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.

Singapore needs 250 Nurses & 150 Asst Nurses

Posted by Blogger on Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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Job Location: Singapore
Needed Staff Nurses (250)
Position needed:   Assistant Nurses (150)

Job Qualifications:
Female, 21-32 years old with one year PRC post-registration experience as a staff nurse in a 100 or more bed capacity hospital in local/overseas.
Basic salary S$940 with free housing accommodation, free food on duty and free uniform with duty shoes.

Other Details:
Please apply personally in our office from Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 6:00pm with your complete original credentials or you can send your complete set of photocopied documents in A4 size paper thru LBC or other courier services for employer\'s evaluation.

Contact person: Edith Atos, Frances Laureano, bernadine Bangcal, Sally Javier, Rialyn Javier, Vener Solon.

RECRUITERS INFO:
Recruiter's Name: FSL INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER AND PROMOTION SERVICES INC click here for more job opening
Address: RM 302 &303 3RD Floor LBH Bldg. 1431 A. Mabini St. Ermita Manila
Telephone: 524 55 51
Email: fsl_international@yahoo.com
POEA License Number: POEA-047-LB-022107-R

Healthcare, the electronic future may be near

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Healthcare, the electronic future may be near
 
From yourdoctorinfo blog:  Electronic prescription systems that can automate order entry, preparation, delivery and check patient records for drug allergies and interactions have the potential to save lives by eliminating most prescribing and transcription errors. These systems allow providers with handheld devices to match bar-coded medication with bar-coded patient and physician IDs, establishing an accurate and fully documented “medication information supply chain.”

An automated supply tracking and inventory control solution using wireless handheld scanners and enterprise database software.

An automated, remote patient monitoring and charting solution that links Bluetooth*- enabled medical devices and monitoring equipment with department and care center systems by way of an integrated wireless LAN relay device located in each patient room. Management systems can’t solve these problems unless their services and data are readily accessible at every point where providers and patients interact.

A wireless LAN-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone system that lets nurses and physicians communicate easily using tiny, wearable voice-activated “badges.”  Continue reading here http://www.yourdoctorinfo.com/unwiring-the-healthcare-industry/

Nursing career in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, USA, UK

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Click the links to read more 
 
Nurse in Canada
Live and Work as a Nurse in New Zealand 
Nurse in Australia 
Nurse in the US: Eight Basic Steps 
Nurse in the UK - What are the requirements? 

Tags:  Nursing career in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, USA, UK

Philippine Education Training concerns close jobs door for Filipino nurses

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My comment:  The Philippine government and the Philippine colleges seem more interested in churning out pieces of paper and making tremendous profits from the students rather than providing a quality education and training the students and helping them find work afterwards in job placement.  Is the world realizing this as well?

From the New Zealand Herald

"We have reached a stage where we have found it pointless to process any Filipino nurse who does not have Western country experience."

The New Zealand Nursing Council says has questioned the quality of nursing qualifications and training programmes in the Philippines after nursing student numbers there boomed from 30,000 in 2004 to 450,000 last year.

"Australia may be the last option, because other countries like Canada and Singapore have questioned the Philippines qualifications," said Mr Wills.  Continue reading here http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education-qualifications/news/article.cfm?c_id=186&objectid=10557318&pnum=1

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    • Nursing Jobs Vacancy Openings Worldwide from Jobstreet

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    Registered Nurse
    SUCCESS INTERNATIONAL PLACEMENT INC.
    2 yrs exp  200 vacancies  Dubai, United Arab Emirates 25 Dec  12:00 am

    CCU Nurses

    ASC GLOBAL RECRUITMENT, INC.
    1 yr exp United Kingdom 25 Dec 12:00 am

    MS Nurses

    ASC GLOBAL RECRUITMENT, INC.
    1 yr exp United Kingdom 25 Dec  12:00 am

    NICU Nurses

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    1 yr exp United Kingdom 25 Dec 12:00 am

    ICU Nurses

    ASC GLOBAL RECRUITMENT, INC.
    1 yr exp  United Kingdom  25 Dec 12:00 am

    Oncology Nurses

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    1 yr exp United Kingdom  25 Dec 12:00 am

    OR Nurses

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    1 yr exp  United Kingdom 25 Dec 12:00 am

    OR - Ortho Nurses

    ASC GLOBAL RECRUITMENT, INC.

