Pinoy Nurses Notes

NLE December 2011 Room Assignments – Dagupan

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NLE December 2011 Room Assignments – Dagupan

Essential Newborn Care: Unang Yakap Training Video

2011-03-02T06:26:00.004+08:00

The Essential Newborn Care training video (Unang Yakap) is a step by step video illustration of essential newborn care protocol developed by the Department of Health and adopted from international evidence-based standards set by the World Health Organization. The training video also directly addresses the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality. The most crucial moment of newborn survival happens during the first seconds and minutes of life, the time when the mother embraces the newborn child for the first time or "sa Unang Yakap."

December 2010 NLE School Performance

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Repost from: PRC Baguio Nurse December 2010 School Performance

December 2010 NLE Passers

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Repost from: PRC Baguio

Nurse December 2010 Results

December 2010 NLE Room Assignment (Baguio, La Union, Dagupan, Vigan and Cabanatuan)

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Repost from: PRC Baguio NLE 12-2010 Room Assignment (5 Testing Centers)

Registration Information for NLE New Passers (Dagupan City)

2010-09-06T03:11:00.000+08:00

“Register Where You Took the Exam” policy.

To passers who took their NLE in Dagupan City:

PRC Initial Registration: AM only

When: September 10

Where: PMS Bldg, PNA Office & Lyceum Northwestern University

When: September 11

Where: PMS Bldg, PNA Office

Requirements:

Personal Appearance
Duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal;
2010 Community Tax (Cedula);
Two (2) pieces passport-size pictures (colored with white background and name tag);
One (1) piece 1”x1” picture (colored with white background and name tag);
One (1) piece documentary stamps;
One (1) piece short brown envelope with name and profession;
Original and photocopy of NSO Birth Certificate (original copy for presentation purposes only); and
Initial Registration Fee of P600.00 and Annual Registration Fee of P450.00 for 2010-2013

The Professional Identification Card and Certificate of Registration will be issued by PRC Central Office within 3-4 months after transmittal by the Regional Office.

Oathtaking venue: CSI Stadia, Dagupan City,

Oathtaking date: October 1,2010

All must come in their white gala uniform, nurses cap, white duty shoes, without earrings, hair not touching the collar and without corsage.

courtesy: http://prcbaguio.blogspot.com/

July 2010 NLE Results

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Roll of Successful Examinees in the
NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION
Held on JULY 3 & 4, 2010
Released on AUGUST 25, 2010

A1 | B1 | C1 | D1 | E1 | F1 | G1 | H1 | I1 | J1 | K1 | L1 | M1 | N1 | O1 | P1 | Q1 | R1 | S1 | T1 | U1 | V1 | W1 | Y1 | Z1

July 2010 NLE Performance of School with 100 and More Examinees

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The performance of schools with 100 and More Examinees

July 2010 NLE Performance of School with 30-99 Examinees

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The performance of schools with 30-99 Examinees

July 2010 NLE Performance of School with Less than 30 Examinees

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The performance of schools with less than 30 examinees

Oathtaking Schedule for July 2010 NLE Passers

2010-08-23T00:42:00.002+08:00

The Board of Nursing has announced the schedule for oathtaking of the July 2010 Nurses Licensure Examination passers. NCR Oathtaking for New Nurses from the July 3-4 NLE is set for Sept. 20 & 21, 2010. Tickets will be available at PNA, Manila after official release of results. Regional Oathtakings will also be set & the BoN to administer oaths are the following:

Gen. Santos, Roxas City, Davao - Hon. B.Merrit;
La Union, Laoag, Bohol - Hon. C.M. Abaquin;
Tacloban, Bacolod, Zamboanga - Hon. P.G. Po;
Pagadian, Tuguegarao - Hon. L.A. Faire;
Legaspi, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo - Hon. A.B. Rosales;
Baguio, Pangasinan, Pampanga - Hon. Y. C. Arugay;

Cebu, Dumaguete, Lucena - Hon. M. A. C. Sto Tomas.

The said oathtaking will be streamed live according to the Board of Nursing.

