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.
Australia
https://www.agedcareguide.com.au/talking-aged-care/responses-to-aged-care-commission-come-rolling-in
Headline: Responses to aged care Commission come rolling in
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Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-14/plan-to-combat-winter-flu-in-tasmania-not-good-enough/9659108
Headline: Plan to combat winter flu in Tasmania not good enough to ease bed pressure, nurses say
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Australia
Headline: No cure close for ailing $2.3bn Royal Adelaide hospital
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Australia
Headline: NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association tackles Member for Wagga Daryl Maguire over staff shortage at Wagga Base Hospital
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Australia
https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/aged-care-advocate-declares-super-agency-a-farce/3390705/
Headline: Aged care advocate declares ‘super agency’ a farce
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Canada
http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/2018/04/20/nurses-union-supports-local-breakfast-program
Headline: Nurses Union supports local breakfast program
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Canada
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/nurses-union-refutes-wrha-s-claim-about-improved-wait-times-1.3890090
Headline: Nurses union refutes WRHA’s claim about improved wait times
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Canada
https://www.portageonline.com/local/mb-nurses-union-president-visits-local-school-breakfast-program
Headline: MB Nurses Union President Visits Local School Breakfast Program
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Canada
Titre: Le Centre d’hébergement de Mont-Tremblant comptera plus d’infirmières
Headline: The Mont-Tremblant Shelter will have more nurses
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Canada
Titre: La présidente de la FIQ vient haranguer ses troupes
Headline: FIQ president comes to harangue her troops
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Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-er-wait-times-1.4624128
Headline: Winnipeg ER wait times have dropped by 16% overall since last year, but rose in recent months
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Canada
Headline: Cumberland regional hospital nurses push for more staff, safer working conditions
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Dominican Republic
http://hoy.com.do/enfermeras-amenazan-con-paro-nacional/
Titular: Enfermeras amenazan con paro nacional
Headline: Nurses threaten national strike
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France
Titre: Bariol : la CGT dénonce la suppression de l’infirmière de nuit
Headline: Bariol: CGT denounces removal of night nurse
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France
Titre: Manifestation à Paris : infirmiers, étudiants et retraités côte à côte dans la rue
Headline: Demonstration in Paris: nurses, students and retirees side by side in the street
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Ireland
Headline: Framework for setting safe nurse staffing levels launched in Ireland’s health service
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Ireland
https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/call-for-full-rollout-of-nursing-framework-469571.html
Headline: Call for full rollout of nursing framework
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Ireland
Headline: Simon Harris announces new nursing audit to evaluate number and type of nurses needed in every ward
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Ireland
https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2018/0416/954888-nursing/
Headline: Task force recommends streamlining nurse recruitment
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Ireland
Headline: Union claims new hospital safety measures will save nurses’ lives
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Mexico
https://www.noticiasdelsoldelalaguna.com.mx/local/salud-en-crisis-laguna-de-durango
Titular: Salud en crisis
Headline: Health in crisis
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Mexico
Titular: Médicos y enfermeras piden a Velasco frenar persecución a trabajadores del Sector Salud
Headline: Doctors and nurses ask Velasco to stop persecuting workers in the Health Sector
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Mexico
http://www.nvinoticias.com/nota/90250/persecucion-de-trabajadores-no-termina-en-el-sector-salud
Titular: Persecución de trabajadores no termina en el sector salud
Headline: Persecution of workers does not end in the health sector
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New Zealand
https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/103210443/nurses-working-conditions-worst-in-32-years
Headline: Nurses working conditions worst in 32 years
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New Zealand
Headline: Auckland nurses protest ‘excessive and unsafe working hours’
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New Zealand
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/103262899/nurses-to-vote-on-last-resort-24hour-strikes
Headline: Nurses to vote on ‘last resort’ 24-hour strikes
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New Zealand
Headline: Nurses of Hutt Valley add their voices to calls for better staffing and fair pay
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New Zealand
https://www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/nurses-rally-safer-staffing-and-pay
Headline: Nurses rally for safer staffing and pay
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New Zealand
Headline: Nurses rally at Nelson Hospital for better pay and more staff
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New Zealand
Headline: Palmerston North nurses to join protests for better pay, better care
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Portugal
Manchete: Greve dos enfermeiros da Misericórdia de Alhos Vedros por horários dignos
Headline: Misericórdia de Alhos Vedros nurses strike for decent hours
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South Africa
https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/frustrated-king-edward-nurses-threaten-strike-14473061
Headline: Frustrated King Edward nurses threaten strike
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Spain
https://www.actasanitaria.com/psoe-observatorio-igualdad/
