New Filipino nurses place their hands on their chests during an oath-taking ceremony for new professional nurses at a 2010 convention in the Philippines. New Filipino nurses place their hands on their ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The story of the Filipino nurse in America is a story of sacrifice and a cultural dedication to the familial, a duty-lead diaspora to the unfamiliar. "It's the same story that every ...

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UAB School of Nursing Associate Professor and Nursing Honors Program Co-Director Sigrid Ladores, PhD, RN, PNP, CNE, is this year’s recipient of the Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNAA) ...

Debbie Accad, 72, a clinical nursing coordinator for the Detroit VA Medical Center, died from complications of the coronavirus on March 30. Celia Yap-Banago, 69, a “fireball” of a nurse who worked for ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- With more than a third of U.S. adults fully vaccinated and outdoor mask mandates lifted, it's easy to forget all that was lost to COVID-19 in the last year. The nation's frontline ...

Filipino and Filipino American nurses are dying from COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates, accounting for more than 30 percent of the 205 U.S. nurses who have died, though the group makes up just ...

“YOU are my champion!” This line ended the keynote speech of global Filipino athlete Olivia Bong Coo during the Filipino Nurses Global Summit VI organized by the Philippine Nurses Association of ...

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