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Direct hires for overseas work should be cleared by DoLE 2007-09-09 07:52:00 MANILA, Philippines -- Foreign employers who want to hire Filipino workers without using the services of local recruitment agencies must obtain approval from the Department of Labor and Employment, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration governing board has ruled.In a board resolution, the POEA board repealed a section of the rules coread more | digg storyhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/FESA http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/nAuu ...

NFAP: Nursing Shortage Has Deadly Consequences 2007-09-06 10:26:00 The independent and highly-regarded National Foundation for American Policy has just published a Policy Brief in which it explains and documents how the American nursing shortage has dire consequences for the American patient.The Policy Brief, “Deadly Consequences: The Hidden Impact of America’s Nursing Shortage,” draws two conclusions:For policymakers it is best to focus on the two most practical solutions to alleviate the impact of the nursing shortage on U.S. patients. 1) Increasing nursing faculty and school infrastructure and 2) Raising immigration quotas to facilitate the entry of foreign nurses.The Brief also does an impressive job explaining the unique immigration challenges facing nurse immigration:read more from the source: Hammond Law Grouphttp://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/FESA http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/nAuu ...

MUST HAVE INFORMATION FOR NEW GRADUATE NURSES 2007-09-05 23:30:00 If you have just passed the Nursing Licensure Examination, here are a few tips on how to make your life easier! We hope that these information will be of great help to you.If you are planning to seek local employment, here are some requirements that Hospitals would get from you. (It varies depending on Institution that you are applying to.)2 x 2 colored picture Photocopy of the following documents:DiplomaTranscript of Records Related Learning ExperienceBoard Certificate Certificate of Board RatingWhere to get?At the PRC Office in ManilaHow much?P 75.00 (Regular: Available after 2 -3 weeks if I remember it correctly)P 200.00 (Express: Available after an hour) PRC card Professional Tax ReceiptWhere to get?At the City Hall where you resideAlso available at BIRHow much?300.00 per yearTip!!!Apply for one as soon as you pass and register for your profession.Late registrations will be charged an amount of 20% of 300.00 per month starting from the date of your Registration Social Security Syst ...

More Pinoy nurses for US jobs seen 2007-09-02 11:40:00 WASHINGTON - The pool of Filipino nurses for US jobs is projected to grow when the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for nurses is held in Manila for the first time ever starting Aug. 23.For Filipinos it will be cheaper to take the test in Manila than overseas as was previously the case while for the Chicago-based National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) which administers the process it could mean more candidates from the Philippines who previously were inhibited by travel costs.read more from the source: The Manila Mailhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/FESA http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/nAuu ...

News Update 08/31/2007 2007-08-30 19:00:00 New nurses complain of ticket cost for oath-taking08/31/2007 07:30 PMThis page requires a higher version browserFor the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TVFatima grad tops nursing board exam08/27/2007 07:02 PMThis page requires a higher version browserFor the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TVResults of June 2007 nursing board exams on PRC website08/27/2007 06:11 AMThis page requires a higher version browserFor the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TVDOJ to file charges vs owners of 2 review centers08/24/2007 06:18 AMThis page requires a higher version browserFor the latest Philippinenews stories and videos, visit GMANews.TVPinoy registered nurses take NCLEX08/23/2007 12:22 PMThis page requires a higher version browserFor the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TVSaksi: 2 review centers in nursing exam leak face raps08/23/2007 11:08 PMThis page requires a higher version browserFor the latest P ...

Psychiatric Nursing Map for Nursing Students 2007-08-30 03:44:00 The PSYCH MAP explains a lot of concepts needed in the study of Psychiatric Nursing. I hope that this will help you in your study.First, you have to click on the picture above in order to enlarge it.Save the picture in your computer.Open and print the picture (landscape format).Place the picture above your bed, beside your study table, in front of your bowl (CR), at the mirror, ceiling and floor.Memorize and Enjoy!The center or the word NORMAL represents a state in which there is equilibrium or the absence of any problem. If you encounter problems or stressors, you will become ANXIOUS and your Sympathetic Nervous System SNS will be activated. Epinephrine and norepinephrine will be released. In severe cases, medications are given. The main purpose of the medication given for anxiety is to decrease the action of the SNS. GABA decreases your SNS and further to your left, you will see a list of medications used to decrease anxiety (VLASTMEVAIB). zepam, zepine and zolam are the common end ...

‘Call us Batch 2007,’ says successful nursing test retaker 2007-08-27 22:27:00 Northern Luzon BureauLast updated 05:13pm (Mla time) 08/27/2007BAGUIO CITY, Philippines -- Nurses who passed the scandal-ridden 2006 licensure examinations wanted to call themselves members of Batch 2007, after successfully passing the licensure test for a second time."Refer to us as Batch 2007, please," said Cyndi Erfe, one of the three Baguio nurses who first exposed cheating in 2006.Erfe was among the June 2006 board passers who gave up their licenses and retook the five sets of examinations in 2007.She said retaking the whole test erased the stigma of last year's examinations, which prompted American nurses' associations to review the licenses of Filipino nurses seeking employment there.She is testifying against two former board examiners and two nursing review centers for their alleged role in test leakages in 2006.Maria Grace Lacanaria, nursing school dean of the Saint Louis University, said nurses of Batch 2006 who chose to keep their licenses still "have great professional fu ...

