Nursing issues are at stake in this election. With a nurse-friendly legislature we can:
Many MNA-endorsed candidates are in close races and help from nurses could put them over the top.
… Read more about: 11 Days to Campaign for RN Values »
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Irony in Which Jobs Most Likely to Get You Sick or Injured in America The riskiest job in America is nursing and residential care in a state government run facility.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 26, 2012: Nursing is riskiest job in America »
Paul and Sheila Wellstone
1944 – 2002″Politics is about what we create by what we do, what we hope for, and what we dare to imagine.”
NOTES ON NURSING
Nurses Show Solidarity in Opposition to Allina Proposed Uniform Policy MNA members ”Got the Red Out” this morning at an Arbitration meeting to show MNA solidarity against the uniform policy Allina is attempting to force on nurses.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 25, 2012: Allina action; Jobless claims down »
Oct. 25, 2012
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MNA members “Got the Red Out” this morning at an Arbitration meeting to show MNA solidarity against the uniform policy Allina is attempting to force on nurses.
NOTES ON NURSING
Hayride For Patient Safety in Marshall MNA Nurses at Marshall Avera Regional Medical Center took to the streets on Oct.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 24, 2012: Marshall action; Honoring Wellstones; Equal pay news is dismal »
MNA nurses at Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center took their patient advocacy to the streets yesterday – on a haywagon!
… Read more about: Marshall Nurses on Hayride for Patient Safety »
HEALTH CARE
“Substantial” Variation from State to State in Hospital Safety Records The rankings are based on an analysis of data released annually by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and look at how approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide performed on risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for nearly 30 of the most common conditions and procedures.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 23, 2012: Take a sick day – you’re fired; Kennedy trial begins »
HEALTH CARE
Is Imported Seafood Safe? In a scathing 2011 report, the General Accounting Office found that in fiscal 2009, the FDA tested about 0.1 percent of all imported seafood products for drug residues.”
Large Employers Look to On-Site Clinics to Reduce Costs and Absenteeism These facilities are being established by firms across all sectors to offer everything from urgent and primary care to biometric screenings to chronic disease management.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, Oct. 22, 2012: RI makes flu shots mandatory for HC workers; What factors contribute to readmissions »
MNA 107th Annual Convention: See. Learn. Prepare. Act.
The annual convention of the Minnesota Nurses Association fortified members’ stance on nursing issues and demonstrated their resolve to act collectively on those issues.
… Read more about: MN Nurses 107th Annual Convention Summary »
HEALTH CARE
Health Care Fraud Deconstructed: Fraud and Patients Not the Problem The bottom line is that there is already enough money in the system to more than adequately cover everybody, if we can eliminate the waste.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 19, 2012: Who is really scamming the HC system?; Newborns at risk »
HEALTH CARE
Hospital Lobbies to Save Exec Pay A Peninsula ballot measure that would limit the pay of executives at El Camino Hospital faces its toughest opposition from the hospital, which has donated three-quarters of the campaign funds to defeat the proposal.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, October 18, 2012: Lobby $$ spent to save hospital exec pay; Corp. profits skyrocket »