    1 yr exp United Kingdom 25 Dec   12:00 am

    PICU Nurses

    ASC GLOBAL RECRUITMENT, INC.

    1 yr exp  United Kingdom 24 Dec 12:00 am

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    AUREUS MANPOWER AND CONSULTANCY CORP
    1 yr exp 100 vacancies New Zealand 23 Dec  4:41 pm

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    3 yrs exp  100 vacancies  Kuwait  23 Dec 3:19 pm

    REGISTERED NURSE

    NONSTOP OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT CORP.
    2 yrs exp  250 vacancies  Kuwait   23 Dec  3:13 pm

    LABOR & DELIVERY NURSES

    STARBORNE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AND MANPOWER CORPORATION
    1 yr exp  Jeddah , Saudi Arabia 23 Dec  3:04 pm

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    STARBORNE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AND MANPOWER CORPORATION
    1 yr exp Jeddah , Saudi Arabia 23 Dec  12:00 am

    REGISTERED NURSES

    AUREUS MANPOWER AND CONSULTANCY CORP
    1 yr exp  20 vacancies Other work locations, Across New Zealand  23 Dec 12:00 am

    NURSES (Australia)

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    2 yrs exp  100 vacancies  Australia  22 Dec  11:44 am

    Nurses

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    VIZCARRA PHARMACEUTICAL INC.

    1 yr exp 5 vacancies Manila  21 Dec 2:39 pm

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    2 yrs exp 5 vacancies Saudi Arabia 21 Dec 8:50 am

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    Otsuka Pharmaceutical
    National Capital Reg 19 Dec  12:05 pm

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    3 yrs exp Kuwait 19 Dec 12:00 am

    Registered Nurse - PICU

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    2 yrs exp 50 vacancies DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia  19 Dec 12:00 am

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    Registered Nurses

    WORLDVIEW INTERNATIONAL SERVICES CORP
    2 yrs exp New Zealand 17 Dec 12:00 am

    Cardiac - Clinical Resource Nurses

    ABBA Personnel Services, Inc.
    6 yrs exp Al Ain, United Arab Emirates  17 Dec 12:00 am

    Neonatal Unit - Clinical Resource Nurses

    ABBA Personnel Services, Inc.
    6 yrs exp Al Ain, United Arab Emirates  16 Dec  12:00 am

    REGISTERED COMPANY NURSE

    UNIPLAN OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT INC
    1 yr exp 10 vacancies Qatar  16 Dec 12:00 am

    REGISTERED NURSE

    STARBORNE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AND MANPOWER CORPORATION
    2 yrs exp  100 vacancies Libya   15 Dec  8:50 am

    Registered Staff Nurse

    IDM MANPOWER SERVICES
    3 yrs exp  100 vacancies Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  15 Dec 12:00 am

    Registered Site Nurse

    M AND M PLACEMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    3 yrs exp 2 vacancies Abu Dhabi  15 Dec 12:00 am

    Staff Nurses

    PERPETUAL HELP PLACEMENT SERVICES INTL., INC.
    2 yrs exp  Doha  15 Dec 12:00 am

    Staff Nurses (New York)

    PERPETUAL HELP PLACEMENT SERVICES INTL., INC.
    1 yr exp New York  14 Dec 9:09 am

    Registered Nurse

    AUREUS MANPOWER AND CONSULTANCY CORP
    2 yrs exp  20 vacancies Tripoli, Libya  12 Dec 12:00 am

    NURSES (ICU) (F / M)

    MMML RECRUITMENT SERVICES, INC.
    2 yrs exp   2 vacancies  Other work locations, Saudi Arabia  12 Dec 12:00 am

    A&E Nurses

    GREENFIELDS INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES
    1 yr exp 50 vacancies United Kingdom  12 Dec 12:00 am

    Licensed MIDWIFE / NURSES

    Gulf Horizon International Services
    2 yrs exp 50 vacancies Riyadh  12 Dec 12:00 am

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    Gulf Horizon International Services
    2 yrs exp 10 vacancies Riyadh 11 Dec 4:20 pm

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    3 yrs exp 20 vacancies Papanui Road. PO Box 5041, Papanui. Christ...  11 Dec 12:00 am

