Minnesota’s HMOs continue to bank huge surpluses. According to health care analyst Allan Baumgarten’s report, which was cited here by the Twin Cities Business Journal, health plans in the state collectively socked away $241 million in 2012.
… Read more about: HMOs’ piggy banks get bigger »
When the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institute on Nursing Research released a study on the effects of nurse staffing in NICUs, it was a unique look into how nurse workloads affect non-adult patient outcomes.
… Read more about: Nurses not the only ones paying attention to staffing problems »
Minnesota lawmakers met at the Capitol on Tuesday to discuss ways to combat the spread of synthetic drug abuse that his hit Duluth, Hibbing, and other places spread wide across the state.
… Read more about: Synthetic Drug Committee Meets Again »
HEALTH CARE NEWS
How the American Health Care System Killed My Father Nor is he dead because of indifferent nursing—without exception, his nurses were dedicated and compassionate.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, July 10, 2013: Hospital scam puts patients at risk; ACA intensifies debate on patient safety standards »
HEALTH CARE NEWS
How Consistent Hospital Error is Having a Deadly Effect on the Health Care System “Medical harm is probably one of the three leading causes of death in the U.S., but the government doesn’t adequately track it as it does deaths from automobiles, plane crashes, and cancer.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, July 8, 2013: Hospital error rate “appalling;” Is 68 the new 65? »
Minnesota’s own UnitedHealth just made headlines by announcing that it is dropping out of the pool of private companies that would offer individual policies in California.
… Read more about: If big insurers drop out, who steps in? »
NOTES ON NURSING
More Cancer Specialist Nurses Improve Hospital Care Patients of better staffed trusts were more likely to report that people treating and caring for them worked well together and they received enough emotional support during outpatient treatment.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, July 3, 2013: Nurses, staffing, special skills combine to improve care for cancer patients »
NOTES ON NURSING
Union Army’s Top Nurses Were Nuns This insight honors the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, July 1, 2013: Nuns as nurses in Civil War; How bogus are patient satisfaction scores »
By Linda Hamilton
Nurses share a common theme: they are totally committed to their co-workers, the communities they serve and to delivering safe patient care.
… Read more about: Greater Minnesota nurses are committed to care »
NOTES ON NURSING
MNA at the 2013 Staff Nurse Assembly Minnesota nurses made up one of the biggest collections of delegates at the annual National Nurses United conference in San Francisco.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, June 26, 2013 »
Video: More than 70 Minnesota nurses journeyed to San Francisco for the 2013 NNU Staff Nurse Assembly and showed up as one of the biggest collections of delegates.
… Read more about: Minnesota Nurses share unity, solidarity, victory at the 2013 Staff Nurse Assembly »
While more than 900 nurses came to San Francisco for the 2013 Staff Nurse Assembly, here the world came to them.
… Read more about: It’s a small world after all. »