U.S. Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren to Address Several Hundred Frontline Nurses at Mass. Nurses Association's Clinical Conference at DCU Center

MNA was the first organization to endorse Warren's candidacy, citing her commitment to protecting the middle class and Main Street values

WORCESTER, Mass., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Senate candidate, Elizabeth Warren, will be a featured speaker this week as hundreds of frontline registered nurses gather at the DCU Center in Worcester for the annual 2012 Clinical Conference hosted by the Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the state's largest union and professional association of registered nurses. The MNA/NNU was the first organization and union to endorse Warren's candidacy in September of 2011, citing her commitment to restore a basic standard of living for working people by creating financial remedies that will hold Wall Street accountable while protecting those who live and work on Main Street USA.  More than 800 nurses will be attending the conference, which provides nurses with cutting edge continuing education, making it the largest educational forum for nurses in the state. 

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Where:           DCU Center in Worcester, Mass.

When:             Friday, May 11, 2012 at 12:45 p.m.

Contact:          David Schildmeier, 781-249-0430  [email protected]                        

Founded in 1903, the Massachusetts Nurses Association is the largest professional health care organization and the largest union of registered nurses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  Its 23,000 members advance the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Legislature and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.  The MNA is also a founding member of National Nurses United, the largest national nurses union in the United States with more than 170,000 members from coast to coast.

Contact: David Schildmeier 781-249-0430

SOURCE Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United