NOTES ON NURSING
Massachusetts Latest State to Outlaw Mandatory Nurse Overtime “Nurses want to get up, prepare for their shift, take the best care of their patients, and then know there is relief at the end, that there is somebody to carry on the care of that patient to a successful outcome,” said staff nurse Donna Kelly-Williams, RN, president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United (MNA/NNU).
Muskegon, MI: Nurses, Patients Gain with New Contract The registered nurses at Mercy Health Partners-Hackley Campus have negotiated a new contract that improves patient-to-nurse staffing and creates a safe environment for nurses and patients.
HEALTH CARE
Nurses Say Legislature Should Set Charity Level for Non-Profit Hospitals
Lighty criticized what he called “a woeful lack of specific requirements on nonprofit hospitals” and noted that top executives at many such institutions have multimillion-dollar salaries. He urged legislators to require nonprofit hospitals to use at least 8 percent of their combined operating and nonoperating revenue for charity care, generally defined as free or discounted services for low-income, uninsured patients.
LABOR
Judge Rules American Airlines Cannot Reject Pilot Contract The judge in the American Airlines bankruptcy has ruled against the airline’s motion to reject its collective bargaining agreement with the Allied Pilots Association, but he also said that significant changes to the contract are necessary.