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    France Asia International, Inc.
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    ABC MANILA INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    5 yrs exp 7 vacancies Tripoli, Libya  11 Dec 12:00 am

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    5 yrs exp 7 vacancies Tripoli, Libya  11 Dec 12:00 am

    Nurse (Saudi Arabia)

    EUREKA Personnel & Management Services, Inc.
    5 yrs exp 5 vacancies Saudi Arabia  11 Dec 12:00 am

    Registered Midwife

    France Asia International, Inc.
    3 yrs exp United Arab Emirates  10 Dec 12:00 am
     
    Continue reading NURSE job vacancies here http://job-search.jobstreet.com.ph/philippines/job-opening.php?key=REGISTERED+%2C+NURSES+%2C+RNI&area=1&option=1&specialization=111&job-source=1%2C64&classified=1&job-posted=0&sort=1&pg=2&src=16

    Preparing To Take The Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination

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    Excellent article Via portraitofanurse-reviewcenter blog (the link is at end of this blog post): 
     
     If you are contemplating on taking the board exam, listed below are requirements that you need.

    1. Complete your scrubs:

    5 Major Operation Scrubs
    5 Minor Operation Scrubs
    5 Delivery Room Handles
    5 Delivery Room Assists
    5 Cord Dresses

    2. Visit your school registrar to see if you have completed your requirements:

    ex. birth certificate, request for SO, school transcript of records, basically everything that needs to be done so that your papers are in order.

    When preparing for the Philippine Board Exam, it is important that you understand that the board questions that are going to come out are the basic concept that you should know in order to work as an entry level nurse. What are these concepts that you need to focus on, you might ask?

    Continue reading here http://portraitofanurse-reviewcenter.blogspot.com/2009/12/preparing-to-take-philippine-nurse.html

    Nursing Care Plans

    Posted by Blogger on Monday, December 21, 2009
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    links from http://nursingcrib.com/


    Nursing Care Plan – Abruptio Placenta
    Nursing Care Plan – Amoebiasis/Amebiasis (Amoebic Dysentery)
    Nursing Care Plan – Anemia
    Nursing Care Plan – Appendicitis
    Nursing Care plan – Breast Cancer
    Nursing Care Plan – Brochial Asthma
    Nursing Care Plan – Bronchitis
    Nursing Care Plan – Burn
    Nursing Care Plan – Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
    Nursing Care Plan – Cesarean Delivery
    Nursing Care Plan – Chickenpox
    Nursing Care Plan – Cholecystectomy
    Nursing Care Plan – Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder Removal)
    Nursing Care Plan – Cholelithiasis
    Nursing Care Plan – Cholera
    Nursing Care Plan – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
    Nursing Care Plan – Clubfoot or Talipes Equinovarus
    Nursing Care Plan – Colon Cancer (Colorectal Cancer)
    Nursing Care Plan – Community Acquired Pneumonia
    Nursing Care Plan – Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
    Nursing Care Plan – Constipation
    Nursing Care Plan – Cough
    Nursing Care Plan – Dengue Fever
    Nursing Care Plan – Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
    Nursing Care Plan – Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
    Nursing Care Plan – Diarrhea
    Nursing Care Plan – Dilatation and Curettage (D & C)
    Nursing Care Plan – Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB)
    Nursing Care Plan – Ectopic Pregnancy
    Nursing Care Plan – Endometrial Cancer
    Nursing Care Plan – Fever
    Nursing Care Plan – Fibromyalgia
    Nursing Care Plan – Fracture
    Nursing Care Plan – Gouty Arthritis
    Nursing Care Plan – Hemophilia
    Nursing Care Plan – Hemorrhoids
    Nursing Care Plan – Hepatitis A
    Nursing Care Plan – Hirschsprung’s disease (Congenital Aganglionic Megacolon)
    Nursing Care Plan – Hydrocephalus
    Nursing Care Plan – Hyperbilirubinemia (Jaundice)
    Nursing Care Plan – Hypertension
    Nursing Care Plan – Hyperthyroidism
    Nursing Care Plan – Kyphosis
    Nursing Care Plan – Leptospirosis
    Nursing Care Plan – Leukemia
    Nursing Care Plan – Liver Cirrhosis
    Nursing Care Plan – Lung Cancer
    Nursing Care Plan – Myocardial Infarction
    Nursing Care Plan – Nausea & Vomiting
    Nursing Care Plan – Neonatal Pneumonia
    Nursing Care Plan – Neonatal Sepsis (Sepsis Neonatorum)
    Nursing Care Plan – Nephritis
    Nursing Care Plan – Nephrotic Syndrome
    Nursing Care Plan – Placenta Previa
    Nursing Care Plan – Postpartum Hemorrhage
    Nursing Care Plan – Pott’s Disease
    Nursing Care Plan – Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH; Preeclampsia and Eclampsia)
    Nursing Care Plan – Preterm Labor
    Nursing Care Plan – Pyelonephritis
    Nursing Care Plan – Rabies
    Nursing Care Plan – Renal Failure
    Nursing Care Plan – Seizure
    Nursing Care Plan – Spontaneous Abortion
    Nursing Care Plan – Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
    Nursing Care Plan – Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE)
    Nursing Care Plan – TB Meningitis
    Nursing Care Plan – TB Meningitis (Pedia)
    Nursing Care Plan – Typhoid Fever
    Nursing Care Plan – Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

