January 7, 2005

A Nursing Crisis in the Philippines

By MARTHA ANN OVERLAND

Foreign demand for its nurses may be ruining the country's health

One Program Seeks to Replenish the Philippines' Nursing ProfessorsBy MARTHA ANN OVERLAND

When the Philippine government ordered 23 recently opened nursing programs to close down, in November, after their courses failed to meet basic standards, a shiver went through many American nursing administrators. The Philippines has had a stellar reputation for producing highly skilled nurses who are in demand all over the

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