The Conversation: Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up
Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up
CBS News on MSN: 300 Twin Cities nursing home workers on strike fighting for higher wages, safe staffing levels
300 Twin Cities nursing home workers on strike fighting for higher wages, safe staffing levels
The Register Citizen: Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up
McKnight's Long-Term Care News: Unions change nursing home staffing patterns, not care quality: study
Registered nurse staffing fell in nursing homes that added unions over a nine-year period, but that did not equate to declines in quality, a new study shows. Healthcare worker unions operated in 16.4% ...
seattlepi.com: Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up
The shortage of nursing staff is in the region of 600 according to Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides, who has been trying to solve the problem caused by the public sector nursing unions. Private ...
Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. It includes the promotion of health, the prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Nurses play a critical role in health care and are often the unsung heroes in health care facilities and emergency response. They are ...
The retention of nurses in Member States of the WHO European Region is central to “Nursing Action”, a landmark European Union (EU)-funded initiative aimed at strengthening the nursing workforce across the EU and Norway and ultimately improving people’s health.
The State of the world’s nursing 2020 report provides the latest, most up-to-date (as of 2020) evidence on and policy options for the global nursing workforce.
State of the world's nursing 2020: investing in education, jobs and ...
The global nursing workforce has grown from 27.9 million in 2018 to 29.8 million in 2023, but wide disparities in the availability of nurses remain across regions and countries, according to the State of the World’s Nursing 2025 report, published by the World Health Organization (WHO), International Council of Nurses (ICN) and partners.
Nursing and midwifery To safeguard the future health workforce and the provision of high-quality health care, steps must be taken to ensure that nursing and midwifery are seen as attractive career options. Nurses and midwives must have a solid evidence-based education that enables them to meet the changing needs of a population by working, on their own and in teams with other professionals ...
The WHO Global Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery 2021–2025 presents evidence-based practices and an interrelated set of policy priorities that can help countries ensure that midwives and nurses optimally contribute to achieving universal health coverage and other population health goals. It was developed in response to Decision WHA73 (30) which requested WHO, “to engage with ...
The 2025 edition of the State of the world’s nursing provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the nursing workforce. The report features new indicators on critical areas for nursing, such as education capacity, advanced practice nursing and remuneration.
Nurses and midwives account for nearly 50% of the health workforce. Of the 43.5 million health workers in the world, it is estimated that 20.7 million are nurses and midwives, yet 50% of WHO Member States report to have less than 3 nursing and midwifery personnel per 1000 population (about 25% report to have less than 1 per 1000), according to the 2017 Global Health Observatory.
Since nursing contract negotiations heated up in January 2026 at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh and at UPMC Altoona, the debate shifted from standard wage disputes to a more fundamental ...
The Global strategic directions for strengthening nursing and midwifery 2016–2020 provides a framework for WHO and key stakeholders to develop, implement and evaluate nursing and midwifery accomplishments to ensure accessible, acceptable, quality, and safe nursing and midwifery interventions.
On 12 May 2025, International Nurses’ Day, the World Health Organization will launch the WHO State of the World’s Nursing (SoWN) report. The official global launch will take place at 13:00 CEST. To complement the global launch and mark this important moment, the Nursing Now Challenge, Challengers’ Committee Regional Hubs will hold a series of events to celebrate and discuss the ...
Hundreds of nursing home workers from across the Twin Cities are on strike Monday.
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Anna Mayo, Carnegie Mellon University (THE CONVERSATION) Since nursing contract ...