Spain, despite suffering from the global economic crisis, was still in need of foreign nurses including Filipinos, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced Wednesday.
The Foreign Affairs department made the announcement shortly after the arrival of 27 Filipino nurses in Bilbao who will be deployed in northern Spain. Their deployment is the result of the Memorandum of Understanding on Migration Flows that the Philippines and Spain signed in June 2006.
Under the memorandum, nurses and other highly skilled Filipino workers are to be allowed into Spain and afforded the same protection enjoyed by Spanish workers.
7/23/09 Manila Times http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/july/23/yehey/top_stories/20090723top7.html
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Writing your employment letter hints:
1. Write a comprehensive introductory letter that clearly explains why you are qualified for the job. Don’t just put in a resume, especially one that looks like it was edited three years ago.
2. Spell check! It gives a very bad impression to have wrong spelling or grammar in your application.
3. Be careful when putting attachments that cannot be opened. Case in point: Be careful not to save it in Microsoft Word 2007 format as this is a new format and cannot be opened by companies that are still using Word 2003 or Word 2000.
4. Don’t use an e-mail address with a weird or goofy name.
5. Don’t ask a friend to send or e-mail your application.
6. Specify the job you are applying for. Don’t make the company evaluate what job suits you best.
2. Spell check! It gives a very bad impression to have wrong spelling or grammar in your application.
3. Be careful when putting attachments that cannot be opened. Case in point: Be careful not to save it in Microsoft Word 2007 format as this is a new format and cannot be opened by companies that are still using Word 2003 or Word 2000.
4. Don’t use an e-mail address with a weird or goofy name.
5. Don’t ask a friend to send or e-mail your application.
6. Specify the job you are applying for. Don’t make the company evaluate what job suits you best.
Good English the ticket to lucrative jobs—Gullas, Cebu
“Around 20 to 30 years ago, even our taxi drivers could speak straight English. Now, many of them have a problem speaking the language clearly,” Gullas said.
Gullas pointed out that in India’s recent economic boom, their citizens with English skills were the ones who benefitted from it. “This is because they are the ones cornering the good-paying jobs,” noted the educator-turned-lawmaker. He said those without the skills were left behind. “Without access to gainful employment, they remain mired in poverty, amid the economic boom there,” he further stated.
Gullas pointed out that in India’s recent economic boom, their citizens with English skills were the ones who benefitted from it. “This is because they are the ones cornering the good-paying jobs,” noted the educator-turned-lawmaker. He said those without the skills were left behind. “Without access to gainful employment, they remain mired in poverty, amid the economic boom there,” he further stated.
Congressman Gullas, Cebu
Monday, July 13, 2009
Demand for nurses down, technical jobs surge - DOLE
MANILA, Philippines - The demand for nurses abroad has started to decline, while opportunities for graduates of technical courses like engineering are on the rise, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said yesterday.
“There are 125,000 jobs for engineers in Qatar as of now but we only supplied 26,000 because we don’t have enough engineering graduates to qualify for the jobs,” Labor Secretary Marianito Roque told reporters after attending a congressional hearing on the accomplishments of President Arroyo from the time she delivered her State of the Nation Address last year.
Roque said engineers face job opportunities with the same competitive salaries offered to medical staff.
He said the DOLE could hardly meet the demand for Filipino engineers, information technology experts and other jobs requiring technical skills in Qatar for construction, oil and gas fields.
With this in mind, he advised students to enroll in technical courses.
7/14/09 Philippine Star Click title above to read complete article
Friday, July 10, 2009
42 accused in scheme to use unlicensed nurses for home care
Some parents and patients became suspicious of the nurses when they noticed their lack of skills.
"In one case, a 'nurse' was unable to replace a tracheotomy tube that had fallen out of a young patient's neck. In another case, an impostor nurse simply fled a medical situation when she apparently was unable to provide assistance," according to the statement.
