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: THANK YOU: Paying tribute to the health workers who got us through the pandemic
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Headline: Nurses join doctors in warning of more baby deaths at WCH without cardiac surgery unit
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Headline: Queensland nurses call on candidates to reveal position on Nurse Midwife numbers
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https://www.cessnockadvertiser.com.au/story/6985947/closure-fears-at-kurri-are-heating-up/?cs=459
Headline: Staff concerned Kurri Hospital rehabilitation unit will close, despite assurances from health district
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Manchete: Bolsonaro anuncia revogação de decreto sobre privatização de postos do SUS
Headline: Bolsonaro announces revocation of decree on privatization of SUS posts
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Titre: La FIQ dénonce qu’il y a des ratios infirmières/patients très préoccupants dans la région
Headline: FIQ denounces that there are very worrying nurse / patient ratios in the region
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Titre: COVID-19: la situation ne s’améliore pas au CHSLD Marcelle-Ferron
Headline: COVID-19: the situation is not improving at CHSLD Marcelle-Ferron
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Titre: Négociations avec les infirmières: des avancées majeures, selon la FIQ
Headline: Negotiations with nurses: major advances, according to the FIQ
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Headline: Opinion: Privately funded health-care option a wrong-headed approach
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Headline: Why Ontario hospitals are full to bursting, despite few COVID-19 patients
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Headline: Canada’s top doctor now says your COVID-19 masks should have three layers. Experts ask what took her so long
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Headline: Fort Saskatchewan residents protest privatization and cuts to public services
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https://globalnews.ca/news/7437525/coronavirus-calgary-peter-lougheed-outbreaks-november-2/
Headline: 1 death, 4 patients linked to COVID-19 outbreak at Calgary’s Peter Lougheed Centre
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Headline: SUN applauds province for reducing group gathering sizes and mandatory mask order
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-nurses-union-covid-19-1.5791485
Headline: Nurses need more protection as COVID-19 hospital outbreaks grow, union says
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-victoria-general-hospital-ppe-1.5785509
Headline: Winnipeg nurse with COVID-19 says health-care workers don’t have enough PPE to stay safe
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https://www.brandonsun.com/local/union-calls-for-enhanced-ppe-testing-protocols-572988242.html
Headline: Union calls for enhanced PPE, testing protocols
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Headline: Manitoba reports 427 new COVID infections, four deaths
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Headline: ‘…Horror story after horror story’ nurses detail lapses at Victoria hospital
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Headline: Not enough nurses to staff mental health services, says P.E.I. Nurses’ Union
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https://lactualite.com/actualites/les-negociations-se-poursuivent-entre-la-fiq-et-quebec/
Titre: Les négociations se poursuivent entre la FIQ et Québec
Headline: Negotiations continue between the FIQ and Quebec
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https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1744227/deces-covid-chsld-sainte-croix-monteregie-quebec
Titre: 19 patients morts et 68 employés infectés au CHSLD Sainte-Croix
Headline: 19 dead patients and 68 employees infected at CHSLD Sainte-Croix
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https://www.nordinfo.com/actualites/on-reclame-des-ratios-plus-securitaires-en-soins-patients/
Titre: On réclame des ratios plus sécuritaires en soins/patients
Headline: We are calling for safer care / patient ratios
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Headline: ‘Enough is enough’: Southlake nurses demand action on hospital violence (14 photos)
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Headline: Nursing home workers can now speak in confidence at commission probing the impact of COVID-19
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Headline: ‘Enough is enough’: Health care workers protest violence at Newmarket hospital
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https://globalnews.ca/news/7422553/alberta-nurses-social-media-policy-draft-freedom-criticism/
Headline: Some Alberta nurses worry proposed social media policy would muzzle health advocacy and criticism
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https://globalnews.ca/video/7423128/albertans-have-to-speak-up-united-nurses-on-privatization-anger
Headline: ‘Albertans have to speak up’: United Nurses on privatization anger
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Headline: Intensive care unit at St. Boniface Hospital over capacity due to COVID-19 surge
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-thursday-oct-29-1.5781716
Headline: Another record-breaking day for COVID-19 in Manitoba with 193 new cases, 97 hospitalizations
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-friday-oct-30-1.5783544
Headline: Manitoba more than doubles daily COVID-19 record with 480 new cases
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/volunteer-call-centre-manitoba-covid-1.5779590
Headline: Ex-volunteer says Manitoba contact-tracing backlog began well before Winnipeg COVID surge
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Headline: Nurses’ union president urges Nova Scotians to get flu shots
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https://globalnews.ca/video/7421871/president-of-nsnu-says-get-the-shot
Headline: President of NSNU says Get the Shot!
