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.
https://www.forbesadvocate.com.au/story/7462057/nurses-plead-for-caution-as-nsw-reopens/?cs=9676
Headline: Nurses plead for caution as NSW reopens
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Headline: Nurses and midwives ‘on tenterhooks’ over reopening of NSW
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https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/7459168/more-nurses-needed-as-staff-experience-burn-out/
Headline: Nurses say support for the healthcare sector is needed sooner rather than later
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Headline: Plan to bring thousands of nurses and doctors into ‘Fortress Australia’
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Headline: ‘The system is buckling’: Elective surgery cut back as health workers warn of mounting strain
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https://ntindependent.com.au/royal-darwin-hospital-plunged-into-code-yellow-status-again/
Headline: Royal Darwin Hospital plunged into ‘code yellow’ status again
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https://www.cowraguardian.com.au/story/7447876/fear-for-small-towns/
Headline: Doctors, nurses and paramedics fearful small towns face potential COVID disaster
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https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/qld/2021/09/30/queensland-lockdown-trigger/
Headline: Plea for Qlders to follow rules amid fears NRL final could be virus ‘seeding event’
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Manchete: Contra retorno de manicômios, CNS realiza ato preparatório para Conferência Nacional de Saúde Mental
Headline: Against the return of asylums, CNS prepares for the National Conference on Mental Health
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https://www.thebruns.ca/articles/done-asking-canadas-nurses-day-of-action
Headline: Done Asking: Canada’s Nurses Day of Action
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Headline: Manitoba Nurses Union reaches tentative collective agreement after 7 weeks of mediation
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Headline: If nurses are our heroes, then why is their pay raise so lousy?
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Titre: Un millier d’infirmières ont accepté la nouvelle prime de Québec
Headline: A thousand nurses have accepted the new Quebec premium
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-military-covid-19-hospital-icu-1.6197926
Headline: Military nurses to land in Alberta Monday to ease health-care strain from COVID-19
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https://www.919thebend.ca/2021/10/07/rns-nurse-practitioners-reject-second-contract/
Headline: RNs, Nurse Practitioners Reject Second Contract
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Headline: Local nurse says Northern Lights Regional Healthcare Centre at a “breaking point”
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/zambory-nurses-covid-19-moe-1.6204270
Headline: Shuffling health-care workers around won’t solve COVID crisis: Sask. nurses’ union president
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Titre: Convention des infirmières : qu’attend-on ?
Headline: Nurses agreement: what are we waiting for?
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https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/fiq-signs-collective-agreement-with-quebec-valid-until-2023-1.5612963
Headline: FIQ signs collective agreement with Quebec, valid until 2023
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Headline: Canada’s health-care crisis worse after ‘unnecessary’ election: union president
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-nurses-share-stories-from-the-frontlines/
Headline: Nurses share stories from the frontlines
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Titre: Québec veut accélérer la formation des infirmières auxiliaires
Headline: Quebec wants to accelerate the training of licensed practical nurses
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Titre: Encore 300 infirmières manquantes dans la région
Headline: Still 300 nurses lacking in the region
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https://www.airdrietoday.com/beyond-local/the-pandemics-toll-on-health-care-workers-4464778
Headline: The pandemic’s toll on health care workers
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/christy-tashjian-waiting-to-work-1.6189165
Headline: Forced to sit out during pandemic, nurse calls for changes to Ontario’s registration process
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Headline: Province relying on contract workers as Manitoba struggles to fill shortage of public nurses
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Headline: London, Ont., hospitals facing chronic nursing shortage as pandemic fourth wave nears
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Headline: Respiratory professionals’ group seeks mandatory COVID vaccination for health-care workers
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Headline: Nursing shortage forcing longer ER wait times: union
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Headline: Independent committee review ‘last resort’ to address Southlake unit’s nursing shortage: ONA
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https://www.660citynews.com/2021/10/01/alberta-nurses-federal-covid-aid/
Headline: Federal aid good, but lockdown still needed, nursing union says
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Headline: Sask. doctors, nurses say current COVID-19 restrictions ‘not enough’
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Headline: Nurses want national hiring and retention strategy amid staffing ‘crisis’
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Titular: ANEEAH denuncia que procesos burocráticos retrasan la contratación de enfermeras
Headline: ANEEAH denounces bureaucratic processes that delay the hiring of nurses
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https://www.latribuna.hn/2021/10/01/segun-la-aneeah-a-paso-lento-contratan-personal-de-enfermeria/
Titular: Según la ANEEAH: A paso lento contratan personal de enfermería
Headline: According to ANEEAH: At a slow pace they hire nursing staff