    Charting for Nurses Follow these rules for charting

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    Charting for Nurses  Follow these rules for charting

    chart everything:
    include observations,
    nursing actions,
    patient’s response to therapy and treatment,
    any unusual incidents or omitted treatments
    safety precautions you took to protect the patient
    your attempts to reach the doctor
    any reservations you have about a doctor’s orders
    the date and time of each entry
    the patient’s name and identification number off the chart
    your signature on each entry (when in doubt chart everything)
    leaving blanks or omitting documentation could have disastrous 

    Learn online Nursing Education

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    Online Nursing Education can be good for your home study because it doesn't require you to be physically present in the learning institution. The advantages of this approach is overwhelming. First, you'll be able to study Nursing Education Courses at your own phase. Second, you are almost guaranteed to get your Continuing Education units. So why do we really need Nursing CEU units?
    Online Nursing Education Units for:

    Understanding MRSA and Fighting it
    Antiretroviral treatments for HIV
    Treating End Life of Pain
    Overactive Bladder and Gaining Control
    Update on HIV therapy
    Pharmacological Treatment updates for Hypertension
    Treatment for Congestive Heart Failure

    NZ fears over Filipino nurse training

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    From nzherald New Zealand:  The Nursing Council is concerned that the rapid increase in nursing programmes in the Philippines could be at the expense of the quality of nursing, and says it will raise the issue with Filipino authorities.

    "There has been an escalation of programmes offering nursing education in the Philippines.

    "Some figures suggest that in 2004 there were 30,000 nurses in education programmes and this has risen to 450,000 last year."

    The council, which governs nursing registration here, has already made it tougher for overseas-trained nurses to register here by raising the English language test standards and generally not recognising courses of less than four years duration, which comes as a blow to most Filipino-trained nurses.

    "The proliferation of programmes and the proliferation of providers in the Philippines have meant that we have had considerable difficulty assessing the adequacy of the theory and practice content of the programmes of the nurses applying [to work in New Zealand], in order to establish that they have met educational equivalence," Ms Reed said. 
     
    Continue reading here http://www.nzherald.co.nz/philippines/news/article.cfm?l_id=82&objectid=10555698&pnum=1

    Japan to hire Pinoy nurses, caregivers

    Posted by Blogger on Sunday, December 20, 2009
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    The Freeman December 21, 2009 CEBU, Philippines - After the global financial crisis reportedly affected industries, with some countries stopping their hiring of workers including nurses and caregivers, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration announced that the second batch of recruitment for nurses and caregivers to Japan would start soon.  

    Continue reading here http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=534512&publicationSubCategoryId=107

    Government hospital in Saudi needs 300 male OFWs

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    POEA 2009-12-13  A pioneer government-owned hospital in Saudi Arabia is now recruiting 300 Filipino male medical workers, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced today.

    Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito D. Roque said the Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) had placed a job order for 300 medical workers with the Philippine Overseas Employment Authority (POEA).

    He said that the SRCA needs 200 nurses and paramedics and 100 physicians. At the same time, the Labor chief reminded applicants that this is a government to government arrangement. Application and inquiries should only be made through the POEA.

    The SRCA prefers Filipino nurses and physicians because they are dedicated and competitive in their craft, said Roque noting that the hospital as a pioneer institution gives emergency response and first aid support in Saudi Arabia.