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http://pasonop.gr/new/2020/10/29/το-εκλογικό-φιάσκο-της-ενε/
Επικεφαλίδα: ΤΟ ΕΚΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΦΙΑΣΚΟ ΤΗΣ ΕΝΕ
Headline: THE ELECTORAL FIASCO OF ENE
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Titular: Josué Orellana: A la población ya no le interesa cuidarse contra el COVID-19
Headline: Josué Orellana: The population is no longer interested in taking care of themselves against COVID-19
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Titular: Trabajadores de la salud los más expuestos al COVID-19 ante irresponsabilidad de la población
Headline: Health workers the most exposed to COVID-19 in the face of an irresponsible population
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https://tiempo.hn/aneeah-hondurenos-no-cuidarse-covid-19/
Titular: ANEEAH: “A la población ya no le interesa cuidarse de la COVID-19”
Headline: ANEEAH: “The population is no longer interested in taking care of COVID-19”
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Headline: One month’s overcrowding figures for Mayo hospital point to a worrying trend
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Headline: Unions warn of move away from negotiations if no pay deal by Christmas
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https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1027/1174260-antibodies-hospital-staff/
Headline: Antibody study reveals higher Covid infection rate in healthcare workers
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Headline: Fall in Covid-19 patients at Portlaoise hospital but the trollies are back in A&E
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Headline: Cork hospital had second highest trolley figures in the country during October
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Headline: Surge in number of health staff off work for Covid-19 issues
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40077212.html
Headline: Munster hospitals worst hit as trolley numbers soar
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Headline: Hospitals use ‘last resort’ measure to handle overcrowding 1,900 times in a year
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Titolo: Coronavirus, Nursind: “In Lombardia servono 10mila infermieri, basta Co.Co.Co.”
Headline: Coronavirus, Nursind: “In Lombardy we need 10 thousand nurses, just Co.Co.Co.”
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Titolo: NurSind Reggio Emilia. Gli infermieri devono restituire il premio Covid
Headline: NurSind Reggio Emilia. Nurses must return the Covid allowance
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Titolo: COVID IN CANAVESE – Allarme del sindacato Nursind: «Così la Regione fa collassare gli ospedali: mancano posti e personale»
Headline: COVID IN CANAVESE – Alarm from the Nursind union: “The Region’s hospitals are collapsing: jobs and staff are lacking”
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Titolo: Covid, Nursind: “A ottobre oltre 500 contagiati nel personale sanitario toscano”
Headline: Covid, Nursind: “In October over 500 infected in Tuscan health personnel”
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Titolo: NurSind: “Gallera la matematica non è un’opinione. Infermieri, ne mancano 10 mila”
Headline: NurSind: “Gallera math is not an opinion. 10 thousand nurses are missing ”
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Titolo: Nursind. Gli infermieri delle ASST brianzole non ce la fanno più.
Headline: Nursind. The nurses of the Brianza ASSTs can’t take it anymore.
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Titolo: NurSind La Spezia denuncia: Solo 4 gli infermieri in servizio nella RSA Mazzini.
Headline: NurSind La Spezia reports: Only 4 nurses serving in the Mazzini RSA.
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Titolo: NurSind La Spezia: RSA Mazzini. Tutti infetti i pazienti e gli infermieri.
Headline: NurSind La Spezia: RSA Mazzini. All infected patients and nurses.
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https://www.mbnews.it/2020/11/infermieri-nuove-assunzioni-covid19/
Titolo: NurSind: “Gli infermieri stremati chiedono rinforzi, subito!”
Headline: NurSind: “The exhausted nurses ask for reinforcements, immediately!”
