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Next Standard of Care Act Committee Hearing Scheduled

The Standards of Care Act has received its next hearing date. MPR listeners may have heard recently that the bill to set a minimum standard of care for patients across Minnesota would not get an important hearing in the House health policy committee, but pressure on legislators has resulted in nurses, patients, and policy experts getting an opportunity to be heard.
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March 12, 2013

MNA Legislative Update, March 8, 2013

Standards of Care Act Update

The Standards of Care Act, MNA’s bill to establish patient assignment limits for nurses passed the Government Operations committee 8-7.
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March 8, 2013

MNA NewsScan, March 6, 2013; Standards of Care Act moves forward; MI nurses propose staffing legislation

NOTES ON NURSING

One Step Further. Standards of Care Act Passes Another Legislative Committee Patients and families are closer to having their risks reduced in hospitals, as the House Committee on Government Operations gave its endorsement of the Standards of Care Act today.
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March 6, 2013

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

NOTES ON NURSING

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

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

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

Next Standard of Care Act Committee Hearing Scheduled

MNA Legislative Update, March 8, 2013

MNA NewsScan, March 6, 2013; Standards of Care Act moves forward; MI nurses propose staffing legislation

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

MNA Legislative Update, March 1, 2013

What Nursing Supervisors are saying…

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

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

I keep hearing about this sequestration thing…

Governor Dayton Budget hearing Wednesday night

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

MNA Legislative Update, February 22, 2013