Ban Toxics!, an environmental organization actively pushing for the prevention of toxics pollution, conducted a forum in University of the Philippines attended by multi-sectoral groups. Among those invited were colleges and schools and UC Banilad College of Nursing was represented by Mr. Ronaldo O. Quitco and Ms. Helen Mae Pogoy, CESDEV-Nursing Coordinators.
Taking the mercury issue to heart, Atty. Richard Gutierrez, executive director of Ban Toxics!, asserts, “This is a no-brainer. Mercury is a neurotoxin, it affects the brain. In school, where we strive to impart and increase a child’s ability to learn, why should we expose them to the dangers of mercury by using these toxins?”
Mercury, also known as quicksilver, is one of the most dangerous metals known to man. Together with lead, it causes thousands of poisonings every year all over the world. The incidents involve something as simple as breaking a thermometer or an everyday household item such as a fluorescent light bulb, or being exposed to certain latex paints. Mercury is also found in electrical switches, certain art supplies, and dental amalgams. It is likewise present in many fungicides and pesticides.
Mercury affects the central nervous system, damaging the kidneys and causing severe brain damage. Mercury vapors cause serious respiratory system disorders.
Ban Toxics! particularly notes that mercury is a potent neurotoxin which can cause adverse effects on the developing brain. Its adverse effects include attention deficits as well as IQ, motor, memory, and language impairment. Most susceptible to the ill effects of mercury are growing children, the unborn fetus, and pregnant women.
CLASS VICE PRESIDENTS will have a meeting on March 6, 2009. Main agenda will be the CESDEV-Nursing Update on the Requirements for 2nd Semester 2008-2009 and CESDEV-Nursing Clearance Signing. Please take note of the schedule:
LEVEL 2
CLASS VICE PRESIDENTS
9 AM - 10 AM (ROOM 714)
LEVEL 3
CLASS VICE PRESIDENTS
10 AM - 11 AM (ROOM 714)
LEVEL 4
CLASS VICE PRESIDENTS
11 AM - 12 Noon (ROOM 714)
Today, be aware of how you are spending your 1,440 beautiful moments, and spend them wisely... and since today is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun, enjoy the trip. 
All LEVEL 4 sections who have asked prior permission from CESDEV-Nursing Office to have their seminar in LMR be credited as CESDEV requirement must submit the following ( one week after the activity) :
SOFT-BOUND DOCUMENTATION ( short-sized; color of cover should be red; )
1. Letter to CESDEV-Nursing
2. Resource Unit ( in short bond paper )
3. Sample Invitation
4. Sample Program ( should reflect the flow of the seminar )
5. Sample Certificate ( sample of the certificates given to the seminar participants )
6. Financial Statement (should reflect how much was spent and the specific items )
7. Pictures ( at least 10 copies of 3R pictures related to the seminar conducted with formal
captions)
8. Evaluation ( include the Tool used in evaluating the seminar)
9. Reaction Paper ( personal insights on his/her role in the conduct of the seminar )
10. CD containing a soft-copy of the Powerpoint Presentation used during the Seminar.
The above-mentioned requirements pertains to the seminar that you have conducted as a section. However, be reminded that aside from one (1) Outreach Program that you need to conduct for this semester (which Level 4 has already complied with the Book Donation Drive); you are also required to have two (2) Seminars.
The seminar that your section have conducted in compliance with your requirement in LMR will be credited as one (1) seminar, provided, prior permission was sought from CESDEV-Nursing Office.
Considering the limited time and the numerous requirements that Senior Student Nurses need to comply in order to graduate, UC Nursing CESDEV will also credit/honor the other seminar in LMR that you have attended as AUDIENCE / PARTICIPANTS as compliance to CESDEV requirement for this semester. Here's what you need to submit:
1. Reaction Paper ( about the Seminar that you have attended; the one conducted by the other sections with you as the participant or audience )
The reaction paper should be written in short-sized bond paper and shall be submitted to UC Nursing CESDEV office a week after attending the seminar. Reaction Papers should be submitted per section and shall be placed inside a short-sized RED envelope.
All LEVEL 3 sections who have asked prior permission from CESDEV-Nursing Office to have their seminar in Educ 4B be credited as CESDEV requirement must submit the following ( one week after the activity) :
SOFT-BOUND DOCUMENTATION ( short-sized; color of cover should be blue; )
1. Letter to CESDEV-Nursing
2. Resource Unit ( in short bond paper )
3. Sample
4. Sample Program ( should reflect the flow of the seminar )
5. Sample Certificate ( sample of the certificates given to the seminar participants )
6. Financial Statement (should reflect how much was spent and the specific items )
7. Pictures ( at least 10 copies of 3R pictures related to the seminar conducted with formal captions)
8. Evaluation ( include the Tool used in evaluating the seminar)
9. Reaction Paper ( personal insights on his/her role in the conduct of the seminar )
10. CD containing a soft-copy of the Powerpoint presentation used during the Seminar.
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UC Nursing CESDEV will also credit/honor the other seminar in EDUC 4B that you have attended as AUDIENCE / PARTICIPANTS as compliance to CESDEV requirement for this semester. Here's what you need to submit:
The next day, February 24, 2009 is a special holiday in Cebu City to commemorate Charter Day. The declaration of Monday as a special holiday for schools is contained in Proclamation 1728, which was announced yesterday by Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita. Ermita signed the order in behalf of President Arroyo. The order said the declaration of a holiday is meant to give people time to observe a historic event that “restored and ushered political, social and economic reforms in the country.” (OPS)
The Professional Regulatory Commission has released the result and announced that 39,455 or 44.51% out of 88,649 examinees that took the November 2008 Nursing Board have passed. Click the link below is the complete list of November 2008 Nursing Board Exam Passers! Congratulations!
http://www.nursingboardexamresults.org/november-2008-nursing-board-exam-passers-complete-list
UC Banilad College of Nursing has posted an overall rating of 60% with a total of 386 passers out of 643 examinees.
