Thursday, July 31, 2008

Ingrown nails

Ingrown nails can be treated at home. Cut the nail straight across so that it can grow outside the skin. Let the nail grow free by firmly pushing the skin back from the corner with a Q-tip twice a day. Keep the area clean. For hangnails, keep them clean. Don't chew on them.

Tonsillectomy

Children between the ages of five and ten commonly have sore throats. There is no evidence that removing the tonsils lowers their frequency. Doctors now agree that children very seldom need the tonsillectomy operation.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Nurses' rights

Why, even the apolitical nurses are also going to have their own SONA, except that this will be their State of the Nurses Address at 10 a.m. on Monday, just hours before Mrs. Arroyo delivers hers in Congress.
Read the whole article at The Manila Times

DEVELOPMENT DIALOGUE
By Nora O. Gamolo

Underpaid

By Gloria Jane Baylon

...Six years after the enactment of the Nursing Law, nurses (in government service) remain underpaid … many nurses are still receiving less than P10,000 monthly … way below the legal salary’ said Dr. Leah Primitiva Samaco-Paquiz, president of the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA).

The Nursing Law’s Article VII, Section 32, clearly states that public nurses must be given the ’salary of not lower than Salary Grade (SG) 15,’ which is listed at P16,093 in the Compensation and Classification Act (R.A. 6758)...

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Source: thepinoy.net

Friday, July 25, 2008

Gov't fails to implement Nursing Act


Source: Malaya

THE Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) yesterday assailed the government over the continued non-implementation of the Nursing Act of 2002 (RA 9173) which should have given those nurses working in government hospitals higher pay.

PNA president Dr. Leah Samaco-Paquiz said that under RA 9173, a nurse working in a government hospital should be getting P16,093 a month in salary but the reality is many are getting less than P10,000 a month.

"What is taking them so long to implement this salary (upgrade)? We need to entice these nurses to work in public health and in government service by this simple request to provide them what is just and legal," Paquiz said, adding that the low pay is one reason why Filipino nurses leave for jobs abroad. "While salary is not the reason why nurses serve, the high salaries offered by foreign employment becomes more attractive to them. How do we expect these nurses to remain in government service with this kind of salary?"

PNA said it will send 1,000 of its members to join Monday's rallies along Commonwealth Avenue against President Arroyo when the latter delivers her State of the Nation Address at the Batasan. - Gerard M. Naval

Monday, July 21, 2008

Open Heart Surgery

wanna be a surgeon? try this fun interactive and learn more about open heart surgery.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

False text messages

False text messages about the results of the June 2008 licensure exams for nursing have been flying about and the Board of Nursing has issued an advisory saying that there's no truth to them.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Hiccups

Hiccups, which are caused by irregular contractions of the diaphragm muscle, may occasionally prove troublesome. Although there have been many home remedies recommended over the years, including drinking large amounts of water and startling the sufferer, research suggests that one-half teaspoon (3ml) of dry sugar placed on the back of the tongue is the most effective treatment.

Dialysis Management Training Course

for those who wants to have a dialysis training,
Metropolitan Medical Center near Bambang Station offers a training course for dialysis.

9,800 cash and discounts for first 10 applicants

2 weeks didactic1 week skills lab
5 weeks clinical duty

requirements:
resume2 pcs,
2x2 and 1x1
photocopy of TOR (authenticated as true copy)
PRC license
NBI clearance
IVT Card

Source: Friendster message from Angel

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Philippine Heart Center: Cardio Renal Practitioner Program

Philippine Heart Center in cooperation with H.E.A.R.T. Foundation invites you
to the five-week CARDIO - RENAL PRACTITIONER PROGRAM

If your interested, pls proceed to 4a Hospital Bldg Philippine Heart Center

Look for:
Ms. Raquel Tejada RN,CRNS
Ms. Raissa Sese RN
Ms. Fatima Asin RN
or H.E.A.R.T. Foundation Inc.,9th floor of MAB Bldg.
Philippine Heart center

Look for Ms. Ingrid Garcia.

Requirements:
1. PRC License
2. RENAP membership
3. 2 1x1 picture
4. resume
5. Fee (20,000.00)

It includes ECG, BLS, ACLS, 2 scrub suits and 1 labgown.

The schedules and its (registration dates):
July 16 – August 19, 2008 (reg July 8, 2008)

August 25 - September 26, 2008 (reg August 12, 2008)
October 8 – November 10, 2008 (reg September 8, 2008)
November 17 – December 19, 2008 (reg November 4, 2008)

The registration for July 16 – Aug19 first batch is until July 14, 2008.

First come first serve basis starts now.

Only 10 – 15 participants per batch.

Please bring your payment upon registration. Thank you!