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https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2021/10/07/worrying-level-of-burnout-among-nurses-and-midwives/
Headline: Worrying level of burnout among nurses and midwives
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Headline: ‘Taken a psychological toll’; New survey reveals 90% of nurses are facing mental exhaustion
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https://www.thejournal.ie/nurses-midwives-mental-exhaustion-covid-5567975-Oct2021/
Headline: Nine in 10 nurses and midwives feel mentally exhausted as result of Covid-19 pandemic
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https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/arid-40714616.html
Headline: Worst hospital overcrowding since pandemic began with 467 on trolleys
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Headline: Health workers need additional recognition for Covid pandemic, says INMO
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Headline: Head of INMO says better hospital security needed after tragic Joe McCarron incident
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40707308.html
Headline: Cork University Hospital warns of delays at ‘exceptionally busy’ emergency department
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https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0929/1249640-pandemic-bonus/
Headline: INMO criticizes level of engagement on pandemic bonus
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https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/arid-40710164.html
Headline: Record overcrowding in country’s worst-hit hospitals
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40706108.html
Headline: Government ‘dilly-dallying’ over rewards for health workers
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Titolo: Sardegna: gli infermieri scarseggiano e alcuni si licenziano
Headline: Sardinia: nurses are scarce and some are resigning
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Titolo: Nuovo contratto, novità. Dalla programmazione dei turni alla mobilità: accolte richieste NurSind
Headline: New contract, news. From shift planning to mobility: NurSind requests accepted
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https://www.primapaginaonline.it/2021/09/29/nursind-esposto-blocco-operatorio/
Titolo: NurSind: troppe ore di lavoro, salute dei pazienti a rischio
Headline: NurSind: too many hours of work, patient health at risk
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https://www.nurse24.it/dossier/covid19/piemonte-nursind-lamenta-lo-scarso-numero-di-infermieri.html
Titolo: Piemonte: NurSind lamenta lo scarso numero di infermieri
Headline: Piedmont: NurSind complains about the low number of nurses
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Titolo: Nursind: tamponi e test sierologici per i sanitari a rischio
Headline: Nursind: swabs and serological tests for healthcare professionals at risk
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Headline: Covid 19 Delta outbreak: ‘Unwelcome’ nurses leaving NZ over immigration rules
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https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/extent-aged-care-nurse-shortage-revealed
Headline: Extent of aged care nurse shortage revealed
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Headline: Residency pathway ‘welcome’ for nursing workforce, but more Kiwi talent needed
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Titular: Enfermeras y enfermeros se candidatan a concejalías y debaten proyectos
Headline: Nurses run for council offices and debate projects
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https://www.expreso.com.pe/polidatos/ministros-lagartos-enganaron-enfermeras/
Titular: Ministros Lagartos Engañaron A Enfermeras
Headline: “Lizard” Ministers Deceived Nurses
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Headline: Union calls for PGH budget increase amid the sorry state of hospital
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Headline: Enough of government’s insensitive, inefficient management of the COVID-19 crisis
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https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/09/28/21/nurses-reject-singular-allowance-proposal-by-doh
Headline: ‘Meager, divisive, unfair’: Why nurses’ group rejects ‘singular allowance’ proposal
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https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1493872/health-workers-union-reject-doh-singular-allowance-proposal
Headline: Alliance of Health Workers rejects allowance system proposed by DOH
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Headline: Group welcomes Senate Bills expanding pandemic benefits to all health workers
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Headline: Health care workers’ benefits: ‘Singular’ plan brings multiple issues
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https://manilastandard.net/mobile/article/366106
Headline: Health workers nix singular stipend
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Manchete: Enfermeiros Alertam Para Eventuais Situações De Rutura Por “Exaustão E Cansaço”
Headline: Nurses Warn Of Possible Situations Of Rupture Due To “Exhaustion And Tiredness”
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Manchete: Enfermeiros acusam Governo de propaganda quando diz que o SNS é uma prioridade
Headline: Nurses accuse Government of propaganda when it says the NHS is a priority
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Manchete: Enfermeiros “estão exaustos”. Sindicato alerta para possível ruptura dos centros de saúde
Headline: Nurses “are exhausted”. Union warns of possible disruption of health centers
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Manchete: Enfermeiros denunciam falta de vacinas contra a gripe nos Centros de Saúde
Headline: Nurses report lack of flu vaccines in Health Centers
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https://www.abrilabril.pt/trabalho/enfermeiras-contra-discriminacao-devido-maternidade
Manchete: Enfermeiras contra discriminação devido à maternidade
Headline: Nurses against discrimination due to maternity