Some of the unlicensed nurses had foreign training, but never passed a U.S. qualifying nursing exam, the attorney's office said, while others had no medical training at all.
7/9/09 CNN click this link to read the complete article
Bright prospect for nurses in USA
India and the Philippines are currently leading in the export of trained nursing manpower to the USA. The two countries sent over there around 50,000 nurses between 2005 and 2007.
Nursing is considered a highly skilled profession. A nurse can earn $4,000 to $10,000 per month, which few professionals can earn, she said.
"There are other potential markets for nurses. Europe, especially the Scandinavian countries, has a huge demand for professional nurses," said Shaheen, who is a US citizen and has worked there as a doctor for 15 years.
The Middle East can also be a big destination for Bangladeshi nurses, she added.
News Reports 7/10/09 click this link to read the complete article
Nursing is considered a highly skilled profession. A nurse can earn $4,000 to $10,000 per month, which few professionals can earn, she said.
"There are other potential markets for nurses. Europe, especially the Scandinavian countries, has a huge demand for professional nurses," said Shaheen, who is a US citizen and has worked there as a doctor for 15 years.
The Middle East can also be a big destination for Bangladeshi nurses, she added.
News Reports 7/10/09 click this link to read the complete article
Saudi raises RP nurses’ salary to 40%
With the economic crisis still without end in sight, Filipino nurses working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, particularly those hired effective July 1, 2009, will have a fatter take home pay as the Ministry of Health headed by Minister Dr. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Rabeeah raised their salary to 40 percent from the old basic rate of Saudi riyal (SR) 2,550.
This increases the affected newly hired Filipino nurses’ monthly pay from SR2,550 to SR3,570, approximately P45,774.54 in today’s exchange rate (SR1=P12.8220), the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Recruitment Office (SRO) Manila headed by Fahad S. Al-Msaibeeh, employment attaché, said.
Improving patient safety in The Philippines
As well as annually celebrating National Patient Safety Day, doctors in the Philippine Alliance for Patient Safety are currently working on legislation that would improve patient safety
Two years ago, the Philippines was one of eight countries that piloted a safe surgery checklist spearheaded by the World Alliance for Patient Safety and implemented by the Harvard School of Public Health. Funding came from the World Health Organization. Done at the Philippine General Hospital, the pilot showed that surgical complications dropped from 10.1 percent to 9.7 percent after the 19-point checklist was implemented; and deaths dropped from 3.6 percent to 1.7 percent. Since then, the country has widened the pilot to cover non-surgical programmes and 28 hospitals nationwide
7/4/09 Treatment Abroad click this link to read the complete article
Two years ago, the Philippines was one of eight countries that piloted a safe surgery checklist spearheaded by the World Alliance for Patient Safety and implemented by the Harvard School of Public Health. Funding came from the World Health Organization. Done at the Philippine General Hospital, the pilot showed that surgical complications dropped from 10.1 percent to 9.7 percent after the 19-point checklist was implemented; and deaths dropped from 3.6 percent to 1.7 percent. Since then, the country has widened the pilot to cover non-surgical programmes and 28 hospitals nationwide
7/4/09 Treatment Abroad click this link to read the complete article
Different Nurse positions needed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Technician, Pain Palliation, Adult Oncology, Pedia ICU, Adult ICU, Home Care Service, Labor and Delivery Assistant, Preventive Medicine, Burn Unit, ER, Recovery Room — these are just some of the different nurse positions needed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia as posted in the Skills International Company Incorporated website, a private employment agency. Click on the link to know more about the qualifications and more details plus how to APPLY ONLINE through their website. You can also find there the different nurse positions needed in Madina, Riyadh and Dammam, all in Saudi Arabia as well.
Local firm gears up to grab US nursing jobs
A local healthcare professional recruiting firm has set a target to grab at least 10 percent market share of nurses in the US in the next 10 years.
As part of the firm's export plan, the first batch of 20 nurses will sit for US nursing board examination and an English test at the end of this year.
