Tag: nursing

WATCH: Interview with Filipino Nurses United on proposal to remove licensure exams for nurses

https://youtu.be/opBJQDw6O9w   (Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews the Secretary-General Filipino Nurses United (FNU), Ms. Jocelyn Andamo, who said that removing professional board or licensure exams for nurses at this time was not a good idea. Andamo also expressed concern on the suggestion of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to do away with board exams, including for the health profession, saying this could even be dangerous since the nursing and medical professions deal with lives. The […]

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Staff ‘worked while symptomatic’ at US care home with 35 virus deaths

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The devastating coronavirus outbreak at a nursing home near Seattle where 35 have died was likely fueled by infected staff members continuing to come to work, a report found Wednesday. The care home is responsible for over half the deaths in the northwestern state of Washington — itself the US epicenter of the deadly pandemic. After visiting homes in the region, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found “staff […]

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University of Pangasinan grad tops June 2018 nursing board exams

(Eagle News) — A University of Pangasinan graduate has topped the nursing board exams held in June. Based on the results released by the Professional Regulation Commission on Tuesday, June 19, Mark Tristan Pangilinan Robosa garnered an 87.6 percent rating. He was followed by Andrew Rey Lao del Fierro, Philip Gabriel Gillegao Gimotea, both of Xavier University; Deanna Corinne Enano Serrano of Bicol University-Legazpi; and Sherwynne Paola Lasam Trinidad of St. Paul University-Tuguegarao; who all […]

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