Titular: El PSOE pide la creación de un Observatorio de Igualdad que evite imágenes sexistas de Enfermería
Headline: PSOE calls for the creation of an Equality Observation mechanism that avoids sexist images of Nursing
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Spain
http://www.gacetamedica.com/politica/satse-denuncia-la-continua-desinversion-en-el-sns-GC1501459
Titular: Satse denuncia la “continua” desinversión en el SNS
Headline: Satse denounces “continued” divestment in the SNS
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Spain
Titular: “En este encuentro vemos que es posible integrar a personas con discapacidad”
Headline: “In this meeting we see that it is possible to integrate people with disabilities”
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Spain
Titular: Satse denuncia falta medidas para evitar riesgos con medicamentos peligrosos
Headline: Satse denounces lack of measures for avoiding risks with dangerous medicines
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Spain
Titular: SATSE reclama al Sescam un protocolo de protección contra los medicamentos peligrosos
Headline: SATSE demands from Sescam a protection protocol against dangerous medicines
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Spain
http://agencias.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=2791126
Titular: SATSE denuncia cientos expedients sin baremar en cajas para bolsa enfermería
Headline: SATSE denounces hundreds of un-assessed files in boxes for the nursing exchange
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Spain
http://huelvaya.es/2018/04/13/paciente-agrede-verbal-y-fisicamente-a-un-enfermero-en-urgencias/
Titular: Paciente agrede a un enfermero en Urgencias del Juan Ramón Jiménez
Headline: Patient assaults a nurse in Juan Ramón Jiménez emergency room
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Spain
Titular: Satse demanda un nuevo hospital de día oncológico
Headline: Satse demands a new day oncology hospital
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Spain
Titular: Satse pide 15 enfermeras más para el Infanta Margarita
Headline: Satse asks for 15 more nurses for Infanta Margarita
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Spain
Titular: ALCORCÓN/ SATSE exige que la bolsa de contratación del Hospital se ponga en marcha “lo antes posible”
Headline: ALCORCÓN / SATSE demands that the hospital hiring exchange be launched “as soon as possible”
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Uganda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moi7vbM5LRA
Headline: Nurses’ Union threatens another sit down strike
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Uganda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oTIk4_DMBw
Headline: Trade unions reject new government pay scale
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United Kingdom
Headline: Rise in attacks on NHS workers blamed on lack of staff and delays
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United Kingdom
Headline: Two-thirds of NHS healthcare assistants doing nurses’ duties, union finds
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United Kingdom
Headline: Safe staffing research is ‘needed to reveal the scale of the problem’ in community settings
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United States
http://capitolweekly.net/democrats-single-payer-house-divided/
Headline: Dems and ‘single payer’ — a house divided?
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United States
http://nursing.advanceweb.com/proposition-for-safe-patientnurse-ratios/
Headline: Proposition for Safe Patient/Nurse Ratios
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United States
Headline: Nurses at Stanford’s ValleyCare Medical Center vote to unionize
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United States
Headline: New Dayton VA director wants to be transparent for veterans
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United States
http://www.mymcmedia.org/endorsement-roundup-nurses-elrich-leggett-dang-katz/
Headline: Endorsement Roundup: Nurses for Elrich; Leggett for Dang, Katz
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United States
https://portside.org/2018-04-12/race-isnt-risk-factor-maternal-health-racism
Headline: Race Isn’t a Risk Factor in Maternal Health. Racism Is.
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United States
https://www.workdayminnesota.org/articles/west-virginia-teachers-and-return-labor-feminism
Headline: West Virginia Teachers and the Return of Labor Feminism
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United States
Headline: UCSF Health, John Muir Health to open non-emergency outpatient center in Berkeley
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United States
Headline: Sanders raises $1.26 million for Senate re-election campaign
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United States
Headline: Signing bonuses for up to $15,000 offered to nurses at 3 San Joaquin Valley hospitals
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Venezuela
Titular: Enfermeras del Periférico de Catia tomó las calles para denunciar crisis
Headline: Nurses from the Periférico de Catia took to the streets to denounce crises
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Venezuela
https://elsiglo.com.ve/2018/04/18/trabajadores-hcm-unieron-jornada/
Titular: Trabajadores del HCM se unieron a la jornada de protesta
Headline: HCM workers joined day of protest
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Venezuela
Titular: Trabajadores de los hospitales protestaron en la calle por falta de insumos
Headline: Protests in front of the Domingo Luciani Hospital due to a humanitarian crisis
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Zimbabwe
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43807133
Headline: Zimbabwe sacks thousands of nurses on strike
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Zimbabwe
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/zimbabwe-nurses-strike-test-government-54611471
Headline: Zimbabwe nurses’ strike a test of new government
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Zimbabwe
Headline: Zimbabwe sacks thousands of nurses on strike for better pay
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Zimbabwe
http://nehandaradio.com/2018/04/19/zanu-pf-govt-offside-on-nurses-strike/
Headline: ‘Zanu PF govt offside in nurses strike’
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Zimbabwe
Headline: Zimbabwe nurses go on strike over allowances
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