Philipppine Health-care outsourcing: 100,000 jobs by 2016

The country’s burgeoning health-care outsourcing industry is expecting a 74-percent growth in the number of its full-time employees (FTEs) this year, making it a viable alternative for job-seeking graduates of nursing and other medical-related courses.

Last year Himoap said the industry employed 24,700 individuals. “Himoap aims to have 43,000 full-time employees by the end of this year.”

Tips when choosing a Philippine Nursing review center..Top Nursing Review centers

1. Choose a review center that would bring out the best in you. The Lecturers will not be there for you during the board exam, as i quote “Hindi ang mga lecturers ang magaling, dapat kayo kasi kayo ang magtatake ng exam”
2. No overcrowding policies. How can you concentrate in a review if you are seated at the back or already standing? It would be very uncomfortable to you.
3. Programs or style of review must be based on latest technological and developments that would help you more. since we are in the new generation, why would you choose a traditional review composing of “lectures and reading” if you can only gain 20% retention learning on it? Try looking for a higher retention rate for better learning
At the end of the day, it is not the review centers that will ensure your success in the board examination, it is your own perseverance, discipline, and hard work that will determine your success in the quest to become a professional nurses endowed with knowledge, skills and right attitude

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Selecting the best review center is like choosing the best answer in a board exam question. Almost all choices appear to be correct but only one is the best answer. So how exactly does one arrive at the best decision? Use the nursing process! Read the source article here

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Its that time for the many graduated nurses now to try take their Nurse Board Exam and the following articles may help you in studying for these exams whether in a review center or on your own. Good luck.

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End to Philippine volunteer nursing training program pressed

MANILA, Philippines — Three of the largest organizations of nurses in the country joined congressmen in assailing the continued government inaction to demands for an end to the volunteer nursing training program allegedly exploited by nearly all private and government medical institutions.

Laguna Rep San Luis said government, through the Departments of Health and of Labor and Employment, has the moral obligation to look into the complaints of majority of the country’s over 280,000 nurses who are forced to do regular nursing jobs in hospitals without getting paid.
Nars ng Bayan president Eleanor M. Nolasco said Health Secretary Enrique Ona should heed their appeal for a halt to this illegal, unethical and exploitative practice at the same time provide employment opportunities for nurses with corresponding professional development and advancement programs.”

"Our nurses want to work and earn a living but they become forced volunteers. The certificates of training given them are not accepted for employment overseas,” complained Dr. Leah Primitiva G. Samaco, president of Ang Nars.
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Filipino Nursing dream fades for Filipinos as UK jobs dry up

False promises Many of the Philippine recruitment agencies often employing British advisers are flirting with, if not flouting, the law, taking a fat fee for the promise of a job they cannot deliver.

Now, in fact, the UK is losing nurses rather than importing them. Australia is the prime destination, followed by the US, New Zealand and Canada. In 2008, less than 200 Australian nurses registered to work in the UK, whereas more than 6,000 UK-registered nurses had their qualifications validated to move down under.

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Philippine Nurse Licensure Exam December 2010 announces that 29,711 out of 84,287 passed

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 29,711 out of 84,287 passed the Nurse Licensure Exam December 2010 http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=659057&publicationSubCategoryId=128

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Cavite nursing graduate tops board exam Over 30,000 nursing graduates have joined the ranks of registered nurses after passing the licensure examinations given by the Professional Regulations Commission last December. He led the 29,711 passers out of 84,287 examinees from across the country. which is equivalent to a 35.23% national passing rate, the lowest in two years.

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Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) president Teresita Barcelo estimated that up to 200,000 nurses were jobless as of last year, seeks moratorium

Philippine Nurses' association seeks moratorium on nursing programs

Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) president Teresita Barcelo estimated that up to 200,000 nurses were jobless as of last year.

“The demand for nurses abroad in the past years had led to the opening of many nursing schools whose students do not even pass the Board exam for nurses. In the end it is the nurses who suffer because there is already an oversupply of nurses in our country,” she lamented.

Some of those who had plans of going to nursing schools may back out because of the oversupply of nurses.
“The oversupply of nurses is to a certain extent a result of the world economy. Past two years there was a downturn in economy. Many went bankrupt. So there’s no more demand. I think our students know what to do,” he said.

Barcelo added that in 2000, there were only 172 nursing schools but this bloated to 491 in 2004.

“There’s already an oversupply of nurses and not much job opportunities. There are so many nurses now who are unemployed. “Our parents spent so much on our education but we could not find a job. We didn’t expect this,” Arminda said. click the headline at the top of the article to read the complete article.

The number keeps climbing but few jobs are available in Philippine nursing

The number keeps climbing but few jobs are available in Philippine nursing click the headline to read the complete article

Authorities cannot deny the fact that the more schools are being allowed to offer Nursing course, the more they are jeopardizing the skills of new nurses. Many countries are beginning to doubt about the quality of Filipino nurses, as they began to impose stiff requirements.

While their nursing graduate number keeps climbing, few jobs are available. Hospitals have been picky in their hiring of new applicants. Only those who graduated from prestigious schools are prioritized.