July 2010 NLE Results Release and December 2010 NLE Re-sched Set

2010-08-10T11:53:00.000+08:00

The Professional Regulation Commission – Board of Nursing through Resolution No. 2010-17 series of 2010, stated that the July 2010 NLE results will be made available on the last week of August and that the December 2010 NLE will be re-scheduled from December 12 and 13 to December 19 and 20, 2010. Here is the board resolution:

NLE July 2010 Dagupan Testing Center Room Assignments

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NLE July 2010 - Dagupan Testing Center Room Assignments

Repost from PRC Baguio

NLE November 2009 Top Schools

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The November 2009 Nursing Board Exam (NLE) lists of top performing schools and performance of schools:

NLE November 2009 Top Schools (less than 30 examinees):

NLE November Top Schools less than 30 examinees -

NLE November 2009 Top Schools (30-99 examinees):

NLE November Top Schools 30-99 examinees -

NLE November 2009 Top Schools (100 and above examinees):

NLE November Top Schools 100 or more examinees -

Top 10 Board Exam Topnotchers in the November 2009 Nursing Licensure Exam

2010-02-01T03:52:00.000+08:00

Congratulations to the top ten Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination Topnotchers!

Top 10 Board Exam Topnotchers in the November 2009 Nursing Board Exam - www.PinoyRN.co.nr

PRC November 2009 (NLE) Nursing Licensure Examination Results

2010-02-01T03:46:00.000+08:00

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Sunday that 37,527 out of 94,462 passed the Nurse Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing.

The examination was given in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, La Union, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Sulu, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last November 2009.

The results of examination with respect to sixteen (16) examinees were withheld pending final determination of their liabilities under the rules and regulations governing licensure examination.

The oathtaking ceremony of the successful examinees in the said examination in Manila as well as the previous ones who have not taken their Oath of Professional will be held before the Board on Monday and Tuesday, March 8 and 9, 2010, with morning (8:00 A.M.) and afternoon (1:00 P.M.) sessions at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City. All must come in their white gala uniform, nurse’s cap, white duty shoes, without earrings, hair not touching the collar and without corsage.

The Professional Regulation Commission reminded those who will register are required to bring the following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), 2 pieces passport size picture (colored with white background and complete name tag), 1 piece 1” x 1” picture (colored with white background and complete name tag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps, and 1 short brown envelope with name and profession; and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2010-2013. Successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals.

Oathtaking tickets for the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby regions will be available at the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) at 1663 F.T. Benitez Street, Malate, Manila, starting Monday, February 8, 2010 on a “first come first serve” basis.

November 2009 Nursing Board Exam Results - www.PinoyRN.co.nr

iPhone Apps for Healthcare Workers

2010-01-29T00:43:00.001+08:00

Here are examples of iPhone apps that can be useful for nurses and doctors:

MedCalc
cost: Free
download: http://medicaliphone.blogspot.com/2008/09/medcalc-medical-calculator-for-iphone.html

This free app is more than just a standard calculator, boasting a wide selection of formulas and scores, support for U.S. and S.I. units, bibliographic references for formulas, and searchable equations by name or keywords. According to one review, MedCalc is primarily intended for physicians and health care professionals “who, for-example, need the formula for the Rule of Six, or Absolute Neutrophil Count.”

ReachMD CME

cost: Free
download: http://www.reachmd.com

For doctors-on-the-go with little time, who want to earn Continuing Medical Education credits: Download this app and you’re off to listen to credit-programs and take the corresponding CME test from your iPhone, whenever you have a minute…

Epocrates

cost: Free
download: http://www.epocrates.com/

With the same device on which they take calls and listen to music, doctors and nurses can now connect with thousands of pieces of drug information, such as doses, adverse reactions, formularies, pricing, and images to identify pills by.

Epocrates can check interactions for up to 30 drugs at a time and includes a number of useful add-on medical tools, such as a mobile Body Mass Index calculator and a Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) calculator to measure stages of kidney disease.

To view more iPhone apps for Healthcare workers, see original post.

Nursing Research Process in a Nutshell

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Identification/formulation of research

problem anything that requires solution thru scientific investigation. -
Sources of problem :

§ C – concepts (Ca, PTB, MI)

§ L – literature, essays, books, journals

§ I – Issues

§ E – experience

§ N – Nursing problems

§ T – theories

Characteristics of a research problem

§ G – general applicability and use

§ Re – Researchable

§ F – Feasible and measurable

§ F – actors of a feasible research :

· time, money, experience of the researcher, instruments, population

§ I – importance to nursing profession

§ N – novelty/originality

· Plagiarism/illegal replication – unauthorized use of another’s literary work without any consent or permission

§ S – significance to nursing

2 types of research according to use

§ basic/pure research

· only the research benefits the research

· It is only for your personal necessity

· Answers your own question

§ Applied research

· problem solving

· Solving the problems of the patient.

