Nursing Careers Blog

Days before the June 1 and 2 nursing board exams, 20-year-old Myla Bantog offered two eggs in St. Claire’s Parish in Quezon City to chalk up her chances of passing the test.

ABS CBN NewsJob outlook for Filipino nurses no longer as brightABS CBN News, Philippines - 8 minutes agoBut before they can take the NCLEX, they need to pass the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) and English proficiency tests, …

Dying for life in AfghanistanSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 19 minutes agoIn the pipeline are plans to set up more midwifery schools and assign more female students to medical and nursing schools. "To reduce maternal mortality we …

National League for Nursing Calls for More Health Care IT TrainingiHealthBeat, CA - 6 minutes agoNursing schools need to update their undergraduate and post-graduate curricula and add faculty to adequately prepare nurses to use health care IT, …

THE completion of a nursing course is indeed the call of the times as it comes on the heels of the urgent need for more nurses and health workers to serve the needs of the country and even overseas.

Lacanaria: Trailblazer in nursing educationSun.Star, Philippines - 24 minutes agoAs a Coene, we have organized capability building projects for all nursing schools in Region 1 and Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) such as faculty …

Keeping a Positive Focus: Week inADVANCE for LPNs, PA - 7 minutes agoGiven the shortage, are we maintaining standards in nursing schools, or are we substituting quality for sheer numbers or more bluntly stated, warm bodies? …

State bills tackle shortage of new nursesLong Island Business News (subscription), NY - 18 minutes agoDahill said a long-term solution to the shortage is a state bill that would help recruit more faculty for nursing schools. That, in turn, would expand …

All humans have empathy, which is the ability to identify and sympathize with another’s situation and feelings. It’s just that some humans have more empathy than others.

Nurse shortage expected to growScranton Times-Tribune,  USA - 9 minutes agoUS nursing schools turned away more than 42000 applicants in 2006, partly because of faculty shortages, according to the American Association of Colleges of …