Below is a collection of links to news stories, provided by Global Nurses United, about nurses in other nations and how they are advocating for their patients.
Argentina
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/94604-abrazo-y-paro-en-el-posadas
Titular: Abrazo y paro en el Posadas
Headline: Embrace and strike in the Posadas
Australia
https://www.southburnetttimes.com.au/news/permanent-escort-for-cherbourg-hospital-staff/3330910/
Headline: Permanent escort for Cherbourg hospital staff
Australia
Headline: ‘Why have a course where there’s no outcome?’ James Cook University under fire for healthcare degree
Brazil
http://bhaz.com.br/2018/02/04/enfermeiros-sofia-feldman-greve/
Manchete: Enfermeiros do Sofia Feldman entram em greve por falta de pagamento de salários
Headline: Sofia Feldman nurses go on strike for non-payment of wages
Brazil
Manchete: Após acordo no TRT-MT, ex-funcionários de hospital regional devem receber R$ 2,3 milhões
Headline: After agreement in the TRT-MT, former regional hospital employees should receive R $ 2.3 million
Canada
Headline: Nurses Go To Work Expecting To Be Hurt By Patients. This Has To End
Canada
http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/marilou-gagnon/nous-avons-des-solutions_a_23356788/
Titre: Nous avons des solutions
Headline: We have solutions
Canada
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/02/04/ontario-nurses-walk-away-from-contract-talks.html
Headline: Ontario nurses walk away from contract talks
Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/4006078/ontario-nurses-bargaining/
Headline: Ontario nurses’ union walks away from bargaining with hospitals
Canada
http://www.windsorsquare.ca/archives/2018/bargaining-breaks-down-for-hospital-rns/110822
Headline: Bargaining Breaks Down For Hospital RNs
Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/icu-nurse-retires-wrha-changes-1.4519392
Headline: ICU nurse to retire in response to changes to Winnipeg’s health care system
Canada
Titre: Rencontre avec le ministre Gaétan Barrette: on est à la croisée des chemins.
Headline: Meeting with Minister Gaétan Barrette: we are at a crossroads.
Canada
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1082650/infirmiere-sante-conditions-travail-syndicat
Titre: Des engagements difficiles à mettre en œuvre en santé?
Headline: Difficult commitments to implement in health?
Canada
http://www.journaldequebec.com/2018/02/08/les-infirmieres-submergees-par-dautres-taches
Titre: Les infirmières submergées par d’autres tâches
Headline: Nurses overwhelmed by other tasks
Canada
http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2018/02/07/lhotel-dieu-de-sorel-maintient-le-cap
Titre: L’Hôtel-Dieu de Sorel maintient le cap
Headline: Sorel Hospital stays on course
Canada
Titre: Des quarts de 12 heures pour les infirmières, la solution?
Headline: 12-hour shifts for nurses, the solution?
Canada
http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2018/02/07/une-rencontre-positive-avec-le-ministre-de-la-sante
Titre: Une rencontre positive avec le ministre de la Santé
Headline: A positive meeting with the Minister of Health
Canada
Titre: Temps supplémentaire : les infirmières et le CIUSSS arrivent à une entente
Headline: Extra time: nurses and CIUSSS reach an agreement
China
Headline: Hong Kong nurses pushed to breaking point as city tackles winter flu season, union chief says
Honduras
http://quotha.net/2018/02/05/hospital-privatization-neoliberal-dictatorship/
Headline: Hospital privatization & neoliberal dictatorship
Ireland
https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/news/295546/severe-overcrowding-at-naas-hospital.html
Headline: Severe overcrowding at Naas Hospital
Italy
Headline: Doctors and nurses to strike Feb 23
Malta
Headline: Operations to go ahead as nurses’ strike called off
Mexico
Titular: Red de Defensoras condena uso de Poder Judicial contra enfermeras
Headline: Defenders Network condemns use of Judicial Power against nurses
Mexico
http://www.milenio.com/estados/Rompe-Sindicato-Salud-gobiernos-Oaxaca_0_1117088848.html
Titular: Rompe diálogo sindicato de salud con gobiernos de Oaxaca y federal
Headline: Health union breaks dialogue with Oaxacan and federal governments
Nigeria
http://dailypost.ng/2018/02/09/workers-shutdown-federal-neuropsychiatric-hospital-enugu/
Headline: Workers shutdown Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu
Pakistan
https://nation.com.pk/08-Feb-2018/knife-attack-on-nurse-stirs-up-protest
Headline: Knife attack on nurse stirs up protest
Portugal
Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros defende mais contratações para o Hospital de Gaia
Headline: Nurses’ union defends more hiring for Gaia Hospital
Portugal
Manchete: Hospitais algarvios começam Fevereiro com menos 40 enfermeiros e sem licença para contratar
Headline: Algarve hospitals start February with less than 40 nurses and no license to hire
Portugal
Manchete: Sindicato equaciona luta para exigir substituição de 40 enfermeiros no Algarve
Headline: Union plans fight to demand replacement of 40 Algarve nurses
Portugal
http://observador.pt/2018/02/06/litoral-alentejano-tem-falta-de-medicos-e-de-dezenas-de-enfermeiros/
Manchete: Litoral alentejano tem falta de médicos e de dezenas de enfermeiros
Headline: Litoral coast lacks doctors and dozens of nurses
Portugal
Manchete: Bloco de Esquerda defende contratação de enfermeiros admitidos no plano de contingencia da gripe
Headline: Left Block defends hiring of nurses admitted during the flu contingency plan
