All nurses know who Florence Nightingale is. She is often referred to as the mother of nursing or the founder of modern nursing.

“The Lady with the Lamp” entered the field of nursing in 1845, even though her upper-class British family disapproved. During the Crimean War, Nightingale lobbied the British government on behalf of the terrible hospital conditions for wounded soldiers in Turkey.

A total of 32,617 out of 77,901 passed the June 2009 Nurse Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation announced Saturday.

Golda Manto Yap, a graduate of the Felipe R. Verallo Memorial Foundation, topped the exams, getting an average score of 86.80 percent.

The New Zealand Nursing Council recently said that the country is still open for nurses and health workers. There are still employment opportunities and work abroad positions available in New Zealand for nurses.

This is definitely good news, specially for those who wants to work abroad in New Zealand. According to the Nursing Council, they will give the applicants an easier way to apply for a nursing job in New Zealand.

Health care workers and professionals, including nurses, can now look forward to working in Guam.

Emmanuel Geslani, a recruitment consultant from Guam said that because of the transfer of a military base from Okinawa, Japan to Guam. The country will now need to recruit foreign workers to address their health care needs.