Australia
Headline: Moree aged care nurses renew push for mandated staffing ratios
Headline: Care at Tasmania’s sole mental health facility for elderly ‘severely compromised’ by staffing crisis
Headline: Healthy promises: ‘The devil is always in the detail’
Headline: We are ‘Not Glad Gladys’ says a gathering of union members in Belmore Park
https://www.huntervalleynews.net.au/story/5931324/nursing-the-industry-back-to-health/
Headline: NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association hosts afternoon rally at Muswellbrook to demand better ratios in health system
https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/5924725/nurses-back-labors-nurse-to-patient-ratio-plan/
Headline: Nurses back Labor’s nurse to patient ratio plan
https://www.muswellbrookchronicle.com.au/story/5930539/nursing-the-industry-back-to-health/
Headline: Muswellbrook District Hospital nurses host afternoon rally to demand better ratios in health system
Canada
Headline: Quebec College of Physicians announces new powers for nurse practitioners
Titre: CIUSSS MCQ : les professionnelles en soins dénoncent le temps supplémentaire obligatoire
Headline: CIUSSS MCQ: healthcare professionals denounce mandatory overtime
https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/public-health-nurses-disappointed-with-final-offer-1.4317814
Headline: Public health nurses ‘disappointed’ with final offer
https://windsorite.ca/2019/02/ontario-nurses-association-calls-final-offer-disappointing/
Headline: Ontario Nurses’ Association Calls Final Offer Disappointing
Headline: Ontario Health Minister reveals major health care overhaul with new super agency
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/talks-break-down-nurses-association-health-unit-1.5038928
Headline: Strike deadline looming for public health nurses in Windsor Essex
Headline: Local public health nurses could hit the picket lines in two weeks
Headline: Health care overhaul: Providers unsure what Tories plan will mean in reality
Headline: Grand River details ‘deep’ cost-cutting plan — 40 nursing positions to go
https://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2019/02/25/questions-raised-over-ndp-event-at-crh/
Headline: Questions raised over NDP event at CRH
Headline: Nurse practitioners touted as answer to ER closures
Headline: Recruitment, retention, retirements, workload amongst concerns for nurses, says union president
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/st-anthony-save-our-hospital-1.5031680
Headline: Frustrated St. Anthony residents demand answers about hospital
Honduras
https://proceso.hn/actualidad/7-actualidad/enfermeras-abortan-paro-programado-para-este-lunes.html
Titular: Enfermeras abortan paro programado para este lunes
Headline: Nurses abort strike scheduled for this Monday
https://radiohrn.hn/2019/02/25/enfermeras-auxiliares-abortan-paro-programado-para-hoy/
Titular: Enfermeras auxiliares abortan paro programado para hoy
Headline: Auxiliary nurses cancel today’s scheduled strike
India
Headline: Govt agrees to regular services, hospital employees end stir
Headline: Mohindra, Preneet face strong protest from nurses
https://doverdailynews.com/cops-convince-nurses-to-end-hunger-strike/32320/
Headline: Cops convince nurses to end hunger strike
Ireland
https://kfmradio.com/news/27022019-1051/inmo-20-people-are-being-treated-trolleys-naas-general-today
Headline: INMO: 20 People Are Being Treated On Trolleys At Naas General Today.
Headline: Government holds first talks with nursing unions on new contract
https://www.herald.ie/news/nurses-open-talks-over-pay-deal-as-paramedics-strike-37867188.html
Headline: Nurses open talks over pay deal as paramedics strike
Headline: Trolley crisis: Seventy patients wait for a bed in country’s most overcrowded hospital
Headline: Highest level of overcrowding in 2019 recorded at University Hospital Limerick
Kenya
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Counties-in-trouble-over-nurses-pay/1056-4996258-jwlked/index.html
Headline: Counties in trouble over nurses’ pay
Headline: Hundreds of nurses from West Pokot sacked for participating in strike
https://citizentv.co.ke/news/knun-issues-another-nurses-strike-notice-233769/
Headline: KNUN issues another nurses strike notice
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019/02/25/nurses-strike-off-promotions-pledged_c1899309
Headline: Nurses’ strike off, promotions pledged
Headline: Narok nurses call off strike after talks bear fruit
New Zealand
http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/3980076-135/fears-changes-at-dunblane-will-compromise
Headline: Fears changes at Dunblane will compromise care
Headline: Nurses fear mental health funding boost for Canterbury won’t make staff safer
Portugal
https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/647847/a-luta-dos-enfermeiros-nao-para-e-o-governo-nao-cede
Manchete: A luta dos enfermeiros não para e o governo não cede
Headline: The nurses’ struggle does not stop and the government does not give in