“We will be able to send nurses to the US from early next year,” said Shaheen Faruque, president and chief executive officer of Momtaz Memorial Medical Services Bangladesh, a US-Bangladesh partnership.
She said they have been developing and training 20 nurses under a pilot project since 2007. The next batch has already been selected for training, she added.
7/8/09 Bangladesh Daily Star click this link to read the complete article
As part of the firm's export plan, the first batch of 20 nurses will sit for US nursing board examination and an English test at the end of this year.
“We will be able to send nurses to the US from early next year,” said Shaheen Faruque, president and chief executive officer of Momtaz Memorial Medical Services Bangladesh, a US-Bangladesh partnership.
She said they have been developing and training 20 nurses under a pilot project since 2007. The next batch has already been selected for training, she added.
7/8/09 Bangladesh Daily Star click this link to read the complete article
Friday, July 3, 2009
Nursing schools have until 2009 to follow new curriculum
THE Commission on Higher Education (CHED) yesterday said it might be constrained to revoke the licenses of nursing schools that would fail to implement the revised nursing curriculum by next school.
CHED Commissioner Nona Ricafort said all local nursing schools have until June 2009 to implement the expanded nursing curriculum drawn up by CHED. She said reports received at the office indicate that only 30 percent of the 263 nursing schools nationwide have implemented the new curriculum.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Hospital puts safe health care first
Among the other preventive measures that St. Luke’s implements are: compliance to isolation precaution, multi-drug resistant organisms monitoring, environmental care, equipment sterilization and disinfection, antibiotic use, education and update, monitoring and control of emerging infections, outbreaks, water and food safety, engineering safety, renovation and construction safety and surveillance.
Along with the promotion of patient safety, the center also ensures that safe medication practices are being implemented.
"A medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer," said Dr. Oscar Naidas of the medication safety team.
As such, the center campaigns to raise staff awareness about banned abbreviations, illegible handwriting of doctors, and sound-alike/look-alike drugs, all of which could potentially cause medical error.
St. Luke’s has also pioneered the prohibition of using neckties, white gowns and nurse’s cap due to a study, which showed that these garments are fertile areas for bacteria growth.
Even the pillows used by patients harbor bacteria, which is why they now provide personal pillows to each patient.
Proposed program wants barangay health workers trained as nurses, doctors
Citing the continued exodus of Filipino doctors and nurses for jobs abroad, two lawmakers are proposing a program that would train barangay volunteers as health professionals.
Philippines is the leading primary source country for nurses internationally.
Step ladder' training
Philippines is the leading primary source country for nurses internationally.
Step ladder' training
As proposed, the Bibong BHW Program will follow the “step ladder" training program the University of the Philippines has initiated.
The first step is a mandatory basic training on community health care delivery, while the second step is a more comprehensive training on community health care where they could specialize in midwifery, occupational therapy, pharmacology and so on.
The next two steps are more rigorous and specialized. The third step allows BHWs to take courses required in becoming a licensed nurse.
After finishing the 15-month program, volunteers will be eligible to take the Nursing Licensure Board Examination.
To read the complete article click here 6/24/09 GMA News
The Philippines is the leading primary source country for nurses internationally by design and with the support of the government.
The 2001–2004 Medium Term Philippines Development plan views overseas employment as a key source of economic growth.16 Filipino nurses are in great demand because they are primarily educated in college-degree programs and communicate well in English, and because governments have deemed the Philippines to be an ethical source of nurses. A motivator for the Philippines to produce nurses for export is remittance income sent home by nurses working in other countries. In 1993 Bruce Lindquist reported that Filipinos working abroad sent home more than $800 million in remittance income.17 No other country produces many more nurses than are needed in their own health care systems at a level of education that meets the requirements of developed countries.
