Global Nurses United News Round-Up – February 10, 2021
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.
Headline: Whyalla hospital staff call for urgent action amid unprecedented levels of violence at work
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Headline: Some Tasmanian healthcare workers don’t have time for required COVID education and training, ANMF says
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Headline: Calls for more security, staff at hospital as union says 22 nurses assaulted
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Headline: Staggering number of nurse assaults at Whyalla Hospital
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https://www.lereflet.qc.ca/infirmieres-impossible-de-prendre-des-vacances-au-cisssmo/
Titre: Infirmières : impossible de prendre des vacances au CISSSMO
Headline: Nurses: impossible to take vacations at CISSSMO
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https://www.lelezard.com/communique-19633953.html
Titre: Un accès immédiat aux masques N95 pour les professionnelles en soins
Headline: Immediate access to N95 masks for healthcare professionals
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Titre: Les infirmières praticiennes spécialisées peuvent maintenant pratiquer en autonomie
Headline: Specialized nurse practitioners can now practice independently
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Headline: NDP pledges to hire more Newfoundland and Labrador health-care workers
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https://globalnews.ca/news/7618143/front-line-workers-guidance-covid-19-variant-new-brunswick/
Headline: Front-line workers awaiting guidance regarding COVID-19 variant now in New Brunswick
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-coronavirus-variant-cases-1.5902275
Headline: Nurses union calls for more transparency as Sask. sees 3rd case of coronavirus variant
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Headline: Saskatchewan has 3rd case of COVID variant; nurses union calls for more transparency
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Headline: Vaccinated or not? Health-care system in Alberta dealing with how to deploy workers
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Headline: Expanded quarantine lengths lead to calls for better isolation pay
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Headline: Trust in science, and in vaccines, is our only way out of this
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Headline: Vaccinations and a trust in science the path out of the pandemic
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Titular: UNOS 117 ENFERMEROS ESTÁN POSITIVOS DE COVID-19; NO HAY PERSONAL PARA TRABAJAR:
Headline: Some 117 nurses are positive for Covid-19; no staff to work: ANEEAH
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Titular: Mueren dos enfermeras y un voluntario de la Cruz Roja por supeuesto covid-19
Headline: Two nurses and a Red Cross volunteer die of covid-19
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https://www.latribuna.hn/2021/02/01/muere-por-covid-19-enfermera-auxiliar-en-atlantida/
Titular: Muere por COVID-19 enfermera auxiliar en Atlántida
Headline: Auxiliary nurse dies from COVID-19 in Atlántida
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Titular: Esta advertencia hace ANEEAH a las personas que salen a la calle sin mascarilla
Headline: ANEEAH warns people who go out without a mask
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Titular: Honduras registra más de cien medicos y enfermeras fallecidos por covid-19
Headline: Honduras records more than one hundred doctors and nurses died from covid-19
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Titular: “La población nos ha dejado solos al incumplir medidas”, lamenta jefe gremial de enfermeras
Headline: “The population has left us alone by failing to comply with measures,” laments the head of the nurses’ union
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https://tiempo.hn/por-covid-19-mueren-dos-enfermeras-atlantida-y-sps/
Titular: El COVID-19 arrebata la vida a dos enfermeras en Atlántida y SPS
Headline: COVID-19 takes the lives of two nurses in Atlántida and SPS
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Titular: Josué Orellana: “la situación de los trabajadores de enfermería, no es nada alentadora en esta pandemia”
Headline: Josué Orellana: “the situation of nursing workers is not encouraging in this pandemic”
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https://www.hch.tv/2021/02/01/una-enfermera-mas-es-victima-de-covid19-en-honduras/
Titular: Una enfermera más es víctima de #Covid19 en Honduras
Headline: One more nurse is a victim of #Covid19 in Honduras
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Headline: Fear on the front-line: Nearly 8,700 reports of assault on health staff in Ireland last year
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40221050.html
Headline: 1,258 in hospitals with Covid with 183 receiving critical care
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Headline: HSE has sufficient stock of medical-grade face masks as usage increases from surge
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Headline: ‘Totally unacceptable’ level of assaults on health workers linked to hospital overcrowding – INMO
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40219139.html
Headline: ICU staff at Cork University Hospital among those still not vaccinated
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Titolo: Asl Napoli1 centro condannata per condotta antisindacale. Vittoria NurSind
Headline: Asl Napoli1 center sentenced for anti-union conduct. NurSind victory
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Titolo: Sanità Campania. NurSind chiede di rideterminare i fondi contrattuali
Headline: Campania Healthcare. NurSind asks to re-determine the contractual funds
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Titolo: Asp Ragusa, il Nursind: “Contratti infermieri prorogati fino ad aprile. Bisogna garantire serenità al personale sanitario”
Headline: Asp Ragusa, the Nursind: “Nursing contracts extended until April. Peace of mind must be guaranteed to healthcare personnel”
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https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/homa-bay/homa-bay-nurses-end-strike-3278808
