ST.

LUKE’S
COLLEGE OF
NURSING
SLCN Gazette
Magazine
Volume 1, Issue 1 Newsletter Date: October, 2019
Special points of
interest:
WE are SLCN. WE are One Community
 The Core Values of
Maltese Cross On July 12th, 2019 , Medical
Missions foundation provides
 Featured Content‘s medical care in undeserved
communities throughout the
 The Three Legendary nation while positively impacting
Student Nurse‘s the lives of children, elderly and
their families. All medical mis-
 SNA Organization,
sion participants are volunteers
2019-2020 dedicating their time and talents
to provide health teachings and
medical care.
The project was in coopera-
tion with SLCN Faculty, Student
Nurses Association and Batch
Savere Vita. In partnership with
SLCN Batch Synergist, class of Batch Synergist, Class of 1994. Photo credits by John
Inside this issue:
1994. Coordinated by Ms. Edna Michael Matados
Robles, the community clinical
coordinator of SLCN; and Ms. Medical mission was held at receiving optimum healthcare
Rayana Ubas, the SNA Presi- Sitio Katwiran Health Center, prior to the crisis and are strug-
Tree Planting Pro- 2 dent. Affiliated with Municipality
gram Brgy. San Rafael, Rodriguez, gling to find ways to refill medi-
of Rodriguez, Rizal through cations for many treatable
Rizal.
Hon. Mayor Dennis Hernadez; chronic illnesses like diabetes,
Brgy. Health Workers from SLCN mission is to pro- hypertension or hyperlipidemia.
BLS & Disaster 2 Sitio Katwiran; Brgy. Captain vide quality healthcare programs
Training While many of the children we
Eron Paul Alvarez; RiteMed and and services to the people in saw presented with common
Medi-Rx incoorperated. need around the community. complaints like viral upper res-
Many of these families were piratory infections and GI prob-
Acquaintance 8
Party 2019

