ONLY 863 Philippine-educated nurses took the US professional licensing test for the first time in the first quarter this year, down 40 percent from the 1,454 who took that test for the first time in the same quarter in 2011, Rep. Arnel Ty said Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Filipino nurses taking US licensing test declining
May 1, 2012
Philippines condemns Marion Barry after DC councilman criticizes hiring of immigrant nurses
April 26, 2012
WASHINGTON — The Philippines is condemning D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry for remarks critical of local hospitals for hiring Filipino nurses instead of District of Columbia residents. Read the rest of this entry »
‘No more shortage of nurses in US’
April 11, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino nurses should not to expect to get jobs in the United States until 2020, an administration lawmaker said yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
Palace advice to jobless nursing graduates: Join gov’t health programs
April 9, 2012
Even Malacañang has acknowledged that there is now an oversupply of nurses in the country and has advised jobless nursing graduates to look for alternative jobs or join the government’s health programs where there is a dearth of health workers. Read the rest of this entry »
13 Filipinas pass Japan’s tough tests for nurses
March 28, 2012
THIRTEEN Filipino nurses out of the 160 who took Japan’s national licensure examinations for nurses this year passed the tests called Kangoshi, which is considered one of the most difficult nursing tests in the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Degrading nurses
March 25, 2012
THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) opposes Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara’s bill proposing to peg at only P14,000 the minimum monthly pay for nurse practitioners.
The Angara bill actually seeks to demote our nurses, who, based on existing law, are already entitled to a starting monthly salary of P22,000. Read the rest of this entry »
80 nursing schools face closure – CHED
March 20, 2012
THE Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Monday said that at least 80 nursing schools face closure because of their poor performance in licensure exams. Read the rest of this entry »
Nursing grads urged to explore other healthcare careers
March 6, 2012
The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) urged nursing graduates to explore other careers in the healthcare industry which is in demand here and abroad.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said that an array of non-clinical, yet, medical-related job opportunities as alternate careers are being offered by healthcare firms to licensed nurses, nursing graduates, and other jobseekers with healthcare backgrounds. Read the rest of this entry »
3 million Pinoys took nursing courses in past decade
March 5, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – Close to three million young Filipinos opted to take up nursing courses while nearly 400,000 passed the licensure examination for the past 10 years, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) reported yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
Unemployed nurses told to apply at call centers
March 3, 2012
MANILA, Philippines—Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz is now advising some 100,000 unemployed Filipino nurses in the country to try their luck in the booming business process outsourcing industry or call centers which she said had “non-traditional” health-related aspects. Read the rest of this entry »
