NOTES ON NURSING
Simple Measures Reduce Infections Caught in Hospitals Solutions included having patients shower with special germ-fighting soap before surgery, and having surgery teams change gowns, gloves and instruments during operations to prevent spreading germs picked up during the procedures.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 30, 2012: MNA Day; Flu shot or mask »
LABOR NEWS
Unions Mobilize in Opposition to Right to Work as Preventive Measure Michigan Republicans could decide as early as today whether or not to introduce a “right-to-work” proposal for consideration during the final weeks of the 2011-12 legislative session.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 29, 2012: Metro legislators & RNs talk nursing values »
Education, Solidarity, Networking, Community
As MNA’s bargaining team negotiates with Twin Cities contract hospital employers, let’s show how serious nurses are about our profession, our patients and our communities.
… Read more about: Dec. 6 is MNA Day – features education and a toy/food shelf drive »
NOTES ON NURSING
MNA Legislative Meet & Greet in Alexandria an Eye-Opener for Elected Officials
30 nurses from Bemidji, Alexandria, and Fergus Falls gathered on Nov.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 28, 2012: MNA RNs in west central MN step up push for safe staffing; NY nurses leave ANA »
HEALTH CARE
Fix for the Modern Hospital: A Design for Healing Rarely is nurse Cindy Steckel possessed by fantasies of unspeakable revenge.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 27, 2012: A pension deficit disorder; Design for healing »
LABOR
Buffet: A Minimum Tax for the Wealthy “And, wow, do we have plenty to invest.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 26, 2012: Buffet rule-“pay up;” RTW back in Michigan? »
HEALTH CARE
Hospitals Spend Big Advertising Bucks to Attract New Patients But some health care experts question whether hospitals should spend so much money on promotion and advertising, especially the nonprofit health systems that pour tax-exempt funds into these campaigns.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 21, 2012: Accretive pays; Thanks nurses »
NOTES ON NURSING
Natick (MA) Nurses Want More Staff
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 20, 2012: Sutter profits-patients suffer; Vets unaware of benefits due them » Mancuso, a Milford resident, said nurses have to pick up some duties of personal care assistants, and also handle post-operative care that may pull them away from their regular rounds.”Overall we’re taking on more hats and not getting any help,” she said.
LABOR UPDATES
Dayton Urges Union Members to Fight for Better Pay DFL Gov. Mark Dayton told several hundred janitors, security officers, airport service workers and retail cleaners on Saturday that they won’t get the wages they deserve unless they negotiate for it.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 19, 2012: Hospital racket slows recovery; O! Canada for economical, great health care »
HEALTH CARE
In the continuing meningitis outbreak scandal, today’s NY Times has an expose on how high-powered corporate influence helped drug compounders avoid tighter rules.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 15, 2012: 49.7M in poverty; More workers face high-deductible health plans »
