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: ‘Scarred for life’: Australia COVID wave heaps pressure on nurses
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Headline: ‘Running on empty’: Qld health workers overwhelmed as Omicron ramps up
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Headline: Sydney news: Westmead nursing staff protest over excessive overtime
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Headline: NSW, Victoria, SA and ACT cut Covid vaccine booster interval as Sydney nurses protest conditions
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Headline: Buckling under pressure: Manning Hospital nurses caving under COVID
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Headline: Health unions meet with Premier over ‘relentless’ COVID pressure
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Headline: ‘Extremely unfair’ policy which saw Canberra nurses forced to take personal leave ahead of COVID leave overhauled
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Headline: Nurses call for the MILITARY to be deployed in Australian hospitals to relieve staff as health system ‘buckles’ under Omicron wave
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Titre: Présence d’infirmières en CHSLD: la protectrice du citoyen émet ses recommandations en faveur de la FIQ-SPSCA
Headline: Presence of nurses in CHSLDs: the Ombudsperson issues her recommendations in favor of the FIQ-SPSCA
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https://vocm.com/2022/01/15/cfnu-president-nurses/
Headline: CFNU President on Issues Facing Nurses: ‘It’s a Mess Out There’
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https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2022/01/17/nurses-extremely-burnt-local-ona-rep/
Headline: ‘Nurses are extremely burnt out:’ local ONA rep
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Headline: LETTER: N.L. nurses desperately need reinforcements and help from governments that seem more concerned with photo-ops and politics
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Titre: COVID-19: les hospitalisations au Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean se maintiennent
Headline: COVID-19: hospitalizations in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean continue
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Headline: ‘They cannot continue on:’ Health care workers feeling the strain of Omicron
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Headline: Nurse quits Saint John hospital in frustration and takes up long-haul trucking
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Headline: Help Wanted in Ottawa: Nurses. And more nurses. And still more
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Headline: Ontario unions present Ontario government with list of demands
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/nurse-fired-lynn-lake-grievance-1.6318629
Headline: Nurse in Lynn Lake fired for reasons outside her practice, says union
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Headline: Newmarket nurses among Ontario workers ‘at the end of their rope’
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https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/the-trouble-in-saskatoons-emergency-rooms
Headline: ‘Chronic stress’: New variant, old problems in Saskatoon emergency rooms
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https://www.country94.ca/2022/01/20/exhausted-nurses-need-a-break-union-says/
Headline: ‘Exhausted’ Nurses Need A Break, Union Says
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Headline: Ontario nurses want pay parity with police, firefighters amid pandemic staffing crunch
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https://globalnews.ca/news/8515049/province-health-care-workers-continuing-care/
Headline: Province plans to allow health care workers to work at multiple continuing care facilities
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Headline: Alberta plans to end single-site order for continuing-care workers next month
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Headline: Two Summerside nurses snowshoe to Prince County Hospital for winter storm shift
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https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1855695/reduction-soins-courte-duree-ordres-professionnel
Titre: Soins de courte durée : les ordres professionnels du Québec « demeureront vigilants »
Headline: Short-term care: Quebec professional orders “will remain vigilant”
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Titular: ANEEAH va a protestas este lunes a nivel nacional por incumplimiento del Gobierno
Headline: ANEEAH holds national protest on Monday over government noncompliance
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Titular: Aprueban presupuesto para contratar a mas de 8,000 trabajadores de la salud
Headline: Budget approved to hire more than 8,000 health workers
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https://proceso.hn/personal-sanitario-del-torax-en-paro-de-labores-exigiendo-nombramientos/
Titular: Personal sanitario del Tórax en paro de labores, exigiendo nombramientos
Headline: National Cardiopulmonary Institute health personnel on strike, demand appointments
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https://tiempo.hn/ministra-empleados-no-estan-muertos/
Titular: Empleados de Salud “están despedidos, no muertos”: Alba Flores
Headline: Health employees “are fired, not dead”: Alba Flores
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Headline: Revealed: Thousands of assaults on nurses and doctors in past seven years
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40788864.html
Headline: Overcrowded Cork hospital experiencing ‘chaotic and dangerous’ conditions
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Headline: ‘The right thing to do’ – Nurses organisation reacts to €1,000 pandemic bonus
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Headline: Ireland announces Covid-19 bank holiday and bonus for nurses
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Headline: Cabinet signs off on new public holiday for all and €1,000 bonus for frontline healthcare workers
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https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40790313.html
Headline: ‘Unacceptable’ number of people on trolleys as over 60 people waiting across Cork hospitals
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Titolo: NurSind, il 28 gennaio sciopero degli infermieri
Headline: NurSind, nurses strike on January 28
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Titolo: NurSind: ‘Adesso siamo stufi’. Ecco perché gli infermieri scioperano
Headline: NurSind: ‘Now we are fed up’. That’s why the nurses go on strike
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https://www.parmapress24.it/2022/01/20/infermieri-eroi-non-martiri-il-nursind-sciopera/
Titolo: “Infermieri eroi, non martiri”: il Nursind sciopera
Headline: “Nurses are heroes, not martyrs”: the Nursind goes on strike
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Filipino: Balitang Sapol with Filipino Nurses United VP Eleanor Nolasco | 50K minimum wage para sa healthworkers?