This forces some of the new nurses to look for other employment away from their profession. But, unfortunately, majority of them end up jobless, still dependent on their parents.

Philippine Fresh Nursing graduates are in an awful situation once they graduate.

Philippine Nursing schools from 142 to 240 within the last four years. There were only 40 nursing schools in the 1980s. So very soon, the Philippines will be bled dry ...

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Fresh graduates are in an awful situation once they graduate. Some hospitals are trying to gain profit from these newly licensed RNs by making them pay for their “training fee” and to “render nursing care services to the hospital”. DOUBLE WHAMMY? I absolutely agree that to be on greener pastures in nursing, you have to start at hell first with minimal chance of going up.

FEU, CEU top nursing schools in 2009

In Cebu

University of Cebu (Region 7) with 829 out of 1,529 or 54.22%

Cebu Normal University (Region 7) with 96.54%

STI College Cebu, Inc. (Region 7) with 75.00%;

As per www.prc.gov.ph, the top Cebu nursing schools for 2009 for Range 1 (with 1,000 and up takers) area University of Cebu (Region 7) with 829 out of 1,529 or 54.22%; University of San Carlos (Region 7) with 508 out of 1005 or 50.55%; and the University of the Visayas-Mandaue City (Region 7) with 679 out of 1,485 or 45.72%.

For the Range 2 (with 100 to 999 takers), the Top Cebu Nursing Schools include Cebu Normal University (Region 7) with 96.54%; Velez College (Region 7) with 95.65%; and Cebu Technological University-Main (Region 7) with 90.84%.
For Range 3 (with 10 to 99 takers), the Top Performing Cebu Nursing School is STI College Cebu, Inc. (Region 7) with 75.00%. Read more here http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/260130/feu-ceu-top-nursing-schools

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Nursing Recruitment Agencies list Philippines and Legislators call for probe into on-the-job fees for nurses

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DoH’s nurse recruitment program attracts 60,000 applicants

But the program, launched on January 17, only needs 10,000 nurses to serve 1,221 rural and unserved or underserved communities, he said.

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There are about 200,000 unemployed nurses in the Philippines and 40,000 more are expected to be added by June.

There are about 200,000 unemployed nurses in the Philippines and 40,000 more are expected to be added by June. Preying on the desperation of many nurses to find jobs here or abroad, new types of “businesses,” including but not limited to the now infamous “nursing-training for a fee,” have mushroomed these past few years.

If the Aquino administration is dead serious about addressing this matter, it should create more “plantilla” positions for nurses in our understaffed hospitals, build more rural health and medical centers, and aggressively deploy thousands of tenured health care providers to far-flung communities. All the rhetoric about universal health care and daang matuwid will be empty words unless they are translated into action. from the Philippine Inquirer

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Hospitals stop on-the-job training for fresh nurses

Nursing graduates claim that they pay for their internship, while in the other professions like accountancy and engineering, the trainees are the ones being paid.The hospitals charge interns P400 to P800 a month for a daily 8-hour duty that lasts three to six months. But the new nurses claim that they get to be in servitude while on training. They demand that the hospitals pay them and not the other way around.

Nurses' group confirms 'fees'

He said, however, that the complainants should know the difference between the post-graduate programs offered by hospitals to nurses who want to specialize, which require training fees, and the alleged practice of some hospitals that use these paying nurses as regular staff nurses and do not pay them any salary.

Philippine Nurses swamp DoLE for rural jobs RN Heals

Fameronag said the 10,000 nurses being recruited through RN Heals will be deployed to the poorest localities around the country.

Unlike a similar nurse employment program in 2010 that hired nurses for only six months, RN Heals will employ nurses for one year.

“They will get an allowance of P8,000 monthly and an additional P2,000 from the local government unit where they are assigned,” Fameronag said.

They will also have Philhealth medical insurance coverage and group insurance from the Government Service Insurance System.

DoLE will recruit and select the nurses while the Department of Health and the Department of Social Welfare and Development will decide where they would be deployed, he said.

Applicants should be physically and mentally fit, licensed by the Professional Regulation Commission, and preferably be residents of the area where he or she would be deployed.

The government will begin deploying the nurses chosen for the program by Feb. 11, Fameronag said.

PHILIPPINE Nursing Licensure Examination July 2010 results announced

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Nursing Licensure Examination July 2010 results announced total of 37,379 or 41.07 percent of the 91,008 passed the test.

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CHED “sleeping on the job” related to the less than half of nursing students passing exams says Philippine President Aquino

Newly elected President Aquino did not hide his dismay on the commission’s performance after learning that more than half of the country’s nursing schools posted a record of below the national passing average.

Earlier, Angeles also bared that in a seven-year period (2001 to 2008), the number of flunkers in the Philippine Regulation Commission-administered licensure exams exceeded the number of board passers by as much as 1.42 million, or about 64 percent.

This means that only 808, 884 (36.35 percent) out of the 2, 225, 571 examinees for the period has passed the test. Click here to read the complete arricle http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/component/content/article/42-rokstories/20750-ched-to-welcome-new-chief-on-july-19