Human ; Male ; Female ; Nurses ; Japan ; Philippines

Nursing leaders contend continuously to challenges that micromanage and often thwart professional creativity. Servant leadership as an approach could address these challenges in nursing service administration. Thus, this study aimed to determine the servant leadership characterization of nursing service administrators of government hospitals in Pampanga and Tarlac. A descriptive correlational design was used. A purposive sample of 70 nurse administrators comprises the respondents. Based on the results on Servant Leadership Inventory (SLI), the majority of them have very low servant first orientation, average to above average receptive caring, above average other centered service, and very low to low instructive transformative relating. Their age and position were significantly related to their servant leadership disposition specifically on the dimensions servant first orientation and instructive transformative relating.

Human ; Male ; Female ; Leadership ; Nurse ; Organization And Administration ; Government ; Hospitals

Nurse ; Nursing

Tuberculosis

This study aimed to explore,describe and document the experiences of nurses in order to come up with a unique definition of nursing as experienced in the hospital setting. Using the phenomenological approach, specifically, the descriptive phenomenology of Husserl, this study describes the lived experiences of twelve (12) full time staff nurses who saturated data in this research rigor. Purposeful sampling was utilized to select participants in four (4) tertiary general hospitals (government and private) in Manila, Philippines. An in-depth interview was used to generate data about the participant's personal and professional experiences' in nursing. The interviews were transcribed verbatim, and were analyzed and described using a descriptive phenomenological methodology. The three main themes that emerged were: (1) Nursing being defined as performing tasks that alternate between caring and using medical-technical approaches, (2) Nursing being defined as a health care profession, and (3) Nursing being defined within the boundaries of high cultural appraisal and challenged socio-institutional status. The findings have implications for nursing educators, administrators and leaders to create means to further enhance the caring attributes of Filipino nurses; to perform evaluation per institution to identify the specific needs of the nursing workforce and bring changes wherever deemed applicable that could improve nursing practice.

Human ; Male ; Female ; Nursing ; Nurses

Over the years, trends in international nurse migration and deployment as growth strategy have tremendous increased, resulting in the poliferation of nursing school, and remarkable increase in student enrolment in the nursing program. This is telling indicator that migration has woven its way into the educational and work aspiration of Filipinos. This study thus aims to investigate the migration and deployment trends in Filipino nurses, trends growth in the number of nursing schools, increase of enrolment and board passing rates; and phenomenon. Using the historical method of inquiry, data and information were gathered retrospectively from five (5) participating agencies, namely: CFO, POEA, CHED, PRC, and DOLE. The empirical data were then transcribed and subjected to analytical procedures, using the exponential time series analysis. The study revealed that the dominant destination country for permanent migration, that is for Filipino migrant nurses, is the USA; and deployment of nurses, that is for temporary migration, is the Saudi Arabia. Thus, the rise and fall of overall migration and deployment is largely dictated by the demand of USA with more permissive law for permanent migration; whereas, migration to other countries has a very insignificant effect on overall Filipino nurse migration. There is general decreasing trend in overall migration and deployment. Although deployment trend to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other countries is significantly increasing, deployment to the United Kingdom and Ireland is decreasing; hence overall migration cannot be predicted. In general, it cannot significantly claimed that overall migration and deployment is increasing. With this scenario, nursing education with increasing enrolment and number of nursing schools coupled with decreasing board passing rate must be reassessed in the light of migration and deployment as a growth strategy.

Nurses, ; Schools, Nursing

This paper provides an overview of the development nursing education in the Philippines from the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th century until the period following World War II. A review of available literature shows the minimal progress made in nurse training during Spanish occupation, and the progress made following the introduction and significant influences of a more structured American model of nursing education in the country. Literature also highlights the role of religious orders and the private sector in the development of nursing education in the Philippines. Much remains to be learned in regards to the development of nursing education in the Philippines which may be useful in fully appreciating the significant role of the nursing profession in the Philippines and its history.

Education, Nursing ; Nurses

Development delay in children under 6 years old is prevalent not only in both developed and developing countries. It is alarming that the number of delayed children is increasing. It is obliging to find out the family factors that possibly affect developmental delays in children six years old and younger. The objectives of the study were the following: (1) Describe the characteristics of families of children with developmental delays. (2) Determine the factors that significantly relate with developmental delays when comparing families of children, with delays and without delays.

