PhilHealth— Registered Nurses who were trained to become Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) were finally deployed to accredited hospitals last May 2, 2012.

Strange but true : the Central Sterile Supply (CSS) section of hospitals is one of the most important part of the hospital, but also the one that is most commonly neglected. 3M Philippines and the Philippine Society for Quality in Healthcare (PSQua) thus held a two-day seminar last March 29-30 at the Makati Medical Center to push for suitable standards [...]

List of successful applicants for the PhilHealth Cares program nationwide.

A nurse who killed a young Texas mother and kidnapped her 3-day old baby boy told police she needed the neonate to show to her fiance to prove that she had recently given birth to their child.

Texas, USA–Kimberly Saenz, 38, was found guilty of capital murder for injecting her patients with bleach. Saenz was fired form her job at a clinic in Lufkin in 2008 after patients started dying and falling increasingly ill. The daughter of victim Thelma Metcalf told Saenz, “You are nothing more than a psychopathic serial killer. I hope you burn in hell”. [...]

Doctor Jean Marie Egargo, Department of Health (DOH) Representative here reported that come May 13, some 166 nurses under the RN-HEALS program will be deployed to the different rural health units (RHUs) of the province. This after they have attended the Orientation Program on the same day and have accomplished the needed records, i.e. TIN number, PhilHealth, and ATM cards. [...]

As part of the efforts to advocate eHealth research in the Philippines, the National Telehealth Center (NTHC) conducted a “webinar” on eRecords, eMedicine, and eLearning and Capacity building last March 3.

PRC released the nominees for the Philippine Board of Nursing 2012. Here are the specialties and background information for the Future BON.