In the days since an earthquake in Haiti on Jan. 12 left thousands dead, thousands more wounded and massive damage, tens of thousands of U.S. nurses have signed on with various organizations to offer assistance.
“Nurses are, by nature, people who want to help. There’s a lot of energy and a lot of willingness to be generous and give time,” says Elizabeth Sloand, CRNP, PhD, who has traveled to Haiti many times in her work as an assistant professor in the department of acute and chronic care at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Nursing in Baltimore, and is preparing to return.
But she and others who are working with relief efforts say nurses who want to go to Haiti should proceed with caution, patience and understanding of what might seem like miles of bureaucratic red tape. Full story here...
Here are meaningful tips for today's nurse travelers that i have found in nursing center site. This could be a great help for those nurses who wants to be a nurse traveler. Good luck!
BE FLEXIBLE – NOT RIGID - It is a key to getting your first or next assignment.
Interview your prospective travel companies, pick the one(s) that represent you and your values best.
Be open to the location, shift, unit, floor, floating and more. It shows your confident adaptability.
Clean concise, updated paper work, health and state specific requirements move your consideration up
Playing hard to get is not in your best interest, return calls promptly, be accessible, be eager to work.
Prepare. Prepare. Prepare. Clients interview with your profile at hand but select based on listening to you and your responses.
Compare all the Benefits offered and understand their value added worth to you in a total compensation package.
Ability to make a decision once job has been offered. Say so, if you don’t want the assignment so others can be considered.
Once assigned, complete all requirements as requested; demonstrate your competency and professionalism.
Housing packages that include your unit, furniture and utilities can be company arranged or stipends offered and you find your own. Ask.
Cats, dogs and fish are all great pets but, not all will view “Man’s best friend” as a 100 lb pit bull. Your pet may not travel well. Be thoughtful of it.
Explore travel and join others who consider travel as a working vacation, others a lifestyle and still others, a second career or another way to consider a potential new home and job.
Whatever your view and reasons for a considering a travel assignment do offer your personal best and represent your profession well in each community. The best tip to remember is your legacy is the reputation you leave with each assignment but take with you as a reference for your next.
I was looking for schools in Philippines who offer second courser in Nursing and i found this lists in pinoyexchange site. I post it here in my blog because i know a lot people are planning to take this course. I hope this will help you too.
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Angeles University Foundation www.auf.edu.ph Campus: Mc Arthur Highway, 2009 Angeles City, Philippines Contact Nos.: (6345) 888-2663 to 65 or 323-5618 to 20 local 707
Arellano University www.arellano.edu.ph about: Offers International Nursing Program, 3 yrs will be spent at AU and senior year at Alderson-Broaddus College in West Virginia. You will receive a diploma from Alderson-Broaddus College. Duration: 4 yrs. Subjects already taken will be credited but still you have to finish the 4 year course. Tuition fee: Intl. Nursing Program P50,000 – P65,000 Local BSN P16,000 – P18,000 Campus: 2600 Legarda St., Sampaloc Manila Contact No.: 735-3684
Dr. Carlos S. Lanting College www.lantingcollege.com Tuition fee: P296/unit; P19,000 – P22,000 Perks: Offers night school Duration: 2 - 3 years Campus: Tandang Sora Avenue, Sangandaan, Novaliches, Quezon City Contact Nos.: 930-5302 / 938-7782 to 89
De Ocampo Memorial College Campus: 2921 Nagtahan Street, Sta. Mesa, Metro Manila Contact Nos.: 715-1891 to 92 Tuition fee: 600 / unit 2nd yr 1st sem = 24K
De Los Santos College - STI College of Health Professions Inc. www.dls-sti.com Campus: 201 E. Rodrigues Sr. Blvd., Quezon City Contact Nos.: 721-7887 / 721-7877 / 722-8597 / 413-4977 Fax: 721-7871 Tuition fee: 468 / unit 2nd yr 1st sem = 28K
Dr. Yanga’s Francisco Balagtas Colleges Campus: MacArthur Highway, Wakas, Bocaue, Bulacan
Emilio Aguinaldo College www.eac.edu.ph Campus: 1113-1117 San Marcelino St. Cor. Gonzales St. Ermita Manila 1000 Contact No: 521-2710
Family Clinic Inc., College Tuition Fee: P22,000 – P24,000 Campus: 1452 Arsenio H. Lacson St., in Sampaloc, Manila
Global City Innovative College www.gcic.ph Campus: 3/F Bonifacio Technology Center, 31st St. Corner 2nd Ave., Crescent Park West, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
J. P. SIOSON COLLEGES, INC Campus: 75, Bukidnon St., Bago Bantay, Quezon City Contact No.: 927-3683
Kester Grant College Campus: Quezon City
Lorma Colleges www.lorma.edu.ph Campus: Carlatan, San Fernando City, La Union Contact No.: (072) 888-2616
Lyceum Northwestern University www.lyceum.edu.ph Campus: Tapuac District, Dagupan City
Manila Doctor’s College www.mdc.edu.ph/ Campus: President Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay City Contact Nos.: 833-5983 / 832-0712
