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.

Oncology nursing is a growing field of nursing that is providing a lot of employment opportunities. For those who are not familiar what oncology nursing is, here’s a short introduction to this type of nursing work.

Oncology nurses care for patients during every stage of the disease process: from prevention and detection to treatment and convalescence. They are considered experts of their field.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration or POEA, in cooperation by the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is now recruiting at least 1,000 female nurses for employment abroad.

The chosen nurses will be working for the Ministry of Health of KSA. They are in need of head nurses, charge nurses and staff nurses. Other health worker positions are also available.