Ann-Marie Carlon
Nicolas Ryan Ang Ediza
John Kristoffer Antiporta Lim
Vincent James Pondar Sanchez; and
Mary Lynn Cabahug Tomongha
Congratulations! Welcome to the world of RNs ... Registered Nurses ... Real Nurses.
Seventeen student nurses joined the Free Medical-Surgical-Dental Mission sponsored by the Rotary Club of Cebu South in Barangay Quiot, Pardo last February 15, 2009. The activity started early in the morning with Rotarians from Japan as guests. Adult and Pediatric consultation as well as free dental check-up and tooth extraction was conducted. Moreover, Deworming as well as Feeding Program was also extended to the residents. Dr. Asoy has her hands full with over a hundred women taking advantage of the Free Pap Smear.
The activity joined by the student nurses of UC Banilad was upon the invitation of Mr. Carlos Apuhin, the Incoming President of the Rotary Club of Cebu South.
Dear Lord, I thank you for this day.
I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning.
I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God.
You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me.
Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you.
I ask now for Your forgiveness.
Please keep me safe from all danger and harm.
Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude.
Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so tha t I can hear from You.
Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things.
Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over.
Let me continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge it as evil.
And when I sin, let me repent, and confess with my mouth my wrongdoing, and receive the forgiveness of God.
And when this world closes in on me, let me remember Jesus' example
-- to slip away and find a quiet place to pray.
It's the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits.
I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart.
Continue to use me to do Your will.
Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others.
Keep me strong that I may help the weak.
Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others.
I pray for those who are lost and can't find their way.
I pray for those who are misjudged and misunderstood.
I pray for those who don't know You intimately.
I pray for those who don't believe.
But I thank you that I believe.
I believe that God changes people and God changes things.
I pray for all my sisters and brothers.
For each and every family member in their households.
I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that all their needs are met.
I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God.
Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight.
I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly..
This is my prayer.In Jesus' Name, Amen.
I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.
While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.
As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.
I was surprised, and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?' He smiled as he patted my hand and said,
'She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is.'
I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought, 'That is the kind of love I want in my life.'
True love is neither physical, nor romantic.
The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.
Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection[1] and attachment. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure to intense interpersonal attraction. The word love is both a verb and a noun. Love is not a single feeling but an emotion built from two or more feelings. Anything vital to us creates more than one feeling, and we also have feelings about our feelings (and thoughts about our feelings)[1]. This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.
As an abstract concept, love usually refers to a deep, ineffable feeling of tenderly caring for another person. Even this limited conception of love, however, encompasses a wealth of different feelings, from the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual emotional closeness of familial and platonic love[2] to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love.[3] Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts. (source: Wikepedia)
Lust is the initial passionate sexual desire that promotes mating, and involves the increased release of chemicals such as testosterone and estrogen. These effects rarely last more than a few weeks or months. Attraction is the more individualized and romantic desire for a specific candidate for mating, which develops out of lust as commitment to an individual mate forms. Recent studies in neuroscience have indicated that as people fall in love, the brain consistently releases a certain set of chemicals, including pheromones, dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin, which act in a manner similar to amphetamines, stimulating the brain's pleasure center and leading to side effects such as increased heart rate, loss of appetite and sleep, and an intense feeling of excitement. Research has indicated that this stage generally lasts from one and a half to three years.[8]
Since the lust and attraction stages are both considered temporary, a third stage is needed to account for long-term relationships. Attachment is the bonding that promotes relationships lasting for many years and even decades. Attachment is generally based on commitments such as marriage and children, or on mutual friendship based on things like shared interests. It has been linked to higher levels of the chemicals oxytocin and vasopressin to a greater degree than short-term relationships have.[8]
The protein molecule known as the nerve growth factor (NGF) has high levels when people first fall in love, but these return to previous levels after one year. [9]
1. Which is your favorite color out of: red , black , blue , green , or yellow ?
2. Your first initial?
3. Your month of birth?
4. Which color do you like more, black or white?
5. Name of a person of the same sex as yours.
6. Your favorite number?
7. Do you like Flying or Driving more?
8. Do you like a lake or the ocean more?
1. If you choose:
Red - You are alert and your life is full of love.
Black - You are conservative and aggressive.
Green - Your soul is relaxed and you are laid back.
Blue - You are spontaneous and love kisses and affection from the ones you love.
Yellow - You are a very happy person and give good advice to those who are down.
2. If your initial is:
A-K You have a lot of love and friendships in your life.
L-R You try to enjoy your life to the maximum &your love life is soon to blossom.
S-Z You like to help others and your future love life looks very good.
3. If you were born in:
Jan-Mar: The year will go very well for you and you will discover that you fall in love with someone totally unexpected.
April-June: You will have a strong love relationship that will not last long but the memories will last forever.
July-Sep: You will have a great year and will experience a major life-changing experience for the good.
Oct-Dec: Your love life will not be great, but eventually you will find your soul mate.
4. If you chose:
Black: Your life will take on a different direction, it will seem hard at the time but will be the best thing for you, and you will be glad for the change.
White: You will have a friend who completely confides in you and would do anything for you, but you may not realize it.
5. This person is your best friend.
6. This is how many close friends you have in your lifetime.
7. If you chose:
Flying : You like adventure.
Driving: You are a laid back person.
8. If you chose:
Lake : You are loyal to your friends and your lover and are very reserved.
Ocean: You are spontaneous and like to please people.
