Bleak job prospects for 95,000 Filipino new nurses seen
From PhilippineJobs blog Nov 29th, 2009 A recruitment expert on Sunday expressed concerned at the prospect of no work for some of the 95,000 nursing graduates who may pass the licensure examination currently being administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in selected public and private schools nationwide.
“I pity the 95,000 nursing graduates who are poised to take the nursing licensure. Those who pass will join the more than 200,000 unemployed board passers whose experience are volunteer nursing or call center agents or crew in fastfood outlets,’’ said Lito Soriano, executive director of the Federated Association of Manpower Exporters and former president of the Philippine Association of Service Exporters Inc. (PASEI). Continue reading here http://www.philippinejobs.ph/blog/20091129-39-bleak-job-prospects-for-95000-new-nurses-seen/
Clean wards are what matter, not meeting targets
From the Telegraph UK England Despite Stafford offering the clearest possible warning about the dangers posed to patients by a lack of hygiene, these two continued to tolerate low standards of cleanliness. It is not as if cleanliness is particularly difficult to achieve: we are not talking about an operation of dizzying complexity on the frontiers of medical technology, but taking basic precautions to ensure that equipment is clean, that soiled mattresses are replaced, that all traces of blood and excrement are removed, rather than left on hospital floors. All that is needed to achieve such a result is to have staff who clean wards and all other parts of the hospital regularly and thoroughly, and managers who ensure that they do so.
Yet both Basildon and Alder Hey seem to have been incapable of keeping themselves at even a minimally acceptable standard of cleanliness. Worse, their hygiene standards were rated "excellent" by inspectors. That is because the inspections were paper exercises, which consisted of managers filling in forms in which they certified that their hospital did the things the inspectors believed were enough to ensure a clean hospital. It was only when inspectors actually visited the hospitals unannounced that they discovered the dangerously dirty reality.
Comments
1 Hygiene consisted of the cleaner coming in every morning, putting vim in the en suite toilet, then mopping the floor quickly with the same mop she was using on the corridor. She did not do under the bed or the other furniture. The corridor was opposite a chemo clinic which was full of patients being treated for leukaemia who would then need to be kept in isolation for 2 days. Whilst cleaning (and I use that term loosely) the cleaner would drone on about the bad back she had after tripping on the stairs at her previous job cleaning the local college. Like I was interested - I had cancer. Not one medical person whether they were a nurse, junior doc or consultant used the hand gel on the wall outside the door and my husband came in every morning to help me shower as the nurses offered no help despite my having the use of only my left hand.
2 My late mother trained as a nurse at Great Ormoind St in the 1930s, and obviously before antibiotics were available, let alone the NHS. She never ceased to regale us with the amount of work the junior nurses did cleaning the wards. She found it hard work, but always believed it was work of the utmost importance, precisely because they all recognised the risks and genuinely feared the spread of infection. Now the nursing profession is above such basic but essential work, preferring to get cleaners who have absolutely no understanding of the importance of their work, and are just going through the motions for the sake of a wage. The doctors, nurses and managers rely on antibiotics to solve the problem of infection. But the microbes know a way round that. So here we are 80 or so years later and with plenty of advance in medical technology and knowledge, but a lazy set of health workers, who only know all the shortcuts. Says it all. We don't need regulators and box tickers and targets and auditors, and administrators and computers. We need real health professionals dedicated to excellent care and treatment for patients.
Continue reading here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/6679356/Clean-wards-are-what-matter-not-meeting-targets.html
Best nursing schools in the Philippines Top 20
The Top 20 nursing schools in the country are
Silliman University (with an average of 96.57 percent),
Saint Louis University, 95.42;
Trinity University of Asia, 95.06;
University of Santo Tomas, 95.06;
Cebu Doctors’ University, 91.89;
Saint Paul University, 89.79;
Central Philippine University, 86.72;
De La Salle University-Health Sciences campus, 85.26;
Saint Mary’s University, 84.10; San Pedro College, 83.10;
Manila Doctors College, 82.56; Centro Escolar University-Manila, 81.50;
Angeles University Foundation, 76.37;
Mariano Marcos University, 75.55;
University of San Agustin, 73.25;
University of Cebu, 70.99;
Metropolitan Hospital College of Nursing, 70.54;
Ateneo de Davao University, 70.20;
San Juan De Dios Education Foundation, 69. 91; and
University of Saint La Salle, 67.55.
from the http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNews.htm?f=2009/november/26/news6.isx&d=/2009/november/26
Silliman University (with an average of 96.57 percent),
Saint Louis University, 95.42;
Trinity University of Asia, 95.06;
University of Santo Tomas, 95.06;
Cebu Doctors’ University, 91.89;
Saint Paul University, 89.79;
Central Philippine University, 86.72;
De La Salle University-Health Sciences campus, 85.26;
Saint Mary’s University, 84.10; San Pedro College, 83.10;
Manila Doctors College, 82.56; Centro Escolar University-Manila, 81.50;
Angeles University Foundation, 76.37;
Mariano Marcos University, 75.55;
University of San Agustin, 73.25;
University of Cebu, 70.99;
Metropolitan Hospital College of Nursing, 70.54;
Ateneo de Davao University, 70.20;
San Juan De Dios Education Foundation, 69. 91; and
University of Saint La Salle, 67.55.
from the http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNews.htm?f=2009/november/26/news6.isx&d=/2009/november/26
152 nursing schools face closure for poor board performance
From the The Philippine Star November 25, 2009 MANILA, Philippines - A total of 152 nursing schools face closure for registering poor passing percentages in the nursing licensure examinations over the past five years.
However, Emmanuel Angeles, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman, said the 152 nursing schools will be given another chance in next year’s nursing examinations.
“It’s a warning for them,” he said.
“This is a wake-up call to our nursing schools to shape up or phase out. They are challenged to improve their quality.”
The 152 nursing schools were found to have performed below the national passing rate of 46.14 percent for the past five years, Angeles said.
Metro Manila has the most number of erring schools among the 152 poor performing schools: Arellano University-Manila, Arellano University-Pasay, De Los Santos-STI College, De Ocampo Memorial College, Dominican College, Dr. Carlos S. Lanting College, Emilio Aguinaldo College, J.P. Sioson General Hospital and Colleges, La Consolacion College Manila, Las Piñas College, Martinez Memorial College, Mary Chiles College, Olivarez College, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasay, Perpetual Help College of Manila, Philippine College of Health Sciences, Philippine Rehabilitation Institute Foundation, Southeast Asian College, St. Jude College, St. Rita Hospital College of Nursing and School of Midwifery, STI College-Recto, the Family Clinic, Unciano Colleges and General Hospital, University of Perpetual Help-Rizal, and World Citi Colleges, Quezon City.