Headline: Balitang Sapol with Filipino Nurses United VP Eleanor Nolasco | 50K minimum wage for healthworkers?
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Headline: Nurses’ group hits revised COVID-19 testing, tracing policies
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https://opinion.inquirer.net/148766/extraordinary-measures-2
Headline: Extraordinary measures (2)
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https://www.abrilabril.pt/local/unidos-em-vigilia-pelo-centro-hospitalar-de-setubal
Manchete: Unidos em vigília pelo Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal
Headline: United in vigil at the Setúbal Hospital Center
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http://www.planicie.pt/2022/01/17/alentejo-esta-a-perder-enfermeiros-para-a-emigracao/
Manchete: Alentejo está a perder enfermeiros para a emigração
Headline: Alentejo is losing nurses to emigration
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Headline: Unions raise concerns over moratorium on KZN health posts as ‘patients and nurses are the ones that will suffer’
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Headline: No intake of new nursing students in Limpopo to impact health services: Denosa
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https://www.enca.com/news/denosa-calls-more-funding-healthcare-workers
Headline: Denosa calls for more funding for healthcare workers
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Titular: Satse alerta del repunte de contagios de covid, con un 33% de enfermeras afectadas
Headline: Satse warns of the rebound in covid infections, with 33% of nurses affected
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Titular: Satse denuncia el “caos organizativo” en los hospitales recién adscritos al SAS
Headline: Satse denounces the “organizational chaos” in the hospitals recently attached to the SAS
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Titular: El sindicato de enfermería Satse prepara movilizaciones contra el deterioro del sistema sanitario
Headline: The nursing union Satse prepares mobilizations against the deterioration of the health system
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Titular: SATSE Valladolid: “No hay enfermeros suficientes para afrontar la Covid en las residencias”
Headline: SATSE Valladolid: “There are not enough nurses to face Covid in residences”
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https://www.newsletter.co.uk/health/nurses-speak-out-on-ni-staffing-shortage-3534463
Headline: Nurses speak out on NI staffing shortage
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Headline: Rise in international nursing students coming to the UK as pandemic boosts numbers
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Headline: Dropping Plan B will not ease pressure on NHS, nurses warn
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Headline: Omicron intensifies nurses’ need for protection and safety measures | Commentary
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/opinion/covid-nurse-burnout-understaffing.html
Headline: We Know the Real Cause of the Crisis in Our Hospitals. It’s Greed.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE3I3qnD_Vo
Headline: Crush Of Covid On U.S. Hospitals Calls For ‘Thinking Outside Of Dogma’ For Solutions
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/01/18/biden-covid-response-assessment/
Headline: A year ago, Biden unveiled a 200-page plan to defeat covid. He has struggled to deliver on some key promises.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/15/us/healthcare-workers-vaccine-mandate.html
Headline: Hospitals Confront the Fallout From Supreme Court Ruling on Vaccine Mandate
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https://www.marinij.com/2022/01/16/marin-health-sector-forced-to-use-covid-infected-staffers/
Headline: Marin health sector forced to use COVID-infected staffers
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Headline: Nursing Unions Say For-Profit Health Care Is Driving Omicron Staffing Crisis
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https://www.aroundosceola.com/news/ormc-nurses-working-conditions-arent-safe
Headline: ORMC nurses: Working conditions aren’t safe
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Headline: Biden endures up-and-down first year on labor issues
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https://www.liberationnews.org/hospital-greed-caused-nurse-shortage-not-covid-19/
Headline: Hospital greed caused nurse shortage, not COVID-19
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Headline: Sen. Gillibrand leads letter demanding emergency COVID-19 protections for healthcare workers become permanent
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Headline: To combat labor shortages, states are letting healthcare workers work while positive for COVID
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https://prospect.org/health/trumps-va-legacy-human-capital-mismanagement/