    Roque also reported that the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) deployed 275,933 OFWs in Saudi Arabia in 2008.

    Qualified to apply for nurses and paramedics positions are male applicants not more than 50 years old. They must have diploma in BS Nursing and/or certification for paramedic training, license from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), and high school diploma. Applicants must have worked as a member of an emergency support or ambulance team and has mastery of resuscitation techniques and medications.

    For physicians, applicants must have specialization in emergency medicine, general surgery, traumatology, anesthesia and intensive care, males not more than 50 years old, must have license authorized by the PRC, and with at least two-year experience/ training in emergency medicine and intensive care are needed.

    Among the documents required are comprehensive and latest resume with job description, photocopy of school credentials, employment certificates (old and latest), photocopy of the first page of passport, and six copies of 2X2 photos taken within 10 days before filing of the application.

    Complete requirements must be submitted at the Window 1, Manpower Registry Division, ground floor, Blas F. Ople Building (formerly POEA Building), in Ortigas Avenue corner EDSA, Mandaluyong City. Applicants may register online at www.poea.gov.ph. END

    Source: POEA
    Topic: Saudi government-owned hospital needs 300 OFWs
    November 25, 2009
    source: Department Of Labor and Employment

    117 Pinoys take nurse, midwife licensure exams in Hong Kong

    Posted by Blogger on Friday, December 18, 2009
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    12/18/2009 GMA News  At least 117 Filipinos based in Hong Kong benefited from the Philippine Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)’s first licensure examinations for nurses and midwives there.

    The PRC held the examination at the Bayanihan Center in Kennedytown in Hong Kong from December 12 to 13, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

    “Of this number, 90 took the nurses exams while 27 took the midwifery exams," the DFA said on its website. 

    The Nurses Examinations covered the following subjects: Nursing Practice I: Foundation of Nursing and Professional Nursing Practice; Nursing Practice II: Community Health Nursing and Care of the Mother and Child; and Nursing Practice III-V: Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alterations.

    Continue reading here
    http://www.gmanews.tv/story/179680/117-pinoys-take-nurse-midwife-licensure-exams-in-hong-kong

    Call Center Jobs for Nurses

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    Since there is an oversupply of nursing graduates, many are finding work at call centers which are desparate for excellent outstanding English speakers.  Check some of these many recent ads to find what call centers are now hiring

    http://tinyurl.com/ydklr6q

    Nursing jobs new listings

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    There are many jobs listed for Nurses at this job site check it out

    http://findmeworkinthephilippines.blogspot.com/search/label/NURSE

    Australia: What is the initial step for an inexperienced nurse from the Philippines to apply as a nurse in australia?

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    I am a young Registered Nurse with no clinical experience and I am very much interested to migrate to Australia. But since I have no experience after my nursing registration in the Philippines I don't know what my next step would be.  know it will be a lot more difficult for me because I lack in clinical experience. Any information would be highly regarded

    Answers :  get experience where you are at first - at least 2-5 yrs
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    My recommendation is to gain some clinical experience before you go. You will have a much better chance finding employment that way, especially coming from another country.

    I know that you need to be Registered to work in Australia as a Nurse, and each state is different. Some nurses migrate to Australia and get their experience as an Assistant In Nursing (AIN) until their registration comes through, and to gain some clinical experience. Again, it is better if you get some clinical experience before you migrate to Australia.

    Once you have some experience, you may find these websites useful to help you to find a job in Australia. Sponsorship Australia advertises jobs specifically for overseas nationals, and tends to have a steady flow of medical positions.

    http://www.nabthatjob.com/
    http://www.sponsorshipaustralia.com/
    Source(s):
    http://www.sponsorshipaustralia.com/
    http://www.nabthatjob.com/
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    If you do not have any experience, you need to take a nursing course to get the registration in Australia. Then, you need to undertake 'Graduate Nurse Program' for your first year.

    You will get some ideas if you visit the site below.
    Source(s):   http://medicareer.com.au/board/index.html?id=nursing
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    Have a look at the Queensland Nursing Council:
    http://www.qnc.qld.gov.au/index.php?id=360

    Your nursing qualifications must be recognised in Australia and as a general rule, 2 years experience would be sufficient to get a work visa, however you would probably need to find a sponsoring employer (which is not at all difficult to do).
     

