DOH Region 10 Posts New Job Adverts

Exciting news for Nurses in Northern Mindanao! Ready your documents. DOH region 10 is hiring! Check out the job post and look at the documents you need. 

7 Doctors and Nurses Dead in Vehicular Accident

Superbalita Cebu just released a picture with the caption about occupants in a van who died after a vehicular accident.

(C) Superbalita Cebu

The seven occupants were Doctors and Nurses.

The accident occurred sometime in the morning in Bgy Legaspi, Alegria.

Rest in peace. 

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For more updates, follow this FB post.

Superbalita Cebu

UPDATE:

The driver survived the incident. 

Less Taxed Nurses!

There’s an issue going on right now where other government personnel are getting pay hikes over nurses. I do empathize with fellow nurses. It does hurt to be left behind. I am not going to belittle those feelings and feedback, however I also would like to focus on the good news. This year is the start of zero taxes for anyone earning a salary of less than Php 250,000 per annum. So anyone earning less than Php 20,833 per month will have more take home pay compared last year.

Third Tranche of SSL for Nurses

I’m going to focus on the salary grade of government nurses specifically Nurse 1 as the population of Nurse 1 is greater than Nurse 2 to 5 combined. Nurse 1 in the Philippines have a salary grade 11. Looking at the table, we are going to be receiving a salary of Php 20,179 (rounded up).

Third Tranche for 2018 Salary Standardization Law

Government employees will be getting a pay hike this year.

Government workers will be getting another increase this year
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For reference, entry level nurses (or nurse 1) have a salary grade of 11. So I really find it amusing that DOH says the salary of entry level nurses is Php 29k pesos. And that was in 2016 when Nurse 1 still had a salary of Php 18k

When You’re Desperate for a Reliever

Anyone or anything will do.

Meet my new partner.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Nurses!

This is the Practical Nurse… on duty during the holidays.

Oh well. Service to the people.

Pamilin mo ug lechon!

PS. The sweater is actually for sale in Etsy! Click this link

Nurses are Glorified Nannies or Yayas?

Normally I do not concern myself with ignorant posts on FB especially from ignorant people. That’s a crusade that would probably take years ad infinitum. As Albert Einstein said “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”

Deep breathing…

It’s almost 5am and as I’m readying myself for my daily jog, I happened to spy my phone flashing a notification. And then I saw a message from one of my group chats. Now I didn’t want to react on the content of the picture. But I sat down and contemplated the words. Were they meant as a joke? Or did the women have specific grievances against one or two nurses that they felt that way?

It does put things into perspective. Can a “yaya” assigned in a hospital give prescription drugs to patients? Do independent, dependent and interdependent nursing actions? Does this post make me feel less of a professional?

For thousands of nurses out there, the pain, the hard work, the fear and anxiety, the sacrifices most of the time we’re bearing them in silence. It does hurt a bit to be downgraded to the level of a maid/nanny. A glorified one with the privilege of being assigned to hospitals.

I will respect the women who lambasted my profession even though they obviously have none for me and for the millions of nurses, some even working right now in the wee hours of the morning, some in lands far far away. Here’s the conversation, names are removed.

Salary Confidentiality and Underemployment of Nurses

I have to admit. I was a supporter of salary confidentiality. I felt that it would endanger an individual if everyone knows how much you are making. That was until I saw the video of Adam Ruins Everything.

Take for example how hospitals have kept their salary rates from newly licensed nurses. With a fast turnover (nurses leaving for abroad or other for jobs like call centers) hospitals are facing staff shortages. With confidential salary rates, any new nurse would attempt to apply not even knowing how much he/she will earn.