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International Nurse News Round-Up

Australia

Wollongong first stop for Robin Hood tax tour

Nurses union blames budget cuts and red tape for record numbers of double shifts

Record double shifts for Tasmanian nurses leads to renewed call to implement cost savings

ANMF joins the fight against poverty

Regional hospitals not ready for Ebola, says Australian Nursing Federation

The nurses' union needs to take a truth pill

Vic nurses protest bed closures

Cairns nurse calls for Ebola response

ANMF urges donations to ebola virus appeal


Mercy Place staff in pay dispute

Nurses Say Government Must Join Ebola Fight

Majority of byelection candidates back NSW nurses' 'ratio' campaign

Parking fee limits for nurses

Nurses protest bed closures

SA hospitals need more scrutiny: nurses

Nurses say SA hospitals need more scrutiny

Community cabinet visits Bundaberg

NSW government faces scrapping union advertising caps to get election funding bill through

Mum Thanks Staff After Giving Birth

SA nurses call for financial penalties for hospitals missing four-hour emergency department target
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Canada

Les infirmières ne sont toujours pas satisfaites des mesures d’intervention
Nurses still are not satisfied with the intervention measures


"Le principal danger de l’Ebola est un malade qui ment"
“The main danger of Ebola is a patient who is lying”

Risk Ebola will reach Canada increases the longer the outbreak persists: Study

Rick’s Rant: Nurses

Ontario Has No Plans To Make Flu Shots Mandatory for Hospital Nurses

Saskatchewan Nurses want to be more involved in Ebola preparation

Health care workers practice Ebola response

What gear is needed to protect health care workers from Ebola?
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Greece


Health Ministry looking to hire 4,000 new staff

Prepared (for Ebola virus) with 2 doctors, 2 nurses, and a...sink!!

Alt. Health Minister: We are prepared to face an Ebola incident

No surgical operations because of poverty

Greece adopts the worse version of the German health system

The uninsured citizens remain excluded from health services

The hospital which were shut down must start providing their services again

Ebola virus brings 30 recruits of health workers...

Fines for not prescribing generic drugs

Thessaloniki declares the Task Force unwelcome

Patients take a discharge note and leave the hospital and they experience hospitalization
on a stretcher!!

The deregulation of Public Health from the private corporations

A parent's worst nightmare on Kos

There are major shortages of vaccines and pharmaceuticals on Greek market, pharmacists say

Doctor with 1.000.000 euro bank balance from bribes

Greece announces precautionary measures against Ebola

Prescription fines since 2012 reach 2 bln, says minister

Ebola checks to be conducted at Piraeus cargo terminal

Plan to tackle shortage of hospital doctors

Πειράματα με τα νοσοκομεία υποδοχής για πιθανÏŒ κρούσμα Έμπολα
"If they get away with the shut down, then they will confront Ebola"

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Kenya

Nurses split over strike notice
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Philippines

EBMC employees to join Alliance of Health Workers

Pinoy activists raise concerns on climate change

Ebola ready PH doubted

How many Filipino nurses are jobless?

Nurses to march to Mendiola on Oct 17 to demand salary hike « Bulatlat

Group of nurses marched yet Mendiola for wage hike
Grupo ng nurses, nagmartsa pa-Mendiola para sa wage hike


Nurses seek higher wages

Nurses protest low pay, exploitation, unemployment

Nurses protest, ask Malacañang for jobs
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Spain

La rebelión de los enfermeros obliga a Carlos Haya a realizar 14 contratos
The nurses’ rebellion obligates Carlos Haya to make 14 contracts


Satse exige "personal suficiente" para la sala de reanimación del Hospital de Andújar o si no que se cierre
SATSE demands "sufficient staff" for the recovery room of the Andújar Hospital or else to close it

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UK

Union warns NHS relying on temporary staff

Nurses in Wales vote overwhelmingly to strike in dispute over pay


Kirsty Williams says Welsh NHS nurses are going beyond the call of duty to care for patients
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USA

UC Medical Centers Declared Priority Hospitals For Ebola Care

Was the US Health Care System Prepared to Handle Ebola Cases?

White House Insists Ebola is "Under Control" in U.S.

Panel’s G.O.P. Chairman Steps Up Criticism of Ebola Response

Was CDC Too Quick To Blame Dallas Nurses In Care Of Ebola Patient?

Was CDC Too Quick To Blame Dallas Nurses In Care Of Ebola Patient?

These Rules Can Protect Doctors and Nurses From Ebola—If They're Followed

Nurses union head: We weren’t ready for Ebola

Ebola becomes a health worker crisis

Massachusetts Nurses Association joins call for Executive Order on 'national standards and protocols' on Ebola

Nurses union says Brigham and Women’s cutting staff to unsafe levels

House Panel Questions U.S. Quarantine Procedures

Central MA Nurses Decry Ebola Preparedness Procedures

Ebola ‘nightmare’ for nurses as union demands protection for its members

Nurses who treated Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan tell their story - CBS News

D.C. lawmaker questions Maryland plan to send state’s Ebola patients to city

District hospitals say they're prepared to respond to Ebola, but questions linger about equipment (Video)

Ebola Roundtable Sparks Divisions Over District’s Preparedness

Piden más seguridad ante el brote de ébola
Call for more security against Ebola outbreak


What nurses want to be Ebola safe, care for cases, protect others

Nurses tell Mass. lawmakers Ebola training is piecemeal, inadequate

Area nurses speak out about lack of Ebola training

Nurses face obstacles on front lines against Ebola

Union nurses give list of demands regarding Ebola care to administrators

As quarantine nears end, Ebola victim's fiancee cites two brave nurses

CDC to revise Ebola protocol, Pentagon preps team

Enfermeras preocupadas
Nurses concerned


Michigan is as prepared as anyone for Ebola, but is it enough

Katy Roemer on MCNBC

A sharp knife to health benefits and human dignity

Maine nurses urge federal action to protect health care workers from Ebola


Nurses Demand Stricter Ebola Protocols at Hospitals

Inside the Life-or-Death Advocacy on Ebola

Ebola airport checks expand; nurses get training

Ebola galvanizes workers battling to join unions, improve safety

Nurses Protest at Chicago- Ebola

Mergers, staffing ratios nudge nurses toward union

D.C. lawmaker questions Maryland plan to send state’s Ebola patients to city

No Vaccine, One Plane and a “Booty”: Ebola Outbreak Would Catch U.S. Flatfooted, Witnesses Say

At Council Hearing, D.C. Health Officials Discuss City's Ebola Preparedness

District hospitals say they're prepared to respond to Ebola, but questions linger about equipment (Video)

Local Nurses Concerned About Ebola Preparedness