Nurses, autoworkers, janitors, and all union-organized workers depend on one thing to maintain fair working conditions with their employers: the enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act.
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NOTES ON NURSING
OpEd: Report Medical Errors and Caregiver Injuries Every 24 hours across the nation there are, on average, 4,658 newly identified hospital-acquired infections, 1,369 patient falls and perhaps as many as 800,000 medication errors.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, January 28, 2013: Medical errors & caregiver injuries need Presidential priority »
Governor Dayton Releases Budget Proposal
On Tuesday, Governor Dayton released his proposal to address Minnesota’s budget deficit, fund important state priorities, and strengthen the middle class while making the tax system fairer.
… Read more about: MNA Legislative Update, January 25, 2013 »
NOTES ON NURSING
When Paying It Forward Pays Us Back One such example is the Transitional Care Model (TCM), which provides planning and home follow-up by trained nurses for chronically ill Medicare patients during and after hospitalization.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, January 23, 2013: When paying it forward pays us back; Prolong CPR »
For Immediate Release – January 22, 2013
Minnesota Nurses say Move Minnesota Forward
MNA Supports Governor’s Budget Proposal that Puts Middle Class Families First
For information: Rick Fuentes 651.414.2863
612.741.0662
Jan Rabbers 651-414-2861
612.860.6658
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Staffing for Patient Safety
MNA lobbyists are meeting with legislators on a daily basis to move our campaign for patient safety forward.
… Read more about: MNA Legislative Update – January 18, 2013 »
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An unedited draft of a story about floating went out unintentionally this afternoon. It contained several inaccuracies.
… Read more about: Correction: floating story »
NOTES ON NURSING
Nursing Receives Unproportionately Low Percentage of NIH Budget Specifically, nurses get 0.75% of the US National Institutes of Health budget, even though nurses make up the majority of health professionals in the US.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, January 16, 2013: Where’s the love from NIH for RNs? »
Health Leaders magazine named Lori Swanson, Minnesota’s Attorney General, one of its HL20-leaders who are making health care better- in its December, 2012 issue.
… Read more about: More honors for Minnesota AG Lori Swanson »
NOTES ON NURSING
Improving Nurses’ Work Environment Can Help Reduce Readmissions The study, led by Matthew McHugh, PhD , JD, MPH, RN, FAAN, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, found that increased nurse-to-patient staffing ratios and a good work environment for nurses were associated with reduced 30-day readmission rates for Medicare patients with heart failure, myocardial infarction, and pneumonia.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, January 14, 2013: More Nurses Mean Fewer Readmissions »
Legislative Session Begins
On Tuesday, the 2013 Session of the Minnesota Legislature began. Both the House and Senate have introduced their first key pieces of legislation:
… Read more about: MNA Legislative Update, January 11, 2013 »
HEALTH CARE
Poor Performance Means Less Medicare Reimbursement for Most Minnesota Hospitals Medicare is revamping its payment system for hospitals as part of an effort to make them accountable on quality.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, January 9, 2012: Medicare Penalizes MN hospitals; For profit=poor care »