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Headline: Nursing union welcomes public protector’s report on KZN hospitals
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Headline: Ageing nurses: A crisis on the near horizon for SA
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https://sundayworld.co.za/news/limpopo-fails-nursing-colleges/
Headline: Limpopo fails nursing colleges
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https://allafrica.com/stories/202109290115.html
Headline: Kenya: Meru Medics Renew Calls for National Health Commission
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Titular: SATSE denuncia el interés de las aseguradoras por no cubrir las actuaciones asistenciales del covid-19
Headline: SATSE denounces the interest of insurers in not covering the assistance actions of the covid-19
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Titular: Satse Huelva lanza nueva campaña para consolidar la figura de la enfermera escolar en los centros educativos
Headline: Satse union launches a new campaign to consolidate the figure of the school nurse in educational centers
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Titular: El Sindicato de Enfermería denuncia la puesta en marcha de las «consultas de acogida» sin dotación de recursos ni formación adecuada de profesionales
Headline: The Nursing Union denounces the launch of “reception consultations” without the provision of resources or adequate training for professionals
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Titular: SATSE ve difícil compaginar la vacunación de gripe y Covid sin más enfermeras
Headline: SATSE finds it difficult to combine flu and Covid vaccinations without more nurses
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https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/cantabria/satse-exige-sanidad-20210928122547-nt.html
Titular: Satse exige a Sanidad que pague la deuda con las enfermeras
Headline: Satse demands Health Ministry pay debt owed to nurses
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https://www.elnortedecastilla.es/salamanca/satse-denuncia-enfermeras-20210929174108-nt.html
Titular: Satse denuncia que las enfermeras «tienen que compartir taquillas» en el nuevo Hospital de Salamanca
Headline: Satse denounces that nurses “have to share lockers” in the new Salamanca Hospital
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https://www.mallorcadiario.com/satse-son-espases-en-vilo-250-enfermeras
Titular: Satse denuncia que Son Espases tiene “en vilo” a 250 enfermeras
Headline: Satse denounces that Son Espases has 250 nurses “on hold”
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http://www.adaderana.lk/news/77535/health-trade-unions-on-token-strike-today
Headline: Health trade unions on token strike today
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https://www.nation.lk/online/health-sector-unions-launch-strike-125005.html
Headline: Health sector unions launch strike
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Headline: Health TUs to launch strike action from 7.00 am to 12 noon today
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https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/960406
Headline: Threat of Nurses’ Industrial Action Over Pay Grows
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/inr.12722
Headline: COVID-19 and the global need for knowledge on nurses’ health
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Headline: Concerning spike in nurse mental health and respiratory sick days since Covid-19
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Headline: RCN to test appetite among nurses in England for pay strike
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Headline: RCN Scotland to consult nurses on industrial action over pay dispute
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Headline: Associate Feature: Action needed now for safe and effective patient care
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Headline: Raising profile of nursing and midwifery is ‘key for global health improvement’, new report says
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Headline: Calls for nurses to be prioritized for fuel in interest of patient safety
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https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/tucson-nurses-find-sinemas-office-empty-just-like-her-promises/
Headline: Tucson nurses find Sinema’s office empty, just like her promises
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Headline: Union challenges ‘exploitative’ hospital contract requirements for new nurses
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Headline: Nurses Protest + New City Meeting Regs + GB Students Want Change
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Headline: This is what we owe the world’s health and care workers, who put their lives on the line for us
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https://morningconsult.com/2021/10/04/health-care-workers-series-part-2-workforce/
Headline: Nearly 1 in 5 Health Care Workers Have Quit Their Jobs During the Pandemic
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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article254726762.html
Headline: Florida will be short nearly 60,000 nurses by 2035, report says
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Headline: Hospitals tight-lipped on impact of COVID-19 vaccination requirements
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Headline: ‘I Thought For Sure I Would Be Fired’: Vaccine Mandate Deadline Arrives For Twin Cities Health Care Systems
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Headline: California vaccine mandate: Most health care workers are complying, hospitals say
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Headline: Medicare for all is a matter of justice – and healthcare savings: Dr. Johnathon Ross
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Headline: Nurses union calls on FTC to investigate ‘RN residency’ contracts that keep new grads at hospitals for set period
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Headline: Union nurses say hospitals aren’t following OSHA COVID-19 mandates
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https://abc10up.com/2021/10/04/nurses-union-uphs-marquette-staffing-shortfalls-continue/