    Public hospitals in each Australian state are controlled and staffed by their respective state governments. Here is information relating to employment for overseas trained nurses in Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales:
     
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    International Medical Graduates Home

    AMC pathways information

    The Australian Medical Council (AMC) assesses international medical graduates who want to practise medicine in Australia. The assessment process follows one of four different pathways:

    The AMC also offers a service to the Australian state and territory medical boards to conduct primary source verification of the primary medical degrees of international medical graduates wishing to register with the boards.


    DOLE’s Nurses Assigned in Rural Services (NARS)

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    December 14th, 2009 Via  PinoyDeal

    A. Project Description

    Project NARS is a Training cum Deployment Project, jointly implemented by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the Department of Health (DOH) and the Professional Regulation Commission, Board of Nursing (PRC-BON), designed to mobilize unemployed registered nurses to the 1,000 poorest municipalities of the country to improve the delivery of health care services.

    Project NARS is in line with the pump priming strategies under the Economic Resiliency Plan of the Arroyo Administration to mitigate the impact of the global financial crisis, i.e. to save and create as many jobs as possible and expand social protection. This was launched by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on 9 February 2009 during the Multi-Sectoral Summit on “Joining Hands Against the Global Crisis” in Malacanan Palace, Manila.

    Delivery Mechanism
    Nurses will be deployed at an average of 5 per town in the 1,000 poorest municipalities , for a six-months tour of duty. Another batch will be deployed for the second half of the year. These nurses will undergo training and development for competency enhancement in accordance with the training program designed by the PRC-BON in collaboration with DOH.
    The training program will cover both the clinical and public health functions. Nurse trainees will rotate in their assigned hospital or rural unit for a period of three (3) months. At the end of the third month, nurses who have completed their rotation in the hospital will be re-assigned to a rural unit and vice-versa.

    Expected Outcomes

    The NARS Project will:
    create a pool of 10,000 nurses who are adequately-trained with enhanced clinical and public health competencies and readily available for local and overseas employment;
    provide disposable money of P8,000 per month to 5,000 unemployed nurses for the first six months and to another 5,000 for the second half of the year, to help pump prime the economy;
    promote the health of the people through the improvement of the delivery of nursing and health care services, particularly in the 1,000 poorest municipalities; and
    bring the government closer to the people.

    Continue reading here http://blog.pinoydeal.ph/pinoydeal/doles-nurses-assigned-in-rural-services-nars/

    Recruitment agencies warned (BSP) against making statements about the expected rise in remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)

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    The Federated Association of Manpower Exporters (Fame) said the repeated statements announcing new markets in New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Japan and Guam as possible sources of dollar remittances was just giving more information to illegal recruitment syndicates that entice jobless Filipinos with the promise of high wages.
     
    As for Australia, New Zealand and Canada, Soriano said the “real” situation was that the three countries were in recession and job orders had completely stopped.
     
    In East Asia, Soriano said the POEA deployed only 30 caregivers and nurses to Japan on Sept. 27 while the South Korea trainee deployment has not reached even 4,000 in 2009. Taiwan’s special hiring program has only deployed less than a thousand for 2008 compared to the private sector, which deployed more than 40,000 factory worker and caregivers.
     
    “Those markets have dried up and only the Middle East countries of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Libya where over two million Filipinos are concentrated are steadily increasing remittances flows,” Soriano said.
    The recruitment executive, however, warned that the over 200,000 OFWs in Dubai, the second biggest source of remittances this year, were likely to send less next year because of the emirate’s debt crisis.  http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091213-241816/BSP-projections-aiding-illegal-recruiters--FAME

    What is the initial step for an inexperienced nurse from the Philippines to apply as a nurse in australia?

    Posted by Blogger on Thursday, December 10, 2009
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    (from Yahoo answers)

    I am a 23 year old Registered Nurse with no clinical experience and I am very much interested to migrate to Australia. But since I have no experience after my nursing registration in the Philippines I don't know what my next step would be. I emailed every agency and State boards but I'm not quite sure which step to take. I know it will be a lot more difficult for me because I lack in clinical experience. Any information would be highly regarded...thank you.

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    Readers responded

    If you do not have any experience, you need to take a nursing course to get the registration in Australia. Then, you need to undertake 'Graduate Nurse Program' for your first year.

