Philippines nurses - updates

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'Underpaid, overworked, unappreciated:' PH deployment ban scars nurses during pandemic

Apr 16, 2020 - 7:44 PM

A sudden deployment ban on health workers during the coronavirus outbreak exposes once more the plight of Filipino nurses who have fought decades for better working conditions

FIGHTING A PANDEMIC. Medical workers take a moment to perform a solidarity clap for their fellow frontliners outside the doors of Santa Ana Hospital in Manila on April 9, 2020. Photo by Alecs Ongcal/Rappler

2020 budget includes salary increase of gov't nurses

Nov 28, 2019 - 9:01 PM

Senator Lacson says government nurses can start getting higher salaries as early as January 2020

HIGHER SALARIES. Nurses from Filipino Nurses United (FNU) and nurses from different public and private hospitals ask for 30,000 salary increase, safe nurse to patient ratio, and quality patient care during a press conference at Ermita Manila on 8 October 2019. Photo by: Lito Borras/Rappler

Nurses protest to call for higher salary, better working conditions

Nov 09, 2019 - 3:35 PM

'How can the nurses take care of the country's health if they are overworked and underpaid?' asks Philippine Nurses Association president Erlinda Palaganas

DAY-LONG PROTEST. PNA along with other nurses, students, and groups marched from the University of Santo Tomas going to Kartilya ng Katipunan, Manila.

Supreme Court rules: Gov't nurses should be salary grade 15

Oct 09, 2019 - 11:44 AM

But the High Court says it cannot compel the government to implement the adjustment to the new salary grade because this needs another law for the budget

NURSES' PAY. A petition at the Supreme Court seeks to increase the salary of public nurses in the Philippines. Photo by Ben Nabong/Rappler

Supreme Court sets oral arguments on bid to increase nurses’ salary

Feb 01, 2019 - 4:37 PM

The petition from 2015 seeks to give nurses a salary grade where they could earn as much as P31,000 per month

NURSES' SALARY. A petition seeks to increase the salary of public nurses in the Philippines. File photo by AFP

Long shifts, low pay are part of a PH nurse's reality

Aug 28, 2017 - 9:20 PM

24 year old nurse Faith Barcelon shares the struggles of being a nurse in the Philippines

Bicol University grad tops 2 board exams

Jun 27, 2015 - 4:30 PM

Benedict Rey Serrano has reason to be skeptical when told he topped the nursing licensure exams What are the odds he would top another board exam in two years?

BICOL UNIVERSITY'S PRIDE. Benedict Rey Serrano is now taking up medicine, in the same school where he got his nursing degree cum laude. Photo by Rhaydz B. Barcia

PH nurses urged: Apply to other countries, not just US

Dec 25, 2014 - 12:36 PM

This appeal from a lawmaker comes as more Filipino nurses are taking the UN National Council Licensure Examination

GOING ABROAD? File photo of Filipino nurses taking their oath

DOH introduces nat'l accreditation body for hospitals

Aug 08, 2014 - 6:46 PM

The objective of the Hospital Accreditation Commission is to make hospital services in the Philippines more globally competitive through accreditation

#SONA2013: The state of public healthcare in the Philippines

Jul 22, 2013 - 2:25 PM

Rappler takes a look back at the Aquino administration s healthcare agenda

#PHvote with Cynthia Villar

Mar 05, 2013 - 2:28 PM

Rappler talks to administration senatorial bet and former Las Piñas representative Cynthia Villar