Headline: Nurses Union: UPHS-Marquette staffing shortfalls continue
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article254666487.html
Headline: California Nurses Association to represent 200 at Manteca hospital after RNs approve union
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https://newschannel9.com/news/nation-world/violent-threats-increasing-against-health-care-workers
Headline: Violent threats increasing against health care workers
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Headline: The racial implications of medical debt: How moving toward universal health care and other reforms can address them
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/05/huge-win-dc-council-passes-medicare-all-resolution
Headline: ‘A Huge Win’: DC Council Passes Medicare for All Resolution
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Headline: Tenet nurses in Arizona, California, Texas show support for colleagues striking at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester
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Headline: Tenet nurses in Southwest show support for striking St. V colleagues as nurses’ strike nears day 215
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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/10/06/dfl-lawmakers-unions-push-for-end-to-pay-stalemate
Headline: DFL lawmakers, unions push for end to pay stalemate
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https://labornotes.org/blogs/2021/10/michigan-nurses-defeat-aft-backed-raid
Headline: Michigan Nurses Defeat AFT-Backed Raid
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Headline: $250 million in front-line hero pay still in limbo at Minnesota Capitol
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Headline: California mandates implicit bias training for nursing students
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https://news.jrn.msu.edu/2021/10/nursing-shortage-renews-push-for-patient-load-limits/
Headline: Nursing shortage renews push for patient load limits
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https://abc6onyourside.com/news/coronavirus/violent-threats-increasing-against-health-care-workers
Headline: Violent threats increasing against health care workers
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Headline: ‘We have to do better’: Three times more attacks reported on healthcare workers at Spectrum
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https://khn.org/morning-breakout/in-nursing-shortage-temp-staff-cost-florida-hospitals-double/
Headline: In Nursing Shortage, Temp Staff Cost Florida Hospitals Double
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https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2021/10/07/635913.htm
Headline: Health Workers On Front Lines Once Saluted as Heroes Now Face Hostility
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article254451793.html
Headline: UC Davis nurses demand improved staffing, but management says it’s part of union’s playbook
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Headline: On First Day Pfizer’s Booster Available For Eligible Adults In LA County, Few Have Turned Up For The Shot
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https://abc7ny.com/us-vaccination-rate-70-million-unvaccinated/11049114/
Headline: COVID News: U.S. vaccination rates have dropped 37% over last 3 weeks
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/sep/24/local-health-officials-await-states-decision-start/
Headline: Local Health Officials Await State’s Decision To Start Giving COVID Boosters
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Headline: Nurses say hospitals rarely in compliance with OSHA’s new COVID-19 protections
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Headline: Union nurses say hospitals aren’t following OSHA COVID-19 mandates
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Headline: As Covid-19 Numbers Soar, Some Nurses Don’t Have Adequate Protections, National Nurses United Says
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https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/health-workers-saluted-heroes-now-threats-80308274
Headline: Health workers once saluted as heroes now get threats
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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/idaho-hospital-swastika-mccall
Headline: They Found Swastikas On Their Hospital. Still, They’re Coming In To Save Lives.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/missouri-hospital-giving-employees-panic-024643472.html
Headline: A Missouri hospital is giving employees panic buttons to address rising attacks on healthcare workers during the pandemic
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Headline: Nursing union ‘ecstatic’ front-line workers now eligible for Pfizer booster shot
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https://nurse.org/articles/california-nursing-implicit-bias-training/
Headline: CA Requires Implicit Bias Training for All New Grad Nurses
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https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hr/1-400-usc-nurses-ratify-labor-deal.html
Headline: 1,400 USC nurses ratify labor deal
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/30/hospitals-nurses-panic-buttons-to-security
Headline: US hospitals outfitting nurses with panic buttons amid rise in assaults
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Headline: Officials discuss hospital staffing amid possible COVID surge
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https://workdayminnesota.org/hero-pay-proposal-narrows-in-on-long-term-healthcare-workers/
Headline: Frontline worker bonus pay proposal narrows in on long-term healthcare workers
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Headline: Drinking water filters eyed as better option to testing in schools and day care centers
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Headline: Mid-Michigan nursing students and faculty trying to stay positive through COVID-19 pandemic
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https://www.twincities.com/2021/09/30/mn-who-should-get-covid-bonus-pay-dems-republicans-cant-agree/
Headline: Who should get COVID bonus pay? Minnesota Dems, Republicans can’t agree.