The sample was composed of 52 delayed children and their families, and 52 normal children and their families who were purposively chosen. The data was collected from March to May 2011 with the approval of the Saint Louis University Research Ethics Committee. The Metro Manila Developmental Screening Test was used  to test child development. The Parent Behavior Checklist was used to assess  parenting behavior of mothers. A questionnaire was used to collect family and child factors.

The results of analysis revealed that higher frequencies of delays occurred in children one (23.08%) and three (23.08%) years of age; first born or only child (36.54%), and in households with three children or less (32.69%). Families of delayed children are of low socio-economic status, whose mother predominantly scored low in all categories of parenting. It was also found out that more frequencies  of delays occurred in the fine motor adaptive sector (86.54%), followed by the language (69.23%), gross motor (38.46%) and personal-social (32.69%) sectors respectively.

Results of the chi square test revealed that expectation parenting behavior is significantly associated to developmental delay in the gross-motor sector (p 0.005) in children under six years of age. Developmental delays in the gross motor sector in the three to less than six-year-olds are significantly associated with father's occupation (p 0.009) and expectation parenting behavior (p 0.022).

Analysis of factors associated with developmental delays when comparing delayed and normal children revealed that family factors are not significantly associated with developmental delays. A sub-analysis of age groups however revealed that mother's occupation and developmental delays are significantly associated in the three to less that six-year-old age group (p 0.026).

It is concluded that children with developmental delays belong to families with disadvantaged socioeconomic status whose mothers scored low in all subscales of parenting behaviors; and family characteristics, parenting behaviors of the mother and child characteristics are not significantly related to developmental delays  in children under six years old. Therefore, health workers should be more vigilant in identifying children with developmental delays regardless of family characteristics.

Human ; Male ; Female ; Child ; Child Preschool ; Infant ; Family ; Developmental Disabilities ; Parenting ; Child Rearing ; Social Class

Student satisfaction is one of the many Important factors that any academic institution must consider for it is very helpful in refining academic processes, improving the quality of education, and evaluating the institutional efficiency. Therefore, this study aimed to (1) measure Filipino students' levels of satisfaction in today's BSN program, and (2) see the satisfaction differences between those enrolled in private and government higher educational institutions (HEIs). A cross-sectional comparative design was used. A total of 505 nursing students from different private and government HEIs in Central Luzon were conveniently recruited during the 2nd semester of A.Y. 2012-2013. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were run using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Mean ratings showed that the students enrolled in both private and government HEIs are generally satisfied with their current baccalaureate program (x=4.02 and x=3.55 respectively). In addition, Mann-Whitney test revealed that there is a significant difference between the satisfaction levels of students enrolled in private and government nursing schools in satisfaction levels of students enrolled in private and government nursing schools in the Region (p<.05). Overall, students are satisfied with the in-class teaching , clinical teaching, the program itself, and the support and resources of their department. However, those enrolled in government HEIs have lower satisfaction ratings as compared to those enrolled in private nursing schools. Academic administrators must further develop the instructional competencies of the faculty, as well as improve nursing facilities and laboratories by making them well-equipped, adequately -staffed, and readily available to meet the needs of the students.

Human ; Male ; Female ; Education, Nursing ; Education, Professional ; Nursing

Cancer as a disease exists as a global health concern. Among all types, cancer of the breasts was noted as one of the most common in the Philippines. Narrow focus has been attributed in understanding the communication experiences of patients and their spouses from the time of diagnosis to post treatment. Employing the descriptive phenomenological inquiry, the purpose of this study was to explore breast cancer patients and their spouses' lived experiences of their communication as a couple from their own frame of reference during the time of diagnosis and post treatment. Examining individual accounts of five (5) couples from an in depth qualitative interviews and following Colaizzi's method of data analysis, three main themes surfaced as similar among the participants: (a) Breaking the news (b) Hearing the Sound of Silence (c) Keeping the Faith. The three emerging themes reflect the couple's communication challenges during breast cancer illness and generated a continuum of varying emotions. The communication of couples during cancer was associated with great effort to find ways to build hope, stay together and found meaning and purpose to continue supporting each other. The couples in the study embraced cancer and brought them closer together.

Human ; Male ; Female ; Breast Neoplasms ; Breast ; Diagnosis ; Communication