History of SLCN 10
The Core Values of Maltese Cross
As student nurses, it is a The BLUE color of Maltese
privilege to be part of St. Luke's Cross symbolizes patience and
Batch Name‘s and 11 College of Nursing; to wear our
Their Meaning humility. The blue colour is
Maltese Cross pin with pride strongly identified when Jesus
and dignity. was crucified for our salvation.
Cake Fiesta 18 Likewise, as student nurse we
are expected to serve God
The Maltese Cross has 3 through humanity with patience
significant colours (the blue, and humility.
gold and white), and two shapes
Anti-bullying 19
(circle and cross).
Campaign
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The Core Value of Maltese Cross
The GOLD color symbolizes
excellence and self-discipline.
The mastery of art of nursing
which is of great importance in
dedicating oneself to his/her
calling. SLCN is dedicated to
building a culture of innovation
in nursing and the quality of
care for the patients.
The WHITE color symbolizes
purity. As nurses, we are called
to be servants of God. It in-
volves being honest, kind and
caring to serve others.
Mary Kayshiene
(Batch Savere Vita),
planting roots at the
mountain.
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The CROSS represents Jesus
crucified and his sacrifice. The
cross is thus a sign of both Christ
himself; and takes upon his/
herself the burden and care of
other lives.
The CIRCLE is the symbol of
eternity, as this line has no begin-
ning and no end. As student
nurse, it implies the eternal ser-
vice to God and to our fellow-
Maltese Cross Pin’s : Building Excellence and
men.
Traditions
Tree Planting Program by April Mae Labrador
National Greening Program
held at IPO DAM Watershed,
Norzagaray, Bulacan; last Satur-
day on the 13th of July, 2019 .
Tree planting is a process of
transplanting tree seedlings to
the soil; to provide protection,
to develop the ecosystem, and to
fix the damages that humans have
done to the forests.
The community development
was spearheaded by TCQC Bali-
katan Multi-purpose, and Depart- SNA Officer’s, Batch Savere Vita and Batch Valkyrie with
ment of Environment and Natu- Ms. Edna U. Robles, RN, MAN
ral Resources. In collaboration
with Trinity University of Asia
along with other colleges and College of Nursing- SNA life and preserving soil.
faculties, including St. Luke's officers, Batch Savere and During the action of pho-
Batch Valkyrie together with tosynthesis, trees take in
Ma'am Edna Robles, RN, carbon dioxide and pro-
MAN for the opportunity duce the oxygen we
and a tremendous experi- breathe. It also prevents
enced! air pollution, lessen the
affects of the sun burns,
exposure, and prevents
Why planting tree is flooding. From a social
aspect, trees benefit hu-
important? mankind become connect-
Trees contribute to envi- ed to the growing process
ronment by providing oxy- while also providing a
gen, improving air quality, nutritious food source and
climate restoration, conserv- food security.
ing water, supporting wild
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Basic Life Support & Disaster Training
On July 19th, 2019; incom-
ing seniors of Batch Savere Vita
engaged in performing the BLS
and Disaster Training program
c/o Bureau of Fire Protection -
Special Rescue Unit; facilitated
by Ms. Gladdes Arreco, an
alumna from SLCN Class of
2007.
The program is an entry-
level education for the incom-
ing seniors in conducting train-
ing courses to help ensure an
effective and coordinated re-
sponse to an emergency. Nurs-
es play a central role in saving
by April Mae Labrador
lives, disaster preparedness and
management, as well as in
emergency response in the
community and in many coun-
tries around the globe.
CARE in a disaster environ-
ment is different from day-to-
day nursing care, and nurses
have special needs during a
disaster. Nonetheless, disaster
nursing education is seldom
provided and a lack of curricula
exists in many countries or
communities. The aim of this
seminar‘s review is to provide
an overview of nurses‘ roles,
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knowledge and experience in
natural disaster preparedness
and emergency response.
BLS and Disaster Training
Program educates student nurs-
es about disaster alertness for
hazards that may impact their
area and trains them in basic
disaster response skills, such as
fire safety, light search, rope
techniques and rescue, team
organization and disaster medi-
cal operations giving comrades Health Teaching in
the skills to assist others in their Assessing CPR.
neighborhood or workplace
following an event when profes-
sional responders are not immediately availa-
ble to help.
General objectives of basic life support
and disaster training is to ensure safety, to
mitigate the impact of emergency on vulner-
able populations, and to design a coordinat-
ed plan that reduces the waste of resources,
time, and efforts .
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Featured Literacy: Mental Health Awareness

By April Mae Labrador

Awareness also eliminates stigma for Our mission is to banish stig-

Health is not just about what
you’re eating. It‘s also about what
you‘re thinking & saying. Health means
mental health too! Your thoughts,
feelings, and behavioral needs deserve
time and attention. Health is a broad
term where it focuses you‘re physical,
physiological, psycho-social and psy-
chological.
Your feelings matter. They are
valid. You deserve to take up space.
Investing in you is crucial and valuing
your mental health is self-care in ac-
tion!
Mental illness cannot be treated by
simple desire because it is difficult due
to social status, cultural and language
barriers.
these people. If we are aware of their limi- ma, empower you to love yourself, feeling
tations and strengths, stigma may dissi- safe and make peace with mind, body, and
pate. Let‘s just say, your mother or sister soul.
was diagnosed with bipolar disor-
I believe you can have inner peace. I
der. Would you like those around you
believe students and young adult can have
criticize, ―she is crazy, lock her up.‖? balance. I believe all folks can live their
Stigma refers to the opinions and truth and purpose. I know therapy is
thoughts/hearsay‘s of the society. Stigma cool. Treatment is essential.
shames the mentally ill. Creates a society
We believe in relatable, non-
where minds are closed off and denies ac-
judgmental, real, shame-free counseling.
ceptance (truth) of those who are
You deserve time for you.
―different.‖
I believe in helping others by giving our
Attitudes and behaviors move a society
time to them– to listen, talk and laugh! I
into either a positive or negative trend. If
encourage everyone to do the same. Show
there is a negative trend than the implica-
tions may cause a combination of denial and kindness to everyone.
hatred. These are negative labels that have In order to have a good society it
been attached due to the lack of aware- MUST first start within YOU!
ness.
Lack of awareness may cause violence,
uneducated support system, bullying, lack of
empathy and unprotected to those people
who needs help. Raising awareness can
reduce misconceptions.