For more information call:
Raquel Z. Tejada, RN, CRNS
Philippine Heart Center East Avenue,Quezon City
925 – 2401 loc. 2474

Raissa Joy P. Sese, RN
Philippine Heart Center East Avenue,Quezon City
925 – 2401 loc. 2474/ 0927 – 3400529

Fatima P. Asin, RN
Philippine Heart Center East Avenue,Quezon City
925 – 2401 loc. 2474/ 0921 - 2923451


Source: Friendster message from Fatima

Improving memory


A. Pay attention. You can’t remember something if you never learned it, and you can’t learn something — that is, encode it into your brain — if you don’t pay enough attention to it. It takes about eight seconds of intent focus to process a piece of information through your hippocampus and into the appropriate memory center. So, no multitasking when you need to concentrate! If you distract easily, try to receive information in a quiet place where you won’t be interrupted.


B. Tailor information acquisition to your learning style. Most people are visual learners; they learn best by reading or otherwise seeing what it is they have to know. But some are auditory learners who learn better by listening. They might benefit by recording information they need and listening to it until they remember it.


C. Involve as many senses as possible. Even if you’re a visual learner, read out loud what you want to remember. If you can recite it rhythmically, even better. Try to relate information to colors, textures, smells and tastes. The physical act of rewriting information can help imprint it onto your brain.


D. Relate information to what you already know. Connect new data to information you already remember, whether it’s new material that builds on previous knowledge, or something as simple as an address of someone who lives on a street where you already know someone.


E. Organize information. Write things down in address books and datebooks and on calendars; take notes on more complex material and reorganize the notes into categories later. Use both words and pictures in learning information.


F. Understand and be able to interpret complex material. For more complex material, focus on understanding basic ideas rather than memorizing isolated details. Be able to explain it to someone else in your own words.


G. Rehearse information frequently and “over-learn”. Review what you’ve learned the same day you learn it, and at intervals thereafter. What researchers call “spaced rehearsal” is more effective than “cramming.” If you’re able to “over-learn” information so that recalling it becomes second nature, so much the better.


H. Be motivated and keep a positive attitude. Tell yourself that you want to learn what you need to remember, and that you can learn and remember it. Telling yourself you have a bad memory actually hampers the ability of your brain to remember, while positive mental feedback sets up an expectation of success.such type of exercise works very welll.


Source: Wikihow

Friday, July 11, 2008

Schedule of IV Therapy Trainings

July 9-11, 2008
Veterans Memorial Medical Center

July 10-12, 2008
Calalang General Hospital

July 10-12, 2008
Parañaque Doctors Hospital

July 11-12, 2008
Davao Medical Center

July 12-14, 2008
Unciano Medical Center

July 16-18, 2008
Philippine Navy, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig

July 16-18, 2008
Davao Regional Hospital, Tagum City

July 23-25, 2008
Nursing Training Hall, AFP Medical Center

July 23-25, 2008
Southern Luzon Hospital and Medical Center

July 23-35, 2008
Cotabato Regional Hospital and Medical Center

July 24-26, 2008
New Era General Hospital

July 29-31, 2008
Dr. Avenilo P. Aventura Hall, Philippine Heart Center




Thursday, July 10, 2008

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF SEMINARS (Philippine Nurses Association)

PHILIPPINE NURSES ASSOCIATION
Committee on Continuing Education

Here is a schedule of seminars for July-December 2008 provided by the PNA.

Venue:
PNA Auditorium
Philippine Nurses Association, Inc.
1663 F.T. Benitez Street, Malate, Manila

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Increased salaries and benefits for Pinoy nurses in Saskatchewan

source: email from aredula@yahoo.com

This is good news to more than 300 pinoy nurses who will be deployed there starting next month. Some 50 pinoy nurses who are already there participated in the voting.

SASKATCHEWAN'S NURSES ACCEPT OFFER FROM SAHO

Nurses vote 78 per cent in favour of proposed deal
Published: Tuesday, June 24, 2008
REGINA -- The province's nurses voted Monday to accept the final offertabled May 30 by the Saskatachewan Association of Health Organizations(SAHO), which bargains on behalf of the health regions.The more than 7,200 nurses, members of the Saskatchewan Union of Nursesvoted 78 per cent in favour of the proposed four-year deal which will see a general duty nurse's wage increase by nearly 35 per cent duringthe life of the contract....

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

RP seeks pact for 3,000 nurses to Belgium

The government is seeking a bilateral labor agreement with Belgium that would allow the employment of 3,000 Filipino nurses, particularly those specializing in geriatrics and pediatrics, in the European nation, said a former labor attaché there.
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Global demand for nurses falling, says PNA

For the last two years, there has been no increase in the domestic demand while global demand for licensed nurses has been consistently decreasing since 2004, PNA data shows.

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