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Nurses' strike in Britain will be shorter due to recent High Court judgement.
Thousands of nurses in Britain were planned to go on strike the week after next, but the High Court ruled on Thursday that their actions were illegal, giving the government a modest victory in its ongoing conflict with public sector unions.
Despite the union's claims to the contrary...
A new study reveals that frontline Covid nurses face increasing mental health difficulties.
The CANDID project was financed by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and co-led by academics from the University of Dundee and Edinburgh Napier University. They polled over 400 critical care nurses (CCNs) and 200 RDNs from facilities in Scotland, England, and Wales. 45 we...
About 100,000 nurses in the United Kingdom went on strike for the first time ever due to salary issues
Despite warnings that it could put patients at risk, nurses in the United Kingdom mounted a historic one-day strike on Thursday in an effort to gain better pay and working conditions.
The RCN's strike is just the most recent in a series of walkouts by workers in the private and publ...
Australian health professionals urge a united front in support of the NSW nurses' strike
Over the weekend, health professionals from all over Australia spoke to the WSWS in support of the striking New South Wales (NSW) nurses. Over 50,000 nurses and midwives will be among the 140,000 health professionals and educators who will walk out this week.
On March 31, 2022, NSW nurs...
Recruiting doctors and nurses is a primary priority and post-scandal problem
The UAE's largest private healthcare provider has struggled to attract enough doctors and nurses as it dealt with a corporate scandal and the Covid-19 outbreak during the past two years, according to NMC Healthcare's top executive.
"My job was to create a chasm between what...
Officials from Johor claim Nurses are in short supply in Malaysia because they prefer to work in Singapore for higher compensation
According to The Malay Mail, a Johor official has highlighted higher compensation in Singapore as one of the key reasons for the Malaysian state's nursing shortage.
The number of Malaysian nurses and doctors working in Singapore is increasing.
According to Johor's Heal...
Mandating Vaccines Could Lead to Further Nurse Shortage in Germany
As Germany prepares to mandate Covid-19 vaccinations for all workers in the healthcare sector, the industry is worried that it might lead to further staff shortage, leaving many families to be dependent on caretakers in the lurch.
90 percent of Germany’s healthcare staff are vacci...
U.S. Hospitals Hiring Foreign Nurses Amid Staff Shortage
One of the most shocking impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic was the Great Resignation. Many people decide to call it quits after staying at home during the lockdown leading to the greatest number of resignations that the United States has ever seen.
One of the most affected sectors ...
Mental Health of Frontline Workers in Singapore
Public hospitals in Singapore claim that they have started providing counseling services and have offered peer support programs to look after the well-being of their workers.
Although the number of Covid positive cases is reducing in Singapore, the workload on healthcare workers is nowh...
US NURSE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR KILLING 7 VETERAN WITH UNPRESCRIBED INSULIN
Highlights
• Mays, who has a history of mental health issues, had pleaded guilty last year in federal courts to seven counts of second-degree murder for injecting the men with unprescribed insulin
• According to Kleeh, Mays conducted internet searches on female and a...
PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO BLOOM IN COLLEGES ARRESTING SLIPPING FACULTY NUMBERS
- A primary education college was established at Shanghai Normal University on Monday to bring into focus the shortage of kindergarten teachers in the city.
- Zhu Ziqiang, president of the university, said the college will bolster support for teaching staff in preschool education i...
VACCINATION TO FRONTLINE WORKERS INITIATED IN SINGAPORE
HIGHLIGHTS
- Nurse Sarah Lim turned into the first individual in Singapore to get a COVID-19 immunization, with 30 other medical services laborers at the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) additionally set to get the poke
They are get...
NCID NURSE FEELS GRATEFUL TO BE AMONG FIRST SINGAPOREANS TO GET VACCINATIONS
HIGHLIGHTS
- Singapore started its COVID-19 inoculation practice on Wednesday (Dec 30), with more than 30 medical services laborers at the National Center for Infectious Diseases set to be the first to get the shots
Ranking staff nurture Mohamed ...
SAMSUNG MEDICAL CENTER NURSE TEST COVID-19 POSITIVE
- South Korea added 13 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.
- Total cases went up to a total of 11,078, 9 were local infections.
- South Korea’s Samsung Medical Center 4 nurses test COVID-19 positive.
- Four nurses working at the cardiothoracic and ob-gyn operatin...
A NURSE THAT LEFT HOME TO FIGHT COVID IN D.C: NOW ON VENTILATOR
Highlights:
- First-line workers are at a high risk of contracting the virus
- 9,000 plus health workers have been hit by the virus
For laymen staying home, safely or for people demanding the economy to open, life in-ground zero is unfathomable. Doctors,...
HEALTHCARE WORKERS ACCEPTING MORTALITY AS PART OF THE GAME: PANDEMIC
- Coronavirus is snuffing out the lives of individuals as the doctors are putting themselves in the line of duty to save lives.
- Doctors are making new wills and sleeping in dingy cars without a care for their own lives.
As coronavirus wreaks hav...
10 NURSES SUSPENDED IN CALIFORNIA: ASKED TO WORK WITHOUT n95 MASKS.
Highlights:
- California in dire shortage of protective gears and masks
- The nurses were refused masks stating they are not needed
- Nurses refuse to treat patients without masks, hence suspended.
In a shocking incident, a gro...
AIRHOSTESSES TO NURSES! GROUNDED AIRLINE STAFF TO DON A NEW GARB
- Airhostesses will bring their finesse in serving passengers to cure patients laid low in the hospitals.
- Airhostesses will be taught the basics.
From the skies to the wards!. What a huge drop! This is what the airhostesses must feel when they don this new garb!...
INDIA’S MOST UNLIKELY HEROES COME UNDER SCATHING ATTACK
- Doctors are being manhandled
- Landlords and Societies are behaving irresponsibly
One thing that has come to the fore because of the ongoing war on COVID 19 is that the pandemic has made unlikely heroes of some. These unsung heroes have been Doctors, Nurses, Del...
MORE MEN ARE PURSUING NURSING, STUDIES REVEALED
Highlights:
-Nursing profession is dominated by women.
-People think men can’t be better caregivers.
-Increasing demand has forced medical centers to get more men onboard.
Since years, men have been restricted to ente...