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MNA NewsScan, March 4, 2013: Chasm between boardroom and bedside; MRSA quirks

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Study: Management Not in Tune with Quality Improvement It appears that while hospital management asserts that patient-centred care is important and invests in patient satisfaction and patient experience surveys, our findings suggest that the majority do not have a structured plan for promoting improvement of patient satisfaction and engaging clinicians in the process.
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March 4, 2013

MNA Legislative Update, March 1, 2013

Standards of Care Act

MNA’s Standards of Care Act is picking up steam at the Capitol. The bill passed its first committee in the House last week, and is scheduled to be heard next on Wednesday, March 6 at 10:00 am in the House Government Operations Committee in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.
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March 1, 2013

What Nursing Supervisors are saying…

Video: CNO of Essentia Sandra “Mac” McCarthy testifying to the House Labor, Regulated Workplace and Industries Committee on the Standards of Care Act, February 21, 2013.
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March 1, 2013

It’s a budget discussion. Have a seat, but don’t lean over.

When Minnesota’s Commissioner of Management and Budget (MMB) Jim Showalter talked to MNA members earlier this month, he made one thing very clear.
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February 28, 2013

MNA NewsScan, February 27, 2013: It’s RNing Men; Progress for state health improvement program

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Number of Male Nurses Triples Since 1970 A new study from the United States Census Bureau reports the number of male nurses has more than tripled since the 1970s.
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February 27, 2013

I keep hearing about this sequestration thing…

While some people’s eyes glaze over when they hear the word, “sequestration,” on the news, the effects of the “S” word are sure to hit every state if ignored.
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February 26, 2013

Governor Dayton Budget hearing Wednesday night

Do you believe it’s time for the state budget to improve the lives of middle class families? Should the wealthiest Minnesotans pay their fair share?
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February 26, 2013

MNA NewsScan, February 25, 2013: Nurses say hospitals use overtime to cover poor staffing

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Local Nurses Say Hospitals “Skirting the Law”

Area nurses and healthcare advocates met in Worcester with the Health Policy Commission on Friday to fight against mandatory overtime practices being used at local hospitals to skirt the issue of poor staffing.
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February 25, 2013

MNA Legislative Update, February 22, 2013

Standards of Care Act passes first committee

On Thursday, nurses packed the room for the first hearing of the Standards of Care Act, MNA’s legislation to establish standards for safe care for every Minnesota patient.
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February 22, 2013

Video: Sleepy Eye Nurse Testifies for Standards of Care Act

Naomi Freyholtz, RN, from the newly organized Sleepy Eye Medical Center testifies before the House Labor Committee.
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February 22, 2013

Duluth RN Joe Howard testifies for the Standards of Care Act

February 21, 2013

Press Release-Lawmakers Agree patients need Standards of Care

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LAWMAKERS AGREE PATIENTS NEED STANDARDS OF CARE

Standards of Care Act passes House Committee

(St Paul) – February 21, 2013- The Standards of Care Act passed the Minnesota Labor, Workplace and Regulated Industries Committee, moving the bill that sets staffing levels for hospitals to ensure safe patient care.
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February 21, 2013