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  1. Protection for Volunteer/ Trainee Nurses

    potatomasher posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hello all! It seems to me that hospitals in the Philippines are taking advantage of the nursing surplus. Every 6 months or so, there are thousands of nurses getting their degrees. A few of them get...

  2. Protection for Volunteer/ Trainee Nurses

    potatomasher replied to potatomasher's topic in International Nursing

    This should remind us of a wake up call that it's already becoming too much. Fresh grad nurses are not cows that they can harness to "run" their hospitals while the paid staff nurses do nothing. Well,...

  3. Traveling to Malaysia For Vacation and I am a nurse...

    potatomasher replied to potatomasher's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks for sharing your information about this! :-)

  4. Traveling to Malaysia For Vacation and I am a nurse...

    potatomasher posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hello all, This coming November, I am planning to spend some time in Malaysia for vacation. I am right now working as a volunteer nurse in a local hospital (which means I am not bound by any contract...

  5. HELP: licensed in saipan, need verification for visa screen

    potatomasher replied to 4fifteen's topic in Immigration Advice

    Hi all, Does Saipan BON accept cash when renewing your license? Another thing is that I am planning to endorse me license to New York. Do you think I would benefit from sending the application for...

  6. to all NCLEX passers; whats your NLE scores?

    potatomasher replied to Taimanov's topic in Philippines

    85.4% NLE 75 items for NCLEX I think there is no exact correlation between the the NCLEX and NLE...I knew a lot of people who have high averages in the NLE but flunked the NCLEX. The NCLEX is more...

  7. Nurses being harassed by patients and or their folks

    potatomasher posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hello! I would like to know if there is a Philippine law that protect nurses from the unnecessary harassments by patients and/or their families in the hospital. I am quite aware that are nurses we...

  8. Nurses being harassed by patients and or their folks

    potatomasher replied to potatomasher's topic in International Nursing

    Well human rights is quite broad. I think having laws pertaining to harassment of nurses in the hospital by patients or folks is a must. Nurses do need protection. And nurses are not superhumans that...

  9. ARROYO: Make Professionals Stay 2 years and work in the Philippines!!

    potatomasher replied to Hoss's topic in International Nursing

    If this bill passes and becomes a law, it will be a big blow for nurses. I think the best solution to the vast migration of nurses (and doctors), is to give them a decent pay. Why not go to the root...

  10. my school has gone crazy with the shoes and bags

    potatomasher replied to AstonishiaInlimbo's topic in International Nursing

    Your school is not crazy or something. Just abide with the rules. It's part of the discipline which will come handy someday. No matter how ridiculous it seems, take is as part of the training. As...

  11. How to Deal with Extra Grace Required Nursing Staff

    potatomasher posted a topic in International Nursing

    I know everybody knows about these kind of nurses who feel like some kind of god/goddesses of the ward--unfriendly to trainees, unapproachable, treating their trainees like slaves or cows, blaming...

  12. Japan shuns Filipino Nurses for Indonesian Nurses/caregivers

    potatomasher replied to Hoss's topic in International Nursing

    Well, nurses who are desperate will go to other countries even though they're quite aware that their status of work there will be much lower than what they earned in college. Sorry but it's not my cup...

  13. How to Deal with Extra Grace Required Nursing Staff

    potatomasher replied to potatomasher's topic in International Nursing

    I don't mean any offense on the Filipino culture but I do think that culture plays a big role to this kind of behaviors in the clinical area. I have noticed that these Sairy Gump nurses get insecure...

  14. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    potatomasher replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    The highest BP I've read from a patient was 210/130...

  15. Ways to study...

    potatomasher replied to mnknight's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Flash cards are great. It comes very handy when you are going to a long trip or something (even commuting back home). However aside from flashcards, I would also suggest you get those all Q & A...

  16. How to cope with a drug error - destroyed confidence

    potatomasher replied to cloverfield's topic in Emergency

    I empathize with you... I made a drug error last week, not by commission but by omission. I wasn't able to give a dose of due antibiotic to one of the patients. It would have been still ok because the...

  17. Yelled At During A C-Section (Among Other Things)

    potatomasher replied to RN1981's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hate preceptors and clinical instructors yelling at me. It's a sure sign of an unprofessional conduct. One time I was in the CCU taking care of a patient on strict monitoring. I was doing a...

  18. your nursing career dream

    potatomasher replied to Mecene's topic in General Nursing

    My nursing career dream is to be a member of the UN/WHO and be sent to remote places in Africa and educate and help the people there. Then I'm ready to die after that...because to me that is a life...

  19. Saipan Board of Nursing Address???

    potatomasher posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi all, I am wondering if you need to put "U.S.A." in the Saipan address?

  20. Travel Vacation and Permit to Travel

    potatomasher posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hello, I am planning to travel for a short vacation outside the Philippines. I am a registered nurse but as of now I am not employed by any hospital nor by other institutions. One time an aunt of mine...

  21. Is is possible???

    potatomasher posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi all! I have a pending green card application *it will turn 2 years this August* and I I'd like to know if I can take the NCLEX-RN exam in Saipan without losing my petition. Is it possible? One time...

  22. Exploitation of Hospitals

    potatomasher posted a topic in International Nursing

    Do you think other hospitals out there are taxing so much of our nurses with the volunteer scheme? I don't know if you've encountered these but one hospital in my city has this post graduate practicum...

  23. Is nursing hereditary?

    potatomasher replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother wanted to be a nurse but she ended up being a teacher. But out of 7 aunts, 4 of them are nurses, then my mother followed their footsteps and recently finished her nursing...

  24. Exploitation of Hospitals

    potatomasher replied to potatomasher's topic in International Nursing

    I was the secretary of the trainees and it was not endorsed to me that I should check the attendance. I was just totally surprised that the nurse trainer was angry because of the low attendance in the...

  25. Exploitation of Hospitals

    potatomasher replied to potatomasher's topic in International Nursing

    The hospital where I am doing my training right now has that kind of system on how to deal with absences. In a case of an excused absent (sickness, emergency situations etc), the ratio if make up duty...