Calabarzon has 23 schools in the list; Central Luzon, 20; Ilocos Region, 16; Bicol, 14; SOCCSKSARGEN, 8; Northern Mindanao, 7; Zamboanga Peninsula, Davao Region and Cordillera Administrative Region, 6; Cagayan Valley and Central Visayas, 5; CARAGA Region, 3; and Eastern Visayas and Mimaropa Region, 1.
Earlier, Angeles said 177 nursing schools were found to have poorly performed in the nursing licensure examinations.
“To be fair to all the schools, we had to do a lot of verification,” he said.
Angeles said any mistake might cause unnecessary worry among students and parents and harm the reputation of the schools wrongfully identified.
Among the 152 schools, nine had already stopped offering their nursing course, and five schools had stopped operation altogether, Angeles said.
Next year, CHED will enforce a rule that schools whose performance in licensure examinations is below five percent for three consecutive years would have their permits revoked and their concerned program phased out.
Angeles said CHED is determined to crack down on poorly performing schools to ensure that higher education institutions offer quality education.
“With this move, we are helping not only the parents and students to carefully choose the nursing schools they go to, but we are helping our economy by minimizing frustrations and wastage among our nursing graduates when they take the licensure exams and make sure that they only get quality education from schools that prioritize quality by adhering to world class standards that we are now imposing,” he said. Continue reading here http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=526594&publicationSubCategoryId=63
Also read Shape up, nursing schools told http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNews.htm?f=2009/november/26/news6.isx&d=/2009/november/26
Saudi Arabia Requires New Exam for Foreign Nurses
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) reported that the Saudi government is now requiring all foreign nurses, including Filipinos, to pass the Prometric Exam prior to their employment.
A Prometric exam is similar to the nursing licensure exam for nurses in the Philippines. The examination is scheduled Tuesday until Friday, with a fee of $90. Continue reading here http://nclexreviewers.com/saudi-arabia-requires-new-exam-for-foreign-nurses.html
Nurses in specialized areas in UK England Great Britain
From ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau, London 11/21/2009 Outside of any particular specialties, nursing has been removed from the ‘shortage occupation list’ by the UK Home Office. This means that employers with band 5 and 6 nursing posts have to prove that the vacancies could not be filled by nurses who are residents or nationals of the UK or of countries of the European Economic Area (EEA).
“We have to undergo the classes and we have two days study at City College London. Nagpupunta sila dito. Para talagang school. Para ma-meet namin yun standards of nursing dito. At saka may different laws here as compared sa Pilipinas. Ang dami ditong laws na nagpo-protect sa patients so kailangan naming malaman yun,” said 24 -year- old Cathleen Lagtapon.
The United Kingdom nursing work force is ageing and British nurses are leaving the country to work in the United States and in recent years, in Australia.
These are some of the contributing factors for the shortage of qualified nurses in the UK both in the National Health Service or NHS and the private sector. Continue reading here www.abs-cbnnews.com/pinoy-migration/11/21/09/pinoy-nurses-fill-vacancies-specialised-areas-uk-hospitals
Pinoy nurses vs consultancy firms’ misleading claims
From ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau, London | 08/12/2009
“Marilyn” and “Martha”, not their real names, spoke with ABS CBN Europe News Bureau to warn nurses in the Philippines to be wary of consultancy firms that offer services to facilitate the application of student visas for nurses who want to work in the United Kingdom.
The nurses did not want to reveal their identities because they don’t want to make their families back home worry about them. While other victims of similar scam preferred to be tight-lipped about the mounting rise of victims of consultancy firms with misleading claims on the nature of their work in the UK, the two bravely faced ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau to shed light on the anomaly through their story.
The UK is not recruiting general nurses and as part of its exclusive elite membership to the EU, has prioritized applicants from the European Economic Zone for job vacancies in the health sector. Continue reading the whole story here at ANS-CBN http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/pinoy-migration/08/12/09/pinoy-nurses-vs-consultancy-firms%E2%80%99-misleading-claims
“Marilyn” and “Martha”, not their real names, spoke with ABS CBN Europe News Bureau to warn nurses in the Philippines to be wary of consultancy firms that offer services to facilitate the application of student visas for nurses who want to work in the United Kingdom.
The nurses did not want to reveal their identities because they don’t want to make their families back home worry about them. While other victims of similar scam preferred to be tight-lipped about the mounting rise of victims of consultancy firms with misleading claims on the nature of their work in the UK, the two bravely faced ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau to shed light on the anomaly through their story.
The UK is not recruiting general nurses and as part of its exclusive elite membership to the EU, has prioritized applicants from the European Economic Zone for job vacancies in the health sector. Continue reading the whole story here at ANS-CBN http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/pinoy-migration/08/12/09/pinoy-nurses-vs-consultancy-firms%E2%80%99-misleading-claims
95,282 nurses to take board exam this Nov.
from the INQUIRER.net 11/15/2009 MANILA, Philippines—A total of 95,282 nursing graduates will take the nurse licensure examinations scheduled on November 29 to 30, an “all-time high” in the history of the exams, said Marco Antonio Sto. Tomas, a member of the Professional Regulation Commission’s Board of Nursing.
The biggest number of examinees will come from Metro Manila (40,621 first-timers, 33 conditioned); Baguio (14,102 first-timers, 7 conditioned); Cebu (8,899 first-timers, 5 conditioned); Cagayan De Oro (3,045 first-timers, 2 conditioned); Davao (8,143 first-timers, 2 conditioned); Iloilo (6,020); Legaspi (3,070 first-timers, 1 conditioned); Lucena (3,444); Tacloban (1,145); Tuguegarao (2,322 first-timers, 1 conditioned); Zamboanga (1,609); Jolo (166); Pagadian (1,568); Angeles (179); and Butuan (898).
Continue reading the complete article here from the Inquirer http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091115-236384/95282-nurses-to-take-board-exam-this-Nov
Nursing, accounting, teaching, dog handling among 'hot jobs' for 2010
Nursing, accounting, teaching, dog handling among 'hot jobs' for 2010
MANILA, Philippines - Nursing, accounting, teaching, and even dog-handling are just a few of the “hot” jobs that Filipinos should apply for next year.
