MAKATI MEDICAL CENTER HOSTED INTERNATIONAL NURSES WEEK CELEBRATION

INT’L. NURSES WEEK CELEBRATION

In celebration of the Int’l. Nurse’s week, Philippine nurses attended a seminar at the PNA Office at Malate,Manila entitled “Reminiscing the Florence Nightingale Essence”. NARS PARTY LIST leader Leah Paquiz, RN is appealing to nurses all over the country to come forward and champion our cause in raising the bar of the nursing profession.

According to Paquiz,” if we have the numbers we can assert our political will and have one voice in Congress and move forward the advocacy of nurses and the healthcare of our country. In line with the Int’l. Nurses’ week celebration we are calling all nurses to come on Friday at the PNA Office in Manila from 6-8pm for “Bayaning Nars Recognition” and on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at the University of Makati 6:00 AM sharp. Come in white pants and shirt. Nurses will have a mock elections. We encourage all nurses to step out of their comfort zones and get involved. For inquiries call PNA at of ANG NARS PARTY LIST at 0906-5656416..

NURSE PIONEERS

Dr. Angel Catindig-Manlapaz, R.N.,NP, Cecille Lucentales, RN, AM Leah Paquiz, RN, MAN (NARS PARTY LIST PRESIDENT)

Dr. Angel C. Manlapaz,RN a Health and Life Coach recently met with NARS PARTY LIST President Leah Paquiz at Richter Alternative Medical Center located in Sen. Gil Puyat, Pasay City. The Integrative Medical Center is owned by a Nurse pioneer Dr. Cecille Lucentales, a Naturopathic Doctor and wife of the late Asst.Undersecretary of DSWD. Together our vision is to put up 1,500 wellness centers all over the country. According to Manlapaz, a nurse advocate, visionary leader and former President of the Caregiver School Association of the Philippines , niece of Senatorial Candidate, No.24 Ramon Magsaysay Jr. said “ we nurses need to be proactive and be creative in the art and business of caring, we can become holistic nurse practitioners or even become nurse entrepreneurs. 

By taking up a course on Naturopathy, we can put up homebased preventive health care and wellness clinics. With the alarming increase in lifestyle diseases like diabetes and cancer, nurses can become health coaches ,Diabetes Health Educators or Cancer Prevention Health Educators. With upgraded nursing skills and training on Holistic Health, Integrative Nutrition and Naturopathy , Practice Management and Entrepreneurship we can set up our own independent preventive health care wellness clinics that will empower us and not just depend on hospitals for employment.” 

Nurse entrepreneurs can even band together and partner with investors to put up nursing homes, care homes, convalescent centers, drug rehabilitation centers, mental health recovery centers,alzheimer’s center, retirement homes. We must look into all the possibility of creating jobs to empower ourselves and the nurses all over the country. We cannot just depend on exporting our nurses to other countries.” Manlapaz, recently joined the NARS PARTY LIST and and envisions to raise the bar of the Nursing profession in our country as well as to champion in the field of holistic nutrition and preventive health care. We are calling on all nursing leaders to get involved on May 13,2013 National Elections. Nurses may get in touch with ANG NARS PARTY LIST at 0906-5656416 /09166271222.. (VerGarciaBlogs)