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I-Team: Doctors, Nurses Not Required To Test For Drugs
BOSTON (CBS) — When hit with a serious illness or injury, few patients feel more vulnerable then when they are being wheeled into an operating room. The last thing most of those people would ever...
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Nurses’ Strike At Boston Hospital Averted
BOSTON(AP) — A planned strike by nurses at Tufts Medical Center in Boston has been averted by a last minute labor deal. The nurses’ union and hospital management reached a tentative deal on a new...
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How Doctors, Nurses Are Using iPads
BOSTON (CBS) – Some doctors and nurses are now experimenting with iPads in emergency rooms to save time, especially with the FaceTime app which allows you to see the person you’re talking to. The...
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Worcester Nurses Forced To Choose Between Flu Shot, Mask
WORCESTER (CBS) – A new hospital flu shot policy is causing controversy among the nursing staff at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. In an effort to get more of the staff vaccinated against...
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Nurses At UMass Memorial Medical Center Authorize Union Strike
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester have authorized union leaders to schedule a one-day strike. About 83 percent of the nurses who participated in the secret...
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UMass Memorial Reaches Contract Deal With Nurses
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — UMass Memorial Medical Center and the union representing 1,100 nurses have reached a tentative contract agreement that staves off a scheduled strike. The deal reached Wednesday...
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Ballot Question Would Mandate Nurse-To-Patient Ratios In Mass.
BOSTON (AP) — Supporters of a ballot question that would limit the number of patients who can be assigned to a nurse at one time are planning to deliver the final batch of signatures designed to put...
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Hospitals Square Off With Nurses On Patient-Ratios Ballot Question
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts hospitals are facing off against the state’s top nurses’ union over a ballot question that would set nurse-patient ratios. Massachusetts Hospital Association President Lynn...
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Six MGH Nurses Running Marathon In Honor Of Those They Treated
BOSTON (CBS) – They helped save the lives of some of the most critically wounded on marathon Monday but they still feel like they need to do more. So, this year a team of six ICU nurses from...
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I-Team: Hospital Workers Increasingly Targets Of Patient Violence
BOSTON (CBS) – We like to think hospitals are sanctuaries for care and healing, but that’s not the case for many front-line hospital workers, especially nurses, who are increasingly the targets of...
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Mass. Nurses Worried About Ebola Preparedness
BOSTON (CBS) – Nurses across the country and here in Massachusetts are sounding an alarm that they haven’t been properly trained to deal with Ebola. It’s a concern heightened after two Dallas nurses...
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Boston Police Bring Doctors, Nurses To Work In Blizzard
BOSTON (AP) — Several doctors and nurses at Boston’s top hospitals made it to work during the blizzard thanks to police. A spokeswoman for Mayor Martin Walsh says officers shuttled the health...
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Former Patient Thanks MGH Nurses With Free Makeovers
BOSTON (CBS) — It’s National Nurses Week and one former patient pulled out all the stops Thursday for nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital. Hundreds of high-end cosmetics were sprawled on a...
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Elementary School Nurses Receive Crisis Training In Boston
BOSTON (CBS) — For a group of elementary school nurses, crisis training is one lesson they never wanted to learn. “We are the only medical people in the building and they are looking at us to do...
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Figure 1 App Allows Medical Professionals To Share Photos, Information To...
BOSTON (CBS) — One of the co-founders of Figure 1, a helpful photo-sharing app that allows medical experts to share images and information to assist patients. Dr. Joshua Landy, co-founder of the...
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MIT-Developed Robot Helps Nurses Make Decisions
BOSTON (CBS) – Robots in the operating room are nothing new—but now, a robot named Ginger has been specifically designed to help nurses. Kristen Jerrier works on the Labor and Delivery floor at Beth...
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1200 Tufts Medical Center Nurses To Strike Wednesday
BOSTON (CBS) – Nurses at Tufts Medical Center say they will walk off the job Wednesday morning on a one-day strike. A last ditch effort to avoid the strike failed Tuesday night. The one-day strike is a...
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Officer Drags Screaming Nurse From Hospital In Handcuffs For Refusing To Draw...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah police department is making changes after an officer dragged a screaming nurse out of a hospital in handcuffs when she refused to draw blood from an unconscious patient....
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Beth Israel Nurses Head To Florida To Help Irma Victims
BOSTON (CBS) — Nine nurses from Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital System left Logan Airport Monday morning and are headed to Florida to help Hurricane Irma victims. “I have a great group of nurses here....
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40 Percent Of Doctors, Nurses Have Gone To Work With The Flu, Survey Finds
CBS Local — As flu season kicks into high gear, a new report is revealing the unhealthy habits of the people entrusted with keeping Americans healthy. According to a survey of nearly 2,000 healthcare...
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