Nurse Directory

Calayan Medical Group is known for its Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery.  With the husband and wife as the proprietor, their expertise on creating significant change with the help of science  gives them the mission to bring the best services to their clients the beauty and enhancement on their bodies they wanted.  For the people who wanted to have a flawless skin and seek higher standard and dermatological care on the fields of plastic surgeon and dermatological care the Calayan Medical Group can provide.  Both husband and wife perform the operations; they are in fact the moving force in terms of beauty enhancement.

Doctor Manny Calayan is a graduate of University of the East Ramon Magsaysay College of Medicne for his medical degree; he took his pre med in University of the Philippines in Diliman and finishes high school at La Salle Greenhills.  In 1999 he received an award as the Most Outstanding Cosmetic Laser Surgeon in NCR.  And he even received the Parangal Sa Magulang award in 1996.  Dra. Pie Calayan on the other hand finishes his college at St.Scholasticas College in Manila, took her pre med at University of Santo Thomas in Espana Manila and completed her college degree at UERM College of medicine.  And the love story here begins and soon they were husband and wife, and decided to put up a business regarding beauty and enhancement of the body.  She’s also a member of the Philippine Medical Association and Charter Member of Philippine Academy of Cosmetics and Clinical Dermatology Incorporated.  And the Philippine Society of Liposuction Surgeons Incorporated.  She is an active member of the American Academy of dermatology International Hyperhidrosis Society and the Makati Medical Society.  She’s also a member of the Philippine Medical Association and Charter Member of Philippine Academy of Cosmetics and Clinical Dermatology Incorporated.  And the Philippine Society of Liposuction Surgeons Incorporated. They are both active on their chosen fields and expertise.  Among their membership includes the American Academy of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, International Society of Cosmetic Laser Surgeons and the Philippine Society of Liposuction Surgery Incorporated.

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The Poly Medic Hospital in Edsa Mandaluyong City is also known as the VRP (Victor R. Potenciano) Medical Center, a private, tertiary hospital in Mandaluyong that has been provided premium healthcare services for four decades.  It has successfully maintained it quality service by continuously improving its facilities and equipment and training and advancing the expertise of its competent medical staff and professionals.  Attesting its superior service is accreditation as a Center for Excellence by the Phil Health. It has also achieved ISO certifications for Environmental Management System, Occupational Health and Safety and Quality Management System. Incidentally, it was also the first ever medical institution in Metro Manila to be certified by ISO.

As its name suggests, the hospital was founded by Dr. Victor R. Potenciano, who also cultivate and develop by the VRP institution since its establishment up to its present standing today as it continue to strive in achieving the vision of the founder of giving only the best to the hospital’s patients.

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Occupational health nursing is a specialized field in the nursing profession, which specifically deals with the prevention and management of harm, injuries and even illnesses at work. Occupational health nurses often find direct employment of companies, acting to provide emergency health needs as well as consultations to employees at work.  They can also find work in government agencies tasked to monitor and ensure safety policies and occupational health hazard measures are strictly followed by the companies.  Occupational nurses are usually registered nurses or experienced nurses with additional training.

The implementation of occupational health nursing varies in approach and perspective.  Most are involved in the identification and determination of occupational hazards and act as agents to ensure companies strictly adhere to the occupational health laws established by the government. This type of work involves close collaboration with supervisors and the management in general to improve compliance and to promote self disclose of risky or dubious working practices and conditions from among personnel. For this type of work, the occupational nurse requires specific training about possible risks or danger related to a certain industry as well as policies and mandates and safety standards that the government has provided to mitigate or avoid such hazards.

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IVT or Intravenous Therapy is the injection of liquid substances directly into a vein to rectify electrolyte imbalances, to give medicine, facilitate blood transfusion, or infuse fluids to prevent dehydration, among other.  The IVT training therefore is primarily designed to ensure safe practice in the conduct of Intravenous Therapy which involves the enhancement of the nurse’s mind-set and provision of additional and practical knowledge and skills in the performance of the role of intravenous nurse therapists.

The intended audience of an IVT therapy training included registered nurses, certified IV therapists, health related professionals and technicians such as doctors as well as Interns, medical technologists, midwife and even caregivers.  IVT training is especially needed by nurses to acquire IV therapy certification in compliance to the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 (R.A. 9173). The ANSAP (Association of Nursing Service Administrators of the Philippines) would like to ensure safe nursing practice in the administration of parental injection. Moreover, IV therapy training certified nurses are often preferred by government and private hospitals for employment purposes.  In lieu of which, it is equally important to be trained in ANSAP-accredited IV therapy training hospital or provider to acquire proper certification because ANSAP is the only nursing organization that is given authority and mandate to administer and accredit the same as stipulated by PRC-BON Resolution No. 08, series of 1994.

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Savvy Sherpa is a research and consulting firm in the US that concentrates on health care industry particularly insurance, delivery and retailing. The company specializes in econometric modeling and applied behavioral economics which is basically used for predicting consumer behavior.  Thus, Savvy Sherpa acts as a marketing consultant especially for large companies planning to expand especially overseas.

As an investment consultant, among the basic consultancy service the Savvy Sherpa provides is to identify the needs of the potential market and forecast market response to products.  This data helps its clients in formulating and developing new ideas, products and ventures that will address the potential market.

