NOTES ON NURSING
Work Schedules Contribute to Nurses’ Health Issues “Adverse work schedules may be an overriding work-related factor for nurse obesity,” the researchers wrote.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 10, 2012: Is your work schedule making you unhealthy? »
HEALTH CARE
Doctor is In; Retail is Out The glut of empty strip malls and big-box stores in the wake of the go-go years has made leases so affordable that nearly every major hospital system in the state and many private health care organizations have jumped in.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 9, 2012: Retail health care; AA Pilots Reject Offer »
LABOR NEWS
Women Know Best: Companies with women on their boards performed better in challenging markets than those with all-male boards in a study suggesting that mixing genders may temper risky investment moves and increase return on equity.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 8, 2012 – Women in the Boardroom; Another Verizon Strike Looming? »
HEALTH CARE
Big Med Blog note: This long piece published in the New Yorker, is written by the same author who uncovered the discrepancies in health cre spending, most notably in McAllen, TX.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 7, 2012: How is that corporate health care working for you? »
Congrats to MNA RN Lil Ortendahl, who was honored at the Minnesota DFL’s recent Humphrey-Mondale dinner. Lil was given the Hubert H Humphrey award for citizen political activism.
… Read more about: MNA RN Lil Ortendahl: “Some drink, some screw around … I do politics.” »
LABOR NEWS
Massachusetts RNs win fight as state leaders agree to ban on mandatory OT.
Public employee contracts for Minnesota state workers are likely to face opposition in the Republican-controlled Legislature.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 5, 2012: Debt Collection Lessons From Fairview, Republicans Likely to Oppose State Workers’ Contracts »
LABOR NEWS
The New York Times looks at D-Day for the U.S. Post Office.
HEALTH CARE
Hospital Impact Blog: Here’s how hospitals can drive great patient experience.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 3, 2012: Driving Great Patient Experience, Where are the Women CEOs in Health Care? »
LABOR NEWS
Why Nurses Are Fighting for the Robin Hood Tax MNA Executive Director writes about a tax for the people, not on the people.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 2, 2012: Why a Robin Hood Tax; ICU Telemedicine »
HEALTH CARE
The 35W Bridge Collapse:
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 1, 2012 – 35W Bridge Collapse Remembered »
Health Care
Nurses Made the Difference: You spoke up and helped deliver justice to patients.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 31, 2012: Accretive Banned; Nurse Burnout = More Patient Infections »
LABOR
Rich Get Richer: Minnesota’s CEOs saw their pay rise 26 percent in 2011.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, July 30, 2012 – Benefit Concert for Locked Out Sugar Workers, MN CEOs Get Big Raise »
Thanks to all of you who showed up early this morning to show your support for MNA’s HealthEast Home Care RNs, who are STILL fighting for their first contract after more than a year of negotiations.
… Read more about: HealthEast Home Care RNs: Keep up the Fight! »