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 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.
Strike is On at 10 Northern California Hospitals This is the latest protest over demands by Sutter corporate officials for sweeping reductions in patient care protections and nurses’ contract standards – despite Sutter being one of the wealthiest hospital chains in the U.S.
LABOR UPDATES
Be Wary of the “Fix the Debt” Coalition Fix the Debt, the unserious coalition of CEOs and corporations who are lobbying to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while increasing tax breaks for their companies to send jobs overseas, have spent nearly $1 billion in lobbying and campaign contributions during the past four years, according to a new Public Campaign study.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 20, 2012: Sutter profits-patients suffer; Vets unaware of benefits due them »