Headline: Homa Bay nurses end strike
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Headline: Kericho nurses end strike after county pledges major changes
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https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/embu/embu-health-workers-end-strike-after-2-months-3279742
Headline: Embu health workers end strike after 2 months
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Headline: Meru nurses who were on strike turned away from hospitals
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Headline: Five returnees and five staff infected with Covid-19 in MIQ facilities since August
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https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2102/S00025/family-planning-workers-vote-to-strike.htm
Headline: Family Planning Workers Vote To Strike
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http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/local-news/20210204/family-planning-nurses-to-strike/
Headline: Family Planning nurses to strike
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Headline: A year of pandemic in PH: Health workers group says gov’t remains ‘slow, deaf’
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Headline: Health workers on gov’t pandemic response a year later: ‘Inefficient, negligent, failure’
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Headline: “The government’s response to the plight of healthcare workers has been deemed ‘extremely slow, numb and deaf.’”
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https://mb.com.ph/2021/01/31/countries-tighten-borders-against-virus-as-us-orders-mask-wearing/
Headline: Countries tighten borders against virus as US orders mask-wearing
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https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2021/02/02/2074657/straining-catch-hints-recovery
Headline: Straining to catch hints of a recovery
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Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros denuncia agravamento das condições laborais de profissionais de Bragança
Headline: Union of Nurses denounces worsening working conditions of professionals in Bragança
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Manchete: Covid-19: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros quer precários nos quadros da ULS da Guarda
Headline: Covid-19: Nurses Union wants precarious staff hired at ULS da Guarda
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https://www.esquerda.net/artigo/enfermeiros-do-hospital-de-viseu-nao-tem-onde-deixar-os-filhos/72595
Manchete: Enfermeiros do Hospital de Viseu não têm onde deixar os filhos
Headline: Nurses at Viseu Hospital have nowhere to leave their children
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https://news.trust.org/item/20210201170036-bs5dk/
Headline: Rural South African nurses fear being forgotten in vaccine roll-out
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Headline: Nurses’ union: ‘SIU probes make it clear healthcare workers never the priority to protect’
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Headline: Eastern Cape Health ends contracts of over 600 nurses while its hospitals remain understaffed
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Headline: Health sector likely to encounter issues administering COVID-19 vaccines: SAMA
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Headline: Health workers not given clarity on administering COVID-19 vaccine jab: Denosa
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https://www.leonoticias.com/leon/satse-denuncia-solo-20210203154331-nt.html
Titular: Satse denuncia que sólo se ha vacunado al 15% de las enfermeras del Hospital de León
Headline: Satse denounces that only 15% of the nurses at the Hospital de León have been vaccinated
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Titular: Satse denuncia el traslado “forzoso” de enfermeras al hospital covid Rondilla
Headline: Satse denounces the “forced” transfer of nurses to the Rondilla covid hospital
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https://www.leonoticias.com/leon/satse-apunta-priorizar-cancer-20210204120158-nt.html
Titular: Satse apunta a que «hay que priorizar, ahora más que nunca, la lucha contra el cáncer y contar con suficientes enfermeras»
Headline: Satse points out that “we must prioritize, now more than ever, the fight against cancer and have enough nurses”
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Titular: Satse denuncia que no se ha vacunado ni al 10% de las enfermeras del Hospital El Bierzo
Headline: Satse denounces that 10% of the nurses at Hospital El Bierzo have not been vaccinated
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Titular: “Ahora más que nunca, gracias”: La campaña con la que Córdoba agradece el trabajo de las enfermeras
Headline: “Now more than ever, thank you”: The campaign with which Córdoba appreciates the work of the nurses
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Headline: Kent theatre nurse described as ‘one of the best’ dies with Covid-19
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Headline: Nurses and women healthcare workers ‘at most risk of distress during pandemic’
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https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/uk/nurses-on-their-knees-as-staffing-shortages-bite/
Headline: Nurses ‘on their knees’ as staffing shortages bite
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Headline: Hospital nurse speaks out about being racially abused by patient
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Headline: Call for NHS staff to be better supported so as to avoid undue risk-taking
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Headline: California nurses declare victory in battle over how many patients they must handle in COVID era
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Headline: Take it from a nurse: Biden’s American Rescue Plan is long overdue
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Headline: As pandemic enters its second year, exhausted health care workers are wary of what comes next
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https://theintercept.com/2021/01/29/deconstructed-medicare-for-all/
Headline: What’s the path forward for Medicare for all?
