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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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Zambia

UTH nurses still not paid