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- PNA Schedule of Seminars July – December 2010
- Number of jobless Filipino nurses increasing -abs-cbnNEWS.com
- Tarlac gets wireless access to public health -abs-cbnNEWS.com
- Filipino Health Workers Struggle in Filling Eldercare Gap -newamericamedia.org
- Filipina Nurses See Long Visa Delays Despite Nursing Shortage -newamericamedia.org
- Philippine Nursing Informatics Association (PNIA) pays courtesy call to Philippine Nurses Association
| PNA Schedule of Seminars July – December 2010 Posted: 05 Jul 2010 11:20 PM PDT
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| Number of jobless Filipino nurses increasing -abs-cbnNEWS.com Posted: 05 Jul 2010 07:38 AM PDT
 Number of jobless Filipino nurses increasing MANILA, Philippines – Richard Palikpik was one of the 92,000 nursing graduates who took the licensure examinations on Saturday. Palikpik said he spent the last 3 months reviewing for the exam. "Ayaw namin bumaba pa ang aming rating para hindi rin bumaba ang tingin ng ibang bansa sa amin," he said. But according to an official of the Review Center Association of the Philippines (RECAP), failing in the exams should be the least of the nursing graduates' concerns.
"Ang pinakamahirap ay ang maghanap ng trabaho. Madali lang naman pumasa," said Dr. Carl Balita, vice-president of RECAP. According to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), there are 187,000 unemployed nurses in the country today. They can’t find work because there are no vacancies in hospitals, it added. Read the rest of the article at abs-cbnNEWS.com
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| Tarlac gets wireless access to public health -abs-cbnNEWS.com Posted: 05 Jul 2010 03:28 AM PDT
 Tarlac gets wireless access to public health MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s hometown gets first dibs at what may be the start of the country’s automated health care system. The pilot phase of the “Wireless Access for Health” (WAH) project, which created an electronic health record system, was recently completed in Tarlac province. Now, rural health clinics in 4 towns (Gerona, Moncada, Paniqui and Victoria) are equipped with computers and 3G wireless technology so health workers can readily access medical records, complete patient consultations more easily, and make better decisions.
“We’re grateful that Tarlac was chosen as the first recipient of this project,” said Tarlac Gov. Victor Yap during the launch of the project late last month. He added: “By using technology efficiently, we will improve the lives of more Filipinos.” Read the rest of the article at abs-cbnnews.com
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| Filipino Health Workers Struggle in Filling Eldercare Gap -newamericamedia.org Posted: 05 Jul 2010 01:59 AM PDT
 Filipino Health Workers Struggle in Filling Eldercare Gap Nurse Edel Pimentel believes that Filipino health care providers will be especially able to deal with the demands of the 78 million aging boomers in the United States — plus their elderly parents — once they enter a healthcare facility, because Filipinos are "natural caregivers." In the Philippines, she said, "We tend to take care of our loved ones ourselves until they die. We don't put them in nursing homes; we just don't have that," said Pimentel.
The role of foreign-born health care workers is especially important now because the United States is facing severe shortages of nurses and other eldercare workers. One in six nursing aides and one in nine nurses in the United States are foreign born, according to a 2004 study by the Immigration Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Read the rest of the article at newamericamedia.org
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| Filipina Nurses See Long Visa Delays Despite Nursing Shortage -newamericamedia.org Posted: 05 Jul 2010 01:55 AM PDT
 Filipina Nurses See Long Visa Delays Despite Nursing Shortage Hannah Baslio had a difficult time when she first came to the United States four years ago and took a job as a nurses' aide in a large New Jersey nursing home. After a year of back-breaking work with too many patients and frequent double shifts, Baslio—one of the thousands of Filipina nurses or aides providing care to U.S. seniors–eventually moved to Maple Hill, a small group home in Maryland. There, she not only earns enough to help her family back home, but she grew to care for the seniors "in memory of my grandma, it's like taking care of my family." "You have to have the right kind of heart and a lot of patience for this job. It's not easy but if you love your job it's easier," Baslio said.
For decades the United States has turned to Filipina nurses, such as Baslio, and those from other countries, especially China, the Caribbean and India, to fill its growing shortage of nurses and nurses' aides. American long-term care companies actively recruit nurses from the Philippines because of its U.S. style health care education programs. Read the rest of the article at newamericamedia.org
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| Posted: 04 Jul 2010 07:20 AM PDT
 Philippine Nursing Informatics Association pays courtesy call to Philippine Nurses Association Manila, Philippines (June 29, 2010) — The Philippine Nursing Informatics Association (PNIA) took its first step to be recognized as a sub-specialty organization when it paid a courtesy call to the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) at the PNA National Headquarters in Malate yesterday. “This is a very timely action,” lauded Dr. Teresita I. Barcelo, PNA national president, to the officers of PNIA on formally organizing an association specializing in the field of nursing informatics. “Nursing informatics is only of the emerging fields in nursing.”
The Philippine Nursing Informatics Association was established earlier this year with a vision of advancing nursing informatics in the Philippines through practice, education, research, and public awareness. “We wanted to formally introduce PNIA as an organization to PNA,” expressed PNIA president Kristian R. Sumabat. “PNIA acknowledges the Philippine Nurses Association as the mother-organization of nurses in the country which provides guidance and direction to the future of Filipino nurses here and abroad.” Founded in 1922, the Philippine Nurses Association is the only accredited professional organization recognized by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). “We also intend to know and understand the recognition process of a sub-specialty organization and solicit words of advice on possible projects and activities that PNA can hold independently and in partnership with PNA.” Dr. Barcelo welcomed PNIA as an organization and was keen to note that the officers are pursuing post-graduate degrees in health informatics and are working in the health informatics industry. She also encouraged the officers to finish their master’s degree, continuously gain more experience, and be part of the academe.
The interim officers of the Philippine Nursing Informatics Association are the following: Kristian R. Sumabat (President) and Mia Angelica Alcantara-Santiago (Vice President) are both Clinical Systems Analysts of St. Luke’s Medical Center – Global City and Master of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI) students at the University of the Philippines in Manila; Pia Athena L. Pelayo (Secretary) is the Phil-ETB Manager Project Coordinator for the Information System for Tuberculosis at the Department of Health’s National Epidemiology Center (NEC) and a former telehealth nurse at the UP Manila – National Telehealth Center (UPM-NThC); Alexandra Belle S. Bernal (Assistant Secretary) is currently an OR nurse at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and also a former telehealth nurse at UPM-NThC; Isidor F. Cardenas (Treasurer) is the Coordinator for Telehealth Services (including eLearning, and eMedicine) at the UP-NThC; Noel A. Bañez (Auditor) works as the Coordinator for Primary Health Care Informatics and the Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS) at the UP-NThC; Sheryl M. Ochea (Public Relations Officer I) worked as a renal nurse and finished her Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) – Information System at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., and Arturo M. Ongkeko Jr. (Public Relations Officer II) is the Coordinator for Knowledge Management at the UP-NThC. Sumabat also presented a copy of PNIA’s Constitution and By-Laws; and organizational profile to Dr. Barcelo. PNIA is also inviting nurses to sign up as founding members. “We welcome online members such as registered nurses or student nurses interested in nursing informatics to be part of this historic undertaking and enlist as Founding Members of PNIA,” Sumabat said. Interested individuals may sign-up at the PNIA Call for Founding Members Google spreadsheet.  PNIA meets PNA
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