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...
Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has cautioned the Departments of Health (DOH) and Labor and Employment (DOLE) against hiring nurses who fell short of passing the Philippine Nursing Licensure Exam. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada answers questions from members of the Senate media during the Kapihan sa...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday, June 25 reiterated his call for the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to thoroughly study the proposal to tap unlicensed nurses, citing the need to comply with the law vis-à-vis the demand for additional...
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...
Fresh innovations by the new leadership of the Department of Health (DOH) are needed to encourage Filipino nurses to remain in the country, Senator Francis N. Tolentino on Monday, June 12, said. Sen. Francis Tolentino (Senate...
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...
Anakalusugan Rep. Michael Defensor said on Friday that more Filipino nurses are seeking to practice their profession in America. A total of 5,957 Filipino nurses took the US licensure examination for the first time from January to September 2021. According to Defensor, based on the figures from the...
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...
