Friday, April 18, 2008

Salary Increase for Nurses in Saudi

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has good news for all Filipino nurses that are currently employed in the Health Ministry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

According to the POEA chief, Rosalinda Baldoz, effective March 19, 2008, the salaries of nurses’ working in the Health Ministry of the Kingdom will increase from 20 to 60 percent. details....

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

US Plan to Lure Nurses May Hurt Poor Nations

As the United States runs short of nurses, senators are looking abroad. A little-noticed provision in their immigration bill would throw open the gate to nurses and, some fear, drain them from the world's developing countries.

The legislation is expected to pass this week, and the Senate provision, which removes the limit on the number of nurses who can immigrate, has been largely overlooked in the emotional debate over illegal immigration.

Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, who sponsored the proposal, said it was needed to help the United States cope with a growing nursing shortage.

He said he doubted the measure would greatly increase the small number of African nurses coming to the United States, but acknowledged that it could have an impact on the Philippines and India, which are already sending thousands of nurses to the United States a year. details...

US demand for Filipino nurses declining - educator

Some 40 percent of Filipino nurses in the United States have undesirable work habits, which could likely be the cause for the slump in the demand for Pinoy nurses, an educator said Friday.

An article in Sun-Star Cebu quoted Henry Seno, president of the American Dream Review Institute Inc. (Amdream) as saying that the decline in the demand for Filipino nurses abroad is caused more by a change in work attitude of the latest batch of nursing professionals rather than the June 2006 nursing board exam cheating controversy. more....