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Titolo: NurSind Ancona. Blocco delle ferie e doppi turni. Infermieri allo stremo
Headline: NurSind Ancona. Vacation block and double shifts. Exhausted nurses
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Titolo: Nursind, le soluzioni proposte dalla regione sono inadeguate ed improvvisate
Headline: Nursind, the solutions proposed by the region are inadequate and improvised
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https://www.kbc.co.ke/clinicians-nurses-and-lab-officers-to-down-tools/
Headline: Clinicians, nurses and lab officers to down tools
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Headline: Nurses to strike again after 10 months of ‘fruitless’ pay parity negotiations
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http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/local-news/20201028/more-fobbed-off-and-angrier-than-ever-2/
Headline: ‘More fobbed off and angrier than ever’
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Headline: New Zealand Nurses Organisation calls for ‘urgent review’ after two nurses test positive for Covid-19
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Headline: Leading Māori nurse confronted with ‘force of hate’ online
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Headline: Nurses’ union calls for review at MIQ after second worker tests positive for COVID-19
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https://www.ultimahora.com/dieron-la-vida-el-enemigo-invisible-n2910936.html
Titular: Dieron la vida ante el enemigo invisible
Headline: They gave their lives to the invisible enemy
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https://misionesonline.net/2020/10/26/enfermera-encarnacion-coronavirus/
Titular: Falleció una enfermera con Coronavirus en Encarnación
Headline: A nurse with Coronavirus died in Encarnación
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https://www.ultimahora.com/empatia-y-abnegacion-un-legado-la-primera-linea-n2910935.html
Titular: Empatía y abnegación, un legado desde la primera línea
Headline: Empathy and self-denial, a legacy from the front line
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Titular: Denuncian complicaciones en concurso online de enfermería: “Nunca podemos hacer un instrumento eficiente”
Headline: Complications are reported in an online nursing contest: “We can never make an efficient instrument”
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Headline: Health workers call tax exemption for temporary workers divisive
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https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1352136/15-bayaning-nars-we-need-not-die-to-be-heroes
Headline: 15 ‘Bayaning Nars’: We need not die to be heroes
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https://www.rappler.com/nation/health-workers-defund-ntf-elcac-reallocate-budget-public-hospitals
Headline: Health workers: Use P19-B NTF-ELCAC budget to fund cash-strapped public hospitals
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Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros Portugueses exige pagamento de horas extraordinárias para enfermeiros de saúde pública
Headline: Portuguese Nurses Union demands payment of overtime for public health nurses
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https://www.sabado.pt/portugal/detalhe/covid-19-portugueses-vao-apoiar-a-greve-dos-enfermeiros
Manchete: Covid-19: “Portugueses vão apoiar a greve dos enfermeiros”
Headline: Covid-19: “Portuguese will support the nurses’ strike”
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Manchete: Enfermeiros na linha da frente dos deveres, na última fila dos direitos
Headline: Nurses at the forefront of duties, in the back row of rights
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https://www.nit.pt/fit/saude/sindicato-dos-enfermeiros-vai-manter-greve-de-cinco-dias-de-novembro
Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros vai manter a greve de cinco dias em novembro
Headline: Union of Nurses will maintain the five-day strike in November
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Manchete: Sindicato dos enfermeiros defende controlo das cadeias e plano para idosos
Headline: Union of nurses defends control of chains and plan for the elderly
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Manchete: Enfermeiros de doentes infectados na Madeira vão receber prémio de desempenho
Headline: Nurses of infected patients in Madeira to receive performance awards
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Headline: Tito Mboweni, Nomafrench Mbombo clash over Tygerberg Hospital
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Titular: Satse pide más retribución para las enfermeras del turno nocturno
Headline: Satse calls for more pay for night shift nurses
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Titular: SATSE insta a Sanidad a reforzar con enfermeras las UCI y los hospitales ante el aumento de casos graves de Covid
Headline: SATSE urges Health to reinforce ICU and hospitals with nurses given the increase in serious cases of Covid
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Titular: El personal médico se niega al traslado al nuevo Hospital de pandemias Enfermera Isabel Zendal
Headline: The medical staff refuse to be transferred to the new Pandemic Hospital Nurse Isabel Zendal
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Titular: El Sindicato de Enfermería afirma que hay un brote en el Chuac con 12 sanitarios contagiados
Headline: Nursing Union affirms that there is an outbreak in Chuac with 12 infected health workers
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Titular: SATSE advierte de la falta de personal de enfermería en el Hospital Vega Baja para asumir el incremento de casos de covid
Headline: SATSE warns of the lack of nursing staff at the Vega Baja Hospital to handle the increase in covid cases
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Titular: SATSE pide un “reconocimiento salarial para las enfermeras que trabajan en residencias”
Headline: SATSE asks for a “salary recognition for nurses who work in nursing homes”
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Titular: SATSE denuncia que se tratan a las enfermeras como máquinas en Catalunya
Headline: SATSE denounces that nurses are treated like machines in Catalonia
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Titular: SATSE destaca la labor de la enfermera escolar en la lucha contra el acoso en niños, niñas y jóvenes
