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MNA NewsScan, January 14, 2013: More Nurses Mean Fewer Readmissions

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.
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January 14, 2013

MNA Legislative Update, January 11, 2013

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:

The House and Senate each introduced a bill to establish a health insurance exchange, a key part of the Affordable Care Act that will provide an online marketplace for Minnesotans to compare different health insurance policies.

January 11, 2013

MNA NewsScan, January 9, 2012: Medicare Penalizes MN hospitals; For profit=poor care

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.
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January 9, 2013

What’s MNA Fighting for?

As the 2013 legislative session opens, a look at what the Minnesota Nurses Association, its members, and allies hope to achieve.
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January 8, 2013

MNA Legislative Preview-2013 session starts tomorrow!

MNA Legislative Preview

Session Begins January 8
The 2013 Minnesota legislative session starts on Tuesday, January 8.
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January 7, 2013

Hero nurses save gunshot vicim in bar

http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/185824962.html

January 7, 2013

Nurses from Bagley, Bemidji, and Thief River Falls gather at Centennial Park in Thief River Falls to ask for patient safety standards.
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January 4, 2013

Northland nurses rally for patients’ safety

Northland nurses rally for patients’ safety say “patients are falling through the cracks.” http://ow.ly/gydja
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January 4, 2013

Vernice Ferguson, Nursing Advocate, pass

Vernice Ferguson, Nursing Advocate, passes away. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/us/vernice-d-ferguson-leader-and-advocate-of-nurses-dies-at-84.html?_r=1&
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December 28, 2012

MNA wins job and back pay for St. Peter Nurse

Jodi Jones, a state psychiatric nurse with 25 years of experience, has won her arbitration case with the Minnesota Security Hospital in St.
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December 26, 2012

MNA NewsScan, December 21, 2012: TC nurses approve 3 yr contract; Hospital care 3k less safe than air travel

NOTES ON NURSING

Twin Cities Nurses Ratify Contract Although negotiations between nurses and hospitals in 2010 featured a loud
public debate over nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, the parties didn’t debate
the issue this time.
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December 21, 2012

MNA Twin Cities Contract is Ratified

Twin Cities Nurses Ratify Three-Year Contract

For Immediate Release: December 20, 2012

Contact: Rick Fuentes: 651-414-2863/cell: 612-741-0662
Jan Rabbers: 651-414-2861/cell: 612-860-6658

December 20, 2012