The deficiency of nurse-specific billing data makes nurses literally and figuratively invisible in terms of political and financial decision-making capacity within the U.S. healthcare sector.
A report published last week in Health Care Management Review downplays the importance of nurse-patient staffing ratios in the quality of patient care. But Linda Hamilton, two-term president of the Minnesota Nurses Association, maintains that those ratios are still the 20,000-member organization’s utmost concern. They’re what led thousands of Minnesota nurses to walk off the […]
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The Minnesota Nurse’s Association, which launched one of the most closely watched nursing strikes in recent years, is hosting its annual conference this week with an Occupy Wall Street theme. It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 18 months since the nurse’s association launched what seemed like a national showdown on patient ratios and treatment […]
Nurses at Range Regional Health Service, an affiliate of Fairview Health Services, voted to authorize a strike late Friday, according to the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA). Fairview Range is a family of medical providers based in Hibbing and includes Fairview University Medical Center-Mesabi, Fairview Mesaba Clinic (with locations in Hibbing, Nashwauk and Mountain Iron) and […]
The U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause states that Congress has the power to "regulate Commerce … among the several States." To supporters of health reform, the Commerce Clause is the Grinch that stole Obamacare, writes the Health Care Blog. To opponents, it might seem like a Sanity Clause.
Sagent Holding Co., the Schaumburg, Illinois, company that is developing generic injectable pharmaceuticals, has filed for a $100 million initial public offering just as a host of drug companies tap public capital markets, with many seeking to raise proceeds for research, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The ongoing nursing shortage facilitates high turnover rates since nurses know they won’t have difficulties finding new jobs. In order to retain and attract staff, it’s in a facility’s best interest to understand what nurses want.
I'll say this about the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) -- the union sure knows how to hold a grudge. Last week, the MNA blasted Tom Horner, calling the Independence Party candidate for governor and former public relations executive "disingenuous and borderline condescending."
One down, one to go. Duluth nurses overwhelmingly approved a new three contract with St. Luke’s Hospital, the same day their counterparts at SDMC Health System reached a tentative deal. About 96 percent of nurses voting Wednesday ratified the contract, according to the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA), which includes a three percent raise over three […]
The union representing 1,000 nurses employed by SMDC Health System has reached a tentative contract with the hospital group in Duluth. In a blog post, the Minnesota Nurses Association says it will abandon plans to conduct a one-day strike on Sept. 14, once nurses ratify the three-year contract.
As nurses at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota prepare to vote on a tentative contract agreement next week, their counterparts at St. Mary’s Medical Center are also knee deep in preparations- for a one day strike. The Minnesota Nurses Association, which represents the 1,000 nurses at St. Mary’s, filed an official 10 day strike […]
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The union representing 1,300 nurses in Duluth said Wednesday morning it has agreed to a tentative new contract with St. Luke's Hospital, averting a one-day strike threatened by the union.
The union representing 1,300 nurses in Duluth warned hospitals that a strike was "imminent" after it said talks brokered by a federal mediator had broken down.
Federal mediators have called nurses and business executives at two Minnesota, hospitals back to the bargaining table next week. Earlier this week, 1,300 nurses in Duluth overwhelmingly voted to approve a one-day walkout to protest stalled contract negotiations with St. Luke's Hospital and St. Mary's Medical Center.
Here we go again. Less than two months after Twin Cities hospitals and the 12,000 nurses narrowly avoided a strike, 1,300 nurses in Duluth Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to approve a one day walkout to protest stalled contract negotiations with St. Luke's Hospital and St. Mary's Medical Center.
Minnesota nurses approved a new three year contract with Twin Cities hospitals, averting a costly strike that could have indefinitely forced thousands of patients to seek care elsewhere. The Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA), which represents about 12,000 nurses throughout the metro area, said members “overwhelmingly” ratified the contract, which grants nurses a three percent pay […]