Editor’s Note
By Aura May C. Damasen

To be able to paint a fantasy is wondrous.

To be able to save a life is heroic. To be able
to exist even in darkness is courage. To be
able to express one's self is a gift.

Writing is how we speak the unspeakable,

say the unutterable, break the unbreakable
nothingness of an unknown feeling we hold
but can‘t express. What a relief it is to write,
and to share it is joy.

This magazine shows what St. Luke‘s College of Nursing (SLCN) is about
Delivering this magazine and hoping that and through this we hope we can connect to you.
you may express yourself too. A vessel to
play the rhythm in your heart, see what‘s
beyond the written words, feel, speak, re-
The journey is about to end, now it entails to embark into another.
lease... hear the sound it wants to play.
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Gender Equality
By Klarize Daniele Airust
Do you believe in equal rights? Do
you accept that every person is a
unique individual and must not judge
them at once? Or do you simply be-
lieve that every person must be treat-
ed equally disregarding their status,
wealth or gender? If so, it is likely that
you believe in gender equality.
Gender equality is the battle cry of
the 21st century. Gender equality be
definition is the state which access to
rights and opportunities is unaffected
by their gender, including participation
in the economy and decision-making.
This is also viewing the person dis-
tinctly, including their behaviors and
aspirations, and is not based and gen-
eralized by their gender. By gender
equality, we are not only referring to
men and women, boys and girls but
we should be sensitive enough to the
LGBTQ+ Community as well. Any
form of gender violence and discrimi-
nation is totally taboo. Even though
The Masked Murderer
By Christine Silvestre
In the hallway, you could always
see Venus smiling and walking cheer-
fully going to her next class. Being a
student nurse is quite hard and some-
times will put you into a lot of nega-
tive thoughts but she has that positive
vibe that can affect even her class-
mates. She has that charm in making
the environment less stressful where
everyone treats one another as family.
Little did Venus know that what
―she believes in‖ would suddenly
change? Yes, people would always say
nice things to her, praise her for her
bright attitude but there is always the
other side of the coin.
In the online world, where people
could freely express their thoughts
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Featured Literacy:
Filipinos are known to be tied in our treated in the society and not be pre-
customs, many Filipinos want gender sumptuous by the uppity. Let‘s just have
equality. In fact, we are ranked as the one goal: to enjoy the same rights, op-
8th country in Asia who practices gen- portunities and protection. Leaving the
der equality. By gender equality, men doors open for anyone who wishes to
can now stay in the house and his wife approach it is of paramount of im-
can go to work and not be judged; portance.
women are not discriminated at work.
You cannot seek for gender equality but
will rant if you stand in public transpor-
tation or didn‘t get help from a person
because it is not gender equality. It is
hypocrisy and asking for superiority.
Gender equality doesn‘t mean that men
and women should be equal but their
capabilities, rights, responsibilities, pro-
tection and opportunities will not de-
pend on their gender.
Remember that gender equality is
not the same as superiority. You cannot
expect to have a special treatment be-
cause gender equality talks about the
equity and proper way on how to be
and emotions, Venus became the laugh-
ing stock of that world- a world where
everybody is wearing a mask, where
anyone could easily point their fingers at
you.
Online, she is coined with hurtful
words. Online, she is ugly, hateful and
evens a slut in the eyes of many. No one
cared whether it‘s true, no one bothered
to know.
The saddest part is that they don‘t
really know the real Venus. The Venus It is not a gun, not even a knife killed
who makes her classmates laugh, the Venus. It is easy to say whatever we
student nurse who strives hard in her want because online, no one really
studies. knows us. It was just a finger, a one click
No one will ever know who Venus is; of the finger that ended the cheerful
no one will ever know what she feels. Venus.
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Featured Literacy:
Cultural Differences
By Maryam Ismail Ahmed Imadudeen
I remember when I first entered my
new classroom, kids my age gathered
around me and started asking about who I
am, where I‘m from, why I look like this
and the same type of questions. I was used
to the attention that it didn‘t bother me.
Even back when I was still living in a differ-
ent country, I was considered ―Unique‖
from everyone. I guess that‘s the perks of
having two different races in your blood.
When I still lived in Egypt, I was so quiet I
barely interacted with anyone. That was
bad on my social skills and I acted in a way
that I label as ―autistic‖, I still cringe on
how awkward and weird I was.
During seventh grade, I hanged out with
different people every few weeks. I made a
lot of acquaintances, but none stayed long
