Filipino Nurses
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Category: Filipino Nurses, Nurses’ Careers, Posted on April 20th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
As humans, nurses are also entitled to satisfy their basic needs; safety is one of them. Dealing with various diseases almost everyday, their working field is in itself a threat to their very own safety.
When we say safety, usually the first thing that comes into our minds is being safe from fatal accidents such [...]
Reaching New Heights (Story of a Nurse)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nurses’ Careers, Posted on April 12th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
My height seemed to be my weakness; it has always been a n issue to my life story. I stand 4’9” only. Sometimes they tease me because of my being petite. Insecurities overrule my mind. Nevertheless, it didn’t stopped me from fulfilling my dreams. Ever since I was a child, becoming a nurse was first [...]
A Nurse’s American Dream
Category: About the NCLEX-RN, Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Posted on April 5th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
It’s been 10 years already since I worked here in the United States of America. For the past 10 years, everyday has always been a learning process for me. I have to face every day as a challenge especially in the kind of profession that I have. Nurses have always been expected as the first [...]
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 [...]
Disillusionment In The Country’s Nursing Industry
Category: Filipino Nurses, Nurses’ Careers, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Striving Pinoy Nurses, Posted on February 17th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
Every year, the Philippines produces thousands of nurses. Nevertheless, our country could not provide jobs for these professionals. Being a nurse is not an easy job as they think. It takes a lot of hard work and patience to reach our dreams and to become a productive citizen of this country. Most of the time, [...]
Nursing Competency: A Horrid Resonance
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Posted on February 9th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
“Does she really know what she’s doing?” This question still resonates in the deepest corners of my soul. An incident that truly challenged my nursing competency.
It was supposed to be a relaxing weekend for me at the beach. The weather’s beautiful, the beach’s magnificent; everything’s perfect. I spread my sarong in the white powdery sand [...]
Logically Illogical is Logical (Nursing Roles)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Posted on February 1st, 2010 by adminNo Comments
Back when I was still a Nursing student, we were asked to go to the training hospital a day before our scheduled duty to make prior assessments on our assigned patients. We would usually wear our laboratory gowns inside the premises as regulations require that we wear it so the staff may identify us as [...]
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