Australia
Headline: Tasmanian health unions ramp up industrial action over wages dispute
Headline: Senate inquiry into for-profit aged care providers calls for tax information to be made public
Headline: Manilla hospital nurse patient-to-staff negotiations underway
Bahamas
http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/dec/05/nurses-huge-vote-strike/
Headline: Nurses In Huge Vote To Strike
Canada
Headline: Nurses slam conditions at Île-Bizard nursing home, Lakeshore General
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/regina-parking-1.4931306
Headline: Residents and nurses frustrated with lack of parking near Regina General Hospital
https://globalnews.ca/news/4729136/nova-scotia-nurses-contract/
Headline: Nova Scotia’s nurses get new contract
https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/nurses-in-the-province-get-a-new-contract-1147371
Headline: Nurses in the province get a new contract
Headline: Longstreet to share Brandon’s meth story with federal committee
India
Headline: Nursing student commits suicide due to academic pressure in Patna
Ireland
Headline: Worst-ever November for hospital overcrowding according to Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
https://www.thejournal.ie/hospital-overcrowding-figures-inmo-november-2018-4371277-Dec2018/
Headline: Worst November on record for hospital overcrowding as 9,679 wait on trolleys
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/more-than-500-patients-awaiting-hospital-beds-889750.html
Headline: More than 500 patients awaiting hospital beds
New Zealand
https://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=280981
Headline: The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is calling for urgent changes in safety
Headline: Nurses ‘angry and scared’ after recent attacks at mental health facility in Christchurch
Portugal
Manchete: Enfermeiros do Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu ameaçam voltar às greves
Headline: Nurses at the Tondela-Viseu Hospital Center threaten to return to strikes
https://www.cmjornal.pt/sociedade/detalhe/985-enfermeiros-querem-progredir-na-regiao-do-algarve
Manchete: 985 enfermeiros querem progredir na região do Algarve
Headline: 985 nurses want progress in the Algarve region
Sierra Leone
Headline: Sierra Leone doctors strike over conditions, nurses may follow
South Africa
Headline: Nurses’ union calls for resolution in KZN mortuary strike
South Korea
http://english.donga.com/Home/3/all/26/1566237/1
Headline: Korea’s first for-profit hospital to be permitted in Jeju
Spain
Titular: Satse critica la falta de apoyo del Gobierno a las enfermeras de los centros penitenciarios
Headline: Satse criticizes the lack of government support for nurses in prisons
Titular: La Enfermería española, en números rojos
Headline: Spanish nursing, in fiery numbers
Titular: Enfermería pide respaldo político para aprobar el ratio máximo de pacientes
Headline: Nurses demand political support for approval of maximum patient ratio
Titular: Dos sindicatos acuerdan proyecto piloto de reducir horarios en centros salud
Headline: Two unions agree on pilot project to reduce schedules in health centers
Titular: Enfermería pide más recursos para empoderar a las personas con discapacidad
Headline: Nursing calls for more resources to empower people with disabilities
https://www.hoy.es/caceres/satse-critica-prisas-20181202002215-ntvo.html
Titular: Satse critica las «prisas políticas» por abrir el nuevo hospital de Cáceres
Headline: Satse criticizes the “political rush” to open the new hospital in Cáceres
Titular: SATSE CyL insta a la Gerencia de Servicios Sociales a que audite las residencias de mayores privadas
Headline: SATSE CyL urges Social Services Management to audit private residences
Titular: SATSE anuncia movilizaciones de Enfermería para el próximo mes de diciembre
Headline: SATSE announces Nursing mobilizations for the next month of December
Titular: Satse reúne apoyos en los hospitales de Sevilla para fijar por ley el número de pacientes por cada enfermera
Headline: Satse gathers support in Seville hospitals to legally set the number of patients per nurse
United Kingdom
Headline: Nurse shortages linked to increased risk of death for patients – but nurse assistants ‘no substitute’
https://www.nursinginpractice.com/article/nurse-vacancies-increased-almost-2000-over-past-12-months
Headline: Nurse vacancies increased by almost 2,000 over past 12 months
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-46442619
Headline: Anger at Glasgow Royal Infirmary car parking fees
Headline: Education committee uncovers ‘huge difficulties’ in delivery of nurse apprenticeships
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/health/norfolk-nursing-applications-drop-1-5804650
Headline: Nursing training applications plummet by nearly a fifth in just one year
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-hopkins-nurses-20181201-story.html
Headline: Group of Johns Hopkins nurses say hospital fails to address patient care concerns
United States
https://therealnews.com/stories/nurses-say-union-will-help-hold-hopkins-accountable-to-the-community
Headline: Nurses say Union Will Help Hold Hopkins Accountable to the Community
https://capitalandmain.com/californias-first-steps-toward-universal-health-care-1204
Headline: Great Expectations: California’s first steps toward universal health care
Headline: Barton Health nurses hold protest in South Lake Tahoe amid ongoing negotiations
https://southtahoenow.com/story/12/04/2018/barton-nurses-take-picket-lines-alert-community-issues
Headline: Barton nurses take to picket lines to alert community on issues
Headline: Lawmaker seeks OSHA standard on preventing workplace violence in health care, social services
Headline: Why mixing Medicare with commercial insurance is not the health reform we need
https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2018/12/nurses-call-for-union-rights-and-better-patient-care
Headline: Nurses call for union rights and better patient care
Headline: Silverman, Evans join unions to rally against East End hospital bill as key council vote approaches
https://www.macon.com/news/article222524690.html
Headline: Nurses slam conditions at Johns Hopkins Hospital
http://www.wfmd.com/2018/12/03/nurses-at-johns-hopkins-voice-concerns/
Headline: Nurses At Johns Hopkins Voice Concerns
https://www.delmarvapublicradio.net/post/nurses-complain-conditions-johns-hopkins-hospital
Headline: Nurses Complain of Conditions at Johns Hopkins Hospital
https://www.thenation.com/article/democrats-congress-fundamental-reforms/
Headline: The Best Strategy for the House Dems? Fight for Major Reforms.
Uruguay
Titular: Trabajadores denuncian “2 o 3 agresiones” al mes en centro de ASSE
Headline: Workers report “2 or 3 assaults” per month at the ASSE center