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just a wild thought..

is it possible for us to form a group, those who are willing to help and reach out? (voluntary)

i've been thinking about what suzanne suggested, i just don't know what or where to inquire.. i have talked my previous classmates into this.. they just ended up teasing me..

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this is one of my vision actually to put up like a sort of nurse clinic in our town and i asked my cousin who is a newly grad doctor..

im still thinking where to start, how to and may aspects especially with the services that we should offer.

services that are unique to nursing and not a typical medical clinic

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SUPERB IDEA SUZANNE!

Funny, I just posted in WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO AS RN thread about my long term plan of putting up a hospital in Siargao Island before reading this thread. My heart totally started racing as I read through the ideas of people similar to what I'm thinking, I just didn't have the idea that I can start small like the what you've suggested.

I hope someone can post how to do that, how to start at least...or can we just pull a DIY (do-it-yourself) and use raw knowledge we've learned from nursing school? Another thread for that topic would help!

Chill_out, maybe we can start that group you suggested? but I dont know if it would work of we live in different regions.

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There are many NGOs that provide avenues for participating in medical missions Just be careful about which ones you join. There may be some in your locality that are comprised of private practitioners or there may be larger more organized ones such as Red Cross.

I personally am a member of a small group in our church. The group has been providing free medical, dental and dermatological consultation and services for the past 10 years specifically for the indigent families who come to the clinic. I and the other volunteer nurses do mostly clinical assessment and vital signs taking to speed things up for the doctors.

As for establishing independent nursing practice - there are actually nurse practitioner programs available in some tertiary institutions here in the Philippines. It is the matter of licensure and regulation that needs to be explored. If perhaps we want to give independent practice a shot - we should contact the Board of Nursing and inquire about whether it is possible and what are our roles and responsibilities.

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Good idea.. Thanks mimeo!

A week ago, I submitted my resume @ red cross - qc.. They have plenty of activities especially that their anniversary is just around the corner.. Downside about participating in community service is, they can't assure our safety there, especially when taking surveys where its usually done individually (to save time.)

I heard about this "parish nursing." I'm kinda interested.. Is it popular here in the Philippines? (QC)

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I was an officer of a medical missions and outreach programs organization of my college and we've done a lot of the same activities with the help of the Health Alliance for Democracy, Hope General Hospital in Novaliches and other sponsors. In this organization, I and other officers/members used to teach first aid/basic life support and elaborate on DOH's health advisories to barangays. Our organization's goal is to assist on enhancing the student's skills through more exposures and develop compassion by helping our less fortunate "kababayans". The school is not enough to provide good experience compared to the real world out there in the slums and far flung areas. I plan to go back and develop our organization's potential and include the suggestions posted in this thread. All for the greater glory of God, first and foremost. Let's hope and pray things will work out.
Thanks for the suggestions and please post some more.

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Suzanne, thank you for the ideas. It gave me new hope and i plan to form a group of nurses (the unemployed but good and sincere nurses)... to do outreach programs, etc etc.

I agree, we cannot depend on the gov't. always. we should be proactive.

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Bravo to you Ms. Suzanne! You have always been a good influence to the nurses here on the site. I hope that there will be more people like you and Hoss that is will to share there God given talent to those in need. I plan to be a volunteer here in our town during the weekends. And I hope that I can join my cousin in one of his outreach programs in the Visayas area. Peace to all, and Good luck!

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I love Suzzanes post I would like to do number 1 but I don't know how to start. I hope The PNA would support nurses that would start this program in the philippines.

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Hi mr.gingerbreadman! I read that you use to be active in an organization that leads medical mission or outreach programs. Since you have experience in this already, maybe we can form a group for a medical mission.