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International Nurse News Round-Up
Australia
Labor to mandate nurse-to-patient ratios in hospital emergency departments
Several Hunter hospitals would benefit from Labor's nurse-to-patient ratio pledge
Labor promises more nurses
NSW election 2015: Labor's Luke Foley promises hundreds of new nurses, hospital staffing ratios
Sydney union rally: Macquarie Street closed as thousands march to protest cuts, privatisation
Nurses union says Broken Hill people will get better care under proposed hospital ratios
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Brazil
Sindicatos querem continuar processos contras a FHS
Unions want to continue process against FHS
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Canada
UNA asks court to force Alberta Government to enforce nursing home staffing law
Nurses' union takes Alberta to court over nursing home staffing
Saudi Arabia targets Alberta nurses in face of budget crunch
Alberta nurses union wants court to enforce rules for nursing home staff
Public sector spending cuts would put health care at risk, unions say
Better Way Alberta campaign offers solutions to government’s budget woes
Nurses laid off as Peter Lougheed loses some surgical beds
Nurses’ union seeks court order for province to enforce its own law
Alberta union coalition launching $500,000 campaign against province's budget cuts
Peterborough County City Health Unit Nurses Head to Mediation: Legal strike date looms
Peterborough County-City Health Unit puts plan in place to prepare for potential strike
P.E.I. Nurses' Union set to vote on tentative agreement
New uniforms set RNs apart
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Chile
Unidad de enfermería del Hospital de Temuco inicia paro de advertencia exigiendo mejoras laborales
Nursing Unit of the Hospital of Temuco starts warning strike demanding better working conditions
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Ireland
Hospital trolley figures reach record high for February
Close to 10,000 patients on trolleys in February
Emergency Department Task Force calls for extra funding to reduce waiting times
Nurse: patient ratio to be determined by the DoH
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Malawi
Malawi Nurses Issue 7 day strike notice
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Mexico
Protestan en IMSS; faltan medicinas y enfermeras
Protest in IMSS; lack of medicines and nurses
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Paraguay
Hospital está sin enfermeras
Hospital is without nurses
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Philippines
FAIL! Health group joins call for PNoy to resign
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Portugal
Falta de enfermeiros e de material hospitalar no Algarve leva a «altas precoces» e a utentes a comprar «pensos do seu bolso»
Lack of nurses and hospital supplies in the Algarve leads to users to buy out of pocket earlier than expected
Enfermeiros: Sindicato da Madeira alerta para discriminação salarial

Nurses: Madeira union alert on wage discrimination
Greve: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros contesta serviços mínimos
Strike: Nurses union disputes minimum services
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Spain
SATSE denuncia que la consolidación del SMS es un acuerdo "trampa", encaminada a incluir "puestos médicos escondidos"
SATSE complaint that the consolidation of SMS is an agreement "trap," aims to include "hidden medical posts"
Falta personal de enfermería en Medicina Interna y Urgencias, según el Satse
Shortage of nursing staff in Internal and Emergency Medicine, according to Satse
El sindicato Satse aplaude que las matronas hagan ecografías
The SATSE union applauds that midwives do ultrasounds
Satse pide a la Junta que acabe con la discriminación en la sanidad pública
Satse requests the Board to end discrimination in public health
SATSE pregunta dónde están esos 1.189 profesionales sanitarios del Servicio Madrileño de Salud
SATSE asks where are these 1,189 health professionals in the Madrid Health Service
Diez horas en casa esperando al médico

Ten hours at home waiting for the doctor
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Sri Lanka
Doctors call off strike, nurses call for strike
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USA
Nurses rally about staffing at Sutter Roseville
Nurse union, 2 state hospitals begin bargaining
Nurses, Public Employees to Protest Proposed Texas Legislation
At center of medical hub, Roseville sees another nurses picket
RNs at Watsonville Community Hospital to Testify at City Council on Unsafe Patient Care
McGuire veterans hospital suspends some elective surgeries
Public hearings seek input on safe patient limits for ICU nurses
Patient’s Nurse Attack Leads To Legislation At Capitol
Hospitals and nurses are split over new safety bill
Bill sets nurse minimums at Minnesota hospitals
After Twin Cities hospital rampage, lawmakers debate bills to make hospitals safer
D.C. Council Chairman Mendelson revives nurse staffing legislation
Nurses rally about staffing at Sutter Roseville
Oroville Hospital registered nurses unanimously ratify four-year contract
Governor Rauner’s salvo against dues raises National Nurses Union ire
Texas Health Resources responds to Ebola nurse's lawsuit
Huntington Hospital nurses to vote on union
Registered Nurses to address patient safety issues as bargaining begins at CHS hospitals in WV
Nurses rally about staffing at Sutter Roseville
California-Based Hospitals Experience EHR Failures in February
California’s Nurse-to-Patient Ratio Law Reduced Nurse Injuries by More Than 30 Percent
Community Health Systems : Nurses at bargaining table to talk patient safety
Nurses want probe into EMR failure
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