According to a story published in The New York Times this week, new research from the University of Missouri has found that people who walk dogs are more consistent about regular exercise and show more improvement in fitness than people who walk with a human companion. And the results weren’t based on people who cared for dogs and were required to take them out for daily walks. In the 12-week study of 54 older adults, 35 people were assigned to a walking program for five days a week, while the remaining 19 served as a control group. Among the walkers, 23 selected a friend or spouse to serve as a regular walking partner, another 12 participants took a bus daily to a local animal shelter where they were assigned a dog to walk.

The researchers were surprised to find that the dog walkers showed an impressive improvement in fitness, while the human walkers leaned towards making excuses to avoid the workout. Walking speed among the dog walkers increased by a whopping 28 percent, compared with just a 4 percent increase among the human walkers. I’m not too sure what this has to say for human companionship, but as for the dogs? Score one.

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Average Salary: $135,000

A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist is someone who administers anesthesia to patients. They collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, dentists and podiatrists to safely administer anesthesia medications.

Nurse Researcher
Average Salary: $95,000

Nurse Researchers work as analysts for private companies or health policy nonprofits. They publish research studies based on data collected on specific pharmaceutical/medical/nursing product and practices.

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Average Salary: $95,000

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners are advanced practice nurses who provide care and consultation to patients suffering from psychiatric and mental health disorders.

Certified Nurse Midwife
Average Salary: $84,000

Nurse midwives provide primary care to women, including gynecological exams, family planning advice, prenatal care, assistance in labor and delivery, and neonatal care. CNMs work in hospitals, clinics, health departments, homes and private practices. Midwives will often have to work unpredictable hours (due to the unpredictable nature of childbirth).

Pediatric Endocrinology Nurse
Average Salary: $81,000

Pediatric Endocrinology Nurses provide care to young children who are suffering from diseases and disorders of the endocrine system. This often involves educating both parents and children on the the physical and sexual development issues that arise from these disorders.

Orthopedic Nurse
Average Salary: $81,000

Orthopedic Nurses provide care for patients suffering for musculoskeletal ailments, such as arthritis, joint replacement, and diabetes. They are responsible for educating patients on these disorders and on available self care and support systems.

Nurse Practitioner
Average Salary: $78,000

Nurse practitioners provide basic preventive health care to patients, and increasingly serve as primary and specialty care providers in mainly medically underserved areas. The most common areas of specialty for nurse practitioners are family practice, adult practice, women’s health, pediatrics, acute care, and gerontology; however, there are many other specialties. In most States, advanced practice nurses can prescribe medications.

Clinical Nurse Specialist
Average Salary: $76,000

Clinical Nurse Specialists develop uniform standards for quality care and work with staff nurses to ensure that those standards are being met. They are required to possess strong managerial skills and an ability to anticipate potential staff/patient conflicts.

Gerontological Nurse Practitioner
Average Annual Salary: $75,000

Gerontological Nurse Practitioners (GNPs) hold advanced degrees specializing in geriatrics. They are able to diagnose and manage their patients’ often long-term and debilitating conditions and provide regular assessments to patients’ family members. Similar to all geriatrics nurses, GNPs must approach nursing holistically and pay special attention to maintaining a comforting bedside manner for their elderly patients.

Neonatal Nurse
Average Salary: $74,000

Neonatal Nurses care for sick and/or premature newborn babies. They also provide consultation to the newborn’s family during what can be an emotionally draining period.

1. Communication Skills-as a nurse, it is an advantage to have a good communication skill.

To have a good communication skill you must have to listen carefully.

Let the patient know that you where their to listen what he/she is saying. Be careful on your body languange

your body language shows a lot in determining whether you’re interested in the conversation or not.

2. Emotional Stability means State of an individual that enables him or her to have appropriate feelings about common experiences and act in a rational manner.

3. Empathy-To show empathy is to identify with another’s feelings. It is to emotionally put yourself in the place of another. The ability to empathize is directly dependent on your ability to feel your own feelings and identify them. Nurse lack with empathy lower the patience confidence. Nurse without empathy result to patience to suffer from fear, they got confuse and depressed and also the motivation to comply with treatment is decreased.

4. Flexibility- not many jobs come as flexible as nursing. A nurse must be flexible in terms of taking care of patients “you must like what you don’t like”, in that the essence of nursing. Nurse is flexible, if a nurse is not a chooser.

5. Good Attention to Detail-achieves thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task through concern for all areas involved.

6. Interpersonal Skills-Simply put interpersonal skills are the skills we use to interact or care with others. Interpersonal skills are sometimes also referred to as communication skills, grouping skills and/or soft skills. How we care with others crapper greatly impact our professional and personal lives, improving these skills builds confidence and enhances our relationships with others.

8. Problem Solving Skills-The initial steps in assessing problem-solving are obvious in that we requirement to identify what skills are to be assessed and what determine module be served by the assessment. Once those objectives are identified, it becomes such easier to approach the task of assessing the problem-solving skills of our students.

MANILA, Philippines—Congress should physique up the Nurses Assigned in Rural Service (NARS) Project toward mobilizing a larger number of unemployed nurses, this time as village midwives, a lawmaker from Mindanao said.

