January 7, 2005
A Nursing Crisis in the Philippines
Foreign demand for its nurses may be ruining the country's healthOne 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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