enough to become close with me. A
seatmate bullied me, I remember him call-
ing me a very bad word for no reason and
commenting on my features to his friends.
He sat right beside me and talked to his
friends about whatever is wrong with me
like I was deaf, but I tried to ignore him.
Next year, I started to become aware that
I was having a hard time making friends. I
kept moving to another group whenever
the last group didn‘t like to hang out with
me anymore or our friendship just ―fell
out‖. Someone I considered as my best
friend backstabbed me, and I didn‘t know
that it was because I did something that
offended her.
I learned enough Filipino and Tuwali
(native language of Ifugao) to understand
that some of my classmates were judging
me right behind me, thinking I don‘t under-
stand them. I remember dreaming of the
perfect Halloween party, preparing it with
my mom, inviting all my classmates, and
none of them showed up except one who
brought her cousin with her. It was so
embarrassing that my classmate would
bring her cousin who doesn‘t even know
me just to find my house empty of anyone
except my very young cousins.
I started asking myself some upsetting
questions, am I boring? Am I not funny
enough? Am I too quiet? Why does no one
want to be friends with me? I started
blaming myself for not knowing how to
interact with people normally to the
point of offending others without under-
standing I did. For being naïve and gullible
to some of the jokes they played on me
and for thinking that everyone is my
friend even though they don‘t see it that
way. I also didn‘t know how to control
my emotions better; I was very sensitive
to any criticism made about me.
By grade 9, I got depressed. felt so
detached from the rest of my school
because I felt different from them. I
started isolating myself from the outside
world by staying at home and getting
addicted to watching my favorite shows,
playing computer games, and watching
Youtuber‘s. I developed an anxiety from
going out, and when I‘m forced to, I feel
like people are staring at me. I felt para-
noid that they might be judging me.
Next year, I met up with a girl I knew
from grade 7. I only hanged out with her
once, because I was with a different
group at that time. She introduced me to
her group of friends, and I became one
of them. I expected that I might not last
long with them, as it always happens. I
was so happy to see that I was wrong.
This new group I just became a part of
back in grade 10 are still my best friends
till this day. I even met up with other
people who shared the same way of
thinking as me, people who actually
thought my jokes were funny.
I‘m still deeply affected by those ex-
periences. Deep in my subconscious, I
still hate being different from everyone
else. Based on my experiences of being a
foreign student in school with a different
culture than me, this is what I have
learned: (1) there‘s nothing wrong with
being different from everyone else – do
not try to change who you authentically
are just to fit with the crowd. If other
people find you strange to them, they
don‘t understand. You deserve to be
with people who accept you as you are.
(2) It‘s not always that the first people
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you meet are going to be your friends
forever – You never know what a per-
son is truly like until you are around
them for a period of time, and it‘s quite
a low possibility that you would be able
to find a ―best friend‖ material on the
first person you find. (3) If you feel like
you don‘t belong among your group of
friends, it‘s ok to leave – I‘m not saying
to break your friendship with them, you
can move groups and still be friends with
them regardless. It doesn‘t mean that
after one disagreement you‘ll instantly
think you don‘t belong, but to have this
deep feeling that your personality
doesn‘t match the vibe of the group to
the point you feel alienated from them.
(4) If your squad has similar ways of
thinking, language is not an obstacle
anymore because you can communicate
by simply understanding each other.
Your personalities have to sync in some
way. We are all different and we want to
express ourselves in the way we are
made to. If we can‘t do that in our own
group because they don‘t agree or un-
derstand it, we will feel trapped. (5) Join
as much organizations, event games or
sports, and school competitions as you
can – the more people you meet, the
more you‘ll find like-minded people to
become friends with.
Trying to survive living in a country
with a different culture and language you
don‘t yet understand is a huge challenge.
Time goes by, and you start learning
little by little how everything works. The
feeling of being ―different‖ from every-
one will not totally go away, but it
shouldn‘t discourage you from working
to adapt to the new place and finding
good friends to socialize with. Always
keep in mind that it‘s normal for some
people to judge you as a foreigner in
their country, you would probably do
the same if one of them went to your
country instead. It doesn‘t justify it, but
it you can choose to either listen to
them or ignore them so you can contin-
ue your purpose for coming to this
country in the first place.
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A Monk Once Told Me… Photography Art Literacy:

