Filipino Male Nurse Awarded by the Healthcare Industry of UK

This is a known fact that nursing industry is female dominated, but with the time, this notion is changing and nursing is no more regarded as only a “woman’s profession” as number of men joining nursing is steadily increasing. Moreover, this has been observed, that male nurses add unique character attributes to the profession, giving them ample room under the nursing umbrella to nurture and nourish their career.

So, if you are a male and thinking of pursuing nursing as a profession, here is an inspirational story of  award winning Filipina male nurse that will surely clear the clouds of confusion and will help you make a wise career decision.

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Francis Fernando, a native of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, is the first nurse in the U.K to be awarded with the National Health Service (NHS) Clinical Leaders Network (CLN), AQuA Henderson Quality Award for his work on hip fractures with the NHS.

This award recognizes the work of clinicians who have created successful projects that resulted in tangible treatment and clinical improvements and made a difference in the lives of patients. 

There were more than 1,000 applicants from the National Health Service (NHS) workforce in the UK, out of which only 3 were chosen. Fernando bagged the first award by impressing the panel of judges headed by U.K Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, for his outstanding project. He was presented with a bursary of $ 5,000 to develop and spread his winning project to other NHS institutions.

Fernando has been working at the Salisbury Hospital from the past 12 years. He was campaigning for the improvement of service to vulnerable elderly patients with hip fractures. During this campaign, he introduced a successful implementation of service improvements leading to specialist medical care and early rehabilitation of patients suffering from hip fractures. He took treatment to another level by giving it a holistic approach wherein patients felt a balanced emotional, physical and psychological well being.

On this occasion Fernando said -"By nature, Filipinos are very caring, compassionate and are also very innovative as shown by this award. I encourage them to do better in their profession and uplift the image of Filipino nurses".

This affirms that males are also suited to the challenges and excitement of nursing.Therefore, all you male out there in Philippines who are thinking of choosing nursing as a profession, now is the best time to take your leap.

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