However, the Philippines may be reaching a natural limit in its ability to provide enough nurses for escalating worldwide demand. An estimated 85 percent of employed Filipino nurses (more than 150,000) are working internationally. About one-fourth of the total number of nurses employed in Philippine hospitals (some 13,500) reportedly left for work elsewhere in 2001.18 There has been recent debate that the growing global demand for Filipino nurses is so great that emigration of nurses could be threatening the country’s health care quality.19 It is estimated there are more than 30,000 unfilled nursing positions in the Philippines.20 In 2001 the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Singapore, and United States were the most common destinations for Filipino nurses.21
Nursing shortage to end in 2012 in Trinidad and Tobago
Narace explained that because of the shortage to fulfill the needs of the health sector, Government has been actively recruiting foreign nurses to fill the gap. In 2007, 138 nurses were recruited from Cuba, and 200 were recruited from the Philippines.
Government, he said was currently recruiting on contract 450 nurses from Cuba, the Philippines, Panama, Costa Rica and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Narace was hopeful that some of the Cuban nurses would arrive in the country within the next 30 days. In addition, he said the Regional Health Authorities were taking steps to attract and retain trained nurses.
Government, he said was currently recruiting on contract 450 nurses from Cuba, the Philippines, Panama, Costa Rica and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Narace was hopeful that some of the Cuban nurses would arrive in the country within the next 30 days. In addition, he said the Regional Health Authorities were taking steps to attract and retain trained nurses.
To read the complete article click here 6/22/09 Newsday
USA Immigration: More Foreign Nurses Needed?
The U.S. nurse shortage is getting worse, but are more visas the answer—or would improved training capacity, working conditions, and pay do the trick?
For more than a decade, the U.S. has faced a shortage of nurses to staff hospitals and nursing homes. While the current recession has encouraged some who had left the profession to return, about 100,000 positions remain unfilled. Experts say that if more is not done to entice people to enter the field—and to expand the U.S.'s nurse-training capacity—that number could triple or quadruple by 2025. President Barack Obama's goal of expanding health coverage to millions of the uninsured could also face additional hurdles if the supply of nurses can't meet the demand.
Some lawmakers are looking to the immigration pipeline as one means to raise staffing levels. In May, Representative Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) introduced a bill that would allow 20,000 additional nurses to enter the U.S. each year for the next three years as a temporary measure to fill the gap. If the bill doesn't pass on its own, lawmakers may include it in a comprehensive immigration reform package. Obama is slated to meet with congressional leaders on June 25 to discuss reforming U.S. immigration laws.
Saudi needs 1,000 Filipina nurses—POEA Also for small number of architects, engineers
MANILA, Philippines—The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is in urgent need of female nurses to fill up some 1,000 positions in its government hospitals, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administrator said.
To read the complete article click here 6/19/09 Philippine Inquirer
To read the complete article click here 6/19/09 Philippine Inquirer
More than 100 nursing schools open despite government ban
Nursing schools all over the country will be opening their doors this week to thousands of students with the great white cap dream—getting a nursing degree, working in a hospital abroad, and earning a comfortable living.
But not all these schools are qualified to offer the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. In fact, some of them were supposed to have been shut down years ago for failing to meet the requirements of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), while some new ones were not supposed to have opened at all.
The fact is, many students are spending their parents’ hard-earned money on substandard nursing education because the commission has been unable to weed out the poorly performing nursing schools. A total of 459 nursing schools operate in the country today.
Thus, legislators with an axe to grind with the Commission are able to get their point across to the commission. In the case of nursing schools, such members of Congress usually have financial stakes in them or have constituents or supporters who own these schools.
Thus, legislators with an axe to grind with the Commission are able to get their point across to the commission. In the case of nursing schools, such members of Congress usually have financial stakes in them or have constituents or supporters who own these schools.
“If you don’t give in to them, at the next budget hearing you’re dead,” Puno said in Filipino. “They‘ll mock you, humiliate you, postpone the approval of your budget, schedule your hearing at 10 in the morning and call you about it at midnight.”