Metropolitan Hospital College of Nursing Tuition fee: P400+/unit Duration: 2 ½ - 3 yrs. Campus: 1357 J. Masangkay St., Sta. Cruz, Manila Contact No. : 254-1111
Our Lady of Fatima University www.fatima.edu.ph Campus: 120 McArthur Highway, Valenzuela City, Philippines Contact Nos.: 293–2703 to 06
Perpetual Help College of Manila Campus: 1240 A. Conception St., Sampaloc, Manila Contact No.: 731-8199 Tuition fee: 542.40 / unit 2nd yr 1st sem = 25,990 2nd yr 2nd sem = 37,466
Philippine College of Health and Sciences Campus: 766 Coromina St., C.M. Recto Ave., Manila Contact No.: 733-9480
Philippines Women’s University www.pwu.edu.ph about: It has a trimester program. Duration: 2 years including 1 summer Tuition fee: P720 per unit + acceptance fee of 10,000/year and residence fee of 5,000/semester Campus: 1743 Taft Avenue, Manila / E. de los Santos Avenue, Quezon City / Davao campus Contact No.: 526-8421
Sienna College – Taytay Branch Contact numbers: 6604762 Tuition fee: 460 / unit 1st yr 1st sem = 19K 2nd yr 1st sem = 29K
San Beda College www.sanbeda.edu.ph Campus:638 E. Mendiola St., San Miguel, Manila / Highlands Pointe, Brgy., San Juan 1920 Taytay, Rizal Contact Nos.: SBC Manila 7356011 to 15 / SBC Rizal - 660-9667 to 68
Southeast Asian College (a.k.a. United Doctors Medical Center) Campus: 290 Espana cor. N. Ramirez St., Quezon City Contact No.: 712-3640 Tuition fee: 350 / unit 2nd yr 1st sem = P20,255
St. Dominic Savio College www.sdsc.edu.ph Campus: Block 1 Lot 6 Mountain Heights Subdivision, Quirino Hi-way, Pangarap, Caloocan City, Philippines Contact Nos.: 961-5497 / 961-7755
St. Ignatius Health Science College www.stignatiuscollege.com about: Offers Registered Nursing (ASDN) Duration: 2 years. Students spend 5 trimesters in the Philippines, and their last trimester at Fresno City College (California, USA), where they finish as US graduates. Tuition fee: P67,000 – P128,080 Campus: 2/F Prosperity West Center, 92A West Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines Contact Nos.: 373-8707 / 373-6623
St. Jude College www.stjude.edu.ph Campus: Don Quijote Cor. Dimasalang St., Sampaloc Manila, 1008 Contact No.: 731-4374
St. Mary’s College - San Juan / Mandaluyong Contact number: 7218939 – 38 Tuition fee: 500 / unit 2nd yr 1st sem = 21,300
St. Paul University –Tuguegarao Campus: Mabini St., Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
United Doctors Medical Center and College Campus: 290 España cor. N. Ramirez St., Quezon City Phone No.: 712-3640
Universidad de Sta. Isabel www.usi.edu.ph Campus: Elias Angeles St., Naga City Contact Nos.: (054) 473-8417/ 473-8442/ 473-8471/ 473-9954 loc 219
University of the East www.online.ue.edu.ph about: Offers BSN for second coursers but is highly competitive Duration: 3 years Campus: 2219 C.M. Recto Avenue, Manila Contact No.: 735-5471
University of Makati www.pinoywebsights.com/pnmalumni about: Formerly known as Pamantasan ng Makati. It has a Regis Program which you can customize your class schedule according to your availability and needs. Tuition fee: P700/unit Perks: Offers night and weekend classes Duration: 2 - 3 years Campus: Room 303, Bldg. 2, University of Makati Complex, J.P. Rizal Ext., West Rembo, Fort Bonifacio, Makati City Contact No.: 881-1571 / 882-0535 Tuition fee: 700/unit 1st yr 1st sem = 20K
University of Perpetual Help DALTA www.uphr.edu.ph Campus: Alabang Zapote Road, Pamplona, Las Pinas City Contact No.: 871-0639
University of Regina Carmeli www.urc.edu.ph about: URC is a private, Catholic school owned and managed by the Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation. It is the only Catholic University in Bulacan. Classes start on November. Campus: Barasaoin, Malolos, Bulacan Contact No.: 791-1204
University of La Sallete – Santiagao City www.lasalette.edu.ph Campus: Dubinan East, Santiago City, Isabela
VISAYAS
Cebu Normal University www.cnu.edu.ph Campus: Osmena Blvd., Cebu City Contact No.: (32) 253-9611
Iloilo Doctor’s College http://idc.edu.ph Campus: West Ave., Molo, Iloilo City Contact Nos.: (33) 338-2830 / 337-0034
Riverside College www.riverside.edu.ph Campus: Dr. Pablo O. Torre Sr. St., Bacolod City Contact No.: (32) 433-7331
Silliman University www.su.edu.ph Campus: Hibbard Ave., Dumaguete City
St. Gabriel College Campus: G. Pastrana St., Kalibo, Aklan
University of San Agustin www.usa.edu.ph Campus: Gen. Luna St., Iloilo City, Philippines Contact No.: (33) 337-4841
West Negros College www.wnc.ph about: Offers different Nursing curriculum for Medical Professionals and the other for Second Degree - Non Medical; Classes are held daily and during weekends. Tuition fee: P15,000 - P20,000 Duration: 2 – 2 ½ years Campus: Burgos St., Bacolod City Contact No.: (34) 434-4561
MINDANAO
Brokenshire College www.brokenshire.edu.ph Campus: Madapo Hills, Davao City, Davao Del Sur Contact Nos.: (082) 227-2105 or 227-3538
Davao Medical Center Colleges Duration: 18 months Campus: Davao City
Mindanao Medical Foundation College Duration: 17 months (minimum) Address: Villanueva St., Agdao, Davao City Contact No.: (082) 221-6225 Fax No.: (082) 226-3576
She was the younger daughter of William Edward Nightingale of Embley Park, Hampshire, and Lea Hurst, Derbyshire, was born at Florence on the 15th of May 1820, and named after that city, but her childhood was spent in England, chiefly in Derbyshire.
