Minnesota nurses to release new report on nurse workforce departures, hold roundtable discussion (Page 16)

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(St. Paul) – March 3, 2023 – On Monday, March 6, 2023, nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association will share the results of a new survey analyzing why more than 2,400 MNA nurses left bedside care positions last year. In addition to the results of the survey, based on responses from nearly 500 nurses, nurses will also share their own stories about why they left bedside care.

The new report – “Why We Left: 2023 Nursing Workforce Report” – follows a similar survey conducted and published last year by MNA. The survey focuses on why nurses left their nursing job, what they are doing now, and what would need to change to bring nurses back to the bedside in Minnesota.

The new report comes as Minnesota nurses are pushing to solve the crisis of short-staffing, retention, and patient care in Minnesota hospitals with the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act. This bill would establish committees at Minnesota hospitals to set safe staffing levels, including a limit on the number of patients that any one nurse should safely care for to ensure patients receive the care they expect and deserve.

  • WHEN: Monday, March 6, 1:15 p.m.
  • WHERE: Minnesota State Capitol, Conference Room 316 (Third Floor)
  • WHO: Nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association
  • WHAT: Report release and roundtable discussion on why nurses are leaving the bedside
  • WHY: Because nurses and patients need action to solve the understaffing and retention crisis

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Contact: Sam Fettig
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(St. Paul) – March 3, 2023 – On Monday, March 6, 2023, nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association will share the results of a new survey analyzing why more than 2,400 MNA nurses left bedside care positions last year. In addition to the results of the survey, based on responses from nearly 500 nurses, nurses will also share their own stories about why they left bedside care.

The new report – “Why We Left: 2023 Nursing Workforce Report” – follows a similar survey conducted and published last year by MNA.
… Read more about: Minnesota nurses to release new report on nurse workforce departures, hold roundtable discussion  »

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New study from MNA includes review of service closures by Sanford following past hospital takeovers  
(St. Paul) – February 21, 2023 – The Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) today released a new report
… Read more about: New report highlights dangerous consequences of corporate healthcare mergers, concerning record of Sanford and Fairview        » on the proposed merger of Sanford Health and M Health Fairview into a massive new healthcare chain. The 24-page report includes a review of scholarly studies on the effects of healthcare mergers on patients, workers and communities, as well as a review of the corporate policies pushed by hospital executives at Sanford and Fairview, including closures of facilities and units with their focus on the bottom line.

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(St. Paul) – February 14, 2023 – Tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) will hold their annual Day on the Hill at the Minnesota State Capitol, calling on legislators to take action on bills to keep nurses at the bedside and protect the interests of patients, nurses and other workers in Minnesota.

This year’s Day on the Hill, the first nurses have held in-person since 2019, comes after the Minnesota Senate and House introduced the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act earlier this week.
… Read more about: Nurses to hold Day on the Hill, call for action to keep nurses at the bedside, protect patients, workers   »

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More than half of nurses are considering leaving the bedside, citing understaffing as a top concern
Legislation aims to retain nurses, protect safe patient care and hold hospital CEOs accountable

WATCH: Watch video of this morning’s news conference

(St. Paul) – February 13, 2023 – Minnesota nurses today joined bipartisan state legislators to introduce the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act (SF1561), a bill to solve the crisis of short-staffing, retention, and patient care in Minnesota hospitals.
… Read more about: Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act will solve retention and care crisis in Minnesota hospitals       »

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… Read more about: Nurses, bipartisan legislators to announce legislation to combat crisis of nurse retention, patient care   »

(St. Paul) – February 10, 2023 – At 10:00 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, Minnesota nurses will join legislators to announce bipartisan legislation to address the crisis of under-staffing, retention and care in our hospitals, which is driving nurses out of the profession and impacting patient care at the bedside. Nurses will join the chief authors of the bill, Sen. Assistant Majority Leader Erin Murphy (64, DFL) and Rep. Sandra Feist (39B, DFL), as well as co-author Sen. Jim Abeler (35, R), to announce the legislation.

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Legislation from Rep. Bierman would provide critical public oversight of proposed consolidations like the Sanford-Fairview merger 

 (St. Paul) – February 1, 2023 – Nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) today urged passage of legislation to provide critical public oversight of proposed hospital mergers during the bill’s first hearing in the Minnesota House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee. The proposed legislation, introduced by Rep. Robert Bierman as an amendment to HF402, would give the Minnesota Department of Health the authority to review – and approve or deny – hospital mergers in the state on the basis of their impacts on Minnesota patients and communities.
… Read more about: Minnesota nurses urge passage of hospital merger bill in first committee hearing     »

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As nurses continue to leave the profession due to unsafe staffing, legislature must pass the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act
(St. Paul) – January 26, 2022 – Nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) today are joining nurses nationwide to demand hospital executives and legislators end the staffing, retention and care crisis in our hospitals by guaranteeing safe numbers of nurses so every patient receives the care they deserve.

“Hospital executives understaff nurses, push corporate healthcare practices and mergers, and take multi-million-dollar salaries while care at the bedside is in crisis.
… Read more about: Minnesota nurses join nationwide call for safe staffing  »

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Staffing language will help ensure staffing levels do not get worse, give nurses a voice to advocate for safe patient care

Nurses will continue to fight to ensure safe staffing levels, oppose corporate healthcare in Minnesota

 

(St. Paul and Duluth) – December 14, 2022 – Nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) at 15 hospitals in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports voted overwhelmingly to ratify new three-year contracts which include new language to address short-staffing by executives in our hospitals.
… Read more about: 15,000 nurses ratify contracts to address short staffing and retain nurses at the bedside, continue fight to put Patients Before Profits    »

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(St. Paul) – December 13, 2022 – At 12:30 p.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, December 14, 2022, nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association will respond to the results of ratification votes by 15,000 nurses in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports on the tentative agreements for new three-year contracts reached last week.

Voting on contract ratification has been taking place this past Friday, yesterday, and today. Results will be shared at the Wednesday press conference where nurses will discuss next steps in the fight to put Patients Before Profits; details are included below.
… Read more about: TOMORROW: Nurses hold media availability on contract vote results and next steps  »

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(Two Harbors) – December 8, 2022 – The 18 nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association at St. Luke’s Lake View Hospital in Two Harbors have withdrawn their unfair labor practice strike notice as negotiations continue over a new contract. Lake View nurses’ contract expired on September 30, 2022.

The MNA Lake View Nurse Negotiation Team issued the following statement:

“As a sign of good faith, the nurses of Lake View Hospital have chosen to withdraw our ten-day unfair labor practice strike notice for the time being, in the hopes that management will start collaborating with nurses and take these negotiations seriously by treating our priorities and our nurses with the respect we deserve moving forward.
… Read more about: Lake View nurses withdraw strike notice as negotiations continue  »