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International Nurse News Round-Up

Global

The Under Reported Side of Ebola

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Argentina

Neuquén: new strike and promise of announcement for Health
Neuquén: nuevo paro y promesa de convocatoria para Salud

Neuquén: All the health unions are in conflict
Neuquén: todos los gremios de Salud están en conflicto

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Australia

Adelaide nurses plan industrial action

Mental health nurses call for extra staff in Canberra unit after violent attacks

WA hospital carpark fines sting sick with revenue up 5400 per cent

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Bangladesh

Mitford nurses on strike after intern assaults their colleague

Doctors-nurses conflict paralyzes Mitford Hospital

Patients suffer as interns, nurses stop working at Mitford Hospital

Mitford strike ends after 30 hours

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Canada

Nova Scotia healthcare unions call for province wide contracts

Andrea Horwath turns to veteran NDP fixer Michael Balagus

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Colombia

Permission refused to hold protest on the crisis at Montería Hospital
Niegan permiso para realizar protesta por crisis en Hospital de Montería

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Greece

Upcoming fast-track merge at public hospitals! What M.Voridis (minister of health) will do
Έρχονται συγχωνεύσεις εξπρές στα νοσοκομεία! Τι θα κάνει ο Βορίδης

Panhellenic Nurses Federation; The Review of Greek NHS Nurses is a government low comedy
ΠΑΣΟΝΟΠ: Κυβερνητική φαρσοκωμωδία η “αξιολÏŒγηση” των νοσηλευτÏŽν του ΕΣΥ

The Greek government is about to cover the hospitalization of 3 million uninsured citizens with the amount of 1,3 million euros...

Approval of grant agencies for costs of hospital care and pharmaceutical care in economically weak and those citizens within the provisions of law.
ΩΣ Ο ΠΙΝΑΚÎ‘Σ ΔΙΑΝΟΜΗΣ

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Ireland

Varadkar signals change to graduate nurse scheme

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Kenya

Health Crisis Deepens As Nurses Union Issues Strike Notice

Return health to State, Kenya nurses’ union demands

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Liberia

With supplies short, nurses on Liberian Ebola ward must improvise protective gear

Crises amidst crises: Liberian nurses go on strike amid Ebola breakout

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Mexico

Protest at IMSS-Oportunidades Hospital in Matías Romero, Oaxaca
Protestan en Hospital IMSS-Oportunidades de Matías Romero, Oaxaca

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Portugal

Portuguese nurses announces strike against austerity

Portuguese nurses announces strike against austerity

Portuguese Nursing and Judiciary Unions call three day strike
Sindicatos de Enfermería y Judiciales de Portugal convocan una huelga de tres días

Strike of the nurses on September 24 and 25 and judicial officers on the 26th
Greve dos enfermeiros dias 24 e 25 de setembro e dos funcionários judiciais em 26

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South Korea

South Korean hospital workers in Seoul end strike

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UK

Tayside nurses push for backdated holiday pay resolution

NHS crisis: Nurse morale hits rock bottom with nearly two-thirds wanting to quit

Senior nurses under threat in NHS England shake-up

Safer staffing: Ensuring we have enough nurses to deliver safe, high-quality care to our patients

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USA

San Bernardino County nurses protest at county supervisors meeting

Nurses approve contract: Thief River Falls talks centered on staffing, training

Guest commentary: West County residents deserve a full-service hospital

It's all about patient care at Queen of the Valley

Nurses at another D.C. hospital claim unsafe 'understaffing'

Staffing Shortage Concerns Nurses at D.C. Hospital

Labor commission urges City Council to adopt resolution halting violations of nurses’ rights

Irma Westmoreland, Chairwoman, National Nurses United for Veterans Affairs

The Trouble with Kaiser's Technology

Providence Hospital nurses say short staffing threatens care

Nurses deliver pillows and a petition to USC Verdugo Hills Hospital officials

HealthAlliance nurses to CEO: Don't cut staff, services

Nurses protest HealthAlliance cuts in advance of new contract negotiations

Leominster Hospital nurses petition proposed staffing cuts

California Nurses Association Endorse Kevin McKeown for City Council Election

Crozer-Chester nurses authorize two-day strike, but hospital vows to continue operations

WB General nurses agree to new contract