Jayjay Viray, managing director of JobsDB.com, said while they see nurses and accountants again being in demand next year, there are other not so popular but surprisingly high-paying jobs Filipinos should consider as possible careers
.
She said dog-handling and security-related jobs are third on their list of “hot jobs” for 2010.
“Just for the Middle East (Asia), we’re seeing a demand of about 10,000 dog-handlers,” Viray shared.
A dog-handler in the Middle East, Viray said, could get a monthly pay of as much as $2,500.
She said that the continuing global fight against terrorism and increased security consciousness are pushing the demand for dog-handlers, mainly those who handle bomb-sniffing dogs. “In the Middle East, security is a serious concern for many of the well-off people there,” Viray said.
She said even here in the Philippines, there is a demand for dog-handlers. “You see a lot of bomb-sniffing dogs in the malls and in buildings,” Viray said.
Topping their list of “hot jobs,” she said, are information technology (IT) workers, who “will still be the most in-demand locally and overseas.”
Viray said with many Internet businesses being put up and numerous companies going online to do their selling and promotion, the demand for IT employees will continue to be strong.
“Small business, big businesses are going to the Internet to promote their products,” she said.
Viray said the most sought-after IT workers are those skilled in search engine marketing and search engine optimization.
She noted that some of the jobs that are becoming in demand are those that look for skills that could be acquired by taking up short-term or vocational courses.
Viray said one can get a certificate in dog-handling by attending a short course that could last only six months.
For IT workers, one could be a computer technician by taking up a vocational two-year computer technician course.
“I recommend these short courses because they can be a quick path to a high-paying job instead of taking up four-year college courses that lead to jobs that are not in demand in the market,” Viray said. Read the original article here http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=523475&publicationSubCategoryId=63
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Until such time that we have industries and factories to employ all of our labor force locally, better improve the quality of our education so we can be competitive in the world skills market. Those considering to work abroad can avoid the negative social costs by being practical and not yet marry or beget children. They might find their soul mate in other single compatriots overseas.„
alie_baba (posted on Nov 15, 2009 07:04 AM)
Member since Sep 09, 2009
“I recommend these short courses because they can be a quick path to a high-paying job instead of taking up four-year college courses that lead to jobs that are not in demand in the market, ” Viray said.
Siguro pakawala ito ng mga IT Short Course schools na naglipana nanloloko sa mga kabataan at mga magulang ....walang kuenta ang short IT coursers kung walang Basic Foundation ng Science and Technology... example... IT Accounting applications... pano ka gagawa ng Apps ng di ka marunong ng Accounting ? or Cad kaya sa Mechanical/Electrical or Archi... pano ka gagamit ng wala kang foundation ng Electrical/ Mechanical or Architecture... ganyan ang mga pakawala ng mga IT Schools kuno... Tools lang ang IT or Elective course lang, ang kailangan ang foundation ... at bakit niya naman sasabihin na NURSING na naman ang kailangan e PUNONG PUNO na ang NURSING ... mga ganid na ospital nga ang mga nurses pa ang nagbabayad para magkaroon ng Experience... mag isip ng malalim mga kabataan at mga magulang wag sayangin ang kinabukasan pera, puhunan at panahon.... mag 4 or 5 years courses na lang kayo for long term investment„
Batangsulpok (posted on Nov 15, 2009 03:22 AM)
Member since Feb 24, 2009
Wala na bang naiisip sa Pilipinas kundi mag-trabaho sa overseas ang mga graduates? Paano uunlad ang Pilipinas kung lagi na lang paalisin ang mga trabahador? Dapat ang perang napupunta sa corruption ay malagay sa ayos nang magkaroon ng maraming trabaho, maraming negosyo lalo na sa mga malalayong lugar nang hindi na sila pumunta sa Maynila para makipagsapalaran kaya sobra na ang sikip kasi nagiging squatters. Kaya napakaraming nasisirang pamilya dahil pag ang babae o lalake ang napunta sa abroad, hindi maiwasan ang magkasala sa isa't isa na kung minsan ay napapabayaan ang mga bata na naiwan sa Pilipinas. Sa ngayon, marami kang makikita na maraming single mother, maraming asawa ay iniiwan ang pamilya para makisama sa iba, maraming babae ang anak ay iba't iba ang ama at maraming mga bata ang nalululong sa bisyo gaya ng droga o krimen dahil wala ang magulang.„
Also read my jobs blog news http://employmentlinks.blogspot.com/
And Nursing WHAT'S THE BEST COLLEGE FOR NURSING IN THE PHILIPPPINES? NEWS http://nursingschools100.blogspot.com/
Philippine Teacher News http://teachersphilippines.blogspot.com/
Philippine Colleges and Universities http://philippinecolleges.blogspot.com/
Tags: PHILIPPINE Nursing hot job, Philippine accounting hot job, Philippine teaching hot job, Philippine dog handling hot jobs 2010
MANILA, Philippines - Nursing, accounting, teaching, and even dog-handling are just a few of the “hot” jobs that Filipinos should apply for next year.
Jayjay Viray, managing director of JobsDB.com, said while they see nurses and accountants again being in demand next year, there are other not so popular but surprisingly high-paying jobs Filipinos should consider as possible careers
.
She said dog-handling and security-related jobs are third on their list of “hot jobs” for 2010.
“Just for the Middle East (Asia), we’re seeing a demand of about 10,000 dog-handlers,” Viray shared.
A dog-handler in the Middle East, Viray said, could get a monthly pay of as much as $2,500.
She said that the continuing global fight against terrorism and increased security consciousness are pushing the demand for dog-handlers, mainly those who handle bomb-sniffing dogs. “In the Middle East, security is a serious concern for many of the well-off people there,” Viray said.
She said even here in the Philippines, there is a demand for dog-handlers. “You see a lot of bomb-sniffing dogs in the malls and in buildings,” Viray said.
Topping their list of “hot jobs,” she said, are information technology (IT) workers, who “will still be the most in-demand locally and overseas.”
Viray said with many Internet businesses being put up and numerous companies going online to do their selling and promotion, the demand for IT employees will continue to be strong.
“Small business, big businesses are going to the Internet to promote their products,” she said.
Viray said the most sought-after IT workers are those skilled in search engine marketing and search engine optimization.
She noted that some of the jobs that are becoming in demand are those that look for skills that could be acquired by taking up short-term or vocational courses.
Viray said one can get a certificate in dog-handling by attending a short course that could last only six months.
For IT workers, one could be a computer technician by taking up a vocational two-year computer technician course.
