PNA Supports CHED’s Move to Change Nursing Curriculum Despite Protests by Other Parties
Last Tuesday, the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) approves the implementation of a Commission on Higher Education (CHED) memorandum circular no. 5 that imposes a new curriculum on nursing schools on Tuesday.
CHED’s new memo, also known as the enhanced Four-Year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, adds another 33 units to the present nursing curriculum’s 169 units. This will technically result to adding three summer classes to the present eight-semester course of aspiring Filipino Nurses.
“The PNA fully believes and supports the rationale of the new and enhanced four-year BSB program,” the Nurses Group said in its position paper signed by Leah Primitiva Samaco-Paquiz, its national president.
With this course enhancement, the number of hours for practicum will also be increased to 2,499 from the present 2,142-hour requirement.
PNA released their position as leaders of the largest consortium of private colleges and universities in the Philippines, as well as the umbrella organization of five educational associations, expressed their disapproval of this move from CHED.
See our initial report on these protests here.
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Are Middle East Countries Really Seeking 5000 Pinoy Nurses?
Last month, it was reported by the POEA that some Middle East countries have expressed their interest to hire our homegrown Filipino nurses.
The POEA has not clarified which countries in the Middle East are hiring but the report says that 5,000 nurses are needed in government hospitals.
The report has not been verified to have bear fruit as of this writing but this is a welcome news to all aspiring Nurses who wants to work abroad. However, Middle East not always the first choice of the Filipino nurses. Pinoy Nurses are known to always choose to work in North America or Europe if they have a chance.
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Capital Health of Canada is Planning to Hire 500 More Nurses?
Wanting to work as Pinoy Nurse in Canada? Here’s good news for you.
There is yet another opportunity for our Filipino Nurses to work in Canada as Capital Health, one of the leading healthcare institution in Canada with a growing workforce of more than 30,000 people, is rumored planning to increase their Nurses workforce by another 500.
The opening for nurses position has been openly posted on their website (but the 500 headcount requirement is not verifiable) at http://www.capitalhealth.ca/Careers/Nurses/default.htm
The good news is that Capital Health is open to internationally-trained healthcare professionals like our Filipino doctors and nurses. Capital Health is based in Alberta Canada so all aspiring Nurses should register or secure a valid permit with the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA) and/or the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta.
You may need to pay an initial application fee before starting the formal process of assessing your nursing qualifications. This fee is paid by you and not reimbursed by Capital Health.
Of course, there is requirement to be English-speaking and you need to pass English tests namely the TSE and TOEFEL, prior to getting a temporary permit.
We wish you good luck in your application to Canada!
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Filipino Healthcare Professionals are Integral Part of US Healthcare Workforce says Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
During a press interview by the Filipino American Leadership Council (FALCON), Filipino doctors and nurses have been hailed by the FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps as meeting the demands of the nationwide healthcare personnel shortage in the US. He said that Filipino healthcare professionals are already an integral part of the US healthcare workforce especially in filling up the nurses shortage.
For a long time now, the Philippines is the number one source of foreign-trained nurses in the US and have made significant contributions to the American healthcare industry. This is a welcome remark coming from an independent US government agency despite the bad remarks made to Filipino doctors by the TV show, Desperate Housewives,
It’s good to know that. And I hope that this will continue.
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