nurses
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A Day in the Life of a Nurse, MISCELLANEOUS
This is a Happily Sad Goodbye From Ate Renah
The sound of my vibrating mobile phone woke me up this morning. A sad text message from my colleague brought me to tears. “Rena, expired na si Charles,” and that was it. I felt a strong sense of guilt and shame to my little stupid self. Remembering him yesterday, a day before and the six [...]
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Career Insights, EMPLOYMENT, Jobs Market
Writing Your RN Resume
As you finish your RN education, the next step that you need to do is to prepare your resume. This is necessary for you to be able to find a nursing job. Since you have just recently graduated from your BSN degree, it is the first thing that most employers will look for. This is [...]
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Communication, EMPLOYMENT, Fitness, Health, Nurse-Patient Relationships, TIPS, Working Conditions
Attitude And Characteristic Of A Great Nurse
Being a nurse is a demanding, time consuming, stressing but rewarding career or profession. Being a nurse requires you to give all what you can physically and emotionally give to your patients and even to your co-nurses. This kind of giving out makes it a kind of job that is really draining and exhausting. As [...]
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Community, FEATURED, General, NEWS
ANG NARS: The Voice and Strength of Filipino Nurses
With the recent news articles and television airtime featuring ANG NARS Inc., the approved party-list group for nurses by the COMELEC for the 2013 national elections, thousands of nurses became awakened and inspired, and more determined than ever. Read below to see why you should support ANG NARS, and its battle as advocates of Filipino [...]
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COMMENTARIES, Personal Stories, STORIES
The Value of Filipino Nurses
I was already part of the wide audience of Philippine media when they frequently reported the high demand of nurses abroad, especially in the United States. Way back high school, I witnessed how the trend shifted from high demand to low demand. Eventually, it ended up to an abundant supply of nurses as I reached [...]
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Communication, Community, Health, Mental, Nurse-Patient Relationships, TIPS
How Can We Eradicate Stigma of Mental Illness?
With the recent portrayals of famous actors and actresses on characters with mental illness, Filipinos are once again given examples of different characteristics of a mentally ill person. While some may doubt the accuracy of the depictions shown, the general reaction towards the mentally ill is negative, ranging from the words frightening, harmful, and violent. [...]