Variable – subject to change

Kinds of variable

· Independent variable

o use this to stimulate a target population

· Dependent variable/Effectual variable

o results of the effects of the study

· Intervening Variable

o Comes between dependent and independent

o Example: orghanism variable, internal factor, sex, gender, color

· Extraneous Variable

o External infuences that can be changed

o Example: citizenship, educational status

· Dichotomous Variable

o 2 choices/ 2 results

o Example: Male/ Female

· Polychotomous Variable

o Multiple choices

o Example: Preferred foods – Chinese, Japanese, American. . . .

Examples:

“A comparative Study in the Income of Filipino Nurses Employed in P.G.H. and N.Y.G.H.”

Independent variable : PGH and NYGH (place of work)

Target population : Filipino nurses

Dependent variable : income

Research:

1. Identify the Problem

2. Purpose – objective using SMART (Systematic, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time Bounded)

3. Define Terms

a. Conceptual Definition – dictionary definition

b. Operational Definition – defined in accordance on how the researcher used the word

4. Revision of Terms

· Review of related literature

o Purposes :

§ to have an update regarding your topic

§ to have a basis of theoretical and conceptual framework

o Main sources of literatures

§ Conceptual

· Formulated

· Authors

· Can be sold

· Books – general use

§ Research

· Researcher

· Research works only

· Future research purpose only

· Formulation of conceptual and theoretical framework

THEORY – relationship between concepts
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

diagrammatic and structural presentation of the problem hypothesis

Paradigm

actual structural presentation of your conceptual framework

Formulating hypothesis

5 types of hypothesis

§ Null/statistical hypothesis

· shows no relationship or difference between an independent variable and dependent variable.

· ID = DV

· Eg. “There is no difference regarding professional opportunities of Filipino Nurses working in the Philippines from those working in USA.”

§ Simple/Operational hypothesis/Alternative hypothesis

· this shows relationship between a single independent variable from single dependent variable.

· Eg. “Filipinos Nurses working in USA has more professional opportunities than those working in the Philippines.

§ Complex hypothesis

· this shows a relationship between two or more independent variable from two or more dependent variable.

· Eg. “Filipino nurses who worked for 5yrs and passed the CGFNS, TORFL, TSE, NCLEX has greater opportunities in NY as compared to those inManila

§ Directional hypothesis

· specifies the direction of the relationship between variables

· Eg. “Filipino Nurses working in the USA has more professional opportunities than those working in the Phils.”

§ Non-directional

· only predicts the relationship, but has no specific direction between variables.

· Eg. “There is a big difference between a Filipino Nurses working in USA than those working in the Phils.”

Selecting research design

o Systematic controlled plan for finding the answer to a problem

o Roadmap, blueprint of the study

o Should have a proper resign design

o If improper research design, there will be improper collection of data

Purpose : key or tool for proper collection of data
Types

According to Application

Basic/ Pure

For personal knowledge, curiosity

Applied

Based on problem solving approach

According to Methods

Experimental

performing active manipulation, observe and record the result.

Types of Experimental Reseach

§ control

· divide grp into 2.

· Group a – control/comparison grp – will use the same soap everyday

· Group b – experimental grp – those who will use the sample soap

§ randomization

· using sample by chance.

· Choose randomly to avoid redundancy of result

§ Manipulation

· Performing intervention

§ Validation

· comparison of the effects

§ Quasi-experimental

· false experiment.

· No control sample.

Non-experimental

o No manipulation is done. Only observation, describe and record down the result.

o Types of non-experimental research design base on time element

§ Retrospective (Ex Post Facto)

· Getting actual experience

· Studies a group of people after its occurrence, experience or facts.

· Experience of people in the past

§ Descriptive

· Observe, describe & record.

· Study of current events.

§ Prospective

· Study of research about future occurrence or future events.

§ Historical

· Past that is written, documented, published and recorded

· Primary Data

o Observe

o 1^st hand information

o person himself

· Secondary Data

o 2^nd Hand Information

· About the past using records, journals, books.

· Study of the dead people thru his written materials, facts

o according to data

§ quantitative

· data base on numerical interpretation, datas that are measurable, using your senses, data that are observable.

§ qualitative

· subjective data, feelings, perception, beliefs, culture, attitude

o Survey Research Design

§ Group

· Small

· Face to face

· Large – not good result

§ Methods

· Mailed survey

· Face to face

· Telephone survey

o According to Time Orientation

§ Cross Sectional

· Applicable to 2 or more identical group

· Short term

· For comparison

§ Longitudinal

· 1 group only

· with initial and follow up survey

· long term study

· for developmental study

Selecting your population and samples

sample

part of population, data is collected.
The recipient of the experimental treatment in experimental design or the individuals to be observed in a non-experimental design

Types of sampling

Probability - equal presentation/ chances in the population.

