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International Nurse News Round-Up
Australia
- Headline: Review into nurse safety stalls
- Headline: Woman punched in the head while waiting in hospital emergency room
Bolivia
Canada
- Headline: St. Joe's still has work to do to reduce violence against nurses: report
- Titre: Aucune reconnaissance des études universitaires pour les infirmières
Headline: No recognition of university education for nurses - Titre: CISSS-AT : l'unité de psychiatrie demeurera ouverte en Abitibi-Ouest
Headline: CISSS-AT: The psychiatric unit will remain open in Abitibi-Ouest - Titre: Les infirmières bachelières veulent être reconnues au Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Headline: Graduate nurses can be recognized at Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Colombia
India
- Headline: Cease work strike of nurses on Oct 3
- Headline: Nurses call off Strike after Assurance from MLAs
- Headline: Nurses withdraw strike after assurance
Ireland
- Headline: Hospitals facing chaotic winter as nurses near strike
- Headline: Crisis arising from nurse shortages deepens in Louth - INMO
- Headline: Cork cancer nurses hold work-to-rule protest
- Headline: Bid to avert strike action by nurses at CUH
- Headline: Exhausted Irish student nurse exposes 'soul destroying' realities of job that left her 'on brink of quitting'
- Headline: Nurses to stage work-to-rule at CUH oncology and radiotherapy ward
- Headline: Cancer ward nurses begin long-term protest against 'unsafe staffing levels'
- Headline: Industrial action will go ahead at one of Ireland's busiest hospitals on Wednesday
- Headline: Nurses on cancer ward to begin industrial action
- Headline: Oncology/Radiotherapy nursing staff at CUH start industrial action
- Headline: Nurses begin industrial action on low staffing at Cork University Hospital
Kenya
- Headline: Another strike looms in Kakamega
- Headline: Health workers in Meru strike over delayed promotions
- Headline: Crisis in Meru as health workers strike
Malta
Mexico
- Titular: Hay un déficit de 150 enfermeras en el sector salud de BC
Headline: There is a 150 nurse deficit in the health sector in BC - Titular: Denuncian que continùa venta de plazas en sector Salud de Veracruz
Headline: They denounce the continued layoffs and rights violation
Paraguay
- Titular: Enfermeras se movilizarán hasta el Parlamento Nacional
Headline: Nurses will be mobilized to the National Parliament - Titular: Enfermeros, contra recortes y explotación
Headline: Nurses, against cuts and exploitation - Titular: Enfermeras siguen marcha por sus derechos
Headline: Nurses continue to march for their rights - Titular: Impiden a funcionarios acudir a manifestación
Headline: Officials barred from attending demonstration - Titular: Enfermeras luchan por recuperar sus derechos
Headline: Nurses fight for their rights - Titular: Enfermeros se manifiestan por fallo que deja sin efecto beneficios laborales al sector
Headline: Nurses protest ruling that annuls sector labor benefits - Titular: Villarrica: enfermeros se declaran en huelga y visten luto
Headline: Villarrica: nurses declare strike and dress in black to mourn lost benefits - Titular: Funcionarios de Salud protestan por recorte de beneficios
Headline: Health workers protest to restore their benefits - Titular: Enfermeras se movilizan
Headline: Nurses mobilize - Titular: Enfermeras seguirán con movilizaciones y podrían ir al paro
Headline: Nurses continue with mobilizations and face arrests - Titular: Enfermeras advierten de paro nacional
Headline: Nurses warn of national strike - Titular: Enfermeras exigen cumplimiento de beneficios
Headline: Nurses demand compliance of their benefits - Titular: Médicos de Clínicas exigen ampliación presupuestaria
Headline: Medical Clinics require budget increase - Titular: Enfermeras en pie de guerra por fallo de la Corte
Headline: Nurses at war over court ruling - Titular: Enfermeras plantearán nulidad de la sentencia
Headline: Nurses protest to overturn the sentence - Titular: Médicos confirman huelga indefinida a finales de octubre
Headline: Doctors confirm indefinite strike in late October
Philippines
- Headline: Cut-down health budget cripples hospitals, people
- Headline: Fabella closure could worsen maternal health woes
Portugal
- Manchete: Sindicato aponta para adesão de 75% na greve de enfermeiros
Headline: Union reports 75% of membership participating in strike - Manchete: PCP acusa Grupo Melllo de "desrespeitar a lei" no Hospital de Braga
Headline: PCP accuses Melllo Group of breaking the law in Braga Hospital - Manchete: PSD diz que o PS passou quatro anos sem responder a enfermeiros
Headline: PSD says the PS spent four years without answering nurses
South Africa
- Headline: Helen Joseph residence staff have nowhere to go
- Headline: Nurses march over poor conditions in health facilities
Spain
- Titular: Sindicato de Enfermería pide a Rajoy acabar con "discriminación" de interinos
Headline: Nurses union asks Rajoy to end “discrimination” against temporary workers - Titular: El sindicato de enfermería SATSE reclama cambios legislativos para acabar con la discriminación entre profesionales