South Africa
https://reviewonline.co.za/250176/nurses-protest-continues-limpopo-health-head-office/
Headline: Nurses protest continues at Limpopo health head office
South Africa
http://allafrica.com/stories/201802080147.html
Headline: South Africa: Healthworker Protests Rock Limpopo As State Debt Mounts
South Africa
http://ewn.co.za/2018/02/08/denosa-sibanye-stillwater-mine-deaths-should-serve-as-wakeup-call
Headline: DENOSA: Sibanye-Stillwater mine deaths should serve as wakeup call
Spain
Titular: SATSE gana dos sentencias que obligan a pagar atrasos de carrera profesional
Headline: SATSE wins two sentences that force pay professional career arrears
Spain
Titular: Sanidad se compromete con Satse a mejorar las condiciones de la enfermería
Headline: Sanidad commits with Satse to improve the conditions of nursing
Spain
Titular: Llamamiento enfermero a usar “todos los recursos posibles” contra el cáncer
Headline: Nursing call to use “all possible resources” against cancer
Spain
Titular: Satse pide jornadas de 35 horas para todos los sanitarios “sin excepción”
Headline: Satse asks for 35-hour days for all health workers, “without exception”
Spain
Titular: Alertan de una «desbandada» de profesionales a primaria por la presión asistencial en el Chop
Headline: Alert of a “disbandment” of primary care professionals
Spain
Titular: Satse critica la “discriminación” que da prioridad a las enfermeras de área en las bolsas de empleo temporales
Headline: Satse criticizes the “discrimination” that prioritizes area nurses in temporary job boards
Spain
http://www.hoy.es/extremadura/exodo-enfermeros-extremenos-20180204132906-nt.html
Titular: El éxodo de enfermeros extremeños continuó en 2017, según Satse
Headline: The exodus of nurses from Extremadura continued in 2017, according to Satse
Spain
Titular: SATSE se manifestará por la demora del Concurso de Traslados del SAS de Enfermería
Headline: SATSE will mobilize due to the delay in SAS Nursing Transfer Exam
Spain
Titular: El Sindicato de Enfermería SATSE denuncia el abandono que padecen los profesionales del Hospital de la Axarquía ante las agresiones
Headline: SATSE Nursing Union denounces abandonment of Axarquía Hospital professionals in the face of aggressions
Spain
http://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2018/02/08/5a7b5de3e5fdea8c218b4615.html
Titular: Oleada de robos en centros de salud de la región
Headline: Surge of robberies at region’s health centers
Spain
Titular: Médicos y enfermeras consideran un avance que se permita opositar sin el catalán
Headline: Doctors and nurses consider a move towards allowing an entrance exam without Catalán
Spain
Titular: Satse denuncia el “desbordamiento” de la unidad de Reanimación del Reina Sofía
Headline: Satse denounces “overflow” at the Queen Sofia Recovery Unit
United Kingdom
https://www.nursinginpractice.com/article/stop-paying-nurses-peanuts-says-rcn-president
Headline: ‘Stop paying nurses peanuts’, says RCN president
United Kingdom
Headline: Nursing associates must be supported to go on and train as nurses, urges RCN leader
United Kingdom
Headline: Improving efficiency and strengthening relationships
United Kingdom
Headline: One in five nurses in care sector on ‘zero hours’ contracts
United Kingdom
Headline: Fears over pressure on care system as National Audit Office warns staff and funding are not sustainable
United Kingdom
https://inews.co.uk/news/health/postgraduate-nurses-bursaries-removed-jeremy-hunt-rcn/
Headline: Jeremy Hunt ‘hell bent’ on slashing nurse numbers as bursaries taken away from postgrads – RCN chief
United Kingdom
Headline: Additional regulation of advanced nurses would be ‘unwieldy’, says RCN leader
United Kingdom
Headline: Is Brexit costing us nurses? Gloucestershire hospitals see 80 per cent drop in nurses joining from EU countries
United Kingdom
Headline: More nurses needed to avoid new Mid Staffs-style scandal, says RCN
United Kingdom
Headline: Fix the NHS: Protesters rally in London to call for government action
United Kingdom
Headline: RCN welcomes Welsh government’s £100m investment in ‘new models of care’
United States
Headline: Nurses Returning from Second Puerto Rico Mission Call Any Removal of FEMA Aid ‘Premature and Deadly’
United States
https://medium.com/@NNUBonnie/janus-is-coming-are-you-ready-dd82df4063a9
Headline: Janus is coming. Are you ready?
United States
Headline: Opinion: Single-payer provides best cure for California health care
United States
https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/02/07/80585/a-renewed-push-for-single-payer-at-sacramento-heal/
Headline: A renewed push for single payer at Sacramento health care hearing
United States
Headline: Assembly Universal Health Care Hearing Wraps Up With Single-Payer Debate
United States
https://kxan.com/2018/02/07/wimberley-nurses-who-unionized-say-management-is-retaliating/
Headline: Wimberley nurses who unionized say management is retaliating
United States
Headline: Nurses Association negotiator calls UC contract proposals ‘egregious’
United States
http://inthesetimes.com/article/20895/democratic-party-illinois-marie-newman-dan-lipinski-2018
Headline: Can the Democratic Party’s Left Flank Win in 2018? This Illinois Primary Could Be a Bellwether
United States
Headline: Chorus of healthcare advocates praise single-payer system, but differ on how quickly California should pursue it
Venezuela
Titular: Crece la diáspora médica en hospitales y clínicas
Headline: The medical diaspora grows in hospitals and clinics