Headline: SATSE highlights the work of the school nurse in the fight against bullying in children and young people
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https://gnoa.lk/current-situation-and-gnoa-actions-on-the-second-wave-of-covid-19-in-sri-lanka/
Headline: Current situation and GNOA actions on the second wave of COVID 19 in Sri Lanka
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https://www.nation.lk/online/nurses-threaten-tu-action-demand-for-ppe-and-transport-19307.html
Headline: Nurses threaten TU action: Demand for PPE and transport
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Headline: Coronavirus: Severe shortage of nurses as health service struggles with Covid second wave
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-nurse-death-world-war-one-ww1-b1448185.html
Headline: Covid nurse death toll now as high as the number of nurses who died during World War One
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Headline: Questions raised as deadly bacteria prevents opening of new critical care building at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital
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https://nursingnotes.co.uk/news/politics/poor-nursing-pay-political-choice-says-rcn/
Headline: Poor nursing pay ‘a political choice’, says RCN
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Headline: Coronavirus caused thousands of lost working days at Dorset County Hospital during pandemic
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Headline: Analysis: The role of nurses in meeting the challenge of ‘long Covid’
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https://www.salon.com/2020/10/24/nurses-interview-pandemic-safety-equipment-ppe-horror-stories/
Headline: Eight months into the pandemic, nurses say they still aren’t getting the safety equipment they need
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Headline: Doctors, nurses push back against Trump’s latest conspiracy theory
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https://www.thelist.com/267347/why-trumps-latest-covid-19-comments-have-doctors-furious/
Headline: Why Trump’s latest COVID-19 comments have doctors furious
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Headline: How Will We Care for Caregivers? COVID, Healthcare Professionals, and PTSD
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https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/939726
Headline: Healthcare Workers Implore OSHA for More Oversight on COVID-19 Safety
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/health/covid-nurses-.html
Headline: Nurses Are at High Risk for Covid Among Health Workers, C.D.C. Says
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Headline: Asheville vigil honors health care workers who have died in the COVID-19 pandemic
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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/chief-says-covid-fatigue-real-120136975.html
Headline: WHO Chief Says “COVID Fatigue” is Real
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Headline: Nurses are at high risk for COVID among health workers, CDC says
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Headline: Inland Filipino nurses risk all on coronavirus front lines
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Headline: A C.D.C. study says nurses are at high risk among health care workers.
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https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/nurses-hold-vigil-to-honor-healthcare-workers-whove-died
Headline: Nurses hold vigil to honor healthcare workers who’ve died because of pandemic
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https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2020/10/29/health-care-workers-covid
Headline: The health care workers most likely to be hospitalized for Covid-19, charted
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Headline: Experts Reveal Nurses Are At A Greater Risk Of Contracting COVID19 Than Other Health Workers
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Headline: Online Help Desk Provides COVID-19 Information For Filipino Community
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Headline: Shasta Regional Medical Center healthcare workers speak out on safe patient staffing
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Headline: Minnesota ICU nurse sounds alarm about rising COVID cases, hospitalizations
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Headline: Children’s Minnesota eliminating 150 jobs in midst of COVID-19
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https://www.startribune.com/home-community-more-risky-for-nurses-than-virus-patients/572912181/
Headline: Minnesota study: Home, community more risky for health care providers than patients with COVID-19
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Headline: Maine hospital workers call for CEO’s firing
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Headline: Calais hospital union staff demand the firing of their CEO
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https://www.minurses.org/news/mna-affiliates-with-national-nurses-united/
Headline: Michigan nurses association affiliates with national nurses united
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Headline: No More Applause: Healthcare Workers Now Being Shunned During COVID-19
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Headline: Donald Trump trashes COVID-19 doctors, compares himself to Jesus
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https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/11/planned-economy-coronavirus-hospitals-ppe-masks
Headline: The Pandemic Has Exposed the Free Market’s Fundamental Flaws. We Need a Democratically Planned Economy.
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Headline: ‘Putting the welfare of the group over the individual’: Nurses union celebrates FAHM by reflecting on Fil-Am contributions to the profession
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Headline: Nurses demand more personal protective equipment at Hospitals of Providence
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Headline: As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise, staffing shortages — not a lack of beds or ventilators — are biggest concern
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https://america.cgtn.com/2020/11/04/covid-19-filipino-nurses-need-additional-protection
Headline: COVID-19: Filipino nurses need additional protection
