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
Headline: Nurses’ industrial action over RAH emergency department on hold
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Australia
Headline: Nurses demand new legislation around aged-care staff ratio
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Australia
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/call-for-action-after-qld-aged-care-report
Headline: Call for action after Qld aged care report
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Australia
Headline: Queensland: Mother’s Day Aged Care Audit Reveals Damning Results
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Australia
Headline: Aged care audit points to dangerous understaffing
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Australia
Headline: Queensland aged care standards often ‘deplorable’, nurses union says
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Australia
https://www.tropicnow.com.au/2018/may/15/graduate-nurses-start-new-careers-in-tnq.html
Headline: North Queensland hospitals benefit from increased graduate nursing numbers
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Australia
Headline: Safe staffing laws campaign ‘will consider nurse-to-patient ratios’
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Canada
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/linda-silas/nursing-health-care-cuts_a_23430996/
Headline: Nurses Need More Than Our Gratitude — They Need A Break
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Canada
Headline: Alberta health-care unions launch back safety campaign
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Canada
Headline: Nurse Practitioners to Prescribe Medication for Opioid Addictions
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Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-nurses-compassion-fatigue-1.4658375
Headline: Moncton nurses reflect on the essence of their job
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Canada
Headline: Sackville woman had significant influence on evolution of nursing in Canada
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Canada
Headline: McNeil not ready to improve staffing at Nova Scotia nursing homes
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Canada
Headline: Deaths from bedsores ‘highly preventable,’ says wound-care expert
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Canada
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1100900/sante-soigner-infirmieres-cancer-travail
Titre: Soigner avec compassion, malgré la surcharge
Headline: Caring compassionately, despite the overload
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Dominican Republic
http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2018/05/12/piden-hospitales-sean-prioridad-de-autoridades/
Titular: Piden hospitales sean prioridad de autoridades
Headline: Authorities asked to prioritize hospitals
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Dominican Republic
http://www.cdn.com.do/2018/05/11/este-sabado-se-celebra-dia-nacional-enfermeria/
Titular: Sector de enfermería de República Dominicana con los salarios más bajos América Latina
Headline: Nursing sector in Dominican Republic has the lowest salaries in Latin America
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Fiji
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/pacific/357327/fiji-nurses-concerned-about-hospital-changes
Headline: Fiji nurses concerned about hospital changes
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France
Titre: Certains infirmiers vont pouvoir prescrire des traitements
Headline: Some nurses will be able to prescribe treatments
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France
https://www.mutualite.fr/actualites/infirmiers-creation-dun-nouveau-statut/
Titre: Infirmiers : création d’un nouveau statut
Headline: Nurses: creating a new status
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France
Titre: Les associations professionnelles et les syndicats mobilisés pour le 22 mai
Headline: Trade associations and unions mobilized for May 22
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France
Titre: Le personnel du Bariol entame une grève illimitée
Headline: Bariol staff begins an indefinite strike
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France
Titre: Saint-Pierre: les infirmiers se mobilisent dans le bloc opératoire
Headline: Saint-Pierre: nurses mobilize in the operating room
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France
https://www.publicsenat.fr/article/societe/videosurveillance-a-l-hopital-un-gadget-86000
Titre: Vidéosurveillance à l’hôpital : « Un gadget » ?
Headline: Hospital video surveillance: “A gadget”?