“I recommend these short courses because they can be a quick path to a high-paying job instead of taking up four-year college courses that lead to jobs that are not in demand in the market,” Viray said. Read the original article here http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=523475&publicationSubCategoryId=63
Read viewer comments
Until such time that we have industries and factories to employ all of our labor force locally, better improve the quality of our education so we can be competitive in the world skills market. Those considering to work abroad can avoid the negative social costs by being practical and not yet marry or beget children. They might find their soul mate in other single compatriots overseas.„
alie_baba (posted on Nov 15, 2009 07:04 AM)
Member since Sep 09, 2009
“I recommend these short courses because they can be a quick path to a high-paying job instead of taking up four-year college courses that lead to jobs that are not in demand in the market, ” Viray said.
Siguro pakawala ito ng mga IT Short Course schools na naglipana nanloloko sa mga kabataan at mga magulang ....walang kuenta ang short IT coursers kung walang Basic Foundation ng Science and Technology... example... IT Accounting applications... pano ka gagawa ng Apps ng di ka marunong ng Accounting ? or Cad kaya sa Mechanical/Electrical or Archi... pano ka gagamit ng wala kang foundation ng Electrical/ Mechanical or Architecture... ganyan ang mga pakawala ng mga IT Schools kuno... Tools lang ang IT or Elective course lang, ang kailangan ang foundation ... at bakit niya naman sasabihin na NURSING na naman ang kailangan e PUNONG PUNO na ang NURSING ... mga ganid na ospital nga ang mga nurses pa ang nagbabayad para magkaroon ng Experience... mag isip ng malalim mga kabataan at mga magulang wag sayangin ang kinabukasan pera, puhunan at panahon.... mag 4 or 5 years courses na lang kayo for long term investment„
Batangsulpok (posted on Nov 15, 2009 03:22 AM)
Member since Feb 24, 2009
Wala na bang naiisip sa Pilipinas kundi mag-trabaho sa overseas ang mga graduates? Paano uunlad ang Pilipinas kung lagi na lang paalisin ang mga trabahador? Dapat ang perang napupunta sa corruption ay malagay sa ayos nang magkaroon ng maraming trabaho, maraming negosyo lalo na sa mga malalayong lugar nang hindi na sila pumunta sa Maynila para makipagsapalaran kaya sobra na ang sikip kasi nagiging squatters. Kaya napakaraming nasisirang pamilya dahil pag ang babae o lalake ang napunta sa abroad, hindi maiwasan ang magkasala sa isa't isa na kung minsan ay napapabayaan ang mga bata na naiwan sa Pilipinas. Sa ngayon, marami kang makikita na maraming single mother, maraming asawa ay iniiwan ang pamilya para makisama sa iba, maraming babae ang anak ay iba't iba ang ama at maraming mga bata ang nalululong sa bisyo gaya ng droga o krimen dahil wala ang magulang.„
Also read my jobs blog news http://employmentlinks.blogspot.com/
And Nursing WHAT'S THE BEST COLLEGE FOR NURSING IN THE PHILIPPPINES? NEWS http://nursingschools100.blogspot.com/
Philippine Teacher News http://teachersphilippines.blogspot.com/
Philippine Colleges and Universities http://philippinecolleges.blogspot.com/
Tags: PHILIPPINE Nursing hot job, Philippine accounting hot job, Philippine teaching hot job, Philippine dog handling hot jobs 2010
Pinoy nurses can register online for UAE employment exams
Filipino nurses can now apply for work at the United Arab Emirates online, as a shortage of nurses there has prompted it to set up an online recruitment system for such caregivers.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo recently issued Executive Order 835, directing the Philippine Labor department through the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) to conduct Special Professional Licensure Board Examinations for qualified OFWs.
A report on UAE-based Khaleej Times said the UAE Ministry of Health now allows applicants to register for entry exams online rather than in person.
“We launched the new registration system on the ministry website six months ago, and we have been getting hundreds of applications everyday," said Dr Fatima Al Rifaee, Director of the Federal Nursing Department in the ministry.
Of the nurses working in UAE, 40 percent are from India, 30 percent Filipinos and the remaining 30 percent are local nurses and those coming from other Arab countries.
Local nurses comprise merely 4-7 per cent.
A UAE national nurse is paid around Dh6,000-7,000 (P77,674 to P90,620), while an expatriate nurse gets Dh4,000-5,000 (P51,783 to P64,729).
International standards require one nurse for every five patients, but UAE hospitals average one nurse for every 10.
Such a trend prompted the Ministry of Health to fuel recruitment from abroad by allowing applicants to register for the entry exams online.
But while the system allows applicants to register for exams from abroad, the candidate still has to appear to sit for the exam in person.
Some 23,000 nurses and midwives are currently working under the ministry of whom only 25 are men.
Recently, the ministry recruited 242 nurses for the school health departments in Dubai and the Northern Emirates on a war footing to manage H1N1 cases in schools.
The online system also aims at reducing burden on the customer service desk at the ministry.
“We had several people enquiring about the exams and the registration process daily," said Abdullah Nuaimi, Section Head of the Registration and Regulation Department at the ministry.
“Introduction of the website has streamlined this procedure," he added.
Candidates can take a suitable appointment online to register for the exams that take place five times a year except for the midwifery exam that is held once a year.
However, Nuaimi registration alone does not make a candidate eligible to sit for the exams.
“We have to verify forms, certificates and licences before the nurses are allowed to appear for the exams," said Nuaimi.
The ministry also holds exams for registered nurses and midwives in English while for practical nurses, the exams are held in both English and Arabic.
Also, the officials said that despite the huge number of nurses getting registered in the UAE, those actually taking up jobs are a few.
“Several countries readily accept UAE-registered nurses, so we are actually a kind of bouncing board," he said.
Low-salary structures, skyrocketing prices of basic commodities and the spiraling cost of housing are some reasons why many nurses opt to leave the UAE and take up jobs in the West.
Trends also showed nurses from the region migrate to the United States and European countries that offer family and immigrant visas. - Read the original story here http://www.gmanews.tv/story/176934/pinoy-nurses-can-register-online-for-uae-employment-exams
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo recently issued Executive Order 835, directing the Philippine Labor department through the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) to conduct Special Professional Licensure Board Examinations for qualified OFWs.
A report on UAE-based Khaleej Times said the UAE Ministry of Health now allows applicants to register for entry exams online rather than in person.