Headline: Trump’s VA Legacy: Human Capital Mismanagement
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Headline: Experts Say Government Masks May Be Arriving Too Late to Help COVID Surge
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Headline: Ambulances wait hours with patients at California hospitals
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https://lailluminator.com/2022/01/13/biden-sending-medical-teams-to-6-states-with-covid-19-surges/
Headline: Biden sending medical teams to 6 states with COVID-19 surges
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Headline: Minnesota nurses demand action on worsening staffing crisis
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Headline: Nurses demand Mayo Clinic Health System address staff shortages, sacrifices
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Headline: Minnesota Nurses Call For Triple Pay While Travelers Are In Use
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https://www.laprogressive.com/healthcare-workers-rally/
Headline: Healthcare Workers Rally to Demand Better Conditions
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Headline: Nurses Rally at Howard University Hospital for Safer Working Conditions
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Headline: Minnesota to pay $275 per hour, or more, for nurses to battle omicron surge
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Headline: Henry Ford health: 1,000 registered nurse vacancies, COVID hospitalizations declining
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Headline: Infection Preventionists Can Only Lend a Shoulder to Overworked Nurses
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Headline: Guest Opinion | Tina Fredericks: CalCare Would Save California School & Community College Districts Millions of Dollars
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https://www.postnewsgroup.com/oakland-healthcare-unions-denounce-cdc-and-californias-new-guidelines/
Headline: Oakland Healthcare Unions Denounce CDC and California’s New Guidelines
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https://nurse.org/articles/new-quarantine-policy-california-healthcare-worker/
Headline: California Updates Quarantine Policy For Healthcare Workers Amid Surge
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https://ohionewstime.com/infected-staff-continue-to-work-in-some-hospitals/315178/
Headline: Infected staff continue to work in some hospitals
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Headline: California allows hospitals to force COVID-positive employees to work in a brutal shortage of staff
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Headline: To combat labor shortages, states are letting healthcare workers work while positive for COVID
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Headline: UC Davis Medical Center nurses demand staffing and safety changes
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https://fox40.com/news/local-news/uc-davis-nurses-say-they-are-in-the-midst-of-a-staffing-crisis/
Headline: UC Davis nurses say they are in the midst of a ‘staffing crisis’
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Headline: UChicago nurses say conditions amid surging caseloads are ‘at a breaking point’
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https://ktoe.com/2022/01/19/hundreds-of-mayo-nurses-demand-action-on-staffing-crisis/
Headline: Hundreds of Mayo Nurses Demand Action on Staffing Crisis
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Headline: Nurses take to social media to call out hospitals nationwide forcing them back to work
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Headline: Unions demand OSHA restore anti-COVID standard protecting health workers
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Headline: Hundreds Caravan for Medicare
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Headline: Employee Healthcare Worker Morale, Safety Concerns Rise Without OSHA ETS Protections
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Headline: Single-payer health care advocates rip Gavin Newsom for ‘flip-flop’
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https://workdayminnesota.org/quick-fix-for-staffing-crisis-not-enough-hospital-nurses-warn/
Headline: Quick fix for staffing crisis not enough, hospital nurses warn
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Headline: ‘A bitter pill to swallow’ | As state calls on traveling nurses to fill void, some bothered by wage disparities
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Headline: Hundreds of Mayo nurses demanding action on “staffing crisis”
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Headline: COVID: Unions Push Back On State Guidelines Allowing Health Care Workers With Coronavirus To Return To Work
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Headline: Essential workers calling for the return of paid COVID-19 sick leave
