MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday welcomed critical amendments to an international pact on health worker recruitment, saying this would soon translate to a more tangible benefit to the Philippines’ very own health systems.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — From “Tusok ko sir, ha” to “Nakalibang naka, Ma’am?”, many Ka Siloy nurses turned CDN Digital’s comment section into a relatable online nurse station as the world marked International Nurses Day on Tuesday,…
LOS ANGELES – Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care workers will remain on picket lines Monday in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas as their open-ended strike alleging unfair labor practices amid prolonged contract talks enters its fourth week. The…
LOS ANGELES — A major federal policy change has alarmed nurses across the United States—including Filipino American nurses—after the Department of Education (DOE) removed nursing from its list of recognized “professional degree” programs. While the change does…
MANILA – Lured by higher pay and prospects of a better life, a total of 28,258 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduates from the Philippines took the United States licensure examination for the first time in 2024,…
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino nurses seeking employment in New Zealand have been urged to exercise caution as the country currently lacks employment opportunities for foreign nurses or Internationally Qualified Nurses (IQNs). The warning came from the Embassy…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Mandaue City Health Office (MCHO) is planning to hire additional doctors, nurses and midwives who will especially be deployed in health centers and clinics in the 27 barangays here. Dr. Debra Maria…
As lawmakers scrambled to keep secret some government agency’s confidential funds, another healthcare workers’ group denounced the lack of funding for the salary increase of nurses and other medical personnel, which it said may help curb understaffing…
Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa on Friday said he would consider shelving his plan of allowing unlicensed nursing graduates to work in public hospitals should it fail to hurdle the “legal roadblocks.” At a press briefing, Herbosa pointed…
Some senators criticized Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa’s proposal last Tuesday to hire those who did not pass the nursing board exam as a temporary measure to address the nurse staffing shortage in the country.…
MANILA, Philippines — Following President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s order for the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to address the mass exodus of Filipino nurses to explore employment opportunities abroad, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri has doubled…
To address the lack of nurses in the country, the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) has proposed a shorter curriculum program, which will allow those who complete one to three years of nursing studies to get “exit…
