UP Nursing Alumni Association International, Inc. (UPNAAI)

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UPNAAI STAND on COVID19.pdf

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41st-UPNAAI-Annual-First-Virtual-Convention.pdf

2019-2021 Officers and Board of Directors

Wilhelmina Aguilar Ungco, BSN '79, RN, CCRN

President

Leolinda Mangaoang, BSN '79, MA, RN

President-elect & Chair, Yearbook Sub-Committee

Wendy Vaughn, BSN '88, MSN, CCRN

Vice President for Education & Research

Victoria Reyes Bryan, BSN '91, RN, LNHA, COHN-S

Vice President for Programs

Cristina Ochosa Presbitero, BSN '89, RN, WCC

Vice President for Membership

Corazon del Castillo Reyes, BSN '79, MSN, RN-BC

Recording Secretary

Elizabeth de Leon Gamboa, BSN '91, RN, CCM

Corresponding Secretary & Chair, Constitution & Bylaws Committee

Maidaflor Maybir, BSN '89, MSN, RN

Treasurer & Chair, Finance Committee

Lachme Sullesta, GN '68, BA '78, RN

Assistant Treasurer

Ida Santos, GN '68, RN, LNHA

Public Relations Officer

Dennis Juanir, BSN '89, RN

Auditor & Chair, Audit Committee & Website Administrator

Manuela Rose Minnie Corpuz Castillo, BSN '86, RN

Director & Chair, Sustainability & Viability Committee

Rosemarie Gadioma, BSN '81, MSN, ANP, ACNP-BC

Director

Maria Theresa Chupungco Mendoza, BSN '79

Director

Loreto San Juan, GN '68, BSN, MSN

Director

Joy Tuzon Sera-Josef, BSN '80, MSN, APRN-BC

Director

Elena Welsch, GN '68, BSN

Director

CHAPTER PRESIDENTS

Rosemarie Gadioma, BSN '81, MSN, ANP, ACNP-BC

UP Nurses of the East Coast

Peregrin Camilon Francisco, GN '69, BSN '71, MSA, RN

UPNAA - Del Mar Va Chapter

Cristina Ochosa Presbitero, BSN '89, RN, WCC

UPNAA - Northern Central Region

Deborah-Anne Yambao Butuyan, BSN '89, RN

UPNAA - Texas

Ida Robillon-Santos, GN '68, BSN, RN, LNHA

UPNAA - Rocky Mountain Region - Pacific States

Wendy Vaughn, BSN '88, MSN, CCRN

UPNAA - California

ADVISERS
Peregrin Camilon Francisco, GN '69, BSN '71, MSA, RN

Teresita Carambas Santos, BSN '79, MSN, RN

Lyvia Mendoza Villegas, GN '68, BSN '71, MA, FNP

LET'S CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE NURSE

AND THE MIDWIFE!

1. 2020 WHO Campaign Toolkit translated in Tagalog

by Lyvia Mendoza Villegas GN'68, BSN'71, MA, FNP

2020 CampaignToolkit_Tagalog.pdf

2. Tagalog Poem

by Lyvia Mendoza Villegas GN'68, BSN'71, MA, FNP

2020 Tribute to the Nurse and Midwife - Tagalog.pdf

In recognition of the International Year of Nurses and Midwife, UPCN has released a position statement urging the government and private sector to support nurses and midwives by increasing investment to education, workplace environment and welfare of nurses. It also reiterates the commitment of UPCN to provide quality education, community service and leadership in nursing development.

(https://www.upnaai.org/resources/UPCNStatement).

If you have anything to share,

please email us at upnaai.inc@aol.com

Filipina Nursing Leader selected to stand as Member of Parliament for East Coast Bays in New Zealand

01 Jun 2020 4:09 PM | Webmaster (Administrator)

Monina Hernandez has been selected to contest East Coast Bays for the Labour Party in the 2020 general election.

“I am an infection control nurse specialist and have been an advocate for the general public and health workers during the Covid 19 crisis,” Ms Hernandez says.

“I’m proud to be putting my name forward to be a strong voice for local people in Jacinda Ardern’s government.

“Under the Prime Minister’s leadership, we’ve had a strong health response that sets our economy up for a strong recovery. We’ve led the world in tackling COVID-19 and now our economic plan will get our economy moving again while creating new jobs.
Ms Hernandez says she brings a particular focus on population health and support for overseas born workers who have sustained our health system over the recent COVID 19 health crisis. Approximately 29% of the 58,000 registered and practising nurses in New Zealand are migrant nurses.

“New Zealand's health workforce relies on migrant labour. As both a Filipino and a New Zealand nurse, I want to represent this often-forgotten workforce, nurses, otherfrontline healthcare workers and women generally,” said Hernandez.

“Nurses and health workers born overseas have been on the frontline, testing for COVID19 and staffing our rest homes caring for vulnerable older New Zealanders. I have been advocating for their health and want to bring my frontline knowledge to parliament.”
“Jacinda Ardern has displayed her leadership and competence in keeping the public safe throughout the Covid 19 pandemic. Her team prioritises the health and well being of our communities, setting us up for a faster economic recovery and I would be honoured to be a part of it.”

Bio

Monina Hernandez is president of the Filipino Nurses Association of New Zealand, an author, researcher, lecturer and doctoral student at Massey University. She is a member of the Nursing Council of New Zealand, the governing board of the NZ nursing profession and served as an elected director of the nurses’ union. She has 28 years of nursing and midwifery experience (BSN 1992) and a wide breadth of governance and health experience.

Mobile: 0223532612
E-mail: hernandezmoninaa@gmail.com

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From Melissa

23 May 2020 11:43 AM | Maria Theresa (Administrator)

May 12, 2020

Today on the last day of nurses' week, on Florence Nightingale's 200th birthday, I want to pay tribute to one group of nurses, my classmates at the UP College of Nursing Class '79. Sadly this year we won't have our yearly school alumni association (UPNAAI) reunion. Was looking forward to seeing my classmates & others who are doing their best for the betterment of the nursing profession.

This was us then...

This is us last August 2019!!!

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