tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50993556038494566052009-11-27T04:35:02.282-08:00on our path to enlightenmentluvluvnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-50801965434714940312008-02-21T00:46:00.000-08:002008-02-22T00:04:31.985-08:00

Finally, the most awaited results for the December 2007 Nursing Board Exam is out. The most awaited moment for thousands of hopefuls. Check out the official results at the Professional Regulation Commission website itself.My colleagues told me I passed but I can't access the PRC site while I'm writing this.I have refrained from updating this blog until I passed the board, believing that blogging

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It's been nearly a week since the news came out that criminal charges in violation of Republic Act No. 8981 or the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Modernization Act of 2000 and Republic Act No. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act will be filed against former Board of Nursing members Anesia Dionisio and Virginia Madeja by the Ombudsman. The two are said to be the sources of

luvluvnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-7364348127370540142007-05-26T22:56:00.000-07:002008-02-22T00:02:45.509-08:00

I'm not referring to western countries but the Philippines, where politicians has drafted a resolution that will require all recent nursing graduates and board passers a compulsory three-year service due to the perceived shortage of nurses in hospitals across the country, especially government ones. I wonder where they got their record of the supposed shortages of nurses. I knew there were more

luvluvnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-64620171415227533302007-04-24T02:40:00.000-07:002008-02-22T00:02:16.862-08:00

I came across some articles on internet marketing that teaches novices to exploit the dreams and fears of a target market. I guess it's true for all types of marketing, just look at all those products promising youth and beauty. However, it is sad to note that Philippine review centers are using the same strategy.I recently attended a pre-selling seminar by a local review center. Before we went

luvluvnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-60726415097197106242007-03-12T23:39:00.000-07:002008-02-22T00:02:04.119-08:00

I recently attended a seminar in nursing whose resource person is one of the Philippine pillar in reviews for nursing examinations. My memory is like a sieve so most of what was uttered by the speaker went in one ear and out the other except for this statement: Filipino nurses, compared to their foreign counterparts, are less inclined to express themselves. The statement was rather ambiguous so I

luvluvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-88014954029080096202007-03-04T00:26:00.000-08:002008-02-22T00:01:24.653-08:00

Another school year looms less than three (3) months away. Starry-eyed youths full of hope and expectations would again be beating a path to nursing colleges across the nation. They will come from varied backgrounds but will be united by the dream of a brighter future for themselves and their families. If you are a nursing hopeful or the parent of one, getting your money’s worth in education is

luvluvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-2775708233890638442007-02-17T03:54:00.001-08:002008-02-22T00:00:44.004-08:00

We thought that the decision to make NCLEX available to examinees right in Manila have relegated the June 2006 Philippine Nursing Licensure Board Examination scandal to the dark recesses of our memories. Yet the recent announcement of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) that passers of the June 2006 Board Exam who did not opt for a re-take are not eligible for a

luvluvnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-5714406160426881882007-02-14T22:38:00.000-08:002008-02-22T00:00:02.589-08:00

March is less than a month away. Soon, innumerable colleges and universities will be churning out hordes of nursing graduates. Even before those new nurses are out of their togas, signs and ads are sure to mushroom and announce the opening of another school year. Each extolling the virtues, imagined or otherwise, of each college to try and lure the most number of nursing hopefuls. Nursing is a

luvluvnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-80872477710027437442007-02-10T19:20:00.000-08:002008-02-21T23:59:40.269-08:00

With the Nursing Board scandal of June 2007 still fresh, we hope that stigma will be erased with the news that the National Council of State Boards of Nursing is considering putting up an NCLEX testing center in Manila. It is only fitting since the Philippines is one of the largest source of skilled nurses for the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world xxxxxThis development is most

luvluvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-59476267129131825032007-02-09T21:18:00.000-08:002008-02-21T23:59:14.681-08:00

An article in the on-line edition of the Manila Standard caught my eye. The headline said “Puno restricts use of nurse’s uniform.” I laud his directive to restrict the use of the white nursing uniform to professional health care workers only. I’ve seen how the white uniform has been debased by being worn by waitresses and club attendants in skimpier reincarnations as an obvious

luvluvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-45584862751519486362007-02-09T21:09:00.000-08:002008-02-21T23:58:30.361-08:00

This one came from Wikipedia: Uniforms are a set of standard clothing worn by specific persons engage in specific activities. How do people look at uniforms? Some see it as a form of authority, others as the mark of professionals. It is something to be worn with pride and dignity. If we judge the nursing profession by the garb commonly seen in hospitals, it is having an identity crisis. We

luvluvnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-17208836831755031562007-02-09T21:02:00.000-08:002008-02-21T23:58:02.878-08:00

Nurses blamed in patient deaths, substandard care The headline caught my eyes. For the full story, please visit this site. There have been a lot of anecdotal evidences regarding the failure of nurses in delivering quality care to their patients. I have mixed feelings for these. First and foremost, nurses are professional health care workers and are bound by oath to uphold wellness and

luvluvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-21322970702594744722007-02-09T20:54:00.000-08:002008-02-21T23:57:34.616-08:00

It did not made headlines, in fact I found the article tucked snugly inside a national newspaper. If it were not for its significance to the better half of the world’s population, it would be very easy to miss. Yet that modest article offered a ray of hope to young women everywhere – the hope to defeat the human papillomavirus (HPV), the leading causes of cervical cancer and accounting for 90% of

luvluvnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-37251837513258067612007-02-09T20:44:00.000-08:002008-02-21T23:57:05.242-08:00

Nightingale and her associates left comfortable lives behind and marched off to the Crimean War because they care about other people. I would like to believe that the present nursing profession is still firmly embedded on its true foundation: caring about others. If we close our eyes and allow ourselves to be transported back to the period, we can see life was also simpler then compared to

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