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Recession hits immigrants in health care industry
The health care industry is considered relatively recession proof, but not for everyone; In Los Angeles, many Asian immigrants are struggling to keep their health care jobs.
Many immigrants come to the United States in search of economic opportunity, and American employers usually have lots of opportunity to offer. Just not during a recession. The economic downturn is affecting Asian immigrants working in the health care industry. Click this link to read full article blog 6/5/09
576 nurses hired in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY, May 5, (KUNA): Ministry of Health said it appointed 576 male and female nurses from inside Kuwait to honor growing needs of nurses. Assistant Undersecretary for Medical Services Dr. Yusuf Al-Nesf said in a statement said out of 1,480 applicants, only 576 managed to pass tests and personal interviews.
The new nurses will help the ministry in the establishment of new medical clinics and the operation of evening clinics.
Al-Nesf said former health minister Roudhan Al-Roudhan ordered the provision of 2,000 jobs for new nurses. Al-Nesf, meanwhile, said the ministry formed teams to hire nurses from Egypt and the Philippines to work in operation theaters, ICUs, newborns and heart surgeries.
The ministry of health has some 13,000 nurses from different nationalities, 10 percent of them are Kuwaitis. Click this link to read full article Arab Times 5/9/09
78,574 to take nursing board exam in June
MANILA, Philippines—A total of 78,574 nursing graduates are scheduled to take the board exam on June 6 and 7, Board of Nursing member Dean Marco Sto. Tomas told INQUIRER.net Thursday.
He said that as part of their procedure to safeguard the integrity of the exams, board members will go on quarantine from May 27 to June 8.
He said that as part of their procedure to safeguard the integrity of the exams, board members will go on quarantine from May 27 to June 8.
According to Sto. Tomas, Manila has the biggest number of examinees at 42,338, followed by Baguio at 11,336, then Cebu at 6,948. Click this link to read full article 05/21/2009 Philippine Inquirer
Japan Recruits Foreign Nurses to Care for Elderly
Japan faces a nursing shortage. The nation has the world's oldest population but not enough young people to help care for them. Now Japan is loosening up its immigration policies and turning to foreign nurses to help make up for that deficit. Click this link to read full article 4/30/09 VOA News
Filipino nurses, skilled workers in demand despite global recession Palace creates employment task force
President Gloria Arroyo created the Presidential Task Force on Emergency Employment to thwart the effects of the global economic crisis in the country’s economy. 2000 construction workers Guam needed. Click this link to read full article Manila Times 5/8/09
Military offers temporary jobs to jobless
Torres said that the AFP required nurses, psychologists, construction workers, auto mechanics, administrative clerks, utility personnel, computer programmers and data encoders, among others. He said the AFP expects to hire the people that they need by June. Click this link to read full article Philippine Inquirer 4/3/09
Green card logjam keeps international nurses out of U.S.
By now, Kenneth Hegna should be working as an operating room nurse at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in West Tennessee, where he was offered a job nearly two years ago.
But a massive backlog among international nurses applying for permanent resident cards means he and his family can't leave the Philippines. "It's frustrating," Hegna, 35, said in a long-distance telephone call from his home country in Southeast Asia. "I want to provide a good future for my family."
While he waits, the husband and father has been working as a registered nurse at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City in the Philippines. Hegna is among 700 nurses whom Franklin-based Health Care Corporation of America International is primed to bring to U.S. hospitals but can't because of a government slowdown in processing green cards. Green cards allow internationals to set up permanent residence here through employment or as a family member of another legal resident or citizen. Click this link to read full article 4/26/09 TENNESSEAN
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
With dreams dying, Filipino nurses ponder options, set new directions
Sadly, after spending hundreds of thousands of pesos for their education and countless moments of difficulties, their hopes and dreams are either dying or in need of immediate resuscitation or better still, drastic redirection. Scores are considering setting aside for the long-term, if not totally abandoning, their plans of working in local hospitals due to the terrible lack of employment opportunities amid the ironic reported increasing global demand for their services. Thousands of registered nurses have joined under-board engineers, accountants, and architects who have flocked to call centers, aside from those who have opted to become medical transcriptionists or managers of fast-food chains or run family business. Read complete article here Phiippine Star
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
President Arroyo’s NARS Program Brings Job Openings and Training Opportunities to Filipino Nurses.
