Joint Press Release
Contact: Rick Fuentes: 651-414-2863/cell: 612-741-0662
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Minnesota Nurses Association and North Memorial Health Care, Park Nicollet Health Services, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics, Fairview Health Services, HealthEast Care System and Allina Health
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… Read more about: MNA Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement with Twin Cities Hospitals »
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.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 5, 2012: RNs tops in ethics again; MN faces $1.1B deficit »
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.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 4, 2012: Flu season could be severe »
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.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 3, 2012: FOUR! Sugar workers reject contract- again; 60 Minutes exposes HMA »
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 »