    You will get some ideas if you visit the site below.
    Source(s):
    http://medicareer.com.au/board/index.html?id=nursing

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    Readers responded  To gain a visa you need the experience. That is the first step not getting a job. Getting permission to come an live/work.

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    Readers responded  My recommendation is to gain some clinical experience before you go. You will have a much better chance finding employment that way, especially coming from another country.

    I know that you need to be Registered to work in Australia as a Nurse, and each state is different. Some nurses migrate to Australia and get their experience as an Assistant In Nursing (AIN) until their registration comes through, and to gain some clinical experience. Again, it is better if you get some clinical experience before you migrate to Australia.

    Once you have some experience, you may find these websites useful to help you to find a job in Australia. Sponsorship Australia advertises jobs specifically for overseas nationals, and tends to have a steady flow of medical positions.

     http://www.nabthatjob.com/
    http://www.sponsorshipaustralia.com/
    Source(s):
    http://www.sponsorshipaustralia.com/
    http://www.nabthatjob.com/

    Unfair to Mercury Drug..................Pfizer

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    There are reports that multinational pharmaceutical firm Pfizer has threatened Mercury Drug Corp. that it would stop supplying Lipitor and that it would file a case in court if the latter insists on selling a generic version of its pricey product. If this is true, then it can be said that Pfizer may have gone too far.

    If this story about the alleged Pfizer threat against Mercury Drug is true, then we, Filipinos, have once again been shown the power of Pfizer’s business and political power. If it is true that Mercury Drug has capitulated to the reported Pfizer threat, then sick Filipinos who do not have enough money for their Lipitor requirements will just have to bite their lips and accept this sad reality.

    But by most indications, that story about the alleged threat could be true. For one, we don’t think the likes of our fellow Atenean and show business personality Subas Herrero would lie. It was Herrero whom media quoted in an exposé about the alleged threat by Pfizer against the Mercury Drug chain.

    If it was Pfizer’s intention to draw a wedge between this much-loved drugstore chain and Filipinos, it may have scored some points. But what for?  Continue reading here http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideOpinion.htm?f=2009/december/9/alvincapino.isx&d=/2009/december/9

    My comment:  On a recent visit to Mercury Drug and I asked for a Generic drug instead of the brand name, the clerk said they don't carry it.  Mercury will suffer if they only carry Brand names as people are seeking lower cost alternatives and the Generic Drugstores are growing by leaps and bounds. 

    Read more at my Philippine Drugstore blog http://genericsphilippines.blogspot.com/

    Saudi Red Crescent places job order for 300 nurses

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    December 9, 2009  from DOLE press release :  The Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) has placed a job order for 300 Filipino male medical workers with the Philippine Overseas Employment Authority (POEA), the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) disclosed Wednesday.

    The DoLE said that the health professionals will be working for a state-owned medical institution that pioneers in emergency response and first aid support in Saudi Arabia. “The SRCA needs 200 nurses and paramedics and 100 physicians,’’ said Labor and Employment Secretary Marianito Roque.

    “This is a government to government arrangement. Application and inquiries should only be made through the POEA,’’ he added.

    Roque said that the SRCA has expressed preference for Filipino nurses and physicians “because they are dedicated and competitive in their craft.”

    As mandated in the job order, the applicants for all positions must be males not more than 50 years old.

    For nurses and paramedics position, applicants must have a diploma in BS Nursing and/or certification for paramedic training, license from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), and high school diploma.

    They also must have worked as a member of an emergency support or ambulance team and has mastery of resuscitation techniques and medications.

    For physicians, applicants must have specialization in emergency medicine,general surgery, traumatology, anesthesia and intensive care, and should have a license authorized by the PRC, and with at least two-year experience/ training in emergency medicine and intensive care.

    Among the documents required are comprehensive and latest resume with job description, photocopy of school credentials, employment certificates (old and latest), photocopy of the first page of passport, and six copies of 2X2 photos taken within 10 days before filing of the application.

    The DoLE chief urged applicants to submit the required documents at the POEA office in Ortigas Avenue in Mandaluyong City or register online at www.poea.gov.ph.

    Since 2008, the DoLE-POEA was able to deploy a total of 275,933 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Kingdom, it was learned.

    Also 10 Nurses are needed here in Saudi

    JOB OPENING: YES HUMAN RESOURCES, INC