Nursing Industry in the Philippines
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Felt a Little Poke (Hospital Nursing)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Posted on January 4th, 2010 by adminNo Comments
I truly hope the assurance of safety for nurses in Philippine hospitals would be seriously addressed by the concerned authorities. Just recently, one of my colleagues suffered an occupationally-related accident—a needlestick incident. She can’t help but become paranoid; she is preoccupied that she might acquire an illness after that unfortunate incident.
The mishap that my colleague [...]
Patriotism vs. Perfidy
Category: Filipino Nurses, Nurses’ Careers, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Striving Pinoy Nurses, Posted on November 16th, 2009 by adminNo Comments
A nation with rich culture, profuse natural resources and good-natured people; the Philippines is on earnest efforts in realizing its aspiration of becoming a strong Republic.
Once regarded as one of the most glorious and progressive countries in Asia, the Philippines was placed second to Japan in terms of economic status besting other Asian countries [...]
Work-Related Hazards (Hospital Nursing)
Category: Filipino Nurses, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Posted on October 19th, 2009 by adminNo Comments
There aren’t so many hospitals in the Philippines that follow certain guidelines with regards to occupational hazards as well as assistance in the event that healthcare personnel are exposed to such. Others strictly do, some are not serious in adhering to these guidelines and even some do not have any guidelines to follow.
I am a [...]
Longed Accolade
Category: Filipino Nurses, Filipino Nurses' Stories, Nurses’ Careers, Nursing Industry in the Philippines, Posted on August 21st, 2009 by adminNo Comments
There isn’t enough wind blowing in the windmills of my mind right now, but let me try this one.
Before we left the portals of the institution that molded us to be competent nurses, it was inculcated into our young minds that we should be proud of our chosen paths. That anywhere we go we should [...]