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you can drop by at Ortigas station, walk yourself to Robinsons Galleria, then ride a jeep or cab going along ortigas avenue. Once in Meralco, you can either get out of the jeep, cross the pedestrian, walk some 100m or have a left turn at Meralco East Gate, park at Rockwell Business Center and cross the street and there you are.

my salutations for this congressman...at least, somehow, somewhere, nurses have not been overlooked (hmmm...probably, he has a son/daughter who's a nurse -just an assumption ) the only question now is how far this thing will ever go. let's keep our fingers crossed on this

first and foremost, tell me a single hospital that has a hiring process not similar to this one? it surprises me to find people astonished of the mountainous documents they see considering the amounts of applicants who apply each and every single day. second, if you're thinking your credentials are too good to just be ignored while being unemployed for over a lifetime, then i highly suggest you to think it over and over again. probably, you're still not worth the call (and don't be too personal, it's purely business, there's a lot better than you). about the random selection, i myself, believe that this is true, otherwise, i should have been hired a year ago credential wise (joke!). but then, "LUCK", my friends, is man's best asset. third, the drop box worked and it still works, im a living proof. regarding the computer inputting thing, i didn't experience it but then, at this very moment, sad to say, the human resource dep is currently closed for hiring. but if they do hire, probably these are the people with influential connection inside the human resource department or simply, the lucky ones! again, if your ranting about the hiring process or the "palakasan" system, well, get used to it. anyway, pointless dithering has been proven to accomplish nothing but to satisfy an idle mind and fill in worthless time. currently, there are 2 new buildings being constructed as an extension of the hospital. after the construction, probably, they will again open up the doors for a massive professional hiring. goodluck! same as you folks, im just voicing out my opinion. nothing personal. good day!

currently, i don't have any idea whether they are into the process of hiring new nurses but believe me, the turnover of nurses in this hospital is rapid and fast paced. anyway, since i assume you don't have any job to busy yourself with at the moment, it won't hurt if you'll pay the hospital a visit and drop some requirements. who knows, you'll get lucky as well. to give you a hint, there is an ongoing construction within the medical city extending the 2 building into higher floors. this is their way to further accomodate more people and more cases. by saying so, i believe that somehow, in that building, there will be positions that are to be filled in. good luck!

as to changeling of floor assignment / designated areas, yearly, there is a reorganization that is followed (this is in accordance to the set standards of the JCI on which TMC is an accreditted member). so if you have stayed in that area for a year, then you are entitled for a change of floor / area so as to accomodate growth and development in terms of skills. also, you can personally request shift of floor assignment either to the HR department or NSO then if by some means, some floors is in shortage of staff, then your request may be accomodated. however, to be able to do that, you need to be a regular employee already (but hey, what is 6 months anyway?). no problem w/ that! :wink2:

well, honestly, wellness section is somehow different from being into the bedside practice / medical floors. most of the time, less medications are involved since you will be dealing with well people. as to experience, the practice is somehow routinary but one can't say that it's not challenging. It is, as one of my co-trainee has been assigned to it. well, as to recommendation, if you are really decided to enter any areas of nursing practice, then this is one good start. But if you're targeting a specific area, well, perhaps, you should prepare yourself for more time. take note that in special areas (delivery suite, OR suite, ICU, NICU, E.R.) special trainings are still necessary. most of the time, nurses from floors are the ones being taken here after years of practice since these areas are for highly skilled. however, in OR / DR and NICU, newly hired are being welcomed since similar to wellness area, once you get acquianted to it, it is nothing but a routinary path. also, for new comers, you really can't pick where you will be put in. you're already lucky to have been offered actually.

well, somehow somewhere, i think that the government isn't solely to be blamed here but the students / people themselves. i mean, given all theses crises, how can they still believe that nursing is a very in demand job. why still enroll and contribute to the blowing population of unemployed nurses? not only do they feed the hunger for greed of the universities who are collecting massive amounts of money but corrupting their future as well. from the very beginning, let us bear in mind that the nurse - patient ratio in the Philippines is already off the grid but this is not because there are no supplies of nurses. There never was a shortage in the first place locally. the problem is in budget sector. the government doesn't have enough finances to support additional manpower no matter now gratifying the result would be should they hire additional people. that is the problem...and the reason these massive enrollees enter the profession is not to mend the unjustifiable ratio anyway but to get employed abroad. influenced by all the offers of dollars, family relatives, ambitions, etc. and now that they have figured out that going abroad is simply a strand away from impossibility, they are putting all the blames to the government again. im not a government fan, but then, let us be reminded that misery in life is the result of your own choices and decision. it was your choice to enter the profession you have known not to be in need of additional people. perhaps out of world peace, but well, misery is half the burden when shared right? and also, PNA itself is part of this big money sucking cycle from the very beginning. what would you expect them to do? gosh! 88k board takers, how many passers...$_$ new members for the association, more budget...better christmas and new year for all of them. Bless them all!