By April Mae Labrador

A monk onc e t o ld me . . if Success is not easy. The price

you believe.. everything will come
true. ―YOU CAN BE WHOEVER YOU
WANT TO BE– a doctor, nurse, CEO,
or an influencer, and/or you can have a
multi-career.‖
You have all the potentials to make
your dream come true and make it
work. Yet, the world is filled with some
people who no matter what you do or
say, won't see your value. There will
always be people who will look down
on you and who will betray you.
But, no matter how many temptation
and struggle will storm your way. You
must remain strong. Don‘t hurt anyone
for revenge. NEVER look down on peo-
ple no matter how successful you may
have.. because ―life is like a wheel of
fortune. You believe in karma right?,‖ he
said.
of success is hard work, devotion to
the job at hand, and the dedication
that whether we win or lose, we have
applied the best of ourselves to the
task at hand.
Those failures and sacrifices will
taught us how to conquer those chal-
lenges.
The secret of success is being
good (showing kindness) to everyone.
If you want to have a better life, you
have to be a better person first.
What you planted is the outcome of
the fruit itself (bad/good).
Picture taken at Golden Buddha
Temple; Bangkok, Thailand

I guess going Out-of-Town and Out of the Country

trips really makes us all excited and happy. Especially the Shadow of Happiness
places like Bicol, Ilocos, Cebu, Bohol, Palawan, Hong By Anne Shirley Manata
Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Paris, Dubai and more.
The most important thing is, Out-of-Town and Out of the
Country trips is nothing when we don't have our family to break is the solution. Enjoying
join us. There are so many things that makes us all sad and our leisure time makes us wish
stressed, it may be personal problems, school works, or that we can stay longer in that
any problems that makes us uncomfortable, and taking a place or makes us wish that we
can live there. That picture was
taken at Paoay Sand Dunes Ad-
venture in Paoay, Ilocos Norte.
Hot weather and warm breeze
doesn't bother us from being
happy and energetic. We take
the chance of capturing this
"jump shot pose" under the heat
of the sun, and with the help of
its natural lighting, we got a
great photo. There is alot of
things to enjoy in Paoay Sand
Dunes and to be in general,
Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur is
such a happy place to go to.
The famous Calle Crisologo
is one of the worth to visit place
Picture taken at Paoay, Sand Dunes Adventure in Ilocos in Ilocos Sur. Countless histori-
Norte cal sites can be seen in every-
where, souvenir shops that are
vintage themed, restaurant and
food chains that are also
themed in classical way, some
churches that has a really inter-
esting past stories, beaches that
has clear water, and some plac-
es that are worth to take a
photo to.
The thing in here is that,
even though we have many
things a lot in mind, we should
not forbid ourselves to enjoy
the things that we can do to lift
some of our burdens up. Hav-
ing a quality time with our fami-
ly is very important, it does not
just make us happy, but it also
makes us feel home. We
should always remember that,
our family is our home, and
loving them unconditionally will
makes us strong and inspired in
everything.
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Acquaintance Party 2019 by April Mae Labrador

