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  1. Separate License for IV Meds?

    PhilG posted a topic in International Nursing

    In the Philippines, does it sound plausible that a new licensed, board-certified RN is only able to give oral meds and must take a P2k class during the 6 months of community service to earn a separate...

  2. Recent Increase in Volunteer Requirement?

    PhilG posted a topic in International Nursing

    Our niece graduated from Tacloban and became a licensed, board-certified, RN in 2007. She started working off her required 6-months of volunteer work at a hospital in Lucena. After working about 4...

  3. Separate License for IV Meds?

    PhilG replied to PhilG's topic in International Nursing

    Ok, so it's true then that when a brand new graduate becomes a licensed board-certified RN, at that point they're still only able to give oral meds until they obtain specific training later, on...

  4. 6-Month Community Service Requirement

    PhilG posted a topic in International Nursing

    I have a niece in the Philippines who became a board-certified RN in 2007. She has been working for about a month so far at a government hospital. It was disheartening to learn that she would have...

  5. 6-Month Community Service Requirement

    PhilG replied to PhilG's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks for the informative responses. Wow. It's a brutal situation for nurses. Not a peso to live on for a half a year. And so even though the 6 months without pay is not supposed to apply to...

  6. 6-Month Community Service Requirement

    PhilG replied to PhilG's topic in International Nursing

    Does anyone know if it's true what I heard from a surgeon in PI that, specifically in the Philippines, the requirement that a nurse's initial 6-months be without pay applies only to nurses who...