Recruits would like to bring their families as well
By Merituuli Ahola - In October last year, Philippine nurse and mother of four, Helen Donesa, 45, was watching television when she saw an interview with a Finnish man who said that he had come to the Philippines to recruit nurses for work in Finland. At that [...]

4,686 Filipinos took NCLEX from Jan-Mar 2008
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino nurses who took the United States’ NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination) for the first time have gone down seven percent from 5,076 during the first quarter of 2007 to 4,686 during the same period this year. The data came from Catanduanes Representative Joseph Santiago, who [...]

By ERWIN CABUCOS
Theresa’s hands were trembling when she hung up the phone at a small company clinic in Zamboanga City. It was the call she had been waiting for. A call from a 20-bed hospital in an outback town in Australia. In-need of a nurse. As soon as possible.
The voice of the nursing supervisor reverberated [...]

KRISTINA DE GUZMAN
CANADA - While Alberta’s economy is certainly healthy, there’s a very real chance its people might not be if things continue the way they have been. Even with workers flocking here to get a piece of the boom pie, the province—along with just about every province in Canada—is experiencing a severe nursing shortage [...]

MANILA – Binatikos ng militanteng IBON Foundation nitong Huwebes ang pamahalaan dahil sa kawalan ng malasakit umano sa mga nurse at caregiver na Filipino sa usapin ng kontrobersyal na Japan Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). Sa isang pahayag, sinabi ng IBON higit na binibigyan halaga ng pamahalaan ang trabaho at remittance na makukuha sa Jpepa [...]