With the United Kingdom set to implement more stringent student visa guidelines to prevent “abuse by economic migrants,” a recruitment consultant expressed fears that the thousands of Filipino student nurses in the British isles may be negatively affected.

The number of Filipinos that sought to enter America’s nursing profession plunged by 26 percent in 2009, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) reported recently.

Interview sessions for the second batch of nurses and caregivers under the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (POEA) has started, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) announced.

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Dismayed at the result of the November nursing board examination, an official of a nursing association proposed Wednesday for a special program that will address the concerns of repeaters and avoid waste of resources of the graduates and their parents.

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For 28-year-old nursing graduate Clarie Bontol, topping the board exams is a fantasy.