i am also a staff in the medical city the salary / compensation is confidential and is dependent on your status. there are three status: casual (1st 3 months) probationary (3-6 months) and regular (6 months onward). the compensation is affected by many factors, like no. of duty days, hours of duties, overtime, night differentials, hazard pay (special area) etc. but for casual employees they are offered the basic salary (manila rate). it is low because when you're casual, you're not entitled for off w/ pay unlike probi's who receive about 10k up monthly because they have off w/ pay. regulars on the other hand are entitled for vacation leave w/ pay, monthly allowance etc. also, at times like this, experience counts most. and where in the philippines can you earn so much being nurse anyway? as to post above, the wellness section is responsible for assisting well people undergo their routinary diagnostic procedures as part of their wellness program as suggested by their physician. this is what you call executive checkups. anciallary is different, if i am not mistaken, they are responsible for a particular diagnostic exam only. im not an ancillary nurse so correct me if im wrong. i work in a special area by the way. goodluck to all who are applying. just keep on applying because there are 2 buildings being extended right now for higher floors. and oh, we use primary nursing as management by the way.

i am also a staff in the medical city the salary / compensation is confidential and is dependent on your status. there are three status: casual (1st 3 months) probationary (3-6 months) and regular (6 months onward). the compensation is affected by many factors, like no. of duty days, hours of duties, overtime, night differentials, hazard pay (special area) etc. but for casual employees they are offered the basic salary (manila rate). it is low because when you're casual, you're not entitled for off w/ pay unlike probi's who receive about 10k up monthly because they have off w/ pay. regulars on the other hand are entitled for vacation leave w/ pay, monthly allowance etc. also, at times like this, experience counts most. and where in the philippines can you earn so much being nurse anyway? as to post above, the wellness section is responsible for assisting well people undergo their routinary diagnostic procedures as part of their wellness program as suggested by their physician. this is what you call executive checkups. anciallary is different, if i am not mistaken, they are responsible for a particular diagnostic exam only. im not an ancillary nurse so correct me if im wrong. i work in a special area by the way. goodluck to all who are applying. just keep on applying because there are 2 buildings being extended right now for higher floors.

it was in the message i received from slmc-gc that corporate attire should be observed. that was for the initial exam

well, this article is logically and rationally referring to nurse:community people ratio, not nurse:patient ratio just to clarify things out. and obviously, there is no such hospital in the philippines existing w/ ward capacity of that much patients w/ only 1 nurse (common! seriously?!?). and to remind you all, nurses are not exclusive just to hospitals. :zzzzz i don't know where that info of 1 patient : 15 student ratio came from but as for our training before, we're on 1:1 ratio when I was a student. and also, we're talking of liabilities here...not simply divertion of burdens. :wink2:

based on what you said, i assume that you have not yet filed an application at the medical city. well, as a tmc staff, i really assure you that the experience you will get in this hospital is way above your expectations specially if you came from a provincial / government hospitals. it's like crossing 2 different worlds. now, if you're afraid that you will get idle for sometime during the application up to the hiring process, you can simply file at least a month of vacation leave in your current work if you're allowed to, should you qualify for the nursing training adaptive program they conduct for the entrance exam passer. after that, you can go back to your work while waiting to get hired. but bear in mind, the entire process will take you a year at most. goodluck! :wink2: the wellness section is an area that caters to people availing the executive checkups e.g. cardiopulmonary workups, cholesterol checkups, endo exam, etc. (which are on the tmc website). these are series of diagnostic procedures routinely availed by well people to check their physical wellness or those who are at the time undergoing certain therapies to determine its effectiveness. so the only responsibility of the nurse here is to assist the clients while they undergo the routinary procedures and to ensure these people get the best care there is .

alexk49 said it all...:) and as U.S. falter, tremble, weaken and struggle along with the world...how could still have time to dream? Perhaps, real work and real things will help a bit more. good luck, God bless, and good day! and as for hope, it is but a double edged blade...you can never know if it will work for your advantage..

