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International Nurse News Round-Up
Chile: Nurses of the Regional Hospital do not rule out new mobilizations if Minsal does not recognize the Comptroller's opinion
Australia
- Headline: Nurses want ‘outdated’ system scrapped, says association
- Headline: NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association to rally in September on issue of ratios
- Headline: Street rally planned over Launceston General Hospital emergency department concerns
- Headline: Union rally over concerns at Launceston General Hospital
- Headline: Palmerston Regional Hospital opens, bringing second major medical facility to Darwin region
- Headline: Blacktown Hospital nurses call for more security in emergency meeting
- Headline: Swipe cards could make wards safer: nurses
- Headline: The 'Accidental' Male Midwife And Why The Industry Needs More
- Headline: Nurses knock back pay increase as push for better working conditions continues
- Headline: New bill calls for providers to publish staff numbers by job description
- Headline: Opposition Leader Luke Foley visits Shellharbour Hospital for announcement on nurse-to-patient ratios
- Headline: CALLS FOR AGED CARE PROVIDERS TO 'COME CLEAN' ON STAFFING RATIOS
- Headline: Premier announces boost to Vic nurse numbers
- Headline: Nurses urge Allity to address understaffing issues
Canada
- Headline: Public Health nurses, RNs, RPNs may end up on strike
- Headline: 60.5 nursing jobs, 118,000 nursing hours cut: Union raising the alarm as HSN works to balance its books
- Titre: Gertrude Bourdon : avis de recherche
Headline: Gertrude Bourdon: Research Notice - Titre: Un débat sur la santé sans Gertrude Bourdon, mais avec Gaétan Barrette
Headline: A debate on health without Gertrude Bourdon, but with Gaétan Barrette - Headline: Wait times up at Winnipeg's Grace Hospital despite new ER
- Headline: Wait time increases at Grace Hospital ER due to staffing adjustments: WRHA
- Titre: Appel aux dons de sang au Canada
Headline: Call for donations of blood in Canada - Titre: «Les employés tombent comme des mouches»
Headline: "Employees fall like flies" - Headline: More nursing cuts coming: ONA
Chile
- Titular: Enfermeras exigen ser partícipes en atención neonatológica
Headline: Nurses demand to be part of neonatal care - Titular: Enfermeros del Hospital Regional no descartan nuevas movilizaciones si Minsal no reconoce dictamen de Contraloría
Headline: Nurses of the Regional Hospital do not rule out new mobilizations if Minsal does not recognize the Comptroller's opinion - Titular: Paro asistencial de enfermería agudiza el debate con matronería
Headline: Nurses’ strike sharpens the debate over midwifery
Congo
Costa Rica
France
- Headline: French psychiatric hospitals warn of 'dire' conditions
- Titre: Dans les hôpitaux psychiatriques, les soignants dénoncent une situation « critique »
Headline: In psychiatric hospitals, caregivers denounce a "critical" situation
Guatemala
Honduras
- Titular: CMH pide ser el regulador de escuelas de enfermeria
Headline: CMH asks to be the regulator of nursing schools - Titular: Salud asigna 280 plazas a auxiliares de enfermería en el país
Headline: Health Ministry assigns 280 places to auxiliary nurses in the country
India
- Headline: Government nurses to go on 24 hr strike on Thursday
- Headline: No strike, only rally by Trained Nurses Association today
Ireland
- Headline: Nurses could strike over pay issue
- Headline: Nurses threaten action over pay
- Headline: Nurses set Government deadline of one month to produce serious pay offer
- Headline: University Hospital Limerick has 20% of country’s patients on trolleys
- Headline: Pay pressures set to come to a head in build-up to budget
- Headline: Private sector workers earn €14k less than those in public sector
- Headline: University Hospital Limerick had close to 1,000 patients on trolleys this month
- Headline: 100% Increase In The Number Of People On Trolleys At Naas General.
- Headline: Nurses to hold emergency meeting over pay and staffing levels
- Headline: INMO sets September deadline for Government on pay
- Headline: ‘Extreme situation’ at University Hospital Limerick amid worst overcrowding in country
- Headline: INMO: Slight Decrease In The Number Of People On Trolleys At Naas General.
