MNA Blog (Page 139)

Recent news and updates from the Minnesota Nurses Association.

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Hospitals are quick to say it’s no big deal if RNs are on strike and that patients are as safe as ever. However a new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that RN strikes increase in-hospital mortality by 19.4% and 30-day readmission by 6.5% for patients admitted during a strike. The study suggests that hospitals functioning during nurses strikes are doing so at a lower quality of patient care.
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The brand-new, completely redesigned MNA Web site will be going LIVE this Wednesday, April 7, 2010! We hope you enjoy the new look and feel of the MNA site and that it provides you the information you need in a fast, friendly and easy-to-follow manner.

Two important changes to the new site include:

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Media Contact: John Nemo, 651-414-2863 or john.nemo@mnnurses.org

HealthEast Home Care Nurses Vote to join Minnesota Nurses Association

ST. PAUL (April 1, 2010) – Registered Nurses working for HealthEast Home Care voted today to formally organize and join the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA).

“It is a great day for the Home Care nurses here at HealthEast,” said Kelly Rogalsky, one of 55 RNs working in HealthEast’s Home Care program. “We’re excited to join MNA and have formal union representation. We look forward to bargaining with our employer for a contract that ensures the well-being and safety of our patients and allows us to give our patients the best quality of care possible.”

HealthEast’s Home Care program provides at-home care and nursing for patients across the Twin Cities.
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MNA Bargaining Update:  Wednesday, March 31st 1:00 p.m.

On March 31st, your MNA Bargaining team asked these questions of Allina management.   Management has not answered any of these questions.  The MNA Bargaining Team is anxiously awaiting answers.

Questions to Allina management:

Can you identify, specifically and in detail, how the proposals you put forward support patient safety and patient advocacy?   We have heard you using these terms, and want to understand them as you use them.   We need to know how gutting our contract – and the contract is agreed to jointly by you and us – helps support patient safety and patient advocacy.
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