“We launched the new registration system on the ministry website six months ago, and we have been getting hundreds of applications everyday," said Dr Fatima Al Rifaee, Director of the Federal Nursing Department in the ministry.
Of the nurses working in UAE, 40 percent are from India, 30 percent Filipinos and the remaining 30 percent are local nurses and those coming from other Arab countries.
Local nurses comprise merely 4-7 per cent.
A UAE national nurse is paid around Dh6,000-7,000 (P77,674 to P90,620), while an expatriate nurse gets Dh4,000-5,000 (P51,783 to P64,729).
International standards require one nurse for every five patients, but UAE hospitals average one nurse for every 10.
Such a trend prompted the Ministry of Health to fuel recruitment from abroad by allowing applicants to register for the entry exams online.
But while the system allows applicants to register for exams from abroad, the candidate still has to appear to sit for the exam in person.
Some 23,000 nurses and midwives are currently working under the ministry of whom only 25 are men.
Recently, the ministry recruited 242 nurses for the school health departments in Dubai and the Northern Emirates on a war footing to manage H1N1 cases in schools.
The online system also aims at reducing burden on the customer service desk at the ministry.
“We had several people enquiring about the exams and the registration process daily," said Abdullah Nuaimi, Section Head of the Registration and Regulation Department at the ministry.
“Introduction of the website has streamlined this procedure," he added.
Candidates can take a suitable appointment online to register for the exams that take place five times a year except for the midwifery exam that is held once a year.
However, Nuaimi registration alone does not make a candidate eligible to sit for the exams.
“We have to verify forms, certificates and licences before the nurses are allowed to appear for the exams," said Nuaimi.
The ministry also holds exams for registered nurses and midwives in English while for practical nurses, the exams are held in both English and Arabic.
Also, the officials said that despite the huge number of nurses getting registered in the UAE, those actually taking up jobs are a few.
“Several countries readily accept UAE-registered nurses, so we are actually a kind of bouncing board," he said.
Low-salary structures, skyrocketing prices of basic commodities and the spiraling cost of housing are some reasons why many nurses opt to leave the UAE and take up jobs in the West.
Trends also showed nurses from the region migrate to the United States and European countries that offer family and immigrant visas. - Read the original story here http://www.gmanews.tv/story/176934/pinoy-nurses-can-register-online-for-uae-employment-exams
Medical Apps for the iPhone
My assignment was to speak for 18 minutes (the standard talk length) about medical apps for the Apple iPhone. Sounds easy, right? Only one problem: there are about 7,000 medical apps.
After a lot of time reading "best medical apps" stories online, asking Twitter users for their suggestions and reading online reviews, I finally boiled the list down to about 50 promising apps. I tried them out and further winnowed the list to a bunch that I ultimately demo'ed in my talk. Eventually, the video of the talk will be posted at ted.com/talks, but in the meantime, here's what I covered.
(I haven't really given them full-blown testing, so read the online reviews before you spend good money on them. Except for the free ones—you've got nothing to lose!)
FOR PATIENTS:
* JetLag RX. You input your travel destination, your usual bedtime and so on. The app recommends a schedule for eating, sleeping and exposure to light in order to land in the new time zone with a minimum of jet lag, based on modern jet-lag research. (Not yet available in the iTunes app store; $10)
* Uhear. Clever, self-administered test for hearing loss. (Free)
* SoundAMP. Turns the iPhone into a hearing aid. Amplifies and processes voices to make them clearer. Even has a 30-second replay button that can save you from having to say "What?" so often. ($9.99)
* ProLoQuo2Go. I read about this one in The Times. It's a speech synthesizer for patients who have trouble speaking; you tap big fat icons to put sentences together. You can also save common phrases into a special Quick Set. For an app, the price is shockingly high. But its competition is an $8,000 PC-based system that's decidedly not mobile. ($190)
* Period Tracker, Period Tracker Companion. The title says it all. This little app helps women predict the onset of each month's period, and wirelessly syncs with the man's app (Companion) so that he can know exactly when "to be a little extra nice and special." (Lite version, free; Companion, $1)
* Lose It! This beautifully designed weight-loss app has an astounding number of followers, if the outpouring of enthusiasm on Twitter is any indication. You tap to record everything you eat. It's actually kind of fun, because the program contains every food item you can imagine, including brand-name packaged food and restaurant-chain menus. For each one, the app lists the complete nutritional information.
You also indicate what exercise you get each day, using a similarly complete list of activities. Finally, you tap in your weight each day. Probably because the app focuses you so well on staying true to your goals, its fans say it truly works. (Free)
* Eyeglasses. As an over-40-year-old, I've become addicted to this app. It simply turns the iPhone 3GS into a magnifying glass. Hold it in front of some tiny type—on a menu, a receipt, a ticket, a medicine bottle—and Eyeglasses, after a moment of autofocusing, shows you a magnified version of it on the screen. Keeping your hand steady is tough, and the 6X and 8X images sort of fall apart—but the 2X and 4X views have saved me more than once. ($3)
* Retina. It's for color-blind people like me. You hold it in front of something—clothes in your closet, for example—and it tells you by name what color you're seeing. I love this one more for the concept than the execution; it says black is "too dark" and white is "too bright," for example, and it really needs more differentiation between various *degrees* of red or whatever. Tinted room light (of the sort that requires white-balance adjustments on a camera) can flummox it. But as an early example of an "augmented reality" app, it's very exciting. (Free)
FOR DOCTORS:
* OsiriX. An amazing viewer of medical images (X-rays, scans of all sort). Drag with one finger to adjust brightness or contrast. Zoom in, rotate. Special modes let you measure some element (tumor, fracture, etc.) with either a circle or a line that you draw with two fingers. Syncs with a special image server at the hospital. ($20)
* Anatomy Lab. A virtual cadaver. Drag up or down with two fingers to peel away (or restore) another thin layer of the photo, down to the organs and beyond. Or choose from a list of body parts and jump directly, revealing that exposed part. Grisly and amazing. ($10)
* Epocrates. Another Twitter favorite. Like an electronic version of the huge Physicians' Desk Reference book. Tap in two or more medications, and it warns you of cross side effects. Tap in the description of a pill (hexagonal, yellow, inscription), and it tells you what the medicine is, and all about it. This much, plus a medical calculator (body mass, etc.) is free; paid versions offer even more instant information for the physician. (Free)
* AirStrip OB. Lets an obstetrician monitor a patient's status, right down to the baby's heartbeat, from elsewhere in the hospital (or the town). Requires that the AirStrip fetal software suite be installed at the hospital. A good hint at the kind of remote monitoring that may be possible. (Free)
Read the full original article here http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/technology/personaltech/05pogue-email.html?_r=1&em=&pagewanted=print
Nursing Lectures
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CHECK HERE TO SEE HOW YOUR SCHOOL PERFORMED IN THE NURSING EXAMS IN JUNE 2009 AS TO NUMBER OF PASSING STUDENTS EASY TO READ CHART
PERFORMANCE OF PHILIPPINE NURSING SCHOOLS June 2009 Nurse Licensure Examination AS TO PERCENTAGE OF PASSING 100 OR MORE EXAMINEES SORTED BY NAME OF COLLEGE(Just click this blue link to read the chart)
PERFORMANCE OF PHILIPPINE NURSING SCHOOLS AS TO PERCENTAGE OF PASSING 100 OR MORE EXAMINEES SORTED BY HIGHEST PASSING TO LOWEST June 2009 Nurse Licensure Examination (Just click this blue link to read the chart)
PERFORMANCE OF PHILIPPINE NURSING SCHOOLS AS TO PERCENTAGE OF PASSING NLE June 2009 less than 30 EXAMINEES SORTED BY HIGHEST PASSING TO LOWEST June 2009 Nurse Licensure Examination Go here to review http://www.scribd.com/doc/17687452/June-2009-NLE-Top-Performing-Schools-With-Less-Than-30-Examinees
PERFORMANCE OF PHILIPPINE NURSING SCHOOLS AS TO PERCENTAGE OF PASSING NLE June 2009 Schools with 30 up to 99 examinees SORTED BY HIGHEST PASSING TO LOWEST June 2009 Nurse Licensure Examination Go here to review http://www.scribd.com/doc/17685629/June-2009-School-performance-3099-examinees
Where the Jobs Will Be Next Year in USA and probably Philippines too?