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Guatemala
http://lahora.gt/salubristas-ven-buena-voluntad-del-ministro-para-negociar-nuevo-pacto-colectivo/
Titular: Salubristas ven buena voluntad del Ministro para negociar nuevo Pacto Colectivo
Headline: Health professionals see minister’s willingness to negotiate a new collective agreement
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Honduras
http://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/1177527-410/enfermeras-listas-vacunacion-influenza-ah1n1
Titular: Enfermeras, listas vacunacion influenza AH1N1
Headline: Nurses, ready for vaccination against AH1N1
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Honduras
http://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/1177270-410/compromiso-responsabilidad-exigen-enfermeras-auxiliares
Titular: Compromiso y responsabilidad exigen enfermeras auxiliares
Headline: Commitment and responsibility require auxiliary nurses
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India
Headline: Nurses defer today’s strike
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Ireland
https://careersportal.ie/careerplanning/story.php?ID=2501203109#.Wv8ypIgvyM8
Headline: INMO Survey Reveals that 71% of Nursing Graduates Consider Leaving Ireland
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Ireland
https://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/home/313738/nurses-fearful-for-donegal-patients.html
Headline: Nurses ‘fearful’ for Donegal patients
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Ireland
https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2018/0425/957088-inmo-new-centre/
Headline: INMO opens new education and event centre
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Ireland
Headline: Summer trolley crisis hits Dublin, Offaly, Laois, Kildare hospital group
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Ireland
Headline: Tullamore hospital the most overcrowded in Ireland according to nurse figures
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Ireland
https://extra.ie/2018/05/14/news/irish-news/nurse-attack-complaints
Headline: Nurse complaints about being attacked by patients ‘disappear into black hole’
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Mexico
http://ntrzacatecas.com/2018/05/12/de-calidad-gremio-de-enfermeria-en-el-estado/
Titular: El sector salud en Zacatecas contabiliza un padrón de 2 763 enfermeras
Title: The health sector in Zacatecas has 2,763 nurses
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New Zealand
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/15/nurs-m15.html
Headline: New Zealand nurses mount nationwide protests
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New Zealand
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12048882
Headline: Thousands of nurses to march for ‘suffering workforce’
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New Zealand
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/357340/two-assaults-a-week-on-mental-health-nurses
Headline: Two assaults a week on mental health nurses
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New Zealand
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12051058
Headline: Northland healthcare workers brave the rain to march
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New Zealand
http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/3364254-135/nurses-march-for-better-conditions
Headline: Nurses march for better conditions
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Paraguay
http://www.paraguay.com/nacionales/celebran-dia-de-la-enfermeria-con-severas-precariedades-177766
Titular: Celebran día de la enfermería con severas precariedades
Headline: Celebrating nurses day with significant precariousness
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Paraguay
http://www.nanduti.com.py/2018/05/12/la-enfermeria-una-profesion-lucha-permanente-afirman/
Titular: “La enfermería es una profesión de lucha permanente”, afirman
Headline: “Nursing is a profession of permanent struggle,” they affirm.
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Peru
Titular: 232 profesionales del sector Salud en lista para lograr nombramiento en Arequipa
Headline: 232 health professionals on list to obtain an Arequipa appointment
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Philippines
http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/07/18/health-workers-seek-pay-increase
Headline: Health workers seek pay increase
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Portugal
Manchete: Enfermeiros protestam nas Caldas da Rainha contra precariedade e falta de profissionais
Headline: Nurses protest in Caldas da Rainha against precariousness and lack of professionals
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Portugal
Manchete: Enfermeiros do São João fazem duas horas de greve na quinta-feira
Headline: Nurses from São João strike for two hours on Thursday
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Portugal
http://seculodiario.com.br/38748/15/sindicato-dos-enfermeiros-denuncia-prefeitura-da-serra-ao-mpes
Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros denuncia prefeitura da Serra ao MPES
Headline: Nurses union denounces Serra prefecture to MPES
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Portugal
Manchete: São João admite reduzir camas e cirurgias por falta de enfermeiros
Headline: São João admits reducing beds and surgeries due to lack of nurses
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South Africa
Headline: ‘Total cruelty to humankind’: Nurses lament working conditions in North West hospitals
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Spain
Titular: Satse y Salud se reúnen para analizar la situación de la sanidad andaluza y abordar propuestas de mejora
Headline: Satse and Health Ministry meet to analyze the situation of Andalusian health and address improvement proposals
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Spain
http://www.diariodecadiz.es/cadiz/SATSE-exige-resuelvan-oposiciones-SAS_0_1246375598.html
Titular: SATSE exige que se resuelvan las oposiciones de 2013-2015 del SAS
Headline: SATSE demands that the 2013-2015 SAS examinations be resolved
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Spain
Titular: Malestar en el Satse por la interpretación de los médicos de la «gestión compartida de la demanda»
Headline: Satse unease due to the doctors’ interpretation of “shared demand management”
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Spain
