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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span
style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:
Arial, sans-serif;">Do you want to help nurses
make patients safer in our hospitals? </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:
Arial, sans-serif;">Please take a moment to learn
about </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,
sans-serif; font-size: small;">two important ballot
initiatives being moved forward by t</span><span
style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:
small;">he Mass. Nurses Association (MNA):</span></p>
<ol>
<li><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
Patient Safety Act</span></span></b><span
style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:
Arial, sans-serif;"> will require Massachusetts
hospitals to set a safe limit on the number of
patients a nurse can care for at one time and to
adjust those staffing levels based on the actual
needs of patients. Currently there is no law and
no limit on the number of patients assigned to a
nurse.<br>
</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:" times=""
new=""><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-size:
small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,
sans-serif;">The Hospital Profit Transparency
and Fairness Act</span></span></b><span
style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:
Arial, sans-serif;"> would limit CEO compensation
to 100 times that of the lowest paid employee,
require hospitals to report all financial holdings
and revenues, and limit and clawback excess
profits to establish a fund to ensure taxpayer
dollars are dedicated exclusively to the delivery
of safe patient care and necessary health care
services.</span></span><span style="font-size:
9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">November 8th
is the deadline to have petitions in at the MNA
office. That means as of this weekend, <b>we only
have 2 weeks left</b> to ensure citizens have the
opportunity to vote on safe patient limits and
financial transparency in the use of taxpayer money
by hospitals. <br>
</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><img
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src="http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4023/c/195/images/mna%20petition.jpg"
alt="" align="right" height="188" width="250">TAKE
ACTION TODAY!</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span
style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Download
the petitions:</span></b></span><span
style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial,
sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,
sans-serif;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kcSVWfAImNkgsiVcVgRkA2fZRkM1Hd1R"><span
style="font-size: small;">The Patient Safety Act
Petition</span></a></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,
sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a
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href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ftwx5JIHrWm%2BpDjjTV%2BQ%2BWfZRkM1Hd1R">The
Hospital Profit Transparency and Fairness Act</a></span></span></b></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sign it,
and mail it to MNA office</span></span></b><span
style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:
Arial, sans-serif;"> at 340 Turnpike Street,
Canton, MA 02021. <u>Please note</u>: The
petition must be printed using black ink on 8 1/2
x 11 and both sides of the petition have to be
copied back-to-back. You cannot print out the two
sides and then staple them together. No color
paper or perforated paper with notebook holes will
be accepted. </span></span><span
style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial,
sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Instructions
to fill out the petition are on the Mass Nurse
website at MassNurses.org Please follow those
instructions carefully because signatures must be
from registered voters and must be on the right
petition form for that town. Registered voters
from different towns/cities have to be on separate
sheets with the town indicated on the bottom or
top of the form.</span></span><span
style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial,
sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div><span style="font-size: small;">For more
information, visit <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.massnurses.org">www.massnurses.org</a></span></div>
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