Hero nurses save gunshot vicim in bar
2013-01-07
http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/185824962.html
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2013-01-04
Nurses from Bagley, Bemidji, and Thief River Falls gather at Centennial Park in Thief River Falls to ask for patient safety standards.
Northland nurses rally for patients’ safety
2013-01-04
Northland nurses rally for patients’ safety say “patients are falling through the cracks.” http://ow.ly/gydja
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Vernice Ferguson, Nursing Advocate, pass
2012-12-28
Vernice Ferguson, Nursing Advocate, passes away. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/us/vernice-d-ferguson-leader-and-advocate-of-nurses-dies-at-84.html?_r=1&
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Update: the Twin Cities TA voting result
2012-12-20
Update: the Twin Cities TA voting results will be announced sometime this evening on the MNA website, after polls close at 9 PM, and a press release will go out after that.
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Congratulations to former MNA Bargaining
2012-12-20
Congratulations to former MNA Bargaining Unit Chair and DFL legislator Chris Eaton, who has been appointed by Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk to be one of his Majority Whips. We know she will be a strong and effective voice for Minnesota. http://ow.ly/i/1hazW
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Do you know when you’re voting?
2012-12-13
Twin Cities nurses look below for your voting schedule. We’ll see you next week!
Save money by skimping on Medicare?
2012-12-12
Think of yourself in your early 20s-young, energetic, maybe a little naïve in some ways. All it takes is a look into one’s old closet or record collection to realize that. But one thing we all have in common is the belief that when we entered our careers, worked hard, paid taxes, that our investment in our future would pay off. Our health care costs would be taken care of because we faithfully paid into Medicare for 30, 40, 50 years. It’s a good thing our 20-something self didn’t hear the current discussion of raising the Medicare age to solve Washington’s budget woes.
Pushing seniors off the Medicare rolls sounds like a good idea, but it’s not.
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MNA Welcomes New PR person
2012-12-11
The Minnesota Nurses Association is happy to welcome Rick Fuentes to represent its 20,000 members in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Rick has been known to the Twin Cities as a TV reporter, and, most recently, he’s been an advocate for nonprofit organizations and public affairs campaigns.
Rick is a graduate of the University of Missouri’s Journalism School. From there
he worked at KOMU-TV (NBC) in Columbia, MO; KCOY-TV (CBS) in San Luis Obispo, CA; KSNV-TV (NBC) in Las Vegas, NV; and the CBS station, WCCO-TV, in Minneapolis. Rick served as an investigative reporter, which earned him an Edward R. Murrow Award in 1998, and as a regular beat reporter on labor issues, where he covered grocery store workers, culinary workers, bus drivers, and airline mechanics in separate contract disputes.
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Marshall Nurses on Hayride for Patient Safety
2012-10-24
MNA nurses at Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center took their patient advocacy to the streets yesterday – on a haywagon! Carrying the message of “Nurses on the Frontlines for Main Street People,” the nurses rode a very public route that included passing the hospital, Southwest State University and the HyVee, as well as through residential streets. Negotiations are dragging and nurses are demanding a contract that helps nurses keep patients safe, including:
• adequate staffing
• A contract that gives us a stronger voice in patient care
• Healthy workplaces that keep nurses at the bedside
MNA members distributed nearly 1,000 flyers with the name and contact information of Avera CEO, Mary Martens.
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