Happy Philippine Nurses' Week 2023!!! 🥳
The kickoff activity today was beyond SPLENDID! Everyone sure did have fun plus our tummies were filled with so many yummy treats! 😍 Hey, Hive friends! How are you? If you are a nurse reading this, Happy Week to you!!! I salute you for all the hardwork you do.🫡
As I am someone who works in a hospital, I know how hard the schedules of nurses are and how pressured they are day in and day out. It is but rightful to have a week of celebration to honour all their effort and their dedication to serve the people.🩷 TO ALL THE HEROES DISGUISED AS NURSES: I SALUTE YOU ALL AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE SEEN AND YOU ARE VALUED!!🫶
My workmates and I were truly happy as we were invited to their opening and was greeted by so many booth with exciting freebies and delicious snacks. Going from one booth to another reminds me of school activities wherein there's a festivity of sorts going on. We enjoyed all the snacks, candies, chocolates, juices, iced coffees and the freebies they gave away haha. 😅
If you are wondering how this celebration came to be, well I have searched the internet and here are the pieces of information I got: 👇👇👇
Nurses' Week is observed every last week of October by virtue of Proclamation No. 539 signed on Oct. 17, 1958 by then President Carlos Garcia. The Philippine Nurses Association, through its predecessor the Filipino Nurses Association, was tasked to take charge of the observance of Nurses’ Week. In 1915, the practice of nursing in the country began to be regulated through the amendment of Act No. 310 or the Medical Law. In 1919, the First True Nursing Law or Act No. 2808 was passed which created the board examiners for nurses. The first nursing board examination took place in 1920. —Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research
News by Susan de Leon:
Nurses’ Week is observed every last week of October by virtue of Proclamation No. 539 signed on Oct. 17, 1958 by then President Carlos Garcia.
Last Sept. 1, President Ferdinand R. Marcos vowed to raise the profile and improve the working conditions of nurses here and abroad in a speech during his attendance at the 100th anniversary celebration of the Philippine Nurses Association, Inc. at The Manila Hotel.
He acknowledged that the current salaries and benefits of nurses in the Philippines are not enough, but noted that the government may not have available funds to cover this yet.
Marcos also promised to open more slots for the deployment of nurses abroad while striving to improve domestic opportunities.
He also backed the passage of House Bill 9389 or the New Philippine Nursing Practice Act which mandates additional protection and development of the nursing profession in the country.
Speaking from his own experience after contracting COVID-19 twice, Marcos said he witnessed how Filipino nurses risked their lives to care for the sick and even opted not to return to their homes to avoid spreading the virus to their families.
He said Filipino nurses stood out from others not just for their competence and dedication, but for their “compassion and kindness.”
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