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ACTION: Open forum on Michigan Medicaid expansion Monday night
The Michigan Nurses Association, Medicaid Expansion Now Coalition and MICHUHCAN invite legislators and the public to an educational forum. Medicaid expansion is still waiting for a vote in the Michigan...
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ACTION: Speak now in support of Michigan Medicaid expansion
Or forever hold your peace. I know, I know … there’s been talk of a vote in the Michigan Senate on Medicaid expansion for months. But this time, it’s possible it could actually happen this week. Which...
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Michigan nurse shares his experience volunteering in the Philippines
There are some stories I feel privileged to write. This is one of them. I already hold nurses in high esteem. But after talking with Tim Launius, RN, about his experience helping survivors of Typhoon...
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(Updated x2) ATTENTION CANDIDATES & PROGRESSIVE PARTNERS! Sponsorships for...
We’re pleased to announce our first three four five sponsors for the Eclectablog 10-year “Blogaversary” party that’s happening on May 1st, 7-9 p.m. at the Arbor Brewing Company Microbrewery (formerly...
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Eclectablog 10-year Blogaversary party sponsorship update
We’ve had a great response to our call for sponsors for the Eclectablog 10-year “Blogaversary” party that’s happening on May 1st, 7-9 p.m. at the Arbor Brewing Company Microbrewery (formerly the...
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GUEST POST: For Nurses Week, skip the pizza – give me safe staffing
This guest post is by Julia Morrissey, RN, a nurse in Ann Arbor and a member of the Michigan Nurses Association. It is cross-posted with permission from the Progress Michigan blog in honor of National...
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Michigan Nurses Association takes the lead on Ebola preparedness and protections
The MNA is working with Michigan health systems to protect nurses and patients, even as Governor Rick Snyder stalls on meeting about statewide standards. On Wednesday, registered nurses from the...
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Announcing our first Eclectafundraiser sponsor: The Michigan Nurses Association
As I wrote about last week, on July 11th, Team Eclectablog is holding its 2nd Annual Eclectafundraiser Party at the Arbor Brewing Microbrewery (“Corner Brewery”) in Ypsilanti from 7-9 p.m. It will be a...
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Ignored in the Detroit News editorial on Medicaid expansion: human lives
Chris already did an excellent job highlighting the significant shortcomings of Sunday’s Detroit News editorial, which essentially asserts that the sky is falling and we’d all better run away from...
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VIDEO: State Rep. Jon Hoadley receives award from Michigan Nurses Assn and...
This past weekend, State Representative Jon Hoadley of Kalamazoo received the Michigan Nurses Association ‘Friend of Nursing’ Award in recognition of his advocacy on safe patient care and other issues...
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Michigan voters strongly support Safe Patient Care Act to ensure safer nurse...
Bipartisan legislation would require hospitals to staff enough nurses to care for patients. This is something you’d think everyone could agree on: There should be enough nurses on a hospital’s staff to...
View ArticleMichigan Nurses Association scores major labor victory, 1000+ Munson Medical...
In one of the major labor victories since Republicans made the birthplace of organized labor in America a so-called “right to work” state, 1000+ nurses at Traverse City’s Munson Medical Center will now...
View ArticleMarquette nurses on strike to protest understaffing, unsafe patient & nursing...
Nurses at UP Health System in Marquette, Michigan – run by Duke LifePoint – went on strike today to protest understaffing that has led to unsafe conditions for patients at the facility as well as the...
View ArticleMarquette nurses see widespread support for 2-day strike but hospital locks...
Last week I wrote about a 2-day strike by nurses working for Duke LifePoint’s UP Health System hospital in Marquette, Michigan, a protest against profound under-staffing that is leading to dangerous...
View ArticleMichigan nurses relieve 500 families of $1 million in medical debt
This first-of-its-kind initiative in Michigan supports nurses’ call for hospital reforms to ease the burden of excessive medical bills. Nurses saves lives every day. And with a recent project...
View ArticleJon Hoadley, MI-06 Congressional candidate, fights to protect nurses and...
Standing with nurses is nothing new for the current State Representative. But he’s pushing to do even more, now and in Congress. Jon Hoadley has always had deep respect and affection for nurses. He’s...
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