![]() ![]() As a result, nurses report that as many as a dozen patients per day are being “boarded” in the hospital’s emergency department (ED), sometimes for 24 hours or more under conditions the nurses consider to be unsafe. The long-standing patient safety concerns at the hospital turned into full blown crisis on February 17 when Cerberus-Steward, the for-profit owner of the hospital, shut down a 40-bed nursing unit. We hope they will take this opportunity on Monday to respond in a real back and forth to our concerns for the good of our patients and our community.”Īfter filing more than 150 reports of what RNs consider to be unsafe patient care and greater patient risk with the hope that hospital administrators would negotiate a safe staffing plan to rectify the situation, which they did not, 94% of the nurses voted in favor of the strike, with 90% of the Mass Nurses Association/National Nurses United members at the Hospital participating in the one-day secret ballot vote. ![]() For months, we have been trying to engage the company in a process to make things better for our patients. We were disappointed that bargaining on Sunday and Monday was previously cancelled. The mediator called for talks following management’s cancellation of bargaining previously scheduled for Sunday April 7 and Monday, April 8.Īccording to Paula Ryan, RN, a 45-year nurse at the hospital and chair of the MNA/NNU local bargaining unit of the nurses, “We have told management that we are ready to bargain at any time. “We look forward to any opportunity to meet with management in a good faith effort to reach a settlement that will put an end to a growing patient safety crisis at our hospital,” said Quincy Medical Center Emergency Department RN and MNA bargaining committee member Stacey McEachern, “The MNA has told management that we are willing to negotiate Sunday and Monday or any other time, as our goal here is to find a resolution to this crisis without a strike. prior to the nurses’ one-day unfair labor practice strike on April 11. QUINCY, MA - A federal mediator has scheduled a meeting between the Quincy Medical Center nurses, and Cerberus-Steward Health Care on Monday, April 8 at 10 a.m. Nurses Look Forward to Opportunity to Negotiate a Settlement to Address Serious Patient Care Concerns and to Avert the Need for a StrikeĮditor’s Note: Follow this link to view a detailed report on the patient safety crisis at Quincy Medical Center. ![]() Federal Mediator Calls for Negotiations on Monday, April 8 Between Quincy Medical Center Nurses and Cerberus-Steward Management Prior to April 11 Planned Strike ![]()
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