As I see it (well, i may have blurry vision, but i do wear glasses) and have experienced it myself, the problem here is not simply because there are too many new nurses passing the board every half year. The main issue here is vacancy and for me, can be highly attributed to the refusal of "LEGENDARY" staffs (those who have been working for millenniums in the same position and has refused to accept growth professionally and personally) to give up their dusting seat for the new generations and end up there forever in antiquity and be hailed as an "institution" of overflowing knowledge. Imagine having met a nurse who has been there for 25 years and has attained all the legendary recognition awards of all ages and has just bored herself for having done everything routinely and having been able to perform all sort of things without even the kick of adrenaline for knowing the turn around of events. Behold! :bowingpur:bowingpur:bowingpurTHE LEGENDARY NURSE OF ETERNITY! Amusing! Indeed, these people are worthy of all the loyalty awards there are to fit all standards. However, this is causing a tremendous back lag in the scale of expertise being highlighted in the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition. These antique nurses, given the century worth of experiences are still just a Nurse I...A position for prep/kinder/grade 1/novice/beginner/fresh/new. A POSITION THAT FITS PERFECTLY TO A NEWLY GRAD NOVICE NURSE. Okay, I am there, there are no funds for promotion...then, consider this one. Why not challenge yourself/themselves to something newer or get their practice into the next level? Are those years not enough to have satisfied their/your thirst for quality service and try something that can generate new sources of purpose/will in work? They are more than fit to be called SKILLED WORKERS. They can even further their study and enter the university as deans or the administrative level. Why then remain in a position that would fully benefit new siblings? WHERE IS THE GENERATIVITY MASLOW? and stagnation is not good for your developmental growth old nurse! Isn't that too selfish? If this stagnant system will never cease, then, this maybe will be the very reason why new nurses will rot fresh. There is no turn over of positions happening. None at all. Most specially, in the most populated, most demanded, most toxic government hospitals. Most nurses there are as old as my granny who, at the moment, is already enjoying her pension. A lot of opportunities is available with better compensation somewhere in the planet for these grannies/aunties/uncles whoever. but the very position they long so much for their own comfort and very selves are the only key for the development and training of new batches and new generations. there should be someone to at least give in...and that, if not yet obvious, will not be us, since we, at the utmost knowledge of the Divine Presence, are empty handed. P.S. sorry for the play of words that put some exaggeration on the facts. I just maximized the massive amount of time I have...lolz :wink2: hmmm this is just another point I have noticed...something that can make the system be better if taken optimistically...well...not blaming here or whatever. and sorry again, if this isn't in accordance to the topic, just in case. I just followed the trend in the thread. IN TOPIC: suggestion: Make the gramp/aunt/uncle/dad/mom nurses vacate their position (where to put them? I duly think that they deserve something better than they have. If it can't be given by the hospital, then let them have the freedom to take advantage of what they've earned from their long years of practice ~make books, give seminars, give review classes, sponsor charitable programs like all of those mentioned in some threads here, teach, be hired as an adviser, be the chief nurse etc. As i have said, there are endless rooms to accommodate these highly trained well experienced beings for they are extinct. Such suggestions fit better to these people than those without any hospital experience. Imagine having a C.I. who just passed the board and entered the academe after some units of M.A.N. without any experiences and the WORLD WILL WONDER HOW EDUCATION SEEMS TO FALTER TREMENDOUSLY? SERIOUSLY? goodness!) so, after the long pause, as I was saying, vacate the position and let the newbies/noobs/newcomers/hatchlings and alike experience the world and make use of the training they have undergone as volunteers/trainees. let them practice what they have learned. if the hospital fears that they aren't competent enough to fill in the position of these legends, they better learn from Dr. Han and Dr. Owen Hunt from Grey's anatomy (another advantage of having seemingly endless vacant time ) that they will never get competent enough if they will not teach them how to. and they should fear more if these legends die without any duly successors. THAT WILL BE THE REAL DOOM!

to all whose really into going abroad, why not try applying for Canada as LPN. I am currently processing my application there. For more information about it, just read other threads in the international forum or better yet, search google for the official website of the college of LPN of the territory you're planning to apply to (example, College of Licensed Practical Nurse in British Columbia or CLPNBC). As to all whose wondering about what an LPN is: Canada is very open for us with arms wide open. But this opportunity won't last a lifetime. Ranting and telling misfortunes over the past practices won't do us any good at all. If there's no job in the country, it is for us to find out something else as Suzanne suggested. The world is just too big for it not to have something for all of us. Life is just too short to rot in our own houses. Better try than doing nothing at all. and remember, Stay happy you all! :)