Chief nurse urges docs to stay in RP 2007-08-27 22:23:00 The president of the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) made a personal appeal to Filipino doctors who want to take up nursing to be able to work abroad.Dr. Leah Paquiz said the PNA cannot control the number of people who want to take up the nursing profession because it is the right of every individual.She, however, said: " Makikiusap po ako sa kanila: Huwag na po kayong mag-nurse para naman po mayroong mga doktor na maiwan sa Pilipinas (I'm appealing to them: Please don't take up nursing. We need doctors in the Philippines).”Paquiz admitted that more doctors are determined to leave the country to work overseas as nurses because of the bigger pay and incentives.The PNA chief also said that she is concerned over the exodus of doctors to other countries to look for work as nurses.“Madami kasi. Nawawalan na po tayo ng doktor. Iyon ang nakakalungkot, nawawalan na tayo ng doctor na titingin sa atin (They're too many. We're losing our doctors. It's sad because we're losing the do ...

RESULTS of the June 11, 2007 DOLE-initiated voluntary retake examination of Tests III and V of the June 2006 Nursing Licensure Examination (NLE) 2007-08-26 14:16:00 VIEW RESULTS IN TXT FORMAT (OPENS IN NOTEPAD)VIEW RESULTS IN PDF FORMAT (OPENS IN ACROBAT READER)SOURCE: http://www.dole.gov.ph http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/FESA http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/nAuu ...

June 2007 nursing board exams result out 2007-08-26 05:04:00 PRC hopes it brings closure to leak scandalBy Veronica UyINQUIRER.netLast updated 05:41pm (Mla time) 08/26/2007MANILA, Philippines--(UPDATE) More than two months after some 80,000 nursing graduates took the June 2007 licensure exams, the results are out, chairperson Leonor Rosero-Tripon of the Professional Regulation Commission told INQUIRER.net in a phone interview Sunday.She said the passing rate for first-time takers, repeaters, and voluntary examinees is 48.18 percent or a total of 31,275 of the 64,909; for those who re-took the exam as per a decision of the Court of Appeals, 73.8 percent or a total of the 248 of the 336; and for those who re-took tests 3 and 5 as per a decision by the United States’ Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS), 68.9 percent of some 13,000.READ MORESOURCE:http://globalnation.inquirer.net/VIEW RESULTS IN TXT FORMAT (OPENS IN NOTEPAD)VIEW RESULTS IN PDF FORMAT (OPENS IN ACROBAT READER)http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/FESA http://f ...

US demand for nurses to remain high in next decade--official 2007-08-24 05:00:00 US demand for nurses to remain high in next decade--officialBy Nikko DizonInquirerLast updated 08:37pm (Mla time) 08/23/2007MANILA, Philippines -- The demand for nurses in the United States will remain high for the next 10 years, according to an official of the US National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). An initial group of examinees took the National Council Licensure Examination at the first NCLEX testing center in the country on Thursday. "The nursing shortage is still significant and research still indicates that there is a future anticipated shortfall of more than a million nurses in the US," Casey Marks, NCSBN associate executive director, told reporters in an interview. The shortage is worldwide, according to Marks. In the US -- a preferred destination of many Filipino nurses -- "there is certainly a significant demand for a long period of time," he said. With opportunities looming ahead, Marks said he would encourage more Filipinos to take up nursing as a profession ...

FUNNY SENTENCES FOUND IN PATIENT'S MEDICAL CHARTS 2007-08-23 14:02:00 1. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.2. On the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared.3. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.4. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.5. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.6. Discharge status: Alive but without permission.7. The patient refused autopsy.8. The patient has no previous history of suicides.9. She is numb from her toes down.10. While in ER, she was examined, X-rated and sent home.11. The skin was moist and dry.12. Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.13. Patient was alert and unresponsive.14. Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.15. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.16. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.17. The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a ...

EKG READING 2007-08-22 20:40:00 Electrocardiogram or EKG – measures the electrical activity of the heart Electrical conductionAUTOMATICITY – ability of the heart muscle to initiate an electrical impulseSA Node (normal pacemaker of the heart)AV junctionBundle of HisPurkinje fibersP wave – Atrial depolarizationQRS Complex – Ventricular depolarizationT wave – Ventricular repolarizationU wave – may or may not be seen; repolarization of Purkinje fibers; HypokalemiaPR Interval – from the onset of P wave to the onset of QRS complexQRS Complex – amount of time the ventricles depolarizeNURSING INTERVENTIONS:1. Avoid bony areas/ scar tissues/ skin folds/ increased muscle mass2. Perform a 10 cm shaving around the area; AVOID if possible3. Dry the skin with the use of gauze4. Remove excess skin oils EXCEPT for geriatric pts5. Dry with gauze6. Place the electrodes. Make sure the center is moist; otherwise, discard.7. EQUIPMENT Trouble shootingHorizontal axis - represents the time in seconds (sec)1 small square = 0 ...

IS BAN ON DOCTORS' MIGRATION SYMPTOMATIC OF LACK OF ECONOMIC EXPERTISE, INNOVATIVENESS, AND FAIRNESS? 2007-08-21 19:17:00 Before we impulsively jump into it, we have to consider some important points on the floated idea of restricting the migration of doctors, as shown in a Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) news report posted to the Internet, from which I quote, as follows:"DoH: Gov’t can stop doctors from leaving;it is the lawBy Nikko DizonInquirer08/03/2007http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view_article.php?article_id=80319"MANILA, Philippines — Filipino doctors would be barred from migrating and working abroad to avert a possible shortage of medical practitioners, if Health Secretary Francisco Duque III had his way."You don't expect Indians and Cambodians to treat Filipinos, Duque Thursday told reporters on the sidelines of his meeting with provincial governors and his counterpart in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao....“While we’re out there treating other people, the irony is we don’t have anyone to treat our own people. Of course, the authorities will not allow it. Political ...