CFO Executive Director Jennifer O. Gonzales turns over a cheque worth P150,000.00 to  
Dean Josefina Tuazon of UP College of Nursing in support of the 1st Asia Pacific Conference on Nursing Research. Also in the photo are (L-R) Atty. Golda Myra Roma, Dr. Teresita Barcelo and Mr. Rino Paez.

        The Commission on Filipinos Overseas partners with the University of the Philippines College of Nursing Foundation (UPCFNI) in the conduct of first Asia Pacific Conference on Nursing Research to be held on September 4-5, 2008 in Manila Hotel.

        CFO’s participation and support to the conference is in line with its objectives of promoting the competitiveness of Filipino nurses as part of its mandate under Executive Order No. 550, creating the Presidential Task Force on NCLEX.

        The First Asia Pacific Conference on Nursing Research is intended to be a venue to formalize networks and linkages among nurse researches and research-based nursing institutions in the Asia-Pacific region to develop and document evidence-based practice; to provide a collegial exchange of new ideas and information in a forum where evidence-based practices can be disseminated and discussed; to encourage the pursuit of evidence-based practices; and to strengthen the capacity for nursing research through regional and global linkages and network.      

        Over the past several decades, the Philippines has established itself as the largest source country of nurses worldwide. About 250,000 Filipino nurses are employed in health care systems in the United States of America, United Kingdom, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and other countries facing acute staff shortages.