- Headline: Clare SF Candidate Calling For Contingency Plan For Winter Trolley Crisis
Kenya
- Headline: Nakuru nurses strike over delayed salaries, promotions
- Headline: Nurses in Nakuru protest delayed salary
Malta
Headline: Newly-graduated nurses to start work on Monday
New Zealand
- Headline: Compulsory aged care sector standards needed
- Headline: Nurses accuse health board of failing to take sexual harassment seriously
- Headline: Nurse practitioners solve the GP shortage at their Northland clinic
- Headline: Auckland DHBs battle to attract and keep Māori healthcare staff
- Headline: SCDHB restructure expected to save $650k
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Portugal
- Manchete: Cirurgias e consultas canceladas em Vila Real devido a greve de enfermeiros
Headline: Surgeries and consultations canceled in Vila Real due to nurses' strike - Manchete: Trinta enfermeiros da Feira pedem mais profissionais e descongelamento salarial
Headline: Thirty nurses at Feira ask for more professionals and salary unfreeze - Manchete: Enfermeiros de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro em greve
Headline: Nurses of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro on strike - Manchete: Greve dos enfermeiros do Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro com adesão de 60%
Headline: Nurses strike at Hospital Center of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro with 60% adherence - Manchete: Concentração de enfermeiros em dia de greve com adesão de 90%
Headline: Concentration of nurses on strike day at 90% - Manchete: Enfermeiros marcam greve nacional, mas nem todos os sindicatos estão de acordo
Headline: Nurses mark national strike, but not all unions agree - Manchete: Greve de enfermeiros em Viseu e Tondela para exigir contratações
Headline: Nurses strike in Viseu and Tondela to demand hiring
South Africa
- Headline: Labour unions demand Baragwanath Hospital CEO's resignation
- Headline: Unions march over "rife corruption that crippled healthcare services at Bara"
- Headline: Lack of top medicos hits health in EC
- Headline: Operations shut down
Spain
- Titular: Satse denuncia caos organizativo en el servicio de reanimación de Reina Sofía
Headline: Satse denounces organizational chaos in the resuscitation service of Reina Sofía - Titular: SATSE denuncia "la insostenible situación" de las enfermeras y enfermeros que trabajan en las residencias de mayores
Headline: SATSE denounces "the unsustainable situation" of nurses working in nursing homes - Titular: Satse presenta a Gobierno y CCAA sus prioridades para mejorar la Enfermería
Headline: Satse presents its priorities to the Government and CCAA to improve Nursing - Titular: 100 residentes por enfermero, la situación de los enfermeros que trabajar en las residencias de mayores
Headline: 100 residents per nurse, the situation of nurses who work in nursing homes - Titular: SATSE reclama la implantación de un ‘Itinerario Laboral’ para las enfermeras
Headline: SATSE calls for the implementation of a 'Work Itinerary' for nurses - Titular: Denuncian que el centro de salud de La Rinconada lleva tres semanas sin aire acondicionado
Headline: La Rinconada health center without air conditioning for three weeks is denounced - Titular: Salud contrata al personal de Enfermería usando una lista de méritos de hace dos años
Headline: Ministry of Health hires nursing staff using a list of qualifications from two years ago - Titular: Satse reclama la implantación de un 'Itinerario Laboral' para los profesionales de Enfermería
Headline: Satse demands the implementation of a 'Work Itinerary' for Nursing professionals
Taiwan
United Kingdom
- Headline: Judge: Whistleblowing nurse was ‘unfairly dismissed’ from Broomfield Hospital
- Headline: ‘Fragile’ A&E departments hit by spate of nurse resignations
- Headline: Tiny rise in Scotland’s nurses will ‘not tackle current vacancy levels’
- Headline: Final Say: 430,000-strong nurse union writes to UK parties to back second referendum
- Headline: Royal College of Nursing backs second Brexit referendum due to 'health risks'
- Headline: Nominations open for first nursing award in memory of Amin Abdullah
- Headline: Queen's Nurse breaks new ground for LGBT people with dementia
- Headline: Broomfield Hospital nurse was unfairly dismissed for whistleblowing, tribunal rules
- Headline: One in five of Northern Ireland's health service staff in administration or clerical posts: report
- Headline: Rise in number of sick days taken by stressed-out staff at East Kilbride hospital
- Headline: Figures reveal small fall in number of NHS nurses in England
- Headline: Heatwave increases pressure on hospital
United States
- Headline: ‘The Pulse And Lifeline Of The Community’: Advocates Rally To Keep Providence Hospital Open
- Headline: Providence Hospital's emergency room set to close at end of 2018
- Headline: California Capitol Black Staff Association stands with Black lobbyist threatened by state senator
- Headline: Nurses unite for candlelight vigil in Bangor
- Headline: Doctor, hospital groups organize to oppose single-payer in California
- Headline: Lobbyist lodges complaint alleging that California lawmaker threatened to hit her
- Headline: Medicare for All and Free College Tuition Are Wildly Popular Policies
- Headline: Political Notebook: RoseAnn DeMoro joins forces with Consumer Watchdog
- Headline: VA Takes Action to Restrict Collective Bargaining and Official Time
- Headline: VA Chief Rescinds Some Bargaining Rights For Union Staff
- Headline: For Health Care Employees, Workplace Violence Is More Common Than You Might Think
- Headline: Meet The Radical Nurse Who Joined The Spanish Civil War
- Headline: Tri-City Postpones Suspension Of North County Inpatient Psychiatric Unit
- Headline: From Stethoscope To Gavel: Pediatrician At Center Of State’s Health Care Debates
- Headline: Offshore oil drilling to get cheaper gas? Not worth it, California leaders say
- Headline: State Sen. Joel Anderson accused of threatening female lobbyist
- Headline: Anthem, Dignity Health reach agreement
- Headline: Nurses wary as SF’s Dignity Health moves toward merger
- Headline: Lobbyist claims California Republican state senator threatened her
- Headline: California nurses group calls for resignation of GOP state lawmaker who allegedly harassed female lobbyist
- Headline: Sen. Joel Anderson Accused of Threatening to Assault Female Lobbyist
- Headline: Nurses association calls for lawmaker’s resignation over altercation with its lobbyist