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MNA Nurses Help Make History With Vulnerable Adult Legislation
MNA nurses helped make history this week, as Minnesota became the first state to declare criminal neglect of a vulnerable adult a felony while also protecting the rights of healthcare workers.
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MinnPost Gives Nod to MNA Nurses’ Efforts
Some nice recognition in MinnPost this week of the key work MNA RNs and other health care workers did behind the scenes to help this important legislation pass! Here’s the item: Intentional abuse or...
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Nurse Licensure Compact Legislation
Update May 10, 2012: The House adjourned for the session in the wee hours of this morning, WITHOUT taking a final vote on the National Nurse Licensure Compact. That means it’s dead for this year. It...
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MNA RNs and the (nearly) $4 Billion Question
Concerned about whether billions in Minnesota taxpayer funds were actually being used for direct patient care, MNA RN leaders including President Linda Hamilton began pushing in early 2011 for what has...
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Thursday Media Availability: MNA President to Comment on Supreme Court Health...
MEDIA AVAILABILITY Contact: John Nemo, MNA, 651-414-2863 or john.nemo@mnnurses.org ST. PAUL (June 27, 2012) – Linda Hamilton, RN, BSN, President of the Minnesota Nurses Association, will be available...
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MNA Daily NewsScan, July 10, 2012: Minnesota Ranks #1 in Health Care Nationally
HEALTH CARE We’re #1: The Star Tribune reports that Minnesota has the nation’s best health care system, according to a new federal analysis of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and other medical...
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MNA Daily NewsScan, July 11, 2012: Gov. Dayton Moving MN Toward Implementing...
HEALTH CARE While some states are opting out of President Obama’s health care programs, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton wanted it known Tuesday that he’s all-in. ”I write to reiterate the State of...
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MNA Daily NewsScan, July 13, 2012 – Alleged Bad Behavior by Accretive, JP...
HEALTH CARE Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has filed more paperwork to support her legal claims against Accretive Health Inc., this time highlighting cases of what she calls “reprehensible”...
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MNA Daily NewsScan, August 5, 2012: Debt Collection Lessons From Fairview,...
LABOR NEWS Massachusetts RNs win fight as state leaders agree to ban on mandatory OT. Public employee contracts for Minnesota state workers are likely to face opposition in the Republican-controlled...
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MNA RN Lil Ortendahl: “Some drink, some screw around … I do politics.”
Congrats to MNA RN Lil Ortendahl, who was honored at the Minnesota DFL’s recent Humphrey-Mondale dinner. Lil was given the Hubert H Humphrey award for citizen political activism. As only she can, Lil...
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This Fall, Vote NO on Voter ID
It may seem like a simple thing, requiring Minnesotans to show their photo ID before they vote. As a matter of fact, some of your friends and neighbors still think it is. You might even think it makes...
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