St. Luke's College of Nursing has
celebrated an acquaintance party on the
16th of August, 2019 with the theme,
“Back To The Future”. The pro-
gram commenced with singing 5 nation-
al anthems: Philippines (led by SLCN
Choir); USA, Saudi Arabian, Eritrean
and Cameroon. Followed with a doxol-
ogy by Elijah Quiano (Batch Kairos).
Introduction of Hosts led by EJ Baradas
(Batch Kairos) and Pauline Siasoco
(Batch Valkyrie). Then, an opening re-
marks of the College Dean, Dr. John
Michael O. Lorena, RN- where he re-
minded the students to aim for a bal-
anced life- having sound intellect and
attitude – to achieve success.
Acquaintance is a time of the year
where students can relax, enjoy each
other‘s company, dance ‗til you drop,
sing and party like there‘s no tomorrow.
Most of all, it is a time for the students,
alumni, faculty and staff to mingle and
bond as one. It has been an anticipated
event especially by freshmen students,
Batch Hiraya.
It was a fun event for everybody
which showed the students‘ talents
through their teamwork. It was also
another way of appreciating their own
capabilities and a time to show to every-
body what they can do and how they can
spread the 4C‘s through their class—
Competence, Commitment, Compas-
sion, and Culture. Everybody did not
hide their excitement as they shouted a
cheer of encouragement to their class
participants. It made the students stand
on their feet with wider smiles etched
on their faces. The games were intended
to make the event livelier and for stu-
dents to bond with each other. A good
way to start a good friendship is through
a blissful get-together—the Acquaint-
ance Party made everyone let loose and
simply have fun with the new members
of the community.

Photo credits by JM Matados and Djhay Cuenca

Oath Taking

The induction of SNA officer's and organizations

of the different clubs was also held at the event
as each took their place in front to be recog-
nized. These organizations are the following:
Community Outreach- Project CHANGE,
SLCN Maltese Pep Squad, SLCN Online Ga-
zette, SLCN Dans, Sports Committee and Rota-
ract Club of Chinatown Circle.
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SLCN Family

New set of SNA

Officers
SY 2019-2020

Photo credits by JM Matados and Djhay Cuenca

Division of the Student Nurses Association 2019-2020

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History of St. Luke’s College of Nursing by Mayzelle Riz Vejano

St. Luke‘s College of Nurs-
ing, formerly known as St.
Luke‘s Hospital School of Nurs-
ing, was established in 1907 and
is one of the oldest nursing
schools in the Philippines. It was
founded soon after St. Luke‘s
Hospital (now St. Luke‘s Medi-
cal Center) was established.
Rev. Charles Brent, the first
bishop of the Episcopal Church
in the Philippines initiated the
institution‘s founding with Ms.
Ellen T. Hicks, who was then
the first superintendent of nurs-
es and the first principal of the
school.
To become a collegiate pro-
gram, the Board of Trustees
decided to establish the College
of Nursing under Trinity Col-
lege of Quezon City (now Trini-
ty University of Asia) on March
13, 1964. During this time, the
Bishop of the Philippines, Philip-
pine Episcopal Church, had
already bought the Capitol City
College and renamed it Trinity
College of Quezon City. By
1965, the first class of St. Luke‘s
College of Nursing was admit-
ted. Three of the first seventeen
Filipino women who took nurs-
ing in the country were from
the institution; namely, Quin-
tana Beley, Caridad Goco and
Veneranda Sulit.
The institution commits itself
to ―producing competent and
world class nurses.‖ Therefore,
since 1911, the year that the
school first produced excellent
nurses, the graduates have made
their names in the field of clinical
practice, nursing education, gov-
ernment service, and postgradu-
ate studies by the promotion
and advancement of nursing in
the country.
In the year 2007, St. Luke‘s
College of Nursing celebrated
100 years of excellence as one of
the oldest and top performing
nursing schools in the country.

