Brutal gang rape case of a Filipina Nurse in Maguindanao cries justice

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Here is another rape case of one our Filipina nurses in Mindanao.  This is a very disturbing story indeed as 10 men are involved in the gang rape.  This week, hundreds of government health workers, led by Maguindanao’s provincial health officer, Dr. Tahir Sulaik, staged an indignation rally in Cotabato City where they condemned the gang rape of a Filipina nurse and urged authorities to investigate the case.

Sulaik said they do not want a whitewash of the case because some of the suspects are allegedly scions of rich and influential families in Maguindanao.

Some reports claimed that before the incident, Florence (not her real name), the gang rape victim) was seen Read more

More and more Filipino nurses are still unemployed in the Philippines

Oversupply?  Oversubscribed?  Over to the Max?  Is the country’s nursing profession on the brink of collapse?

The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) reported earlier this month that there are now close to 200,000 jobless nurses in the country and this number is expected to rise further with the measly budget allocated for public hospitals next year.

Because of lesser and lesser opportunities abroad, the Filipino nurse is forced to wait for the right timing to even get a job locally.

“This is depressing.”  Said one of the nurses who recently passed the 2010 Nursing Licensure Exams.  “We have toiled in school and during the review and now what?”.  Yet still, there are still parents who are pushing their kids to go to the nursing profession.

PNA executive director Maristela Abenojar said that there are Read more

Free Nursing/NCLEX/IELTS Review Mock Exams & Quizzers Online

Looking for free nursing, NCLEX & IELTS review exams and quizzers?  Need to practice but left your reviewers at home or at school?

PinoyNursingForum.com, the newest nursing community forum for all Pinoy/Filipino nurses worldwide will be offering free mock exams and quizzers for NLE, NCLEX and IELTS from to the online community.  Once you register, you will be able to access the quiz system designed to give you an opportunity to practice for the nursing exams anywhere you may be.

These quizzes, mostly multiple choice questions, will be helpful to all aspiring registered nurses who want to pass the nursing examinations, the NCLEX exams as well as the IELTS exams.

Take your free nursing, NCLEX & IELTS review mock exams & quizzers online.   For more details, please visit www.pinoynursingforum.com

Good luck.

Pinoy Nurses Forum

New Pinoy Forum for Filipino Nurses

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Just wanted to invite you guys to join the newly launched Pinoy Community Forum for all Nurses, nursing reviewees and students worldwide.

This new forum is dedicated to all Filipino nurses here in the Philippines and abroad.   Here you can discuss different topics about the nursing profession including but not limited to nursing review schools and materials, nursing review schools and nursing schools.  The forum also offers mock quiz/exam system where you can practice answering simulated questions for the NLE, NCLEX and IELTS amongst others.

But most of all, this forum is a place where the nursing professional can converge and make it their new home on the internet.  Equipped with a no-frills Chat room, you can find new friends or reunite with acquaintances.  You can ask questions, get tips and strategies or become a resource contributor for others to learn from.

Visit http://www.pinoynursingforum.com for more details or click the image below to jump there:

Pinoy Nursing Forum

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