Born to a comfortable family, Florence Nightingale was educated by governesses and then by her father, with her older sister, Panthenope. She was familiar with the Greek and Latin classical languages, and modern languages of French, German, and Italian. She also studied history, grammar, philosophy and .mathematics.
By 1844, over parental objections, Florence Nightingale chose a different path than the social life and marriage expected of her by her parents -- she chose to work in nursing, which was then not quite a respectable profession for women. She went to Kaiserwerth, Prussia in 1847, where she received 3 months training in nursing. In 1853 she studied in Paris with Sisters of Charity, after which she return to England to assume the position of superintendent of London's Institution for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen.
In later life Florence Nightingale suffered from poor health and in 1895 went blind. Soon afterwards, the loss of other faculties meant she had to receive full-time nursing. Although a complete invalid she lived another fifteen years before her death in London on 13th August, 1910.
She was born in Kansas City, Missouri on Nov. 30, 1897, the fifth of eight children of Daniel B. and Lucy Minor (Abbot) Henderson. Her father was an attorney for Native American Indians. Her mother came from the state of Virginia to which Miss Henderson returned for her early schooling. She was educated at the U.S. Army School of Nursing (1921) and Teachers College, Columbia University where she completed her B.S. (1932) and M.A. (1934), then taught from 1934 until 1948.
Virginia Avenel Henderson died on March 19, 1996 at the age of 98. Her ending had the warmth, style, and graciousness of her life. After partaking chocolate cake and ice cream and saying goodbyes to her family and friends, she passed from one dimension to another. Miss Henderson, and she always preferred Miss to Ms., left behind a quantity of work that is the soul of modern nursing: a definition of nursing with sufficient precision and poetry to become the internationally adopted statement; three of the Principles and Practice of Nursing that elaborated on the knowledge base necessary to act in terms of the definition; a survey and assessment of nursing research that shifted nursing research away from studying nurses to studying the differences that nurses can make in people's lives; and the Nursing Studies Index that captured the intellectual history of the first six decades of the 20th century.
The honors bestowed on Henderson are numerous. Among them are as follows:
She held honorary degrees from thirteen universities
She was selected to American Nurses Association Hall of Fame and had the Sigma Theta Tau International Library named in her honor.
She was honored by the Virginia Nurses Association in 1988 when the Virginia Historical Nurse Leadership Award was presented to her.
In 2000, the Virginia Nurses Association recognized Henderson as one of fifty-one Pioneer Nurses in Virginia
Her contributions:
Virginia Avenel Henderson has been called the "first lady of nursing" and the "first truly international nurse." Her writing, her presentations and her research and contacts with nurses have profoundly affected nursing and impacted the recipients of care by nurses throughout the world. Among them are as follows:
She began her career in public health nursing in the Henry Street Settlement and in the visiting nurse service in Washington, D.C.
She was the first full-time instructor in nursing in Virginia when she was at Norfolk Protestant Hospital in Norfolk and was active in the Graduate Nurses Association of Virginia. She designed a plan to create district organizations within the state. She was an early advocate for the inclusion of psychiatric nursing in the curriculum and served on a committee to develop such a course at Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1929.
During her years at Teachers College, Columbia University, Henderson was an outstanding teacher and drew students from many countries to study with her. Nurses through the United States studied with her without ever leaving their home schools when her revision of Bertha Harmer's Textbook of the Principles and Practice of Nursing became widely use.
Other important publications grew out of Henderson's years at Yale University including Nursing Research A Survey and Assessment in collaboration with Leo Simonds. She also directed a twelve-year project entitled Nursing Studies Index, four volumes recognized as an essential reference for many years.
Her book, Nature of Nursing, published in 1966 expressed her belief about the essence of nursing and influenced the hearts and minds of those who read it.
At the age of 75, Henderson directed her career to international teaching and speaking. This enabled another generation to reap the benefits of contact with this quintessential nurse of the twentieth century.
In 1953, she joined Yale School of Nursing, a particularly fitting association, since the first dean, Annie Warburton Goodrich, had served as her mentor in her early professional years. The Yale years were a time of great productivity.