We applaud the Philippine government’s effort to launch a new job employment and training program for the Filipino nurses that is surely win-win situation for all parties involved.
President Arroyo recently announced that about 5,000 Filipino nurses will be deployed to serve as nurses to those in needs. The target beneficiaries are the poorest municipalities which will receive at least 5 assigned Pinoy nurses each.
We said this is a win-win situation for the Filipino nurses that will be benefiting from this because the government is not only trying to give employment money (about P8,000 per month) to those in need but also give opportunities for the Pinoy nurses to train in real hospital work in preparation for the eventual work abroad. Most employers abroad require nurses to have work experience before they accept them.
President Arroyo recently announced that about 5,000 Filipino nurses will be deployed to serve as nurses to those in needs. The target beneficiaries are the poorest municipalities which will receive at least 5 assigned Pinoy nurses each.
We said this is a win-win situation for the Filipino nurses that will be benefiting from this because the government is not only trying to give employment money (about P8,000 per month) to those in need but also give opportunities for the Pinoy nurses to train in real hospital work in preparation for the eventual work abroad. Most employers abroad require nurses to have work experience before they accept them.
Pinoy nurses and caregivers will benefit from JPEPA starting this year Philippine Nurses News
This year 2009, Japan will recruit Filipino nurses and caregivers for training and employment under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). This was disclosed by Labor Secretary Marianito D. Roque in a recently announced statement.
Registered nurses with at least three years experience are qualified to apply for training and employment in Japan. Qualified Filipino nurses and candidates can apply with the POEA or through the agency’s Web site www.eregister.poea.gov.ph. Click here to read complete article
Obama opposes bringing nurses from overseas 3/6/09 Rediff
US President Barack Obama on Friday opposed the idea of inviting overseas nurses, including from India, to fill up the huge shortfall the United States is facing right now.
America like most of the Western countries is faced with acute shortage of nurses and in recent years it has allowed medical personnel from India, China and Philippines to immigrate to work in hospitals.
"The notion that we would have to import nurses makes absolutely no sense," Obama told a gathering of health experts and lawmakers at a White House meeting on health care reforms.
Instead, Obama argued that the best possible approach to meet this shortfall is to train people inside the country. To read complete article click here
Sunday, April 26, 2009
FINLAND Helsinki University Central Hospital hit by nurse shortage Public health care hopes economic slump will attract nurses from private sector
She notes that by 2020, around 3,000 of the nurses at the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District will retire. All of the foreign nurses being recruited for work in Finland are trained nurses, and have experience in working abroad. The Finnish language will be the biggest problem. When they arrive in Finland, the nurses will have studied Finnish for nine months.
She notes that by 2020, around 3,000 of the nurses at the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District will retire. All of the foreign nurses being recruited for work in Finland are trained nurses, and have experience in working abroad. The Finnish language will be the biggest problem. When they arrive in Finland, the nurses will have studied Finnish for nine months.
House bill would protect fresh nursing grads Philippine Inquirer 3/31/09
A lawmaker is seeking to stop the practice of some hospitals from demanding nursing graduates pay for training to let them get the work experience necessary to qualify for jobs abroad.
He said many nursing graduates had ended up in jobs outside their field. They now work in call centers, retail stores and non-professional positions.
Even those who managed to go abroad had not always worked as nurses with some ending up as caregivers, dental assistants and nursing aides, he said.