Simple random technique

Used a single/identical group.
Fish bowl technique

Stratified random sampling

You will first going to create a sub population from the whole population before doing randomization.
One population, you divide it.

Cluster random sampling

You will first create a sub area in a population before doing the randomization. In one population, you make it smaller

Systematic random sampling

choosing a sample every nth name in the population.
Multiple of 100 names
Sampling frame – list of names appearing as your population

Non-probability sampling – you are not choosing by chance.

Accidental/ convenience sampling

Base on the accessibility/availability of your sample.
Kung sino pinakamalapit syo, yun ang kukunin mo.

Purposive/judgmental sampling

base on the common knowledge or popular knowledge.

Snow-ball sampling

get sampling base on last referral

Quota Sampling

Setting criteria and getting samples fitting the criteria

Conducting pilot studies

Collecting data

types :

questionnaires – use of pen and paper method

dichotomous – divided into two. Eg. true orfalse. Yes or no
rating scale – poor 1, good 2, better 3, best 4
multiple choice

Interview – use of oral method of collection of data. Use of active listening

Structured – with checklist, formal talk, list of question
Unstructured – informal talk, no pattern, anything goes

records – pre existing data
observation – use of ocular method using your senses

participant observation
non-participant observation
Problems :

Hawthorne’s effects

The data you get from your sample is not accurate.
The sample has a problem
Solution : double blind research – they should not be conscious that they are being studied

Halo effect

The researcher has a problem.
He is manipulating the data collection.
It is affected by special feelings/treatment between the researcher and the sample.

Analysis of Data

part of research when the researcher is forming a body of knowledge out of data collected for the purpose of affirming or denying your hypothesis
Methods

Nominal method

get data by means of categories.
eg. male, female, income

Ordinal method – base on rank eg. mild, moderate, severe
Interval

base on the distance between 2 numerical values
eg. BP – 150/100 – 120/80, wt, circumference, ht

ratio – 3:10 children are malnourish

Interpretation of Data

2 Methods

quantitative method – base on numerical or graphical standards
qualitative method – use of narrative words

Communicating your conclusion

Explaining the results of your work to the public
Conclusion – final answer to your research
Recommendation – suggestion to others
Dissemination of Information

Methods :

thesis/book – written form
symposia/symposium – oral presentation
publish – a lot will be able to read your research

Characteristics of Research

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Introduction to Nursing Research

Characteristics of Research

The ability of research to find solutions to problems depends on its ability to generate valid knowledge through well established processes. Each of the definitions examined above has emphasized the systematic nature of research investigations. The use of such terms as systematic, organized, controlled, empirical, and objective (or unbiased) simply indicate that research is scientific i.e. it closely follows the methods of science. Gay’s (1981, p.6) definition of research as “the formal, systematic application of the scientific method to the study of problems” makes the connection between research and science obvious. Research therefore possesses the following characteristics (Best & Kahn, 1989; Trochim, 2002), many of which emphasize its scientific orientation.

1. It addresses problems: research like most scientific investigations is motivated by the existence of problems.

2. It is systematic: this means that research is carefully ordered in well-defined steps that are obvious to all. The procedures used in the investigation should be so well defined to make them amenable to verification by others.

3. It is empirical: Research relies on objective observations of reality i.e. whatever notions the researcher has about any phenomenon or situation must be tested or compared against observations of true reality.

4. It is Controlled: this means that “…research observations are tightly disciplined” (Kerlinger, 1975, p.11). In other words, all activities or possible outcomes in the research are accounted for in such a way that they are not affected by anything the researcher is not interested in.

5. It is probabilistic: it is based on probabilities i.e. nothing is certain or absolute in research. Every finding or assertion is subject to change or total rejection in the light of new evidence.

6. It is theoretical: it is concerned with developing, exploring or testing the theories or ideas we have about the world.

7. It is nomothetic: it is interested in the general case rather than the individual. Even when a research studies the individual, it would want to generalise to more than the individual. This is particularly the case with behavioural researches.

8. Research involves collecting fresh data (first hand or primary data) or using old data for new purposes.

9. Research is carefully recorded and reported: every step or procedure that a researcher takes in the conduct of a research has to be documented because these documentations of procedures and results provide the evidence that researchers need to support the conclusions they reach. Similarly when the research is completed it must be reported i.e. made widely available and accessible to members of the scientific or educational community for public scrutiny.