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Headline: Some Health-Care Workers Are Still Saying No to a Covid-19 Vaccine
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Headline: Pandemic staffing waivers trigger patient safety fears for overloaded nurses
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Headline: Nurses applaud as state marks the end of waivers extending safe staffing ratios
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https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/healthcare-workers-unions-contracts-up-amid-COVID/594197/
Headline: Thousands of nurses at HCA, Sutter, Dignity to bargain for first contracts since COVID-19
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Headline: CA Nurses Declare Victory: All Waivers of Safe Staffing Standards Expire
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Headline: CDPH: No new exemption waivers for safe staffing ratios, existing waivers to expire Feb. 8
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https://signalscv.com/2021/02/state-not-accepting-new-expedited-staffing-waivers/
Headline: State not accepting new expedited staffing waivers
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Headline: California waivers of hospital staffing ratios to expire Feb. 8
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https://www.escalontimes.com/news/hospital-safe-staffing-waivers-due-expire/
Headline: Hospital Safe Staffing Waivers Due To Expire
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https://news.yahoo.com/california-nurses-now-able-see-031716812.html
Headline: California nurses are now able to see fewer patients at once
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https://capitalandmain.com/for-profit-hospital-deserts-pandemic-wracked-los-angeles-0203
Headline: Podcast: For-Profit Hospital Deserts Pandemic-Wracked Los Angeles
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Headline: Online Nurses’ Groups Are Rife With Vaccine Disinformation
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Headline: Twin Cities doctor helps launch site to honor health care workers
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Headline: As pandemic enters its second year, exhausted health care workers are wary of what comes next
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Headline: A year into COVID, companies in Minnesota and elsewhere still struggling to make enough pandemic supplies
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Headline: Nurses celebrate California’s return to safe staffing ratios
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Headline: Pandemic exposes low wages and unsafe conditions at food-distribution centers, workers are striking
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Headline: Portland hospital hires anti-union firm to train, dissuade nurses
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Headline: Health care workers face a parallel pandemic: trauma and exhaustion
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https://lasentinel.net/california-nurses-urges-congress-to-pass-bidens-american-rescue-plan.html
Headline: California Nurses Urges Congress to Pass Biden’s American Rescue Plan
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Headline: BIW union issues statement supporting Maine Med nurses’ unionization push
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https://dailynurse.com/nurses-safety-should-never-be-an-afterthought/
Headline: Nurses’ Safety Should Never Be an Afterthought
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https://usa.inquirer.net/63129/corky-lees-crusading-clicker-rests-for-good
Headline: Corky Lee’s crusading clicker rests for good
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Headline: As pandemic enters its second year, exhausted health care workers are wary of what comes next
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Headline: Filipino Residents Have Been Hit Hard by COVID – But No One Knows Just How Hard
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Headline: ‘This is a victory for patients,’ CA Nurses Association applauds change in hospital requirements
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https://abc7.com/olympia-medical-center-protest-los-angeles-city-council-ucla-health/10316801/
Headline: Officials urge Olympia Medical Center to stay open amid COVID-19 pandemic
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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/02/03/kaiser-hit-with-more-fines-for-covid-19-violations-2/
Headline: More Bay Area Kaiser Permanente medical centers hit with more fines for COVID-19 violations
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https://sonomasun.com/2021/02/03/the-car-caravan-a-covid-era-demonstration-for-healthcare/
Headline: The car caravan: a Covid-era demonstration for healthcare
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Headline: To boost immunity, forget ‘magic pills.’ Focus on sleep, exercise, diet and cutting stress