Category Archives: International

Free trade is not fair!

A guest post about the implications  for the price of medications under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme of current Free Trade Agreement negotiations – by Michael Whaites, an organiser with the NSWNMA. A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is currently being negotiated … Continue reading

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A student nurse’s poem – ‘Nursing the Nation’

In an extraordinary appearance at the Royal College of Nursing Congress in Liverpool (England), 24 year old student nurse Molly Case, who is a performance poet, young adult novelist and blogger, spoke her beautiful and passionate poem ‘Nursing the Nation’, which … Continue reading

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Charting the Globe, 18 April, 2013

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Charting the Globe

Charting the Globe is a regular Nurse Uncut series that brings you the nursing and midwifery stories making headlines around the world. Today: Nurse to patient ratios in the US, a wage victory in India, and a new mobile app … Continue reading

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A tribute to the nurses of Boston

In the wake of Monday’s tragic bombing of the Boston Marathon, nurses and doctors have stepped up to treat more than 170 people wounded by two roadside bombs. The explosions killed three. They went off seconds apart as runners neared … Continue reading

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How the Celtic Tiger’s carcass landed on Ireland’s nurses and midwives

Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Association deputy general secretary David Hughes addressed a meeting of NSWNMA organisers and officials on Tuesday. Nurse Uncut was invited to sit in. He may have come all the way from Ireland, but he hadn’t expected … Continue reading

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