Philippine Nurses Association (PNA)

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Can anyone tell me what PNA exactly does for the Filipino RN community? That's aside from what they post as member benefits at their website. Please enlighten me. Thank you!

One of the benefits that PNA offers is legal assistance to those nurses that have legal cases. It's ironic though that nurses wouldn't be able to get into legal trouble (nursing job related) if they are not employed at all. It's a pity that being the organization that should be taking care of nurses, it seems that they don't think of measures that will make the lives of neophyte nurses bearable. I suggest that instead of collecting a 400 peso annual membership fee, they should categorize it between the employed and unemployed. Knowing that most hospitals require PNA membership, they could make the jobless nurses' expenses more manageable by at least lowering down their fees to a reasonable level, as these nurses don't have a choice but to become a member in the hope that it would aid them in their job hunting. One more thing, please correct me if I'm wrong, if you became a member by let's say August 2009, should it expire by August 2010 and not December 2009? Otherwise, they should prorate the membership fee. PNA please take care of us nurses, as you are our colleagues and you should feel the crisis we are in right now. We'll always be proud to be part of the prestigious organization as you are, but please let us feel that it's worth it, especially that you have plans of putting up a party list for nurses. The money you are collecting from neophyte nurses and how much you are returning to them in terms of value is a reflection on how you would manage the resources including the power that you may have once the nursing related partylist is a reality. So better start small and prove your worth.

I'm thinking part of the 400Php collected this month of August from new nurses who registered to become PNA member will be used for conventions like this. Boracay huh?? Why don't they just host a free BLS training or IV therapy training for new nurses or even for those nurses who need to renew their BLS and IVT IDs?

Specializes in Pre-hospital Care, Remote medicine.

registered last dec 2008, membership expired dec 31 2008 haha! attended one of their seminar... posted time was 8am-12nn but started at around 9-930am, finished by 11am. tsk2 the speaker just read what was on the screen. cost is Php. 300 for members, Php. 350 for non-members.. and no snacks given.

better to attend post grad courses conducted by big hospitals in the metro, Php. 400-500 minimum for 1 whole day, with >5 speakers mostly physicians and some nurses / paramedics, very informative..lots of updates given... worth it.. with 2 snacks and lunch served.

Specializes in OB, Peds, Med Surg and Geriatric Nsg.

It is definitely a money making association.

Knowing that there are millions of Filipino nurses that get registered in a year, they definitely profit big bucks.

When I first registered for the PNA, I used it for identification purposes.

And my God! It's a piece of cartolina or art paper with the PNA logo on it and a stamp of the signature of the director itself. They should at least make a decent PNA ID. We renew it per year, and what about those nurses that are jobless? They can't even pay the 400 fee because they are not making any money. They should be thinking about the situations of some newly registered nurses out there or to those that don't have any jobs.

Paying PNA ID for a lifetime would be much, and for what? Unless you plan to run as a board candidate then probably you definitely need one.

It is definitely a money making association.

Knowing that there are millions of Filipino nurses that get registered in a year, they definitely profit big bucks.

When I first registered for the PNA, I used it for identification purposes.

And my God! It's a piece of cartolina or art paper with the PNA logo on it and a stamp of the signature of the director itself. They should at least make a decent PNA ID. We renew it per year, and what about those nurses that are jobless? They can't even pay the 400 fee because they are not making any money. They should be thinking about the situations of some newly registered nurses out there or to those that don't have any jobs.

Paying PNA ID for a lifetime would be much, and for what? Unless you plan to run as a board candidate then probably you definitely need one.

:chuckle I can't help but laugh at the cartolina part... yes that cartolina ID is very costly 400, but if you like the plastic type.. you can add a 100 bucks.. still is very costly! I wish the leaders of the PNA would hear our concerns... :nurse:

when i asked those people when i registered, they said that if you remain to be a member for 3 years you will be a lifetime member of PNA. im not sure if thats true

Specializes in Pre-hospital Care, Remote medicine.

some said that's the condition... but, i heard from some that they are planning to extend that >3 yrs before you have the lifetime membership. if it is true, that means more years of apaying 400/yr or 500/yr if you want the PVC id.

registered last dec 2008, membership expired dec 31 2008 haha! attended one of their seminar... posted time was 8am-12nn but started at around 9-930am, finished by 11am. tsk2 the speaker just read what was on the screen. cost is Php. 300 for members, Php. 350 for non-members.. and no snacks given.

better to attend post grad courses conducted by big hospitals in the metro, Php. 400-500 minimum for 1 whole day, with >5 speakers mostly physicians and some nurses / paramedics, very informative..lots of updates given... worth it.. with 2 snacks and lunch served.

can u tell me wherelse can I attend seminars? worthy of my time and money...of course. I know Lung center has seminars for 200 only and CCNAPI... can u tell me more about these post grad courses for P400-500 in your above post? thank you, looking forward to ur reply.

Specializes in Pre-hospital Care, Remote medicine.
can u tell me wherelse can I attend seminars? worthy of my time and money...of course. I know Lung center has seminars for 200 only and CCNAPI... can u tell me more about these post grad courses for P400-500 in your above post? thank you, looking forward to ur reply.

as of now, i dont know of any hospitals in metro manila who will be conducting a post grad course. i've attended PGH's last May, st. luke's last July, and Manila Doctors' and Manila east medical center this august. all these post grads are about emergency medicine and was conducted by the ED of the said institutions anually. there's another one this november but ist's not being held by a hospital but by an organization of emergency physicians, (PSECP) Phil society of Emergency care physicians. i still don't have the details yet but there are already posters in some hospitals. ive seen one in MaDocs. i'll try to post the details here as soon as I have them. I've been to some nursing seminars already, and they're very different from those conducted by physicians. you'll really get what you paid for.

Specializes in Emergency unit.

PNA does not even help the nurses.they just get the registation fee then boom gone....even the seminars....they dont even spread it to all... only thier good good friends can avail their seminars......sooooooo bad

It's kind of suspicious that one is required to be a member of PNA in order to be licensed even though PNA is not a government organization. I wonder who is making money off of this in the government to make this requirement.

hi, is there any way i can request a new id from PNA bec i lost mine yesterday? i just got it 2 weeks ago, thanks

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