“It would make a aggregation of sense to expand the NARS, and mayhap tap an additional 10,000 nurses for deployment as midwives in municipalities with the highest motherlike and infant mortality rates,” Cotabato Representative Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza said in a statement sent to media outfits.

“This way, we will save thousands of mothers and infants who risk death every assemblage due to maternity and birth-related complications,” Taliño-Mendoza said.

She said demand of access to skilled delivery attendants has been digit of the factors contributing to the unacceptably high number of mothers and infants existence lost during maternity and childbirth.

“In the countryside and even in urban slums, destitute mothers still give birth at home, often without trained attendants, because they cannot afford to go to maternity clinics or hospitals,” she lamented.

Nurses who serve as midwives low the NARS could gain specialized training that would later help them secure more lucrative jobs here and overseas, Taliño-Mendoza said.

“In America, for instance, there is growing demand for certified nurse-midwives. They are considered advanced practitioners there, with specialized education, training, and experience in both nursing and midwifery,” she added.

Taliño-Mendoza is digit of the backers of the proposed Reproductive Health, Responsible Parenthood, and Population Development Act.

The bill seeks to raise public awareness of reproductive health, advance responsible parenthood, and improve access to safe and modern kinsfolk planning methods in order to turn unwanted pregnancies and lessen the risk of both motherlike and infant mortality.

Government health surveys have shown that 162 mothers die out of every 10,000 births, and that 14 percent of all deaths among Filipino women may be attributed to maternity or to childbirth-related causes.

Three out of every quaternary motherlike deaths happen to very young women 15 to 19 years old, according to government studies.

All the efforts are not wasted, by this dedicated student, a most promising good nurse!

Their parents and their love ones are proud of them. Congratz guys you deserve it.

Here is the topnotcher of Nursing board exam June 2009!