Where will you be in 2010? With an economy on the mend and renewed optimism towards job creation, many are considering upgrading their education and job status. With the right education, you could be among the successful job seekers in 2010.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) listed its occupations with the largest number of total job openings due to growth and net replacements from 2006 through 2016. Check out a few of the jobs that made the cut, and find out how you can use career training to secure a new position.
Career #1: Registered Nurses
This popular health care career tops the list with an amazing amount of projected growth. Over a million new jobs for registered nurses are expected to open up through 2016. And unlike some medical careers, you don’t need to work through years of medical school; some registered nurses earn an associate’s degree. The BLS reports that registered nurses earned mean annual wages of $65,130 in 2008, making nursing a caring career with real rewards.
Career #2: Child Care Workers
Working with children means having a fun and engaging career with a high level of potential job growth. About 646,000 new jobs are expected to open up through 2016. While entry level jobs in child care may be found with brief certification or on-the-job training, more lucrative management positions may require an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in child care management. Preschool education administrators earned mean annual wages of $46,370 in 2008, the BLS reports.
Career #3: Accounting Clerks
The clerks who assist accountants are expected to enjoy some job growth; about 594,000 new jobs through 2016. While fully licensed accountants typically need a bachelor’s degree plus certification, accounting clerks typically need only an associate’s degree in accounting. The BLS reports that accounting clerks earned mean annual wages of $33,800 in 2008. Earn your degree online, and you might not need to make any changes to your current work schedule while you train.
Career #4: Executive Secretaries
Far from an ordinary secretarial job, this career comes with the distinction of working at the top of the secretarial career ladder. Executive secretaries perform high-level administrative support, working closely with executives and other top staff. Training and supervisory duties are often expected, and executive secretaries often hold at least an associate’s degree in office administration. These trained pros earned mean annual wages of $42,340 in 2008, according to the BLS, and about 497,000 new careers are expected to open up through 2016.
Career #5: Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
If you have some retail work experience and you’re looking for a leg up, take heart; this is one career with a lot of growth potential. The BLS projects that about 352,000 new jobs for retail sales supervisors are expected to open up through 2016. What’s more, the degree profile for the job is somewhat broad, meaning that the type of bachelor’s degree you earn doesn’t matter as much as the fact of the degree itself. For the most competitive management careers, a master’s degree in business may be recommended. Supervisors of retail sales workers earned mean annual wages of $39,910 in 2008, the BLS notes.
Students Consider Online Career Training
Thinking of training for some of the hottest jobs of the future? Completing your career training online has specific benefits. You can attend school and study on your time without the hassle of travel and required classroom attendance. Many full-time workers even choose to keep their jobs while studying online.
While no degree can guarantee a particular career or salary, the practical training you’ll receive in an online associate’s, bachelor’s, or master’s degree program can give you the preparation you need to compete for these popular future careers. Even though hundreds of thousands of new jobs are expected to open up, you should always be prepared to experience competition for the best careers. Completing career training beforehand helps you face that competition.
“I hope that someday that the I.T world can be or will be the number one career here in the Philippines. I want that to happen for technology to be more known and at the same time people are to enroll to an I.T specialist school like DLS-CSB” Read the complete original story here http://vertsol.org/?p=3171
Over 400,000 nursing students will not find work abroad as they can not can not get a local job for 1-3 years necessary work experience.
Are the universities concerned? How will it help its students compete? How do parents select the best university for their students and use their hard earned money?
It would appear that the schools and parents need to take a new deeper examination of how to better prepare & instruct for the exam as number of passers influences the number of enrollees at specific universities and later job opportunities. See this link for the schools ranking in the number of board passers nationwide http://nursingschools100.blogspot.com/
Possible actions might include starting review classes specifically geared to preparing for the Nursing exam questions and helping the students learn the appropriate materials in preparation for the exam instead of making them take expensive review classes after graduating. Colleges and universities should prepare the student for exam not after graduation review classes. Teach for the exam so students can be proud of their degree.
Even the Philippine Government is proposing adding a 5th year to certain courses to better prepare the students for later jobs and requiring Universities to specifically prepare for the exam rather than making the students hire expensive tutors from other private companies.
A number of countries are becoming concerned about the quality of the nursing graduates and I am sure Philippine colleges are also concerned in producing the best graduates to compete in the world marketplace and increasing their passing scores in relation to other universities.
2. Another problem is that we have a situation here where hundreds of thousands are lured to the nursing profession because of the prospect to work abroad. To meet this growing demand, nursing schools are increasing in number like mushrooms and are producing thousands of graduates. Yet, there are not enough facilities and hospitals to take in these 450,000 graduates for training and experience.
