Quincy Medical Center Nurses Appeal to Public for Help In Convincing Management to Provide Safe Staffing

Massachusetts Nurses Association, August 26, 2010 The registered nurses at Quincy Medical Center, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, have decided to appeal directly to the public for support in convincing their management to adhere to staffing levels promised to the nurses and the public, staffing levels that are necessary for the delivery of safe patient care. The effort was launched today with the publication of a full page ad in the Quincy Patriot Ledger. The ad explains how the hospital and the nurses had worked out a contractual agreement spelling out specific RN staffing levels, with specific limits on the number of patients assigned to a nurse ... Quincy