1. Golda Manto Yap, FELIPE R. VERALLO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION - 86.80%

2. Ronie Rose Capati Arevalo, Adamson University — 86.40%

3. Michelle Alejandro Barberan, Arellano University-Manila — 86.20%

4. Caroline May Rellosa Chamen, Philippine College of Health & Sciences — 86.00%

Clarissa Leonor Tible Escober, Naga College Foundation — 86.00%

5. Marco Magtulis Dometita, University of Santo Tomas — 85.80%

Margaret Cheung Encarnacion, University of Santo Tomas — 85.80%

Marc Bago-Od Marzan, University of Santo Tomas — 85.80%

Lalaine Lim Perlas, Our Lady of Fatima University-Valenzuela — 85.80%

Debbie Rose Uy Tanengsy, Velez College — 85.80%

6. Lisa Angelica Vela Evangelista, University of Santo Tomas — 85.60%

7. Adrian Patrick Patawaran Calimag, University of Santo Tomas — 85.20%

Jed Asiaii Mariano Dimaisip, University of the Philippines-Manila — 85.20%

Aaron Miranda Esporlas, University of Santo Tomas — 85.20%

8. Mary Joy Sarreal Crisostomo, University of Santo Tomas — 85.00%

David John Gabriel Egbalic Cristobal, University of Santo Tomas — 85.00%

Libby Joy Recinto Evangelista, University of Santo Tomas — 85.00%

Ma Paula Rhove Rivera Ortega, University of the Philippines-Manila — 85.00%

Andrew Chua Tiu, Velez College — 85.00%

Ginelle Marie Galarpe Visaya, University of Santo Tomas — 85.00%

9. Helene Marie Mejorada Calderon, University of Santo Tomas — 84.80%

Abigail Ann Borromeo Candelario, University of Santo Tomas — 84.80%

Jan Benzon Tan Chan, University of Santo Tomas — 84.80%

Anna Melissa Señga Lo, University of Santo Tomas — 84.80%

Jernedell Geishar Tabugara Mabiling, Western Mindanao State University — 84.80%

Von Vener Palicpic Miguel, Perpetual Help College of Manila — 84.80%

Johanna Thomas Yu, University of Santo Tomas — 84.80%

10. Angela Carmela Fernandez Agbay, University of Santo Tomas — 84.60%

Pheelyp Edward Cruz Aytona, University of Santo Tomas — 84.60%

Julienne Katrina Bulaon Beltran, University of Santo Tomas — 84.60%

Maria Rosario Angala Brillante, University of Santo Tomas — 84.60%

Jasper Quintana Castillo, University of Santo Tomas — 84.60%

Diane Rachelle Cruz Crisostomo, Centro Escolar University-Malolos — 84.60%

Jose Mari Niño Leonor Cuarto, University of Santo Tomas — 84.60%

Salvador Isidro Buban Destura, Immaculate Conception College-Albay — 84.60%

Abigail Joanna Uy Doluntap, University of Santo Tomas — 84.60%

Rove Ann Tonolete Enguerra, Trinity University of Asia (Trinity-QC) — 84.60%

Jana Flores Fragante, University of Santo Tomas — 84.60%

Jan Igor Temple Galinato, Mindanao State University-Marawi City — 84.60%

Divina Viktoria Pobre La Torre, University of Santo Tomas — 84.60%

Vanessarose Delavin Lim, Far Eastern University-Manila — 84.60%

Rachel Rañola Milante, University of Santo Tomas — 84.60%

Loraine Ab-Abaen Payangdo, Benguet State University-La Trinidad — 84.60%

Kristine Arcilla Ramos, Catanduanes State Colleges-Virac — 84.60%

Robert Joe Isip Sagum, Far Eastern University-Manila — 84.60%

Ingrid Buela San Juan, University of the Philippines-Manila — 84.60%

Christelle Miracle-An Quizon Santiago, University of Santo Tomas — 84.60%

Jian Laurice Ramos Sicat, Angeles University Foundation — 84.60%

Miriem Paulle Beltran Soriano, Saint Louis University — 84.60%

Teddy Jr Chan Untalasco, Lorma College — 84.60%

Attention to all the newly R.N., more unemployed nurses will be hired under the Nurses Assigned in Rural Service (NARS) program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). According to Nelia Mabilog, Senior Labor and Employment Officer of DOLE in Iloilo, another batch of 160 nurse trainees will be hired under the NARS program, starting in October 1, 2009 in some of the Municipalities of the said provinces. Interested qualified applicants can register online at http//www.nars.dole.gov.ph.

Qualification for six month employment-cum-training program:

1. Nurses who are not over 35-year old

2. Nurses with valid nurse license issued by the Philippine Regulations Commission

3. Nurse with no nursing-related practice for the past three years.

Applicants who failed to join the initial 160 hired nurses under the program that are currently deployed in rural areas of Iloilo and Guimaras will be given priority in this batch, as Mabilog said.

An amount P8,000 stipend/allowance per month while on training to perform public health functions and the necessary clinical tasks to enhance their skills, employability in local hospitals and eventually in medical center abroad.

• As a nurse is more frequently in contact with the patients, he/she should have excellent communication skills. These include speaking as
• A good nurse should be highly qualified and trained. She/he should have a sound knowledge of the nursing profession, obtained from a reputed institute. He/she should always be ready to learn more. Good professional skills are a must for the nurse.
• well as listening skills. The nurse should be able to openly talk with the patients and their family members in order to understand their needs and expectations. He/she should be able to explain the treatment given to the patient.
• Watchfulness is an important quality of a good nurse. He/she should be alert every moment about the condition of a patient. He/she should be able to notice a minor change in the patient’s health status.
• A good nurse should have an emotional stability. Nursing is a very stressful job. Everyday the nurses witness severe traumatic situations, surgeries and deaths. The nurse should be mentally strong and should not get disturbed by such incidences.
• Good presence of mind is crucial in the nursing profession. In any critical condition or medical emergency, if the doctor is not there, then the nurse should not get confused. He/she should be confident enough to take the correct decisions.
• Kindness and empathy are the qualities that every nurse should possess. The nurse should be calm and kind to the patients, even if they are aggressive. The nurse should understand the pains and suffering of patients. He/she should provide comfort and sympathy to the patients, instead of getting angry with them.
• A good nurse should be flexible about his/her working hours and responsibilities. Nursing is a time demanding profession. It’s not like that to work for specific hours. Medical emergencies can occur at any time. Nurses often have to extend their duty hours, work in overnight shifts, or work on weekends too. They should not complain about that.
• A good nurse should have a strong physical endurance. He/she should be able to perform a number of taxing maneuvers, stand up for a long period of time or lift heavy objects/people on a daily basis.
• A nurse should have a respect for people and rules. He/she should be devoted to the profession. He/she should be aware of different cultures and traditions and confidentiality requirements of the patients. He/she should respect the wishes of the patients.
• A nurse should be active and cheerful. Her/his presence should make the patient relaxed and comfortable. The nurse’s pleasant appearance can reduce the patient’s stress and pains. His/her voice should be soft and gentle.

Here in Philippines, the nursing population is now growing. But the question is, is there really a competent nurse in our hospital now a days.? The “old” nurses right now is going abroad to get a higher opportunity and to get a higher income, despite of the fact that they left their own families and their love ones for the sake of a higher income abroad.

This maybe due to our government that can not pay a proper salary for a professional nurses. Thus, there is a less competent nurse in our country right now. And we left for a fresh professional nurses that is novice for a certain profession. It is good to hear that the population of the nurses is growing but who is responsible to train and supervise this novice.

This days as we know there is a lot of nursing schools who has an open door for those individual who willing to take up nursing. And at the end there is a lot of student nurse, that the faculty cannot accommodate them and because of this the proper training of this student nurse were not properly implemented. Thus, they are lack of skills, knowledge and attitude that is needed when they are expose to a ward or in their hospital rotation, even in the community exposure.

Now as a fresh board passer of a certain profession we need to attend a lot of seminars and trainings to be good and some what we called ourselves as a good nurse rather a competent one.

And that issue is really exist in our society right now. Because of the reason, that there is lot of opportunity abroad that could bring this nurses or the future nurses to a better life, not only for them but also for their love ones.