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Nurses, supporters picket outside Morton Hospital
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Organized labor was out en masse Wednesday afternoon as more than 100 nurses and their supporters picketed on the sidewalks outside Morton Hospital.
Blowing noisemakers, shouting from bullhorns and wearing signs with slogans like “Be fair to those who care” and “Protect our patients,” the energized group drew support from passers-by while clogging traffic at the intersection of North Pleasant and Washington streets.
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Caregivers sign petition to support nurses
Thursday, March 11, 2010
With negotiations between Morton Hospital and the local nurses union still at an impasse, the union’s contract expired Monday and has not been extended.
“We are still working under the same basic conditions of the contract at this time, but the contract itself has actually expired,” said Joyce Wilkins, chairwoman of the local bargaining unit.
Wilkins said 340 health professionals at the hospital have signed a petition in support of the union’s position, and that the letter was delivered to hospital management Wednesday afternoon. The nurses intend to picket outside of Morton Hospital next Wednesday.
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Baystate Medical Center Retains Magnet Designation
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
For the second time, Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., was designated a Magnet hospital for excellence in nursing services. The recognition means the hospital has been Magnet-certified since 2005. Baystate is one of only seven such hospitals in Massachusetts, and 18 in New England. Nationally, only 2% of hospitals have received consecutive designations like Baystate.
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Visiting Nurse and Community Health Dubbed HomeCare Elite
Monday, March 08, 2010
Visiting Nurse and Community Health Inc., based in Arlington, Mass., was named to the 2009 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies in the U.S. This annual review identifies the top 25% of agencies and further highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall.
Winners are ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance. VNCH has been recognized as a HomeCare Elite agency in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
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Saint Anne’s offers nursing, health care scholarships
Friday, February 26, 2010
Saint Anne’s Hospital’s Multicultural Health Committee has announced the availability of several scholarships for area residents enrolled in health care or nursing programs.
Multicultural Health Committee Health Career Scholarships
In an effort to reduce barriers and improve access to education to a culturally diverse community, Saint Anne’s Hospital’s Multicultural Health Committee (MHC) is offering five, $500 scholarships to local students pursuing a health care career and one $1,000 scholarship for a student pursuing a career in nursing.
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Costs on rise, nurses protest staffing changes
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tufts Medical Center says it has found a way to trim the high cost of nursing while improving care, but the plan prompted a protest yesterday outside the Boston hospital by nurses, who say it is an example of the intense cost-cutting pressure on hospitals statewide.
Labor is typically a hospital’s biggest single expense and one of the fastest growing, and nurses are the largest portion of that cost, with the average salary for a Massachusetts nurse rising nearly 40 percent from 2003 to 2008. Tufts administrators said they will save up to $3 million annually by increasing the number of patients assigned to each nurse, which will allow the hospital to hire fewer nurses.
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Costs on rise, nurses protest staffing changes
Friday, February 12, 2010
Tufts Medical Center says it has found a way to trim the high cost of nursing while improving care, but the plan prompted a protest yesterday outside the Boston hospital by nurses, who say it is an example of the intense cost-cutting pressure on hospitals statewide.
Labor is typically a hospital’s biggest single expense and one of the fastest growing, and nurses are the largest portion of that cost, with the average salary for a Massachusetts nurse rising nearly 40 percent from 2003 to 2008. Tufts administrators said they will save up to $3 million annually by increasing the number of patients assigned to each nurse, which will allow the hospital to hire fewer nurses.
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Nursing Professor Named Inaugural Haley Nurse-Scientist At Brigham And Women’s Hospital
Monday, February 01, 2010
Boston College’s William F. Connell School of Nursing Assistant Professor Katherine Gregory has been named the first Haley Nurse-Scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. A nurse-scientist is a doctorally-prepared nurse who works on specific areas of research that require the involvement of both the clinical and academic worlds.
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Nursing shortage yields R.I., N.H., Mass. collaboration
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
PROVIDENCE — At Rhode Island Hospital, the shortage of highly qualified nurses who teach is already so bad that it’s had two nurse educator positions open for two years, even at the largest hospital in a state with one of the nation’s worst unemployment rates.
“It has an impact on care. It really does. It has an impact on how quickly we are able to advance and institute new programs,” said Barbara Riley, the hospital’s chief nursing officer. “We absolutely struggle to find nurses with master’s degrees who are educated in teaching.”
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BrainTrack Announces Twice Yearly Nursing Scholarship
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
MARLBOROUGH, MA—09/08/09—BrainTrack, the widely referenced higher-education resource, today announced The BrainTrack Nursing Schools Scholarship, a biannual scholarship for students currently studying to become a nurse, such as an LPN or RN, or to advance their education as a nurse via associate, bachelor, masters, or doctoral degree programs. Designed to help others evaluate nursing career options, BrainTrack’s scholarship will provide a $1,000 first place and $500 runner up award each semester for the best essays about an entrant’s experiences as a nursing student. BrainTrack Nursing Schools Scholarship rules and entry form are available at: http://www.braintrack.com/colleges-by-career/registered-nurses#scholarship.
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