Filipino Nurses as Caregivers Abroad

The movie of Sharon Cuneta “Caregiver” perfectly depicts the life and frustrations of Filipino caregivers abroad. Most of our caregivers are nurses or nursing graduates, in case you didn’t know. I haven’t seen Sharon Cuneta’s movie and this is not going to be an article about showbiz or movies.  It’s about Pinoys abroad [...]

A Nurse’s Prayer – Do You Know This, Nurses?

I was scanning my wife’s notes and going through other stuff when an old note that is “A Nurse’s Prayer” caught my attention. This is a standard prayer supposedly “recited or murmured” by nurses whenever they start their work. In the Philippines, I doubt if any nurse prays before working. I also [...]

Stress and the Working Nurse

Even at the early beginning of life, stress is being encountered. It appears to be a universal condition which everyone young or old, married or unmarried, Filipino or foreigner, poor or rich, learned or not learned — experiences or develops. In other words, it affects all kinds of people from different walks of life. There [...]