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MNA Daily NewsScan, December 17, 2012: Do EHRs mean bigger problems?; RNs to strike on Christmas eve

NOTES ON NURSING

Electronic Health Records May Turn Small Errors into Big Ones According to a review by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, mistakes and near misses involving electronic health records were analogous to those made with paper-based records with one caveat: those made with EHRs tend to be amplified and can affect a larger group of people.
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December 17, 2012

MNA Nurses at Douglas County Hospital Ratify Contract

More than 150 nurses voted on Tuesday, December 11 to ratify a new contract agreement between the Minnesota Nurses Association and Douglas County Hospital.
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December 14, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, December 14, 2012: Alarms don’t prevent falls, nurses do; Big bucks for HC C-Suites

NOTES ON NURSING

Hospital Alarms Fail to Prevent Injury “My own 2 cents: If an alarm sounds when someone stirs, is any hospital or nursing home so well-staffed that someone can materialize within seconds?
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December 14, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, December 13, 2012: Hold the Mayo at Megamall; ID’ing patients at risk

NOTES ON NURSING

New Model IDs Patients At Risk for Serious Safety Events “A reliable system to identify, mitigate, and escalate risk can be implemented in a children’s hospital and is associated with a reduction in safety events in a context where these events were already uncommon.”

Perspective: “Get Over a Death in 2 Months.
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December 13, 2012

Do you know when you’re voting?

Twin Cities nurses look below for your voting schedule. We’ll see you next week!

December 13, 2012

Save money by skimping on Medicare?

Think of yourself in your early 20s-young, energetic, maybe a little naïve in some ways. All it takes is a look into one’s old closet or record collection to realize that.
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December 12, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, December 12, 2012: Rural RNs more likely to commute for better salaries

LABOR UPDATES

Wages in Minnesota Rise for the Richest, Fall for the Poor It’s being called a “lost decade” for low- and middle-income Minnesotans.
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December 12, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, December 11, 2012: RTW passes MI House; U.S. lives longer, sicker

LABOR UPDATES

Right To Work Passes Michigan House The Michigan House approved the first of two right-to-work bills Tuesday that would weaken union power in the historical labor stronghold as hundreds of protesters rallied at the Capitol.
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December 11, 2012

MNA Welcomes New PR person

The Minnesota Nurses Association is happy to welcome Rick Fuentes to represent its 20,000 members in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
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December 11, 2012

New TA to be voted on by Alex Nurses

More than 150 nurses will vote Tuesday, December 11, on a new Tentative Agreement between the Minnesota Nurses Association and Douglas County Hospital.
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December 10, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, December 10, 2012: Nurses Protest RTW in MI

LABOR NEWS

Nurses Join Fight Against Michigan Right To Work Legislation More than a dozen Michigan nurses stood on the steps of the Michigan Capitol this morning, their mouths covered in red duct tape in protest of right to work legislation.
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December 10, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, December 7, 2012: TC Nurse Contract Tentative Agreement; Sham Democracy in Michigan

NOTES ON NURSING

MNA Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement with Twin Cities Hospitals The Minnesota Nurses Association and Twin Cities Hospitals reached agreement last night on new three-year-contracts, which are being unanimously recommended by the MNA Negotiating Committee for ratification by the membership.
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December 7, 2012