Maine Nurses Oppose the TPP RNs Tell Commission Agreement Poses Health Risks
Bangor – Citing the grave public health and safety dangers the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement would pose for American patients, consumers, and workers, registered nurses spokeout at a Maine Citizen Trade Policy Commission hearing against the global trade pact and called on the Maine Legislature to oppose the deal.
Maine State Nurses Association
Dec 9, 2015
Nurses And Health-Care Workers Lobby Beacon Hill For Workplace Injuries Bill
Health-care workers asked a State House committee Tuesday to support legislation that would require hospitals to take steps to keep them from being hurt on the job. The bill aims to prevent injuries sustained by lifting or moving patients.
Craig Lemoult / WGBH News
Nurses want law to prevent on-the-job injuries
A union representing nurses says that employees are getting hurt on the job, and they want Massachusetts hospitals to do something about it.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association estimates health care workers lift about 1.8 tons during an average shift. The union claims that nurses are developing serious injuries over time, causing many RN’s to miss as many as 60 days of work each year.
Tiffany Chan / 22News
UPDATE 2-Community Health Systems Violated Worker Rights - U.S. Labor Board
Oct 19 Community Health Systems Inc and seven of its hospitals violated employees' rights to discuss working conditions, punished labor organizing and refused to bargain with unions, a U.S. labor agency alleged on Monday.
Daniel Wiessner, Reuters
Single Payer Healthcare Is Not Pie In The Sky
Here is this weeks Nurse Talk podcast with Executive Director Of Minnesota Nurses Association, Rose Roach. Great explanation of Single Payer and she starts with saying, "people over profits"! What a concept. We use a "shorter" version of this for social media and broadcasting on Progressive Voices Tune IN all week during shows such as Thom Hartmann, Ed Shultz, Ring of Fire, and more.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
A quick look at The Women's Global Health Leadership Certificate Program
A quick look at the Women's Global Health Leadership Certificate Program with recent course graduate RN Jana Sui and NNU Education Director Michelle Grisat.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
Excessive Health Care Injuries Can be Prevented by Bill Requiring Safe Patient Handling Practices
Beth Piknick was 21 years into her nursing career when she helped another nurse move a patient into bed at Cape Cod Hospital. That movement – performed by nurses every day across the country – sent a stabbing pain into Piknick’s back and derailed her career as an Intensive Care Unit nurse.
Massachusetts Nurses Association
Dec 7, 2015
How Gavin Newsom Keeps Getting Ahead of the Pack
Two things were evident amid the fusillades of confetti and extended glad-handing at last week's endorsement of gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom by the politically powerful California Nurses Association.
Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
Two Western Mass hospitals praised in federal reports on preventing workplace violence
SPRINGFIELD - Two hospitals that are part of the Sisters of Providence Health System are highlighted for their safety procedures in a new federal government report, "Preventing Workplace Violence: A Road Map for Healthcare Facilities."
Anne-Gerard Flynn / Mass Live