New Regina Nurses having issues.

gorgeous77, LPN, LVN · Nov 24, 2008

it is not common practice for filipino nurses to follow up on their patients even in the philippines, unless ordered by the doctor. where did he get this idea?! i do think that patient confidentiality is a worldwide rule.

as they say, when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

These nurses have undergone lots of orientation already. Such a pity!

Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN · Nov 24, 2008

We follow up on patients here in the USA, but we always ask permission. I think there is more to this story, but it is a bad situation for the nurses and the hospitals.

Greg08 · Nov 24, 2008

Hi Alexk49,

Thanks for sharing with us. Its good to read something different rather that visa,exam issues ;-)

keep coming...

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Nov 24, 2008

Thank you Alex for sharing the article. The article proved my point exactly. Nursing education is different in the US (althought it was specifically in Canada) than in the Philippines, and really there is no excuse for not knowing the policies and procedures in Canada. If you're going to work in Canada as a nurse you'd better know the scope of practice, and policy and procedures. It's not fair to say that you didn't know. It is your job to understand nusing in the particular country you're practicing in. These are patients lives that you're dealing with here. Nevermind what is done in the Philippines, you're not in the Philippines, you're in Canada (or whatever country you're in) and you should know the rules and regulations. When you don't know the rules and regulations, then you're going to lose your job.

5cats · Nov 24, 2008

Thanks for sharing this.

Sad that it is bad news.

I still wonder what was going on, I would guess you don't fire people easily when you recruited them from far away, with quite some costs involved.

5cats

davinn · Nov 28, 2008

Bad image for IEN.

Are they fresh graduate with little experience ?

destinyC · Nov 29, 2008

Employer should look for *EXPERIENCED* IEN.

Otherwise it will happen again and again.

We should send our feedback to nursing boards around. Otherwise , it will definitely damage the image of IEN.

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Nov 30, 2008

I don't think it matters if they're a new grad or not. Usually new grads are the ones who look at things more closely because of their training. They're new grads and they're wanting to cover their tracks....I've seen seasoned nurses who miss things constantly, both American & foreign trained nurses so it doesn't matter to me. I believe that it's a persons responsibility to know their scope of practice and also should be well educated on nursing in the country that they're practicing in before they're allowed to even touch a patient. I don't care if you hold a MSN or PhD in your country of origin, you'd better know nursing practice in the country you're practicing before you touch a patient.

Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN · Nov 30, 2008

I think most of these nurses had experience, I agree one should be familiar with the scope of practice and have an adaptable attitude towards the system they are going to.

GrassFire · Dec 1, 2008

I see.