The total annual costs of a ballot question that would limit the number of patients assigned to one nurse would land between $676 million and $949 million, according to a new state analysis that cautioned those figures are likely on the conservative side.
Two registered nurses at Berkshire Medical Center who for years helped explain their union's staffing quest to the public returned to the fray Tuesday, this time in advance of a statewide referendum question on the same topic. Amber VanBramer and Mark Brodeur joined a North Adams city councilor at a noon rally on North Street in favor of Question 1. The measure on the Nov. 6 ballot would set minimum staffing levels for RNs in Massachusetts hospitals.
Fourteen-year-old Carson Domey recently injected himself with his Crohn’s disease medication for the first time. But he didn’t quite position the injector properly, so some of the clear liquid accidentally leaked down his leg. His mom, Michelle, was outwardly reassuring but silently freaking out.
For a while, they tried bringing nursing students pizza. It was a way for the St. Mary’s Health System’s talent acquisition team in Lewiston to connect, to introduce themselves, to say, hey, St. Mary’s has some jobs openings for you, future nurses. A lot of openings.
The California Nurses Association decided Monday to approve a four-year contract to increase salaries after almost two years of negotiation with the University of California. The contract includes a 12-percent wage increase over four years and changed language that further cements programs preventing workplace violence and harassment. Over 14,000 nurses will be affected by the agreement.
Hospitals across the state are pouring millions of dollars into an effort to campaign against a ballot question that would place a limit on the number of patients assigned to registered nurses working in hospitals, while nurses unions spend millions trying to garner support for the measure.