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
Titular: Ausentismo en el Hospital de Trelew: los gremios le respondieron a Vecchio
Headline: Absenteeism at the Trelew Hospital: the unions respond to Vecchio
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Australia
Headline: Adequate staffing needed to combat resident abuse: workers
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Australia
Headline: Strike over: Bupa nurses and carers negotiate nearly 4% per annum wage increase in Victoria
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Australia
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/nsw-government-backs-down-hospital-sell-plans
Headline: NSW government backs down on hospital sell-off plans
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Australia
Headline: NSW government abandons fifth hospital privatisation plan in Maitland
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Australia
https://www.qt.com.au/news/union-fears-cuts-at-ipswich-aged-care-facilities/3325306/
Headline: Union fear cuts at Ipswich aged care facilities
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Australia
https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/blue-cares-attack-on-staff-offensive/3320112/
Headline: Blue Care’s attack on staff ‘offensive’
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Australia
https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/claims-old-woman-left-with-broken-hip/3322132/
Headline: Claims old woman left with broken hip
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Australia
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/toowoomba-regions-blue-care-cuts-raise-concerns/3320954/
Headline: Toowoomba region’s Blue Care cuts raise concerns
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Canada
Headline: Longtime head of Ontario’s nurses talks about the challenges ahead as she retires
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Canada
Headline: York Region, public health nurses reach tentative deal
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Canada
Headline: York Region and public health nurses reach tentative two-year deal
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Canada
http://winnipegsun.com/news/local-news/phase-1-of-health-care-reforms-cut-wait-times-jobs
Headline: Phase 1 of health care reforms cut wait times, jobs
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Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wait-times-down-wait-list-up-wrha-1.4512450
Headline: Wait times down, wait list for sub-acute beds up: Winnipeg health authority
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Canada
Headline: EDITORIAL: Keeping nurses safe from workplace violence
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Canada
Titre: Les infirmières contre-attaquent en lançant une publicité
Headline: Nurses counterattack by launching an advertisement
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Canada
Titre: Le cri du coeur d’une jeune infirmière devient viral
Headline: The cry of the heart of a young nurse becomes viral
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Canada
Titre: Québec invite les infirmières exténuées à proposer des solutions
Headline: Québec invites exhausted nurses to propose solutions
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Canada
http://www.journaldequebec.com/2018/01/31/infirmieres-ereintees-par-le-temps-supplementaire
Titre: Infirmières éreintées par le temps supplémentaire
Headline: Nurses strained by the extra time
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Canada
https://www.les2rives.com/les-infirmieres-essoufflees-par-le-temps-supplementaire-obligatoire/
Titre: Les infirmières essoufflées par le temps supplémentaire obligatoire
Headline: Nurses out of breath with compulsory overtime
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Canada
Titre: L’infirmière Émilie Ricard prise dans un «tourbillon d’émotions»
Headline: Nurse Émilie Ricard caught in a “whirlwind of emotions”
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Canada
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1081461/verif-quebec-infirmiere-sante-malade-penurie
Titre: La Vérif : le Québec a besoin de 1968 infirmières
Headline: The Verification: Quebec Needs 1968 Nurses
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Dominican Republic
http://eldia.com.do/empleados-del-hospital-publico-de-puerto-plata-reclaman-pago-salario/
Titular: Empleados del hospital público de Puerto Plata reclaman pago salario de Navidad
Headline: Employees of the public hospital of Puerto Plata claim Christmas salary payment
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Ireland
Headline: Nurses say January was worst ever month for hospital overcrowding
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Ireland
Headline: Nurses say 644 patients on trolleys, wards awaiting admission to a hospital bed
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Ireland
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/warning-of-nurse-exodus-after-2020-xll3v8dlw
Headline: Warning of nurse exodus after 2020
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Mexico
http://www.nvinoticias.com/nota/83702/rebasan-urgencias-al-hospital-civil-de-oaxaca
Titular: Rebasan urgencias al Hospital Civil de Oaxaca
Headline: Emergencies overrun Oaxaca’s Civil Hospital
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Mexico
http://www.milenio.com/estados/cercan-medicos-enfermeras-ciudad-oaxaca-ocho_horas_0_1112289164.html
Titular: Cercan médicos y enfermeras la ciudad de Oaxaca
Headline: Doctors and nurses encircle the city of Oaxaca
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Mexico
Titular: Médicos y enfermeras de Oaxaca toman casetas
Headline: Doctors and nurses in Oaxaca take a stand
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Mexico
https://www.nssoaxaca.com/2018/01/29/medicos-y-enfermeras-se-movilizan-en-la-costa/
Titular: Médicos y enfermeras se movilizan en la Costa
Headline: Doctors and nurses mobilize on the Coast
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Mexico
https://970universal.com/2018/01/31/pparo-24-horas-hospital-pasteur/
Titular: Paro de 24 horas en el hospital Pasteur
Headline: 24-hour strike at the Pasteur hospital
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New Zealand
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/grads-struggling-find-work-nurses-union
Headline: Grads struggling to find work – Nurses’ Union
