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| Unique Visitors: 227 |
| Total Unique Visitors: 2921090 |
| Visitors Out: 2060 |
| Total Visitors Out: 13254 |
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| Compassion: A Dirty Word |
| 2011-05-06 19:03:00 |
Language evolves, sometimes in unanticipated directions. The word "compassion", once used in a positive manner, now seems to be used mainly in bemoaning it's lack. I’m beginning to feel as though the word “compassion” is a dirty word. Maybe it’s the way people use it these days. It doesn’t seem to be about an actual feeling of empathy toward a patient, family member or even a colleague. It seems to be more about “ME ME ME.” The word is used more as a bludgeon to impugn someone’s character, motives or behavior than as a descriptor. It’s used to induce -- or to attempt to induce -- feelings of guilt rather than to praise or validate.“I’m pregnant and I don’t think I should have to bend, lift, take isolation p...
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| CA orders freeze of 41 bank accounts |
| 2011-05-04 06:17:00 |
By Rey G. PanaliganThe Court of Appeals (CA), on request of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), has ordered a freeze for 20 days on the 41 bank accounts of an overseas employment agency on charges of illegal recruitment.Ordered frozen were the bank accounts of the Makati City Base International Students Advisors 4U, Inc. (ISA 4U) that specializes on a “study and work program” for Filipino nurses and other professionals for deployment in the United Kingdom.The CA identified the accounts of ISA 4U as those in the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank), Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC), Banco De Oro (BDO), Philippine Savings Bank (PSB), Citibank, and Union Bank.In a resolution written by Associate Justice Japar Dimaampao, the CA said that “…the obtaining...
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| What nursing will be like in the FuTuRe! |
| 2011-04-26 08:20:00 |
In a time where our economy is shaky, government is uncertain, and a customer service driven terminally ill health care system, we all tend to wonder out of fear and anxiety what our field will be like in the future. Let's face it ladies and gents, at the rate we're going at I don't believe many of us will be retiring as soon as we'd like to as our careers continue on unnaturally, many years from now I can easily see the following: 1) It will become common place for 90 year old nurses to be hoofing it up and down the halls of the med/surg floor comments such as, "Is it time for my lunch break yet? I'm having Jevity 1.5 tonight!" and "Damnit, go get the charge nurse I'm leaking embalming fluid again." are certain to be heard. Hospitals will have long been smoke free, but to show ...
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| Nursing Ethics: About The Weather |
| 2011-04-25 08:20:00 |
What happens when the nurse who doesn't believe in calling in sick......calls in sick. Come to think of it, I guess this could have been called "Bashed by Bronchitis", or "Flattened by the Flu", because elements of both illnesses have reared their ugly little heads during the past few days. It started out as a head cold and quickly evolved into fever, sore throat, body aches, and a cough that's turned my chest into raw hamburger; in short, I feel like I've been run over by a truck. While it's nothing like the pneumonia I had in February of 2010 (actually, there isn't much that IS like that, thank God), after spending this entire winter feeling like something the dog found under the house, I am, quite literally, sick and tired of being ...
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| University's student visas halted |
| 2011-04-24 08:18:00 |
(UKPA) – 1 day agoA university has been suspended from sponsoring foreign students after concerns were raised that the student visa system is being abused.Glasgow Caledonian University is the first university to have its international licence suspended by the UK Borders Agency (UKBA).It is understood concerns were raised over the amount of time nursing students from the Philippines were spending working during their course following an inspection by UKBA last week.The university now has 28 days to demonstrate to the Home Office that it has addressed the concerns or it may have its licence revoked.Phil Taylor, UKBA regional director in Scotland and Northern Ireland, said: "I can confirm that Glasgow Caledonian University's tier 4 licence has been suspended following concerns a...
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| Pinoy nurse, teen win Twitter Shorty Awards |
| 2011-04-23 08:17:00 |
Filipinos were among the winners in the 3rd annual Shorty Awards, said to be the “Oscars” of Twitter, according to The New York Times.The Shorty Awards gives recognition to people and organizations doing short-form and real time social media content.The winners are chosen based on the number of votes garnered on Twitter and the votes cast by members of the Real-time Academy of Short Form Arts and Sciences.In the new “Nurse” category this year, the Nurse of the Year Award was to be given to someone they said is “making a difference through social media.”Two winners were picked for this category. One is Matthew Browning, chief executive officer of yournurseison.comThe other winner is Filipino nurse Ronivin Pagtakhan, an educator.Pagtakhan, who teaches nursing at Mapua, uses ...
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| First newspaper for docs, health care professionals out soon |
| 2011-04-21 21:45:00 |
To keep doctors, nurses and other health care professionals abreast of all new developments which impact health care delivery in the country, FAME Inc. is coming out with Vital Signs, the first of its kind newspaper for them.Vital Signs will include opinions, commentaries and views of respected leaders in the medical profession and government who all share the common vision of better health care for all Filipinos, especially those belonging to the marginalized sectors.The list of columnists of Vital Signs include Sen. Edgardo Angara; Health Secretary Enrique Ona; former Health secretary Esperanza Cabral; Dr. Oscar Tinio, president of the Philippine Medical Association; Dr. Ramon Abarquez Jr.; Dr. Saturnino Javier; Dr. Anthony Leachon; Dr. Maya Santos; and Dr. Cynthia Cuayo-Juico....
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| Filipino nurses working in Wales tell their stories |
| 2011-04-20 21:43:00 |
Katherine Casaban-RoseLast year 8,500 nurses and midwives came from abroad to work in the UK, many from countries such as India, Pakistan and the Philippines. This year, with foreign recruits set to outstrip the number of newly-qualified British nurses for the first time, Clare Hutchinson spoke to nurses who travelled from the Philippines to work here in Wales KATHERINE Cabasan-Rose was 26 when she first moved to the UK a decade ago.At first it was a strain to leave family and friends behind but the money, she said, was worth it.Ten years on and 36-year-old Katherine has a Welsh husband, a five-year-old daughter and earns a decent wage as a ward manager at the burns unit at Morriston Hospital in Swansea.It is a far cry from life in her more “primitive” homeland, where the ave...
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| DOLE honors 1st Pinoy passer of Japanese nursing exam |
| 2011-04-18 21:29:00 |
Being the first Filipino to pass the Japanese Nursing Licensure Examinations, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) honored Ever Gammed Lalin as the Woman OFW Achiever of 2011.“Ever Lalin made history being an exceptional woman achiever in migration. She had proven that Filipino nurses, and OFWs in general, are professionally competent and skilled as they join the world labor market,” DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Dimaplis-Baldoz said in a press statement.Baldoz said the department cited Lalin’s achievement as the Japanese Nursing Licensure Examinations is “famed for its difficulty.”Lalin was the only passer of the exam taken by 254 foreign board takers.Baldoz, along with POEA Administrator Carlos Cao Jr., welcomed Lalin’s family in an awarding ceremony at the DOLE B...
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| More Pinoy nurses heading to Japan for licensure exam |
| 2011-04-17 21:29:00 |
Despite a devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan this month and the ensuing nuclear accident, a third batch of over 80 Filipino nurses are scheduled to go there on May 30 for a language training in preparation for that country’s tough licensure examinations.In a press briefing, Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura said a total of 82 Filipinos will leave for Japan to undergo intensive Japanese language training there, after a two-month preparatory language course in Manila to be conducted by Japanese instructors.“Although I have no doubts that you will be able to fulfill your duties and responsibilities as healthcare professionals in Japan, I am also aware that one of the most difficult obstacles for passing the Japanese nursing licensure examinations is the language b...
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