Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.

Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists USA Sunstar Sunday February 22, 2009 to apply email resumes to reliable_cebu@yahoo.com.ph


Medical Assistant, Cebu to apply phone or text 0917 513 5542 Sunstar Sunday February 22, 2009

Nursing licensure exam result dismal–PNA Manila Times 2/24/09

“I am not happy with the board exams result. The mortality rate should not be that big,” said the Philippine Nursing Association (PNA) Inc. President Teresita Barcelo on Monday. Barcelo said the government has to implement measures to improve the quality of nursing education after expressing concern over the dismal result of the recent nursing licensure exam. Part of the reform is an enhanced curriculum that will ensure that nursing students get quality education in their chosen field, Barcelo added.

The steep decline in the number of those who passed the board exams this month was also observed with some concern by former PNA President Dr. Leah Primitiva Samaco-Paquiz. “During our time, the passing rate was about 80 percent,” Samaco-Paquis said, noting that the decline started way back in the 1970s when the Marcos administration “rationalized” the nursing curriculum and changed the five-year course offering to the current four years.

Statins might just prove to be real miracle drugs. They do a great job at lowering cholesterol, and they also appear to have a multitude of other medical benefits. They work by altering the metabolism of cholesterol, a complex fat that the body needs for many purposes. For example, cholesterol forms a vital component of cell membranes and nerve sheaths; it forms the basis of sex hormones; and it enables bile acids to process the food we eat. Most of the body’s cholesterol is produced by liver cells, and most of the rest comes from the food we eat.

Nursing program turns away students in USA

Faculty shortage in USA college nursing programs According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 27,771 qualified applicants were turned away from 406 entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs in 2008.

Health workers for Japan

THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) will send 1,000 caregivers and nurses to Japan in the next two years.

The deployment of caregivers and nurses is part of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa) and will be done through the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).

Application for NARS program starts Friday, February 20
Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) today said the application of unemployed nurses who want to be hired and gain the necessary work experience under the NARS program starts today, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009.

Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque said interested nurses may file their application at the nearest DOLE regional office, or online at http//www.nars.dole.gov.ph where application forms can be downloaded.

Roque said the DOLE would entertain applications and conduct selection of nurses for deployment to rural areas until March 22, 2009, adding an initial 5,000 nurse-trainees would be selected for deployment beginning April 1,2009. While on training, the nurses would receive a minimum stipend/allowance of P8,000.00 per month.








DOLE opens website on NARS program
Philippine Star Updated February 22, 2009

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) opened a website where unemployed nurses can apply for a job, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque yesterday said.

The website www.nars.gov.dole.ph contains pertinent information about the
government’s newest program called “Nurses Assigned in Rural Areas,” and application forms that interested nurses can fill up or download.

November 2008 Nursing Board Exam Results Top Performing Schools

NO.PASSED/PERCENTAGE PASSED

1. TRINITY UNIVERSITY OF ASIA (TRINITY-Q.C.) 339 338 99.00 %
1. UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEM. MEDICAL CTR. 271 269 99.00 %
2. UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS 466 458 98.00 %
2. SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY 418 409 98.00 %
2. CEBU NORMAL UNIVERSITY (CEBU STATE COLLEGE) 203 199 98.00 %
2. CHINESE GENERAL HOSPITAL COLLEGE OF NURSING & LIBERAL ARTS 176 173 98.00 %
2. WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY – LA PAZ 169 166 98.00 %
2. SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY – DUMAGUETE 129 126 98.00 %
3. DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY – DASMARIÑAS HEALTH SCIENCE CAMPUS 309 296 96.00%

WITH 30-99 EXAMINEES

RANK SCHOOL/TOTAL NO. OF EXAM/TOTAL NO.PASSED/PERCENTAGE PASSED

1. SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY – ILOILO 86 86 100.00 %
1. UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA 73 73 100.00 %
1. UNIVERSITY OF SAN JOSE RECOLETOS 46 46 100.00 %
1. P.C.U.–MARY JOHNSTON COLLEGE OF NURSING 36 36 100.00 %
2. MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY – MARAWI CITY 90 87 97.00 %
3. SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY -MANILA 80 76 95.00 %

39,455 pass nursing examination

PRC said 39,455 or 44.51 percent of the 88,649 who took the November 2008 Nursing Licensure Examination (NLE) passed the grueling two-day test. The 2009 passing rate was slightly higher than the 43.1 percent passing rate in the last licensure examination held in June 2008, when 27,765 out of the 64,456 passed the examinations. Click the links below according to the last name you want to search

• NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION PASSERS (AAL - CON )

• NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION PASSERS (COO - JUT)

• NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION PASSERS (KAB - POY)

• NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION PASSERS (PRA - ZWE )


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2 from Cebu schools among top passers in nursing exam

CEBU, Philippines - A 38-year-old municipal councilor from Hilongos Leyte, who took up her nursing studies at Cebu Normal University (CNU), placed 5th in the November 2008 Licensure Examination, while another student from the University of San Carlos places 9th.

Unemployed Filipino nurses may start applying for govt’s NARS program

MANILA, Philippines - Despite criticisms that the Nurses Assigned in Rural Service (NARS) program won’t make Filipino nurses attractive overseas, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has said that those interested may start applying starting
Nurses warned of false US jobs

NURSING jobs are simply not there for thousands of Filipinos hopeful of
going to the United States. At the moment. “The US still needs nurses
but it’s not giving out visas for nurses now. It needs to legislate to
provide additional work-related permanent visas for nurses,” says Dean
Josefina Tuazon of the University of the Philippines Manila-College of
Nursing.




NARS won’t help nurses much--recruiters
Philippine Inquirer February 16, 2009

The Federated Association of Manpower Exporters (FAME) said on Sunday the P500 million allotted by the government for the Nurses Assigned in Rural Areas (NARS) program might end up being “a waste of taxpayer[‘s] money” since the “experience” the nurses would get in the provinces might not be recognized abroad.


Help wanted: Nurses needed at nearly all area hospitals USA

The statewide vacancy rate rose from 6.2 to 8.7 percent between 2004 and last year, the institute reported.It's only going to grow worse. As the population ages, more people will seek more medical care while more nurses retire. The average age of registered nurses in the state is 48.

HTML clipboardBy 2020, the state will need 60,000 registered nurses but will have 30,000 to 40,000, according to a 200640,000, according to a 2006 report by the Center for Health Workforce Studies of the University of Washington."We're going to be as bad or worse off if we just do what we're doing right now," said Rhonda Taylor, the nursing program coordinator at Yakima Valley Community College. The industry is trying every trick in the book, including looking overseas.

Reforms to do away with nursing review centers Manila Standard February 13, 2009

THE Commission on Higher Education is revising the nursing curriculum to do away with the services of review centers, which have mushroomed to a little more than 500 nationwide.
Eye Sty - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Methods

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What is Eye Stye

Eye Stye is an acute inflammatory infection of an eyelash follicle and forms a red, sore lump near the edge of the lid margin. A sty in eye is an common infection or inflammation of the secretory glands of the eyelids.

Eye stye
occurs when staphylococcal bacteria infect one of the tiny glands at the base of the eyelid hairs and then becomes inflamed. Styes are usually harmless and will go away after several days on their own as your body fights the infection. Stye Eye are not harmful to vision, and they can occur at any age.

Never "pop" a sty in the eye like a pimple; allow it to rupture on its own.
Home remedy for stye or home remedy for sty in eye with coriander seeds: take one spoon coriander seeds and boil them in water. Use this solution to wash your eyes daily 3-4 times. This will help to treat sty.