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Nursing Week’s Articles: 08/12/2009 – 08/19/2009

post — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:51:33 +0000

Facility fees added to patient bills have some crying foul Elliott VS – The news that the Cleveland Clinic started billing patients facility fees for visiting physicians at some outpatient offices as of March 1 stirred up shock waves. At a time when health care costs are increasing and many families are under economic strain, this [...]

Filipino nurses eye UK, Middle East markets

post — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:30:18 +0000

Filipino nurses eye UK, Middle East markets Source: abs-cbnNEWS.com Filipino nurses are reportedly choosing other countries over the United States for employment. “The deepening recession in America has clearly diminished the desire of some Filipino nurses to seek employment there,” said former senator Ernesto Herrera, secretary general of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP). Herrera said that [...]

Pinoy nurses vs consultancy firms’ misleading claims

post — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:28:25 +0000

Pinoy nurses vs consultancy firms’ misleading claims Source: abs-cbnnews.com “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 [...]

US quota for Filipino nurses filled up, say recruiters

post — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:34:44 +0000

US quota for Filipino nurses filled up, say recruiters Source: philstar.com MANILA, Philippines – Employment opportunities in the United States for Filipino nurses aspiring to work there appear to be drying up. The recruitment industry reported yesterday that the US quota of employment-based immigrant visa for foreign workers, including Filipino nurses have all been filled up. “Based on the [...]

Nursing Week’s Articles: 08/05/2009 – 08/12/2009

post — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:52:57 +0000

Dronedarone for atrial fibrillation: a new therapeutic agent Patel PD et al. – Atrial fibrillation is the most common of the serious cardiac rhythm disturbances and is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality. Dronedarone is a multichannel blocker and, like amiodarone, possesses both a rhythm and a rate control property in atrial fibrillation. What’s new in prostate [...]

Asia-Pacific military nursing seminar opens in Hanoi

post — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:39:32 +0000

Asia-Pacific military nursing seminar opens in Hanoi Source: http://english.vovnews.vn The third Asia-Pacific Army Nursing Seminar, themed “Boosting the global military nursing cooperation”, opened in Hanoi on August 3. Attending the event are military nurses from 14 countries, including Vietnam, the US, Australia, China, Cambodia, India, Japan, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and [...]

More pinoy jobless nurses eyed as rural midwives

post — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:30:47 +0000

More jobless nurses eyed as rural midwives Source: http://globalnation.inquirer.net MANILA, Philippines—Congress should build up the Nurses Assigned in Rural Service (NARS) Project toward mobilizing a larger number of unemployed nurses, this time as village midwives, a lawmaker from Mindanao said. “It would make a lot of sense to expand the NARS, and possibly tap an additional 10,000 nurses [...]

Fewer Filipino nurses seeking jobs in US

post — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:13:59 +0000

Fewer Filipino nurses seeking jobs in US Source: www.philstar.com MANILA, Philippines – Filipino nurses are now shying away from the United States because of the prevailing financial crisis there. Fewer Filipino nurses sought employment in the United States in the first half of the year as the country sank into recession, according to the Trade Union Congress of [...]

Call center agent tops nursing exam June 2009 NLE

post — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:04:19 +0000

Call center agent tops nursing exam Source: http://www.mb.com.ph A mother of three and a call center agent topped the June 2009 Nursing Licensure Examinations. Golda Manto-Yap, 34 years old, a graduate of Felipe R. Verallo Memorial Foundation (FRVMF), earned a 86.80 percent rating, besting thousands of passers. Of the total 77,901 examinees last June, only 32,617 passed or 41.87 [...]

Nurses Need To Be Updated On Developments

post — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:01:22 +0000

Nurses Need To Be Updated On Developments: Musa Aman Source: http://www.bernama.com KOTA KINABALU, July 30 (Bernama) — In a day and age where new viruses like the Influenza A (H1N1) virus are being discovered and lifestyle diseases like hypertension and stress are growing, nurses need to equip themselves with new skills and knowledge, Chief Minister Datuk Seri [...]