https://ominho.pt/hospital-de-braga-tem-autorizacao-para-contratar-75-enfermeiros/
Manchete: Hospital de Braga tem autorização para contratar 75 enfermeiros
Headline: Braga Hospital is authorized to hire 75 nurses
Manchete: Negociações com os professores são retomadas hoje e com os enfermeiros só na próxima semana
Headline: Negotiations with teachers resume today and with nurses next week
Spain
Titular: Satse exige que la asistencia sanitaria en España no continúe discriminando a las mujeres
Headline: Satse demands that health care in Spain does not continue to discriminate against women
Titular: Exigen no excluir a 10.000 enfermeras del título de Familiar y Comunitaria
Headline: Demands not to exclude 10,000 Family and Community nurses
Titular: Satse advierte de “improvisación permanente” e “incumplimiento de plazos” en las oposiciones del SAS
Headline: Satse warns of “permanent improvisation” and “breach of deadlines” in the SAS exams
Titular: Carrefour retirará los disfraces con una imagen sexista de la mujer enfermera
Headline: Carrefour will remove costumes with a sexist image of female nurses
Titular: Satse traslada a las Consejerías de Sanidad su ley contra agresiones
Headline: Satse moves law against aggression to Regional Health Ministry
Titular: Satse reclama más personal en las urgencias pediátricas
Headline: Satse demands more staff in pediatric ERs
Titular: Carrera profesional: Satse lleva a los tribunales la propuesta de Murcia
Headline: Professional career: Satse takes the Murcia proposal to court
Titular: SATSE Madrid logra que el Gobierno PP-Cs de la Comunidad de Madrid no reduzca el horario de los centros de salud
Headline: SATSE Madrid successful in keeping government PP-Cs in Madrid from reducing the hours at health centers
Titular: Respaldo sindical a un tercer punto de urgencias en avenida de América
Headline: Union supports third emergency point on América Avenue
https://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias/leon/enfermera-90-ancianos_1315916.html
Titular: Una enfermera para 90 ancianos
Headline: One nurse per 90 elderly residents
United Kingdom
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-nurses-leaving-nhs-because-15896934
Headline: Birmingham nurses are leaving the NHS – because of THIS reason
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/24/bullying-sexual-harassment-nhs-hospitals
Headline: Bullying and sexual harassment ‘endemic’ in NHS hospitals
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-6747057/More-NHS-staff-feeling-unwell-work-stress.html
Headline: More NHS staff feeling unwell due to work stress
Headline: NHS England survey reveals ‘alarming downturn’ in staff wellbeing
Headline: ‘Better weather, better pay’: German hospital looks to lure UK’s Polish nurses
United States
Headline: Providers push back against conflict of interest concerns for Joint Commission, other accreditors
https://theintercept.com/2019/02/27/medicare-for-all-bill-congress-pramila-jayapal/
Headline: THE SPECIAL INTERESTS BEHIND REP. PRAMILA JAYAPAL’S MEDICARE FOR ALL BILL ARE NOT THE USUAL SUSPECTS
https://www.alternet.org/2019/02/rep-jayapal-unveils-visionary-bill-to-remake-us-healthcare-system/
Headline: Rep. Jayapal unveils visionary bill to remake US healthcare system
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/us/politics/house-democrats-medicare-for-all.html
Headline: As Over 100 House Democrats Embrace ‘Medicare for All,’ a Party Division Appears
Headline: With wide backing, progressive lawmakers formally unveil Medicare For All
Headline: Vowing to Fight ‘Until We Win,’ Advocates Plan Nationwide Mobilization to Pass Medicare for All
Headline: Illinois nurses say staffing standards needed to address “patient safety crisis”
http://www.weny.com/story/40022004/out-of-state-nurses-provide-care-to-asylum-seekers
Headline: Out-of-state nurses provide care to asylum seekers
Headline: Health care activists plan national push on Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s Medicare for All bill
Headline: Insurance Stocks Plunge as Medicare for All Bill Unveiled With Major Democratic Support
Headline: Injured worker’s tale prods lawmakers to pass protective legislation
Headline: Accept no Medicare for All substitute
https://www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nursing/78305
Headline: Nurses, Social Workers Demand Action on Workplace Violence
Headline: Nurses take staffing fight to Springfield
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article226819984.html
Headline: Saying no to the nurses: California Democrats aren’t pushing government-run health care this year
Headline: Assemblymember introduces hospital-closure bill, separate ordinance to increase funding for K-12 education
Headline: CHI St. Alexius nurses try for second time to unionize
https://www.kxnet.com/news/bismarck-news/chi-st-alexius-nurses-taking-steps-to-unionize/1814956236
Headline: CHI St. Alexius Nurses Taking Steps to Unionize