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MNA Daily NewsScan, December 5, 2012: RNs tops in ethics again; MN faces $1.1B deficit

NOTES ON NURSING

Nurses Top Gallup Ethics and Honesty Poll for 12th Time in 13 Years.     Nurses’ high rating this year is not unexpected; they have scored at the top of all professions every year since they were first included in the list in 1999 — apart from 2001, when Gallup asked about “firefighters” on a one-time basis after the Sept.
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December 5, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, December 4, 2012: Flu season could be severe

NOTES ON NURSING

CDC Says US Flu Season Starts Early; Could be Bad    Flu season in the United States is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one

HEALTH CARE

GOP Counteroffer Would Raise Medicare Age    Republicans are proposing a “fiscal cliff” plan that revives ideas from failed budget talks with President Barack Obama last year, calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social Security benefits and bringing in $800 billion in higher tax revenue.
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December 4, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, December 3, 2012: FOUR! Sugar workers reject contract- again; 60 Minutes exposes HMA

LABOR NEWS

Can you Hear Us Now?  Sugar Workers Reject Contract 4th Straight Time    One of the longest work stoppages in recent Minnesota history will continue as locked-out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Saturday rejected essentially the same contract for the fourth time, with 55 percent voting against.
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December 3, 2012

MNA Daily NewsScan, November 20, 2012: Sutter profits-patients suffer; Vets unaware of benefits due them

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.

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November 20, 2012