Archive for March, 2010
Nursing Shortage
Category: Filipino Nurses, Nurses’ Careers, Posted on March 29th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
According to a recent post, the US has a nationwide nursing shortage due to the existing economic crisis. This prompted some hospitals to thaw what they’ve frozen: hiring.
Since 2005, shortage of nurses has been foreseen to reach up to 260,000 in the entire country. To this end, studies show that the nursing shortage poses a [...]
Unfair Isn’t It?
Category: Filipino Nurses, Nurses’ Careers, Striving Pinoy Nurses, Posted on March 15th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
Many people think that being a nurse would mean a luxurious life in the future; rest assured. But I guess that would only apply to nurses who have much money to finance the associated costs of realizing this “luxurious life in the future” thing. And to those who belong to the lower and middle class [...]
Bogus (Hospital Nursing)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nurses’ Careers, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Posted on March 8th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
Hi nurses! Here’s something to rouse your consciousness. Late last year I was luckily hired by an institution. Before I began my probationary training in the hospital, I was made to read a considerably long list of nursing measures and guidelines to assure the safety of the patient as well as mine. But when I [...]
Getting Ready; Take The NCLEX
Category: About the NCLEX-RN, Filipino Nurses, Nurses’ Careers, Posted on March 1st, 2010 by adminNo Comments
Reviewing for the NCLEX and taking the exam, I guess, will give us the chance to use our time well while waiting for a good fortune to strike instead of staying home and becoming unproductive. If the hands of fate will lead the United States of America to loosening the chains that’s been keeping [...]