Recruiter identifies most 'unemployable' nursing and hrm graduates Philippine Star 4/4/09
A top labor recruiter identified yesterday nurses and hotel workers as the most “unemployable” or those likely to end up jobless. Recruitment leader Lito Soriano said the country is producing too many nursing and tourism graduates but unqualified to be hired abroad.
A top labor recruiter identified yesterday nurses and hotel workers as the most “unemployable” or those likely to end up jobless. Recruitment leader Lito Soriano said the country is producing too many nursing and tourism graduates but unqualified to be hired abroad.
30% of RP’s nursing schools are now below par, face sanctions from regulation commission Philippine Nurse blog
An official of the board of nursing of the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) said some 30 percent of the 460 nursing schools all over the country are performing below expectations and are now subject to visits and review by the regulatory agency.
An official of the board of nursing of the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) said some 30 percent of the 460 nursing schools all over the country are performing below expectations and are now subject to visits and review by the regulatory agency.
More strict nursing entrance exams eyed Philippine Star 4/23/09
CEBU, Philippines – The Association of Deans of the Philippine Colleges of Nursing-Cebu Chapter is asking nursing schools to be more strict in the screening of their students who want to take the course. This, according to them, is one way of uplifting the quality of nursing education in the country, specifically here in Cebu.
The English proficiency is said to be very important in their profession since excellent communication skills is a must in dealing with people, most especially English-speaking patients and or clients. The attitude exam would determine if they have the right amount of patience needed in their job.
CEBU, Philippines – The Association of Deans of the Philippine Colleges of Nursing-Cebu Chapter is asking nursing schools to be more strict in the screening of their students who want to take the course. This, according to them, is one way of uplifting the quality of nursing education in the country, specifically here in Cebu.
The English proficiency is said to be very important in their profession since excellent communication skills is a must in dealing with people, most especially English-speaking patients and or clients. The attitude exam would determine if they have the right amount of patience needed in their job.
Nursing dreams Blog
The process goes like this: (1) finish BS Nursing, (2) take the local board exams, (3) get a work experience here in the Philippines, (4) pass those exams that the US government requires foreign nurses to take, (5) go to an employment agency to help you get a job in the “States,” (6) save a lot of money for plane fare, apartment, and other expenses. So, as you can see, ladies and gentlemen, becoming a nurse in the “States,” or anywhere abroad, is rather a complicated process that entails a lot of money—the No. 1 thing that I lack the most. So a BS Nursing degree does not even get you halfway the entire process.
Pinoy nurses seeking US jobs down 10.5% Philippine Star 4/26/09
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) yesterday said the number of Filipino nurses who have sought employment in the United States during the first quarter of 2009 has gone down by 10.5 percent.
Monday, April 20, 2009
5,000 public nurses sought; 11,000 apply Philippine Inquirer 4/1/09
As jobs become scarce, more than 11,000 nurses have scrambled to gain a slot in the government’s emergency employment program for 5,000 nurses in the countryside, officials said Tuesday.
“More than 11,000 applied,” Labor Undersecretary Lily Pineda said. “But we expected more because there were close to 40,000 new board passers.”
Gordon laments the lack of public school nurses Press release 4/13/09
Independent Senator Richard J. Gordon today lamented the lingering shortage of nurses and nursing aides in the more than 43,000 public schools across the country despite the huge volume of nursing students graduating annually.
Gordon said he finds it very ironic that while the country prides itself of producing the best graduates of medical and other health-related courses, the poor public school pupils hardly benefit from adequate medical attention.
Registered Nurses - Australian Recruiting Group - Philippines Jobs 4/13/09
Australian Health and Education Recruiting are offering a full Australian based training program for Philippines nurses for the Queensland Nursing Council’s challenge test.
Filipinos welcome Swiss Parliament proposal to hire Pinoy nurses ... blog 4/15/09
Language as a requirement But the nurses said newcomers would have to learn the local language in Switzerland, which has German, French, and Italian-speaking cantons, and even Swiss Reto-Romanish parts.