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Good colleges and universities might try and be a leader in innovation and sign contracts with specific hospitals for its many graduates to work fulltime for 1-3 years as volunteers after graduation and passing the nursing exams, so they then would be ready to then immediately after this work experience be able to apply and work abroad. Then the school would be a leader in innovation and well regarded and sought!
Imagine all the expenses that parents go through to keep a son or daughter through a nursing course, only to see them taking menial jobs outside the course they invested in. Or worse, not have a job at all.
There is a glut of Filipino nurses because Government & Universities don’t have 1-3 years of working experience slots in country hospitals. Schools shoudl be concerned about making sure their students can work after their expensive education and other schools are providing work opportunities for their graduates why can’t school work with hospitals & government to do the same?
3. Also an innovation that might be extremely useful to students would be a blog news reference on nursing such as my Nursing blog referenced below to keep students up to date on happenings in the nation wide nursing field and in innovations in Nursing.
Nursing blog http://nursephilippine.blogspot.com/ is but one of many but it should be an example of a good nursing school and its efforts if the school has an active blog for students, faculty and parents and viewers. Subscribe to read each news item as it appears.
Also Doc Leo is another good example of innovative ways to encourage students to participate and schools should encourage their schools to set up nursing and medical blogs so the world can see the quality of their students. http://medicalph.blogspot.com/
Tags: Poor performing nursing schools, top performing nursing schools, ranking of nursing schools by number of passing students, closure of failing nursing schools, inferior nursing schools, recommendations for improvement in nursing schools, training for the exam, colleges making arrangements for 3 year on the job training for nursing
Philippines moves to shut down ‘diploma mills’
Philippines moves to shut down ‘diploma mills’ The government is well on its way to putting an end to the perennial problem of “diploma mills” or fake diplomas often sold in some of Manila’s main streets, particularly Recto. Read more at http://nursingschools100.blogspot.com/
Philippine Nursing “DIPLOMA MILLS” -
“COA auditors said that for the past years, there were 19 schools that did not even have ONE nursing graduate who passed the board exams.”
It is appalling to read about the dumbing down of Nurse education in the Philippines while the Commission on Higher Education does nothing to correct this. CHED has closed down schools for poor perfomance in accounting, engineering and other courses, but the “buddy system” of CHED directors has left the Diploma Mill Nursing programs go untouched for over a decade!! Why aren’t the Phil. Nurse Association Officers demanding that the quality of nursing education be THE HIGHEST quality of all courses in college when LIVES ARE AT STAKE??? This will surely haunt Nurses who have paid dearly in time and money for their education. This really stinks!!
“”The condition does not only affect the quality of education but also limits the chances of graduates in the ensuing years,” COA added.” http://allnurses.com/philippine-nursing-forum/philippine-nursing-diploma-277923.html
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PERCENTAGE OF PASSING Nursing Exam June 2009 Read more at http://nursingschools100.blogspot.com/
Top Performing Schools in the June 2009 Nursing Board Exam http://www.scribd.com/doc/17686736/Top-Performing-Schools-in-the-June-2009-Nursing-Board-Exam
PERCENTAGE OF PASSING Nursing Exam June 2009 Read more at http://nursingschools100.blogspot.com/
Top Performing Schools in the June 2009 Nursing Board Exam http://www.scribd.com/doc/17686736/Top-Performing-Schools-in-the-June-2009-Nursing-Board-Exam
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Whats the best Nursing school in the Philippines? Do you really want your child to be a nurse?
Today hundreds of thousands of Filipino students are taking up nursing. Where are the best schools? How do I find them? Is Nursing a good career choice? Will my student be able to find a job after graduation in nursing? The following links and article is meant to help you find some answers. Amid glut, government mulls ceiling on new nursing students Government may soon impose a ceiling on the number of college students taking up nursing to curb the prevailing oversupply of nurses in the country. http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl107886.htm
177 nursing schools produce only flunkies, says exec MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) is closely monitoring at least 177 nursing schools in the country that have not had even one single graduate passing the nursing licensure exams in the last five years. CHEd Chairman Emmanuel Angeles gave the warning in a speech to heads of colleges and universities in Metro Manila and nearby regions on Friday afternoon. Angeles stressed CHED was bent on closing down degree programs of SUCs and HEIs which show poor quality as seen through their graduates’ performance in governmentprofessional licensure examinations. Angeles said the quality of education in the country was already lagging behind other countries. “We are way behind our neighbors likeSingapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and soon, Vietnam may even surpass our standard,” Angeles said. - “We’re starting to be identified with Cambodia, Laos, and even East Timor. Do we want our schools to be identified with the schools of these countries? Certainly not,” http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20091024-232059/177-nursing-schools-produce-only-flunkies-says-exec
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.
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/feb/24/yehey/metro/20090224met1.html
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PERCENTAGE OF PASSING Nursing Exam June 2009 Read more at http://nursingschools100.blogspot.com/
Top Performing Schools in the June 2009 Nursing Board Exam http://www.scribd.com/doc/17686736/Top-Performing-Schools-in-the-June-2009-Nursing-Board-Exam
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CHEd urged to name inferior nursing schools
CHEd urged to name inferior nursing schools
MANILA, Philippines—The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines on Monday urged the Commission on Higher Education to disclose the 177 schools with substandard nursing education in the interest of consumers.
According to TUCP secretary-general Ernesto Herrera, the CHEd should identify these schools that would be phased out so that parents would be warned not to enroll their children in these institutions.
“The CHEd should specify the institutions with low-grade nursing programs. This way, parents will be discouraged from sending their daughters and sons to these schools even before they are actually closed down,” Herrera said.
The CHEd recently said there were 177 nursing programs nationwide failed to produce a student who was able to pass the Nursing Licensure Examination in the last five years. The agency did not identify the schools but ordered their closure.
Herrera said CHEd has a duty to the public to divulge the names of these schools, which might continue to offer its services to unwitting parents.
He likened the deficient nursing institutions to defective products. Herrera pointed out that unsafe and defective products are often identified and recalled in the market to protect consumers.
“Right now, the public does not have a clue as to the identities of these inferior nursing schools,” Herrera said. “We also have no idea as to when these schools will actually be closed down. Some of them may be able to appeal their cases, and continue to offer nursing programs indefinitely, to the detriment of consumers,” he added.
The 177 faulty institutions, according to Herrera, account for nearly half of all nursing schools. Encouraged by the prospect of getting high-paying jobs overseas, more than 420,000 students are now enrolled in 460 nursing schools nationwide.