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New Zealand
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/348933/union-pushes-for-guaranteed-jobs-for-nursing-grads
Headline: Union pushes for guaranteed jobs for nursing grads
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New Zealand
Headline: Nurses and midwives continue to fight for collective agreement
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Portugal
Manchete: Sindicato quer acabar com fatos machistas de enfermeiras no Carnaval
Headline: Union wants to end sexist facts about nurses at Carnival
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Portugal
Manchete: Ordem dos Enfermeiros: Portugueses estão em risco devido aos “poucos e exaustos” enfermeiros
Headline: Nurses’ Order: Portuguese are at risk due to the “too few and exhausted” nurses
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South Africa
Headline: Nursing students in NW, NC unable to register for training due to health department budget cuts
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Spain
Titular: Satse: “Las enfermeras están trabajando mucho más por mucho menos”
Headline: Satse: “Nurses are working much more for much less”
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Spain
Titular: Satse clama contra Alcampo por su “indignante” disfraz de enfermera
Headline: Satse cries out against Alcampo for their “outrageous” nurse’s costume
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Spain
Titular: Anpe y Satse celebran la recuperación salarial del 3% en las nóminas de empleados públicos de C-LM
Headline: Anpe and Satse celebrate the 3% salary recovery in the payrolls of C-LM’s public employees
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Spain
Titular: SATSE rechaza la unificación de la OPE 2016 con la de estabilización
Headline: SATSE rejects the unification of 2016 OPE with stabilization
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Spain
Titular: Andalucía “incumple de forma sostenida la normativa de bioseguridad”, según un informe de la Mesa de Profesión Enfermera
Headline: Andalusia “fails to comply with bio-safety regulations”, according to a report by the Nurse Profession Board
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Spain
Titular: Satse exige que la sala de espera de Urgencias cuente con una enfermera
Headline: Satse demands that emergency waiting rooms have a nurse
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Spain
Titular: Alertan de bajas de sanitarios en el máximo pico de la gripe en Catalunya
Headline: Warning of poor health at the peak of flu season in Catalonia
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Spain
http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/satse-denuncia-arrixaca-20180128121011-nt.html
Titular: Satse denuncia que La Arrixaca tiene «100 camas» inutilizadas y el SMS lo niega
Headline: Satse denounces that La Arrixaca has “100 beds” unused and the SMS denies it
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Spain
Titular: El Satse alerta sobre las frecuentes agresiones al personal sanitario y pide concienciar a la sociedad sobre las mismas
Headline: Satse warns of frequent attacks on health personnel and calls for social awareness
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Spain
Titular: SATSE pide la equiparación de salarios de las enfermeras de Castilla y León a los del resto de España
Headline: SATSE calls for salaries of nurses in Castilla and León to equal the rest of Spain
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Spain
Titular: Un sindicato denuncia el riesgo de agresiones en el Hospital Vega Baja por falta de personal
Headline: Union denounces the risk of violence in the Vega Baja Hospital due to lack of personnel
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United Kingdom
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-42887169
Headline: Nurse and midwife training places boosted by over 10%
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United Kingdom
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2018/01/30/states-modernisation-will-not-attract-health-workers/
Headline: States’ modernisation will not attract health workers
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United Kingdom
Headline: Nurse vacancies at Oxfordshire hospitals almost double in just one year
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United Kingdom
http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/health/campaign-stop-nhs-sick-pay-1139395
Headline: Campaign to stop NHS sick pay and pensions being ‘eroded’ as 750 Gloucestershire hospital staff to transfer to new company
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United States
http://capitolweekly.net/nurses-backed-newsom-ramp-fight-universal-health-care/
Headline: Nurses — backed by Newsom — ramp up fight for universal health care
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United States
https://medium.com/@policyrant/meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss-3f3bd3cd851
Headline: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
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United States
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article196982314.html
Headline: Nurses clash with UC leaders over contract proposals
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United States
http://www.ktvu.com/news/sutter-health-says-alta-bates-will-stay-open-for-at-least-another-year
Headline: Sutter Health says Alta Bates will stay open for at least another decade
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United States
http://synapse.ucsf.edu/articles/2018/01/29/nurses-unite
Headline: Nurses Unite
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United States
http://www.dailycal.org/2018/02/01/uc-nurses-rally-statewide-contract-negotiations-continue/
Headline: UC nurses rally statewide as contract negotiations continue
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United States
Headline: With FEMA Aid Stoppage, US Government Confirms It Still Sees Puerto Rico as Colony
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United States
Headline: Public hospital board violated D.C. law with secret vote to close obstetrics unit
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Venezuela
http://www.venezuelaaldia.com/2018/02/01/hospitales-emergencia-exodo-enfermeros/
Titular: Hospitales en emergencia por éxodo de enfermeros
Headline: Hospitals in state of emergency due to the exodus of nurses