46 Nurses natangalalan ng trabaho for liking Doctor's Facebook status?

Merong apatnapu't anim pinaghihinalaang natangalalan ng trabaho sa Taguig-Pateros District hospital dahil sa liking Facebook status naiulat sa national TV news program.

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PINOY NURSES WIN DISCRIMINATION CASE IN US

MANILA, Philippines - Almost 70 Filipino hospital workers are set to receive a nearly $1 million settlement, in a case they filed against an “English only” rule in a hospital in California.

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Govt to Hire 22,500 Nurses, 4,379 Midwives, 131 Doctors in 2013 - Lawmaker

Government intends to spend up to P2.8 billion in 2013 to engage and deploy 22,500 nurses, 4,379 midwives and 131 physicians under the expanded Doctors to the Barrio and Rural Health Practices Program.

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Filipino Nurses are Settled in Bolton, UK Despite Weather and Accent

WHEN Merius McKeown applied to work in the UK 10 years ago she had never heard of Bolton and thought she would be living in London.

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Pinoy Nurse Francis Fernando Bags Top Prize at NHS Quality Award

Francis Fernando won the first prize at the NHS Clinical Leaders Network AQuA Henderson Quality Awards in the UK.


He is the first Filipino and the first nurse in the UK to win the award.

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PRC: Nursing Exam Takers Dwindling

IT APPEARS that not only nursing schools are set to decrease as the number of nursing graduates themselves have already been on a down swing recently.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said there was a sharp drop in the number of nursing graduates based on the most recent examination.

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Gov’t Eyeing New Markets for Filipino Nurses

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will look for alternative markets for Filipino nurses as markets, like the United States, remain tight.

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Nursing Board Exams in Saudi Arabia?

Filipino nursing graduates who have yet to take the nursing board exams may now have the chance to do so in the Kingdom.

The Philippine Nurses Association’s (PNA) eastern region chapter is now preparing to conduct the first-ever nursing board exams in Saudi Arabia sometime this year.

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Rep. Angara bill attacked for pegging nurses' monthly salary to P14,000

MANILA -- The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has attacked Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara’s bill proposing to peg at only P14,000 the minimum monthly pay for nurse practitioners.

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CHED TO CLOSE NURSING, 2 OTHER COURSES NEXT YEAR

THE Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday said that it might close down popular courses being offered by higher education institutions (HEIs)—accounting, education and nursing—next year.

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PRC Sees More Jobless Nurses

More nurses will be unemployed next year, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said yesterday.

Marco Sto. Tomas, of the PRC’s Board of Nursing (BON), said the current number of 230,000 jobless and underemployed nurses nationwide is rising.

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Court sides With Pinay Nurses Who Refuse Abortion Procedure

A United States District Judge granted a request for a temporary restraining order barring the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey from requiring nurses to help perform abortions.

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Higher pay for nurses sought - Manila Bulletin

MANILA, Philippines -- Progressive solons are pushing the passage of a bill seeking to increase the salary of government nurses to encourage them to continuously serve the country, particularly in poor rural areas.

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PRC SCRAPS MASS OATH-TAKING FOR NURSES

MANILA, Philippines - No more lavish oath-taking ceremony for newly licensed nurses in the country.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has shelved the traditional mass oath-taking for those who passed the licensure examination for nurses.

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