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Grepcor Diamonde is the representative company of the biggest Diagnostics Company in the world, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics.  Grepcor acts as the principal importer and exclusive distributor of Siemens products in the Philippnes.  These products are considered as market leader and the benchmark to which all other diagnostic products are gauged. Siemens offers a wide collection of customized diagnostics solutions that better facilitate diagnosis, examination and administration of disease. Its products and services tender the proper equilibrium of science and technology in virtually across the gamut of healthcare concerns to assist healthcare experts with the crucial data they require delivering better health service and more tailored healthcare to all people.

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An operating room at times called the OR or the surgery room.  It is where the surgery took place.  It is a room equipped with performing surgical operations complete with medical facilities and the nurse assisting the doctors in doing the operations.  Having surgery means having operations, and a doctor specialist is the surgeon with the help of an operating room nurse.  The duties and responsibilities of an operating room nurse is to provide and keep the operating room as clean as possible, in doing this the patients environment must be clean as possible, maintain the room in an sterile environment, this is very important when doing an operation because any bacteria or unnecessary organism might ruin the entire operation if something infectious matter comes in.  Monitor the patient during the surgery, in doing so can help the doctors as well as the patient in their present condition; any incident happens can easily observe by a nurse coordinating care throughout the entire process by means of monitoring all the actions. Helping the doctors and making sure all the responsibilities for making the operating room team by giving the most excellent care as possible.

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The La Union Medical Center is the first provincial hospital that was transformed into non-stock, nonprofit local government owned and controlled hospital that is located in Azareno, Agoo, La Union for which it was awarded the “Galing Pook Awardees for Excellence and Innovation”.   It has a bed capacity of 100 and has 15 departments.  Among the multi-specialty clinics of the medical center included  Adult Cardiology, Nephrology, Pediatric, General Surgery, Endoscopy, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic, Urology, Radiology, Diabetology, ENT and OB-Gyne.  Accredited as Level III after the undergoing organizational corporate human resource restructuring for efficiency, the hospital radically improved its services by increasing the number of its healthcare workers from 138 employees to 278 employees including 57 doctors and medical experts.

The La Union Medical Center is one hospital in the Philippines that won the media frenzy for its successful management strategy towards economic stability to become an enterprise model in 2002 in the medical industry. One of the most innovative key program strategies employed by the hospital to attain economic sustainability the private-public mix model in which LUMC entered into a “Joint-Venture Agreement” with a private business entity to outsource and obtain critical hospital equipment such MRI and hemodialysis equipment to serve the needs of its patients. Under this agreement, the private partners cover rental, electricity, and salary expense of staff for which said company is entitled 15 percent of the hospital’s gross revenue. The income is then placed in a Trust Fund which is used to finance or subsidize poor patients.

LUMC is also one of the hospitals that adopted a progressive system of hospital charges. Fees charged to patients or the cost of services is based on the patient’s income or financial capacity to pay. Indigent patients who cannot pay in cash are allowed to pay in kind instead.

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The editors of a leading journal suggest that the poor diet of shift workers should be considered an occupational health hazard. They argue that working patterns should be treated as a specific risk factor for obesity and type 2 diabetes, which have reached epidemic proportions in the developed world, with the developing world not far behind.

With reference to studies published in earlier issues of the journal, that show links between increased risk in type 2 diabetes and shift work patterns in American nurses, Dr Virginia Barbour, chief editor of the journal PLoS Medicine and her fellow editors make a case in this month’s edition for classing unhealthy eating as a new form of occupational hazard, especially in those workplaces that employ shift workers, whose easy access to junk food compared to healthier options just makes it harder to keep to a good diet.

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According to the American Psychological Association, weight loss, smoking cessation and increasing exercise are the top three New Year’s resolutions in America. But do New Year’s resolutions really work and change unhealthy behaviors in individuals? Sometimes they do. Those who make resolutions are ten times more likely to successfully change their behavior than those who do not partake in resolutions. Even though that means about 60 percent of people drop their resolutions by the six-month mark, some come back to the resolution in the following years to finally achieve success.

Nurses, are you planning on making a New Year’s resolution this year? If so, here are five tips to increase your chances of success. Have a clear objective. Examples of clear objectives are: “Lose weight for my vacation in March” or “Increase my energy level so that I can play more with the kids. Make your goal realistic. “Lose 2-3 pounds every week” or “Eat 5 fruits and vegetables servings a day” are realistic goals, while “Lose 20 pounds in two weeks” would be an unrealistic goal.

Enjoy what you choose to do to meet your goal. If you don’t enjoy the process to reach the goal, chances are that you will quit. For example, choose healthy foods you enjoy and participate in an exercise program that you look forward to, not dread. Remove the obstacles and make it convenient. For example, pack healthful foods in your bag for when you get the munchies and might be tempted to grab unhealthy foods or a cigarette, or pack a pair of tennis shoes in your bag for impromptu opportunities to walk.

Expect setbacks. Make a pact with yourself that if you stray from the plan, you will jump right back into it, and will not get overly discouraged. Remind yourself that it’s more important to stay on the plan “more often than not”, than to stick with the plan 100% perfectly.

May this year be your year to succeed in all you set out to accomplish!

Happy 2012, Nurses!