities of American Crystal Sugar, in announcing that the AFL-CIO and BCTGM are escalating their campaign for fairness and justice at the company.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 26, 2012 – AFL-CIO Steps Up, Study Shows Medicaid’s Benefits »
NURSING
Although much attention focuses on filling physician spots, many hospitals increasingly are facing more vacancies in nurse positions.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 25, 2012 – Insider Spills Secrets, More Nurses Needed in Workforce, AFL-CIO President Trumka in St. Paul to Make “Major Announcement” »
HEALTH CARE
Colorado State Senator: Nurses, Doctors and other heroes stepped in to save dozens of lives during tragic shooting.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 24, 2012 – Nurses March in D.C. »
HEALTH CARE
Ask a Nurse? Or Google? Recent data shows that more than 130 million people go online every month to search for health-related information.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 23, 2012 – Google vs. Nurses, Don’t Stay at The Hilton! »
HEALTH CARE
Although about 60 percent of patient harm events occurred at hospitals in states with reporting systems, only 12 percent of the events met state requirements for reporting, according to new report from the Office of the Inspector General released today that looked at Medicare beneficiaries discharged in October 2008.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 20, 2012 – “We Can End AIDS,” Medicare Patients Happier Than Those on Private Insurance »
LABOR NEWS
Join the Tweet-A-Thon! Unions members throughout the nation are tweeting their legislators to pass a bill that will bring jobs home.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 19, 2012: Bring jobs home, join the Tweet-a-thon; the July Effect; »
HEALTH CARE
Healthcare hiring continues to rise, at its strongest point since the middle of 2010, according to data from Health Workforce Solutions (HWS) released Friday.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 18, 2012 – Accretive’s “Peculiar View” of Hospitals »
NOTES ON NURSING
Finally!! U.S. News “Best Hospitals” Rating Now Includes Nurse Factor The magazine now considers the weight of each measure by itself in relation to medical outcomes.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 17, 2012 – U.S. News: “oh yeah, maybe nurses matter” »
Earlier this month MNA RNs at North Memorial met with management to discuss the surge of Concern For Safe Staffing (CFSS) forms being submitted by MNA RNs inside the hospital’s recently reorganized Family Birth Center. Our MNA nurses initiated the meeting with management and expressed serious concern over the core staffing levels scheduled for each shift.
