by: Elaine T. Medillo, RN “No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this –“devoted and obedient’. This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.” – Florence Nightingale Nowadays, [...]
Hemodialysis Training Program for Nurses 2012
By: Elaine T. Medillo, RN Hemodialysis nurses assist patients in kidney failure, through dialysis treatments. By becoming certified your patients and peers will know that you have the knowledge to attain this credential, and have earned the respect that comes with it. For some nurses, being a hemodialysis nurse [...]
Back-ups of Being a Nurse
By: Elaine T. Medillo, RN The demand for Filipino nurses in abroad is steadily declining, resulting to the increasing number of jobless or underemployed licensed nurses in the Philippines. According to Leah Samaco-Paquiz, president of the Philippine Nurses Association, the United States and the United Kingdom freeze to hire nurses for shilly-shally reasons. The question [...]
How To Maximize Your PNA Membership?
by: Tammy L. Sulit, RN Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) membership is one of the obligations of a registered nurse in our country. Nurses need to affiliate in the said organization in order to be fully recognized in the industry. In fact, signing up is part of the process before nurses can have their oath taking [...]
Australia needs 40,000 nurses until 2015
by: Tammy L. Sulit, RN The Philippine Oversees Employment Administration (POEA) will launch employment openings for Australia early this year. This will be a huge opportunity to the ballooning 300,000 unemployed Filipinos. – An opportune break to start an amazing 2012. This is Australia’s’ immediate response to their problem on “skills shortage”. Australia is outlining huge [...]
Nurse Anesthetist Training Program In The Philippines
by: Tammy L. Sulit, RN The overflowing nurses produced year by year in our country led to a stiffer competition in acquiring a job and earning the 2 year requirement before a nurse can apply abroad. This caused unemployment of a huge number of nurses. Some nurses resorted to working in irrelevant jobs just to cope [...]
How Saudization Affects Filipino Nurses?
by:Tammy L. Sulit, RN The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest importers of medical professionals from our country. Thousands of Filipinos are deployed in KSA yearly and a lot more have been reliant on both public and private companies and institutions in Saudi for years. When the dispute about Saudization came up, [...]
NLE Results July 2011: Is There Still Reason to Be Hopeful?
Getting an education here in our country is a pride that most parents believe in. It is the highlight for most people’s lives and not being able to get one is tantamount to being a failure or being unsuccessful in life. That is why many people strive hard to attain a college degree as this [...]
Top Performing Schools for July 2010 Nursing Board Exam
We will be listing here the List of top Performing Schools for July 2010 Nursing Board Exam. This is the list of Schools with a high percentage of passing rate for the said exam. Below is the List of the Top Performing School in Last July 2010 Nursing Board Exam
Topnotchers for July 2010 Nursing Board Exam – Top 10
Aside from the most awaited july 2010 nursing board exam results, we also looked forward for the top 10 nurses who passed the exam. So, here is the list of the top 10 nurses who garnered the highest scores, according to the official released by the professional regulation commission. 1.Rayan Abogado Oliva Ateneo De Naga [...]
