HYANNIS, Mass., May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Holding signs that read "Safe Staffing Now, Protect Our Patients, and Mandatory Overtime is Unhealthy for Nurses and Patients," registered nurses from Cape Cod and Falmouth Hospitals held an informational picket and rally outside the main entrance of Cape Hospital today to protest Cape Cod Health Care administration's refusal to provide adequate RN staffing, safe working conditions and the resources needed to ensure patients receive quality patient care at these two facilities serving all of Cape Cod. A second picketing outside Falmouth Hospital is scheduled for Friday, May 20 from 2-5 p.m. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060525/NETH016LOGO)
Nurses and Patient Safety Advocates Will Testify in Support of the Measures that Will Save Thousands of Lives and Millions of Valuable Health Care Dollars BOSTON, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Massachusetts Nurses Association:
Frontier Communications announced it has ended the service emergency that required employees to work overtime. The company acquired Verizon's landline networks in West Virginia and 13 other states on July 1. Frontier said it declared the emergency in West Virginia on July 9 "when a large backlog of more than 3,000 orders and trouble reports were identified as carryover from the Verizon acquisition and as part of the heavy summer workload.
ALLENTOWN -- Elmer Goris spent a year working in Amazon.com Inc.'s warehouse in Pennsylvania's LeHigh Valley, where books, CDs and various other products are packed and shipped to customers who order from the world's largest online retailer. The 34-year-old Allentown resident, who has worked in warehouses for more than 10 years, said he quit in July because he was frustrated with the heat and demands that he work mandatory overtime. Working conditions in the warehouse got worse earlier this year, especially during summer heat waves when heat in the warehouse soared above 100 degrees, he said.
Holding Center deputies are like the inmates in this respect: Sometimes the deputies can't leave either. Jail deputies are forced to work up to 72 hours a week so the Holding Center can meet state-imposed supervision levels. The guards report to work to find that an eight-hour shift will become a 12-hour shift or even a 16-hour marathon.
Surra says banning mandatory overtime would reduce the number of nurses who leave the profession due to burnout, and reduce the number of patient-care errors that drive up the cost of healthcare. Wyoming Valley Healthcare System's Vice President of Human Resources Jim Carmody, echoes Nilsson's views and says if the bill is passed, "It would impact our communities who all want and need access to high quality care," and "would jeopardize the quality of care itself, at a time when the health care system in Pennsylvania has serious issues with inferior state and federal funding.
TAUNTON, Mass., March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 400 registered nurses and health professionals of Morton Hospital plan to conduct an informational picket outside the entrance to the facility from 2 - 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, 2010, as contract talks continue to stall over inadequate staffing, mandatory overtime and the hospital's plan to dismantle the nurse's defined benefit pension, issues the nurses believe compromise their ability to recruit and retain staff needed to safely care for patients. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060525/NETH016LOGO)
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