The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) has voiced its opposition to the government's strategy of hiring clinical care associates (CCA) in hospitals to mitigate the shortage of health workers in the country. Manila Bulletin File Photo CCAs, as stated by PNA President Dr. Elmer Bondoc, are...
Hiring nurses who earned a 70–74 percent board exam rating is "risky" as they have not yet achieved a certain level of confidence and competence, Philippine Nurses Association National President Melvin Miranda said in a TV interview on Tuesday, June 20. Photo courtesy of Ali Vicoy | MB "Kung...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A nurse advocate who is also a high-ranking official of a nurse association in Northern Mindanao said that "there's nothing wrong for (new) nurses to serve the country for one year." Fatima Tanzo, governor of Philippine Nurses Association Inc.-Region 10, stressed that serving...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III emphasized the importance of investing in the country's healthcare industry, adding that this is one of the major realizations brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on final reading a bill that provides for nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:10 and mandates additional protection and development of the nursing profession in the country. Nurses in PPE House Bill No. 9389 or the New Philippine Nursing Practice Act...
(JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) A group of nurses discouraged the plan of some healthcare workers to go on mass resignation amid the country’s ongoing battle against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “As much a possible, we don’t encourage them na gawin yan kasi ang...
The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) has expressed disapproval over Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello's proposal to scrap board exams for nurses. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview over DZBB, PNA National President Melbert Reyes said the association and the...
The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) on Saturday, June 19, lauded the government's decision to raise the annual deployment ceiling for newly hired health workers to 6,500 from the previous 5,000. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with TeleRadyo, PNA President Melbert Reyes said...
A group of nurses has batted for separate isolation wards for health workers to allow medical frontliners to be treated or isolated. A nurse checks on a patient who has recovered from COVID-19 as he donates plasma (Maria Tan / AFP/Getty Images / MANILA BULLETIN) "Dapat po yung mga ospital natin,...
