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Pinoy Nurse Arrested in Phoenix for Soliciting Teen Sex Online

A Filipino Nurse was nabbed in an entrapment operations in Phoenix, Arizona for allegedly trying to lure a teenager online to have sex with him. Reports say that Richard Sanggalang, a 39-year old oncology nurse at Estrella Medical Clinic in Phoenix, was caught in an undercover sex sting involving a policeman posing as a teenage girl online. [...]

Filipino nurses in New Zealand Pronounced Dead by the Philippine Government

Reports came in today that the 2 Pinay nurses trapped in the rubble of the CTV building are dead. This was at least relayed to the relatives of the victims. This is an unfortunate news to the relatives as they are still hoping that the 2 nurses are still alive. Most of the family members [...]

Higher Pay for Those with Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Programs in Nursing Careers

Nursing News from overseas. Because of the current competitive healthcare job market worldwide, more and more nursing students and current professionals are pursuing after their bachelors’ degrees with master’s programs for nursing to become more attractive to prospective employers. The strategy of course is that after they completed these courses of study, these nursing professionals [...]

Nurses May Benefit From Free Online Continuing Education Course

Here’s some bit of good news on the net. Employment of registered nurses (RNs) is expected to grow by 22% through 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. As a result, a growing number of campus-based and online universities are launching new bachelor’s and master’s degree programs for those who wish to launch careers [...]

Filipino Nurses in Libya confirmed death of Fellow Pinoy

Filipino nurses in a hospital in Libya confirmed the death of a fellow Pinoy last week. The cause of death is said to be caused by falling out of a rig during a commotion in the place where the victim is staying. This story came OFW rights advocacy group Migrante claimed that a Filipino OFW [...]

Filipino Nurses in Libya still in Harms Way – Continue to Work in Hospitals

It has been reported by the 2nd batch of Libyan OFWs who arrived yesterday that there are several Filipina nurses that are still working at Libyan hospitals treating injured civilians some of them reported chose to stay. This is a very heroic act of those who opted to stay despite evacuation efforts from the government. [...]

Two Filipina Nurses Alive! Confirmed Trapped in the Christchurch NZ Quake

Two nurses from Iloilo City were confirmed to be among those trapped and feared killed in the collapsed Caterbury Television (CTV) building, which collapsed on Feb. 22. The Filipina nurses by the name of Maria Louise Amantillo and Valquin Bensurto are flatmates of those who received mobile phone calls for help from the two who [...]

Nurses jobs now in ample supply in Hawaii adding to the oversupply issue

The longtime nursing shortage in Hawaii has now turned into an oversupply, leaving many recent graduates without jobs, and the economic slowdown is to blame, nursing executives here say. This is further aggravated by the fact that nurses who were scheduled to retire or move to other jobs have postponed their plans, some because their [...]

New Nursing Jobs Dwindles but Nurses are Now Paid More than Before

While reading along for new nursing jobs that may help our Filipino nurses find one, I stumble upon a very interesting news online. Read this Pinoy nurses and maybe you will salivate on the prospects of getting to the US again. According to the most recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the [...]

What should new registered nurses do when they can’t find jobs?

What is happening to the nursing profession worldwide? Only a few years ago, many nursing students had multiple job offers before they graduated. But now only about one of every five graduates gets a job right away. However, in the United States and much of North America, many industry experts believe that a nursing shortage [...]