Headline: SATSE calls for legislative changes to end discrimination between professionals - Titular: Satse denuncia que las vacunas contra la gripe que se distribuirán en la provincia de Córdoba incumplen la normativa de bioseguridad
Headline: SATSE denounces that flu vaccines distributed in Cordoba do not comply with health regulations - Titular: El SATSE desmiente a la Junta y asegura que la Residencia de Flores no supera la ratio de enfermeras por paciente
Headline: SATSE demands that patient occupancy in Flores does not exceed the nurse-to-patients ratios requirement - Titular: SATSE pedirá a las enfermeras que renuncien expresamente a integrarse en las Unidades de Gestión Clínica
Headline: SATSE asked the nurses to expressly waive integration into Clinical Management Units - Titular: Satse asegura que el complejo hospitalario mantiene "80 camas cerradas" mientras "se colapsan" las urgencias
Headline: SATSE says that the hospital complex has “80 closed beds” while emergencies collapse - Titular: El hospital mantiene 80 camas cerradas para evitar contrataciones de personal
Headline: The hospital maintains 80 closed beds to prevent recruitments - Titular: Enfermería exige la reactivación de la carrera professional
Headline: Nursing requires the revival of the professional career - Titular: Sindicatos denuncian el cierre de camas en el Hospital La Inmaculada de Huércal-Overa
Headline: Unions denounce the closure of beds in the Hospital La Inmaculada de Huercal-Overa - Titular: Junta y sindicatos iniciarán el 9 de noviembre la negociación para la estabilización de los estructurales del SAS
Headline: Board and unions begin on November 9 negotiations for the stabilization of structural SAS - Titular: SATSE inicia campaña para que enfermeras no formen parte de gestión clínica
Headline: SATSE begins campaign urging nurses against clinical management - Titular: Malestar entre los opositores enfermeros de Huesca ante la nula oferta de plazas en el San Jorge
Headline: Unrest among nurses in Huesca due to lack of positions in San Jorge area - Titular: La Junta aprueba las tres primeras 'privatizaciones' sanitarias en León, dos de ellas en El Bierzo
Headline: The Board approves the three first privatizations of hospitals in León, two in El Bierzo - Titular: Un 78% del personal de Enfermería de Atención Especializada secunda la huelga
Headline: 78% of staff of Specialized Care Nursing support strike
United Kingdom
- Headline: NHS staff crisis exposed as one trust plans to hire nearly 100 foreign doctors and nurses
- Headline: Chorley A&E: More could have been done says report
United States
- Headline: Nurses, Allina Health ready to negotiate again
- Headline: Sanders backs California prescription drug measure
- Headline: Commentary: EpiPen why we need Prop. 61
- Headline: How to cut drug prices? California can set a model with Prop 61
- Headline: Dakota Access Pipeline and the Future of American Labor
- Headline: Minnesota: Thousands of Nurses Continue Strike into Second Month
- Headline: Allina nurses reject latest contract offer
- Headline: Striking Minnesota nurses reject Allina's contract proposal
- Headline: Allina Health nurses reject latest contract proposal
- Headline: Nurses reject contract offer, strike continues
- Headline: Allina nurses reject contract, remain on strike
- Headline: Striking Minnesota Nurses Reject Allina's Contract Proposal
- Headline: Striking MN Nurses reject contract
- Headline: Nurses, Allina Health ready to negotiate again
- Headline: Allina hospitals charge patients nearly three times actual costs
- Headline: NLRB issues labor complaint against CHS
- Headline: Hospital, nurses' union settle contract dispute
- Headline: Striking Minnesota Nurses Reject Allina's Contract Proposal
- Headline: Striking nurses vote on Allina's latest proposal
- Headline: Allina, striking nurses continue talks
- Headline: Nurses to vote Monday on latest Allina offer
- Headline: Talks between Allina, striking nurses continue
- Headline: Allina nurse strike approaches record territory at more than 30 days
- Headline: Striking Nurses Will Vote Monday on New Allina Contract Proposal
- Headline: Striking nurses to vote Monday on new contract offer from Allina
- Headline: Striking nurses at 5 Minnesota hospital to vote on contract
- Headline: Nurses To Take Vote Monday On Allina Proposal
- Headline: Minnesota Nurses Association Holds 'Red October' Events
- Headline: Striking Nurses Stand Together For ‘Red October’ Events
- Headline: Hundreds march on Allina Headquarters in support of striking nurses
- Headline: Striking Allina nurses' votes will be counted together, not by hospital, union says
- Headline: Striking nurses to vote on new proposal
- Headline: Striking nurses to lose their health care
- Headline: Allina, Nurses Ready To Head Back To The Negotiating Table
- Headline: Why California nurses back Prop. 61: Guest commentary
- Headline: Nurses' strike against Allina Health continues, negotiators working on new proposal
- Headline: New Nurses’ Research Report on California Prop. 61:
- Headline: California Governor Signs Flurry Of Health Laws
- Headline: UC Irvine Health to lay off 175 employees