An estimated 15,000 Filipinos live and work in Switzerland, most of them in the main cities of Zürich, Geneva, Basel and Bern. There is a Philippine Embassy in Bern and a consulate in Geneva, although there is also an honorary Consul-General based in Basel.
Nurses make the grade (in Canada nursing exam) PhilNurse 4/15/09
In February 2009, 68 Filipino nurses working in the Saskatoon area took the Canadian Registered Nurse Examination. Of those, 57 passed and 11 failed. That’s an 84 per cent pass rate, almost unheard of for internationally trained nurses writing the exam for the first time, according to Donna Brunskill, executive director of the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association.
The national pass rate for nurses who are trained outside of Canada and who write the exam for the first time is around 60 per cent, she says. Historically, nurses trained in the Philippines have had a 43 per cent pass rate. The provincial pass rate for the Filipino nurses who wrote the exam in February was 81 per cent while 97 per cent of those who graduated from the Saskatchewan nursing education program passed the exam. The nurses learned of their results in mid-March.
Nurses urged to consider ME, UK instead of US for work abroad Philippine newsrelease 4/17/09
Cebu City (17 April) -- New nurses are advised not to limit their job hunting abroad to the United States as opportunities for healthcare professionals are abundant in other countries like the Middle East and the United Kingdom.
Yolanda Arugay, a member of the Board of Nursing (BON) from the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) gave this advice to the almost 40,000 new nurses who will take their oath as professionals.
The US is presently suffering from a retrogression which has affected the deployment of nurses wanting to work there, Arugay said.
‘Many nurses, few jobs’
The skills of more than 1,000 nurses in Cebu are not being utilized because medical facilities locally or abroad cannot accommodate or afford them.
Dr. Ronald Fermo, regional governor of the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) – Cebu Chapter, said that due to the decline in the demand of nurses abroad and the inability of local hospitals to pay for nursing staff, nurses end up working as call center agents or become staff at hotels, shopping malls or offices.
The skills of more than 1,000 nurses in Cebu are not being utilized because medical facilities locally or abroad cannot accommodate or afford them.
Dr. Ronald Fermo, regional governor of the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) – Cebu Chapter, said that due to the decline in the demand of nurses abroad and the inability of local hospitals to pay for nursing staff, nurses end up working as call center agents or become staff at hotels, shopping malls or offices.
USA Jobs Scarce, Even for Nurses Economic Crisis Freezes Field Once Short of Workers Washington Post 4/09
With some nurses postponing retirement and others resuming their careers for financial reasons, many hospitals across the region and the nation say they have few, if any, openings. After more than a decade when hospitals struggled to maintain sufficient staffing and when nurses could have their pick of jobs, the want ads have virtually disappeared, and only acute-care and emergency-room nurses remain in great demand.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Escudero said the CHED should instead weed out nursing diploma mills Visayan Daily Star 3/23/09
Escudero said the CHED should instead weed out nursing diploma mills that have proliferated due to the increase in the number of students wanting to take up nursing. He also called for stricter supervision of nursing review centers.
Based on a report done by CHED and the Professional Regulatory Commission, only 12 out of the top 175 nursing schools in the country had a passing rate of 90 percent or higher during the period 2000-2004.
Escudero said the CHED should instead weed out nursing diploma mills that have proliferated due to the increase in the number of students wanting to take up nursing. He also called for stricter supervision of nursing review centers.
Based on a report done by CHED and the Professional Regulatory Commission, only 12 out of the top 175 nursing schools in the country had a passing rate of 90 percent or higher during the period 2000-2004.
Reforms to do away with nursing review centers Manila Standard February 13, 2009
THE Commission on Higher Education is revising the nursing curriculum to do away with the services of review centers, which have mushroomed to a little more than 500 nationwide.
THE Commission on Higher Education is revising the nursing curriculum to do away with the services of review centers, which have mushroomed to a little more than 500 nationwide.
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