Titular: Satse al Defensor del Pueblo: Implantación lenta y desigual de las especialidades de Enfermería
Headline: Satse to Ombudsman: Slow and uneven implementation of nursing specialties
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Spain
http://www.diariosur.es/malaga-capital/satse-critican-contratos-20180515000544-ntvo.html
Titular: El Satse y UGT critican los «contratos basura» de enfermería en Carlos Haya
Headline: Satse and UGT criticize nurses’ “garbage contracts” at Carlos Haya
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Spain
http://cadenaser.com/emisora/2018/05/15/ser_andujar/1526387090_472319.html
Titular: ‘Rompe con los estereotipos’ es el lema de la campaña de SATSE-Jaén
Headline: ‘Break with stereotypes’ is the motto of the SATSE-Jaén campaign
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Spain
http://www.diariocordoba.com/noticias/cordobalocal/satse-critica-colapso-reanimacion_1226554.html
Titular: Satse critica el colapso en reanimación
Headline: Satse criticizes the collapse in resuscitation unit
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Spain
Titular: Denuncian falta de personal en el centro de salud de Toén
Headline: Denouncing the lack of personnel at the Toén health center
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Spain
http://www.eldiadecordoba.es/cordoba/Satse-denuncia-espera-Unidad-Dolor_0_1245775607.html
Titular: Satse denuncia la lista de espera de hasta dos años para la Unidad del Dolor
Headline: Satse denounces the nearly two year waiting list for the Pain Unit
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Spain
Titular: El Sindicato de Enfermería denunciará hoy ante Urgencias la escasez de efectivos
Headline: Nurses’ union will denounce the personnel shortage at emergency rooms
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Spain
Titular: Los sindicatos iniciarán movilizaciones si Osakidetza no paga la carrera profesional
Headline: Union will mobilize if Osakidetza does not pay for professional career development
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Spain
http://www.elcorreo.com/sociedad/osakidetza-plantea-recurrir-20180518222044-nt.html
Titular: Osakidetza se plantea recurrir la sentencia que le obliga a pagar 100 millones en pluses
Headline: Osakidetza plans to appeal ruling that requires it pay 100 million in bonuses
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Spain
Titular: Satse pide al Defensor del Pueblo que exija al Gobierno la prueba de evaluación de competencia para Enfermería Familiar
Headline: Satse asks Ombudsman to require the government provide competence assessment tests for family nursing
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Taiwan
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/05/12/2003692947
Headline: Nurses owed NT$3.7bn in overtime per year: union
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Uganda
Headline: Union to Gov’t: Nurses, Midwives Deserve Better
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United Kingdom
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-44075352
Headline: ‘Three-quarters of public worried about nurse staffing’
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United Kingdom
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-44111627
Headline: Nurse: ‘I’ve been hit, head-butted and taken hostage’
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United Kingdom
Headline: ‘Legislation for safe staffing levels is desperately needed’
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United Kingdom
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-44117542
Headline: Male nurse: ‘I was told to become a brickie’
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United Kingdom
Headline: Nursing union criticises trust plans to sell off key worker homes
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United Kingdom
Headline: Prison nurses ‘becoming demotivated, stressed and burnt out’
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United Kingdom
Headline: Royal College of Nursing finds nurse staff shortages at ‘DANGEROUS’ levels
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United Kingdom
Headline: RCN leader ‘demands’ safe staffing legislation across UK in wide-ranging keynote speech
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United States
http://radiobilingue.org/features/english-longtime-fighter-lands-top-spot-in-powerful-nurses-union/
Titular: Luchadora social de primera línea pasa a dirigir poderoso Sindicato de Enfermeras
Headline: Longtime ‘Fighter’ Lands Top Spot In Powerful Nurses Union
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United States
http://labusinessjournal.com/news/2018/may/17/nurses-city-hope-ratify-three-year-contract/
Headline: Nurses at City of Hope Ratify Three-Year Contract
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United States
https://www.ecowatch.com/chicago-manganese-testing-epa-2567655732.html
Headline: EPA to Test Southeast Chicago Yards for Dangerous Neurotoxin
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United States
http://wgme.com/news/local/hospice-nurses-rally-in-scarborough-for-new-contract
Headline: Hospice nurses rally in Scarborough for new contract
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United States
http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/07/18/health-workers-seek-pay-increase
Headline: Health workers seek pay increase
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United States
https://www.sgvtribune.com/2018/05/16/city-of-hope-nurses-ratify-three-year-contract/
Headline: City of Hope nurses ratify three-year contract
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United States
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180427/NEWS/180429905
Headline: VA health system outperforming other providers, new study shows
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United States
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United States
Headline: House approves plan to increase private sector care for veterans, fix VA funding crisis.
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Venezuela
http://www.mundo-oriental.com.ve/det.aspx?id=82235
Titular: Enfermeros ganan menos del salario mínimo integral
Headline: Nurses earn less than the minimum necessary salary
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Zimbabwe
https://www.newzimbabwe.com/dismissals-will-not-affect-nurses-benefits-says-parirenyatwa/
Headline: Dismissals will not affect nurses’ benefits, says Parirenyatwa