The sheer number of nursing students in the country has produced a surplus of graduates that could not be accommodated in the local job market. Read the complete article here http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20091102-233599/CHEd-urged-to-name-inferior-nursing-schools
Closure of failing nursing schools
The recruitment sector on Monday backed the planned closure of non-performing nursing schools convinced that this contributed much to the unemployment of half a million nurses in the country.
MANILA, Philippines—The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines on Monday urged the Commission on Higher Education to disclose the 177 schools with substandard nursing education in the interest of consumers.
According to TUCP secretary-general Ernesto Herrera, the CHEd should identify these schools that would be phased out so that parents would be warned not to enroll their children in these institutions.
“The CHEd should specify the institutions with low-grade nursing programs. This way, parents will be discouraged from sending their daughters and sons to these schools even before they are actually closed down,” Herrera said.
The CHEd recently said there were 177 nursing programs nationwide failed to produce a student who was able to pass the Nursing Licensure Examination in the last five years. The agency did not identify the schools but ordered their closure.
Herrera said CHEd has a duty to the public to divulge the names of these schools, which might continue to offer its services to unwitting parents.
He likened the deficient nursing institutions to defective products. Herrera pointed out that unsafe and defective products are often identified and recalled in the market to protect consumers.
“Right now, the public does not have a clue as to the identities of these inferior nursing schools,” Herrera said. “We also have no idea as to when these schools will actually be closed down. Some of them may be able to appeal their cases, and continue to offer nursing programs indefinitely, to the detriment of consumers,” he added.
The 177 faulty institutions, according to Herrera, account for nearly half of all nursing schools. Encouraged by the prospect of getting high-paying jobs overseas, more than 420,000 students are now enrolled in 460 nursing schools nationwide.
The sheer number of nursing students in the country has produced a surplus of graduates that could not be accommodated in the local job market. Read the complete article here http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20091102-233599/CHEd-urged-to-name-inferior-nursing-schools
Closure of failing nursing schools
The recruitment sector on Monday backed the planned closure of non-performing nursing schools convinced that this contributed much to the unemployment of half a million nurses in the country.
“The recruitment sector has consistently been asking for the rationalization of over 1,000 nursing schools which have contributed to the half-million jobless nurses, half of them board-passers and nowhere to go except to other jobs like call centers, sales persons, hotel or the service industry,” Emmanuel Geslani, recruitment consultant, said.
Each year, he said, more than 60,000 board-passers join the labor market which can only accommodate 5,000 new nurses not to mention that only 15,000 can work abroad especially in the Middle East countries where there is an acute shortage of nurses. (Leslie Ann G. Aquino) http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/226548/closure-failing-nursing-schools
PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS AS TO PERCENTAGE OF PASSING Nursing Exam June 2009 Read more at http://nursingschools100.blogspot.com/
Top Performing Schools in the June 2009 Nursing Board Exam http://www.scribd.com/doc/17686736/Top-Performing-Schools-in-the-June-2009-Nursing-Board-Exam
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Filipino Nurses in Canada: In Search of a Better Life
In this interview, Evelyn Calugay, a veteran Filipino nurse in Canada, shares her experience when she decided to move to Canada. She also shares her opinion about Canadian policies that are detrimental to foreign-trained
nurses.
ALBERTA, Canada - The Philippines has been exporting nurses since the 1960s. Enticed by the promise of a brighter future for themselves and their families, Filipino nurses have since flocked to other countries in the
thousands.
nurses.
ALBERTA, Canada - The Philippines has been exporting nurses since the 1960s. Enticed by the promise of a brighter future for themselves and their families, Filipino nurses have since flocked to other countries in the
thousands.
The pay may be higher where they end up, but they fall prey to exploitation, misleading integration programs and erroneous policy changes. Such was the story of Evelyn Calugay, who went to Canada to escape the hard life in the Philippines. She shares her experiences and insights in this interview with Bulatlat.
Why nursing? What influenced you to take up nursing?
At that time I took the course (1960s), the government was continuously and systemically encouraging the population to develop skills in the health field. There was mass export of healthcare workers, mainly nurses, to Europe and North America predominantly nurses. This was period of the third wave of Filipino migration.
Pressure from my parents influenced my decision to take up nursing since they were the ones who were going to finance my studies. In the 1960s, diploma program was the only existing program in nursing available in universities. Toward the early 1980s educational institutions started upgrading nursing studies into a degree program until they eventually phased out the diploma program. This was in response to the demands of the importing counties of cheap labor. Needless to say, it turned out to be profitable for both sending and receiving countries.
In the diploma program, a student has to undergo four years of study, including two years of unpaid on-the-job training in a hospital setting five days a week, eight hours a day on a three-shift rotation, with the supervision of a hospital staff member and a university clinical instructor.
There were a number of cases and number of hours required in each department. The yearly tuition fees were approximately P1,500 which includes board and lodging and hospital practice.
What were the concrete conditions that pushed nurses to work abroad at that time? Would you say these are the same conditions driving Filipino nurses to work abroad today?
Immediately after my licensure examination, I worked as a school nurse in a provincial agricultural high school in Eastern Samar to replace the school nurse, who was on maternity leave for a month. As soon as I received the result of the licensure exam, I headed back to Manila to work in a hospital.
I worked for a month in a private maternity hospital in Quezon City. In that hospital, there was only one licensed nurse on duty each shift. The nurse had to be available to work at any unit she was needed such as the post-partum unit, prenatal observation unit, delivery room/operating room, emergency room and nursery room at a very meager salary, lower than in government funded hospitals. I worked for 10 years at the Quezon Institute, a lung hospital, before I left to work abroad. At the same time, I worked part-time in a clinic for factory workers for additional income.
Even then, our income was still not enough to provide a decent living for our three growing children. One contributory factor to this condition was the feudal family relations and the absence of social safety nets in Philippine society. The idea propagated by the Philippine government among the people was for family members to support each other for their survival. Taxes were used to protect the interest of the rich, powerful and foreign investors. It appears children are sent to school as a family investment.
The conditions that pushed me to work abroad are the same conditions that are pushing the nurses of today to work abroad. The Philippines's political, economic and social underdevelopment are the major problems that push its people to work outside the country. These have intensified due to the imperialist policies that have been implemented several years ago. These policies have led to the present global economic crisis everybody is
experiencing but which affects peoples of the Third World. Read the original posting here
