Roll of Successful Examinees in the NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION Held on JUNE 1 & 2, 2008
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 27,765 out of 64,459 passed the Nurse (First Timers, Repeaters, Removals) Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last June 2008. The result of examination with respect to one (1) examinee was withheld pending final determination of her liabilities under the rules and regulations governing licensure examinations. Read the rest of this entry »
Homewatch CareGivers (USA) Warns About Recruitment Scam in the Philippines
dBusinessNews Atlanta (press release), GA
Greenwood Village, CO—Homewatch CareGivers, the largest and most experienced international franchise provider of in-home care, has concluded an investigation into the illegal use of its corporate name and that of its founder and president in a recruitment scam that began last month in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines and has warned all residents of the Philippines that any company representing itself as “HOMEWATCH CAREGIVERS CONSULTANCY” or that sends e-mail solicitations from either “DR. PAUL A. SAUER” or “LEANN REYNOLDS SANCHEZ” is operating illegally. Read the rest of this entry »
Manila: Filipino nurses still in demand
Saudi Gazette internet edition
MANILA – Contrary to the claims of a group of Filipino nurses, the Philippines’ Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) maintained that the global demand for locally-trained medical practitioners remains high especially in Western countries with an aging population.
Labor Secretary Marianito Roque said the global demand for Filipino nurses is high but the lack of adequate and necessary experience prevents many of them from finding overseas employment. Read the rest of this entry »
Filipino caregiver can stay in Canada
By Ging Reyes - abs-cbn news online - A cancer-stricken Filipina caregiver has won her battle to stay in Canada. ABS-CBN North America News Bureau learned Friday that Canadian Immigration authorities have decided to grant the wish of Juana Tejada for permanent residency on humanitarian grounds. Her lawyer, Rafael Fabregas said, “Juana is very happy, she’s in very high spirits because of this news. She’s a fighter and after this, she believes she can beat this disease.”
The 38-year-old Tejada, a native of Abra, arrived in Alberta in 2003 to work as a nanny. Under Canada’s Live-In Caregiver program, she applied for permanent residency status in 2006. But while undergoing a medical examination for her immigation application, Tejada learned she had stage four colon cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
Handicapped Israeli hails Pinoy caregiver
ABS-CBN newsonline - There are countless stories of physical, emotional abuse and maltreatment overseas Filipino workers suffer at the very hands of their employers, and only a few stories about how they have become an inspiration to many, especially to their bosses. In this story, however, an Israeli employer sings praises for his Filipino caregiver. Read the rest of this entry »
The Business of Nursing: Dr. Femy Octaviano gives the nursing profession a boost
By Kathy M. Villalons - Eufemia Octaviano or Femy, as she is fondly called, is a pride of Western Visayas. Being an educator and book author, she has contributed a great deal in the Nursing profession.
In 1974, she took up her masteral in Nursing at the University of the Philippines. She majored in medical surgical nursing and minored in clinical nursing. She became a doctor of education in 1998 after majoring in Educational Management in the University of Saint La Salle. Read the rest of this entry »
A one-of-a-kind nursing book launching
By Kathy M. Villalon - Author challenges nurses to be entrepreneurs and serve the country. Authors Dr. Eufemia Octaviano and Dr. Carl Balita launched their book “Theoretical Foundations of Nursing: The Philippine Perspective” recently at Hotel del Rio and this was attended by deans from colleges and universities from Iloilo City and Bacolod. Read the rest of this entry »
Foreign-trained health professionals not long-term solution, says official
Local health region has made offers to 59 nurses in the Philippines
By Mohsin Abbas -The Prince Albert Daily Herald - Finding health-care professionals outside of Canada is not the only prescription for labour woes at the local health region, said an official. “International recruitment is only going to bridge the gap but it’s not a long-term solution to our labour shortage crisis,” said Jamie Callahan, vice-president of the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region. Read the rest of this entry »
Nurse Claims Employer Enslaved Her
By KIRK SEMPLE
A Filipino woman has accused a former Filipino ambassador to the United Nations of enslaving her for three months in the ambassadorial townhouse on the Upper East Side, forcing her to work as a servant and subjecting her to psychological abuse.
The woman, Marichu Suarez Baoanan, 39, said the diplomat, Lauro Baja Jr., and his wife lured her to the United States with the promise that they would help her find work as a nurse. She gave them $5,000 to pay for a visa, airfare and help in finding nursing work, she said. Read the rest of this entry »
Shrinking US demand swells jobless Filipino nurses
by Maria Aleta Nieva - abs-cbnNEWS.com
The demand for Filipino nurses in the United States and other key labor markets is falling, thus swelling the ranks of jobless Filipino nurses, the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) said Tuesday.
“In the past two years alone, with domestic demand not increasing and global demand decreasing, many nurses are now waiting to be employed,” said Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) President Leah Primitiva Samaco-Paquiz, in a press conference Tuesday at the PNA office in Malate, Manila. Read the rest of this entry »
