Have you or a family member ever had the unfortunate experience of suffering from a pressure ulcer? In addition to being extremely unpleasant and painful, pressure ulcers can become so deep that they result in damage to your muscles, bones, tendons and joints.
… Read more about: MNA President Linda Hamilton’s Response to Minnesota Adverse Events Report’s Release »
MNA Nurses fill out hundreds of Concern For Safe Staffing forms online each month. The story below is just one example of how unsafe staffing conditions inside Minnesota hospitals continue to have negative – and sometimes even deadly – consequences for patients and nurses.
… Read more about: Unsafe Staffing Story: A “rushed and chaotic” feeling »
Sorry for the editorial, I’m just tired of all this crap.
From the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation: The Winter Carnival is almost here … Come march with us in the King Boreas Grande Day Parade!
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In light of today’s announcement of a new bill in the Minnesota Legislature that would make neglecting a vulnerable adult a more serious crime, the Minnesota Nurses Association issued the following statement:
“As nurses, nothing is more important to us than ensuring our patients – especially the most vulnerable – are protected and given the best care and treatment possible.
… Read more about: MNA Statement on vulnerable adult crime bill introduced in MN Legislature »
Media Contact: Charles Idelson, 510-273-2246 or Carl Ginsburg, 917-405-1060. For Profs. Pollin or Heintz, contact Debbie Zeidenberg, at PERI, dzeiden@peri.umass.edu or 413.577.3147
From National Nurses United:
A robust tax on Wall Street transactions would raise far more revenue – as much as 17 times as much – than more limited proposals, even accounting for the worst case scenarios of reduced trading as a result of a tax.
… Read more about: Press Release: New Study Shows Dramatic Revenue Potential from a Wall Street Tax »
Also, here’s a Video Recap of Part 1:
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… Read more about: Upcoming MNA Event: Building a Health Care System Based on Nursing Values, Part 2 »
Hear from MNA RNs who are learning/sharing how ALL of us can work together to improve health care in this country.
… Read more about: MNA RNs – Building a Better Health Care System »
We love this thoughtful, passionate and well-reasoned viewpoint from well-known America’s Most Wanted Host John Walsh on Main Street versus Wall Street:
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… Read more about: Video: America’s Most Wanted Host John Walsh on Main St. vs. Wall St. »
Imagine how drastically your nursing practice would change for the worse if your patients’ caregivers or family members were allowed to give them medications in the hospital? That is just one of many recent changes proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid as conditions of participation.
The nurses were outstanding and spent two hours in each of the first two sessions and just over an hour in the third telling management that there are systems issues that need fixing, that they are needing to do more and more as other departments get cut, that they are no longer able to say they are proud of the care they are able to give, etc.
The American Crystal Sugar workers have been locked out since August. In solidarity, the MNA Board of Directors is encouraging all members to boycott American Crystal Sugar products until a settlement is reached.
… Read more about: Support Sugar Workers »