History of Nursing Research

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Introduction to Nursing Research

History of Nursing Research

· Florence Nightingale

o Reformer

o Reactionary

o Researcher

o Crimean War: 1853-56

o Collected data

o Used statistics, graphs to present data

o Based practice on research findings

· Early 1900s – problems in nursing: education, staffing issues

Nursing Research 50s & 60s

· Focus on Quantitative Research

· Educational Studies

· 1952 Nursing Research published

· ANA Sponsored Research Conferences

· ANA Commission on Nursing Research

· 1960s Practice oriented research; first nursing research journals

Nursing Research 1970s

· Standards for Clinical Practice Developed

· 1973 First Nursing Diagnosis Conference

· Several Research Journals Started

· 1978 Initial focus on Qualitative Research

· 1982-83 Utilization Project (CURN)

· 1983 - ANA Center for Research for Nursing

· 1986 National Center for Nursing Research (NCNR)

o Dr. Ada Sue Hinshaw, Director

· Several Research Journals Started

· Clinical Journal Publishing Research

Nursing Research 1990s

· 1986 - National Center for Nursing Research (NIH); awards/grants to support nursing research & training

· 1989 Agency for Health Care Policy & Research (AHCPR) established

· 1993 National Institute or Nursing Research (NINR)

o 1995 Patricia Grady, PhD, RN

· Focus on Outcomes Research

· 1994 The journal Qualitative Health Research began publication

· 1997 Canadian Health Services Research Foundation was established with federal funding

· 1999 AHCPR is renamed Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)

· 2000 NINR issued funding priorities for 2000-2004; annual funding exceeded $100 million

· The Canadian Institute of Health Research was launched

· The journal Biological Research for Nursing began publication

Why is Nursing Research Important?

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Introduction to Nursing Research

Importance of Nursing Research

· Nurses ask questions aimed at gaining new knowledge to improve patient care

· Research-based (evidence based) practice = integrating research findings into clinical decision making

· Accountability for care-related decisions; research expands nursing practice

· Reinforce identity of nursing as a profession – knowing/ understanding patients' health care experience

The Defintion of Nursing Research

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Introduction to Nursing Research

What is Research?

· To Search Again

· Diligent & Systematic Inquiry

· Discovery

It implies that the person has to search again, to take another more careful look, to find out more. Why?

· Information may not be enough

· Misleading information

· Totally wrong

The Definition of Research

· systematic, empirical, controlled & critical investigation of a hypothetical proposition related to natural phenomenon. (Kerlinger)

· It is an activity which is meant to acquire better knowledge by “relearning what we already know through systematic observation and experimentation.” (Filipino anthropologist F. Landa Jocano)

· Research is a systematic, objective and comprehensive investigation of certain phenomenon which involves accurate gathering and recording and critical analysis and interpretation of all facts about the phenomenon for theoretical or practical ends. (Best and Kahn, 1989)

The Definition of Nursing Research

· A scientific process that validates and refines existing knowledge and generates new knowledge that directly and indirectly influences nursing practice.

· A systematic search for and validation of knowledge about issues of importance to the nursing profession (Polit & Hungler).

· Systematic, objective process of analyzing phenomena of importance to nursing.

Introduction to Nursing Research

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Introduction to Nursing Research

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A Student's Prayer by St. Thomas Aquinas

2009-06-02T16:02:00.000+08:00

Ante Studium

Creator of all things,

True source of light and wisdom,
Origin of all beings,

Graciously let a ray of your light

Penetrate into the darkness

Of my understanding.

Take from me the double darkness

In which I have been born,

An obscurity of sin and ignorance.

Give me a keen understanding,

A retentive memory,

And the ability to grasp things

Correctly and fundamentally.

Grant me the talent

Of being exact in my explanations

And the ability to express myself

With thoroughness and charm.
Point out the beginning,

Direct the progress,

And help the completion.

I ask this through Christ, Our Lord.
Amen.

(this is the prayer I pray when I was in UST. Ask for St. Thomas' intercession, it's powerful!)

A Prayer Before Exams

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A Prayer Before Exams

Loving Father,
Source of all wisdom,
help me to use my time
and my intelligence wisely
as I prepare for my exams.

Help me to dispose myself
to listen to Your Holy Spirit,
so that You, as my Loving Father,
may place me in a state of prayer
and lead me to understand
that the supreme wisdom
is knowing I am Your child.

Help me to remain serene
so that my work may truly reflect
this profound truth.

Mary, Mother of my spiritual life,
guide me in the ways of your Son,
so that my work may help
to transform this world for His glory.

Amen.

(Adapted from a prayer card distributed by the Newman Catholic Center
at Baruch College, New York City)