tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50993556038494566052009-11-07T09:54:33.679-08:00on our path to enlightenmentluvluvnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099355603849456605.post-60726415097197106242007-03-12T23:39:00.000-07:002008-02-22T00:02:04.119-08:00

I recently attended a seminar in nursing whose resource person is one of the Philippine pillar in reviews for nursing examinations. My memory is like a sieve so most of what was uttered by the speaker went in one ear and out the other except for this statement: Filipino nurses, compared to their foreign counterparts, are less inclined to express themselves. The statement was rather ambiguous so I

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An article in the on-line edition of the Manila Standard caught my eye. The headline said “Puno restricts use of nurse’s uniform.” I laud his directive to restrict the use of the white nursing uniform to professional health care workers only. I’ve seen how the white uniform has been debased by being worn by waitresses and club attendants in skimpier reincarnations as an obvious

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This one came from Wikipedia: Uniforms are a set of standard clothing worn by specific persons engage in specific activities. How do people look at uniforms? Some see it as a form of authority, others as the mark of professionals. It is something to be worn with pride and dignity. If we judge the nursing profession by the garb commonly seen in hospitals, it is having an identity crisis. We

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Nurses blamed in patient deaths, substandard care The headline caught my eyes. For the full story, please visit this site. There have been a lot of anecdotal evidences regarding the failure of nurses in delivering quality care to their patients. I have mixed feelings for these. First and foremost, nurses are professional health care workers and are bound by oath to uphold wellness and

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Nightingale and her associates left comfortable lives behind and marched off to the Crimean War because they care about other people. I would like to believe that the present nursing profession is still firmly embedded on its true foundation: caring about others. If we close our eyes and allow ourselves to be transported back to the period, we can see life was also simpler then compared to

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