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International Nurse News Round-Up
Argentina
Australia
- Headline: Shortage of midwives forces closure of Jamestown’s maternity ward from Christmas Eve
- Headline: Jamestown maternity ward 'temporarily closed' over Christmas, fears closure could become permanent
Brazil
- Manchete: Greve dos enfermeiros é considera ilegal e profissionais protestam em frente à Prefeitura
Headline: Nurses’ strike is considered illegal and professionals protest in front of City Hall - Manchete: Enfermeiros de Cuiabá entram em greve
Headline: Cuiabá nurses go on strike - Manchete: Sindicatos miram paralisação caso Governo não pague
Headline: Unions strike if Government does not pay - Manchete: Enfermeiros entram em greve por tempo indeterminado em Cuiabá
Headline: Nurses go on strike indefinitely in Cuiabá
Canada
- Headline: Quebec nurses' union FIQ reaches tentative deal on salaries and retirement
- Headline: PTSD recognized as work-related occupational disease
- Headline: Workers comp to cover PTSD
- Headline: Nurses protest looming job cuts at Runnymede Healthcare Centre
- Headline: Grey Bruce Health Unit, nurses reach contract
- Headline: Nurse left unconscious, second attacked in beating by St. Joe's West 5th patient
Titre: Entente de principe entre les infirmières et le gouvernement du Québec - Headline: Tentative agreement between the nurses and the government of Quebec
Titre: Une entente de principe a été conclue avec la FIQ sur les salaires - Headline: A tentative agreement was reached with FIQ on wages
Dominican Republic
- Titular: Enfermeras de Asonaen también amenazan con huelga si no reciben aumento salarial
Headline: Asonaen nurses also threaten to strike if they don’t receive wage increases - Titular: Enfermeras demandan aumento salarial de un 100%
Headline: Nurses demand wage increase of 100%
France
Honduras
- Titular: PRESIDENTA DE ENFERMERAS HONDUREÑAS PIDE ASILO POLÍTICO
Headline: President of Honduran nurses asks for political asylum - Titular: Ex presidenta de enfermeras pide asilo político y culpa al mandatario Hernández de estar detrás de su persecución
Headline: Ex-president of nurses asks for political asylum and blames president Hernández of being behind her persecution - Titular: Enfermeras del Leonardo Martínez paralizan labores durante seis horas
Headline: Nurses of Leonardo Martínez paralyze labor for six hours - Titular: Por pagos atrasados se van a paro en el Leonardo Martínez
Headline: Due to late payments they go on strike at Leonardo Martínez
India
Ireland
- Headline: New measures to tackle emergency department overcrowding
- Headline: Tallaght Consultant Gives New Hospital Targets 'Cautious Welcome'
- Headline: Problem is lack of capacity
Israel
- Headline: Israel Braces for First Nationwide Strike in Four Years
- Headline: Israel's Labor Federation, Finance Ministry Avert Nationwide Strike in 'Historic Agreement'
- Headline: Public strike averted: Finance Ministry, Histadrut labor federation reach deal
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- Headline: Agreement with the Treasury until Wednesday - or disabling the Public Sector
Kenya
- Headline: Court directs nurses' union to negotiate afresh with hospital
- Headline: Nurses now issue 14-day strike notice
Mexico
New Zealand
- Headline: Nurses call for urgent tobacco plain packaging laws in NZ after Australia wins legal battle
- Headline: Nurses urge tobacco plain-packaging laws in NZ
Portugal
Spain
- Titular: Enfermeros preocupados por el paro en su sector
Headline: Nurses concerned about unemployment in their sector - Titular: El sindicato de enfermería denuncia que la dirección del CHUO cierra el año con despidos
Headline: The nursing union complains that the management of CHUO closes the year with layoffs
UK
- Headline: NHS nursing levels: Nine in 10 hospitals missing targets
- Headline: NHS staffing crisis as nine in 10 hospitals face nurse shortage
- Headline: Pressures of winter could leave nurses ‘very vulnerable’ warns union
- Headline: NHS staff 'at breaking point' as 90% of hospitals fail to meet nursing targets
- Headline: A Surrey hospital falls short of recruiting enough nurses
- Headline: 90% of hospitals 'failing to meet nurse staffing targets'
USA
- Headline: Nurses reach tentative agreements at three hospitals, ending long contract disputes
- Headline: Nurses Union Says EMMC in Bangor is Ignoring Staffing, Safety Issues
- Headline: Nurses Rally for Stronger Workplace Violence Prevention Regulations
- Headline: Hundreds rally behind Bernie Sanders in NH
- Headline: Nurses Association pushes legislation addressing increase in mental health patients in ED
- Headline: Nurses reach deal with Tracy hospital
- Headline: Bangor Nurses Say Hospital Hasn't Solved Staffing Shortages
- Headline: Massachusetts nurses take stand against gas pipeline
- Headline: Nurses group opposes energy project, pipeline
- Headline: Hospitals are dealing with a growing number of mental health patients
- Titular: Sanders acusa sabotaje del comité demócrata para beneficiar a Clinton
Headline: Sanders accuses sabotage by the Democratic Committee to benefit Clinton