“Building
Excellence
and
Tradition”

Legendary Alumni
1. Vitaliana G. Beltran, R.N. (Class
1917) - First Filipina Superinten-
dent of Nurses who served St.
Luke's Hospital for more than
forty years. She also pioneered the
organization of the Filipino Nurses
Association in 1922 now known as
the Philippine Nurses' Association
(PNA).
2. Leah Primitiva Goco Samaco-
Paquiz, Ed.D., R.N. (Class 1973) -
National President of the Philip-
pine Nurses Association (2007)
3. Ruth Raña-Padilla, R.N. (Class
1975) - 2007 Commissioner of
the Professional Regulation Com-
mission, Philippine Nurses Associa-
tion Governor for Region II.
4. Maria Angelica Rosedell Amante,
R.N. (Class 1991) - Governor
(1995–2004) and Congressional
Representative (2004 –2007)
of Agusan Del Norte, Philippines.
5. Maria Kristelle M. Lazaro, R.N.
(Class 2007) - Miss Philippines-
Earth Fire 2008 winner. 3 Legendary Nurse’s: Quintana Beley,
Caridad Goco and Veneranda Sulit.
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Batch Savere Vita 2020

By April Mae Labrador

BATCH NAME: SAVERE We are a group of individu-

VITA
SAVERE VITA, a Latin
phrase, which means ―to save
lives‖. We have chosen this
name to serve as a reminder to
ourselves, of our will and pur-
pose of choosing nursing as our
career. To save a life entails
substantial risks and extensive
responsibilities, and to be de-
serving of these responsibilities
is what we aspire for.
Aware that the only thing
that we can truly control are
ourselves, our words and our
actions we are exhilarated to
learn more about nursing. Yes,
you can say that we are a very
hopeful and passionate batch.
als with diverse cultures, age-
groups, personalities and per-
spectives. We are 30 devoted
and compassionate people
who want to make a difference
in the world, one patient at a
time. We don‘t claim to be a
perfect batch for we are not.
We make mistakes and some-
times we mess up hard, but we
take that as an opportunity to Capping and Pinning Ceremony
learn to be a better person
each day.
As fourth-year nursing students, we‘ve seen more naked
bodies than we ever thought we would. Some of us have been
with terminally ill patients and have witnessed the mysteries of
“Teamwork death. We've celebrated with patients when they received good
news and cried with their families as they struggle to come to
Makes the terms with bad news. Being a student nurse is a badge of hon-
our. People look to you for hope and they admire and respect
Dream Work”. your skills.

~ Batch Motto

BATCH COLOR: MAROON AND WHITE

Our batch colors are maroon which symbolizes strength and

courage, and white that symbolizes honesty and integrity.
Embodying such virtues, our batch knows how to stand up
for what we believe is right and we know how to own up to
our mistakes. In the course of our journey as nursing stu-
dents, our batch strives to be unified. We protect and help
each other so that no one gets left behind.

Batch Logo
BATCH LOGO MEANING

Our logo is the classic nurse‘s cap with rays of light radiating
from it. This symbolizes how we believe in the capability of
nurses to touch and bring light into someone‘s life. We be-
lieve that nurses are instruments of hope and life—and that is
what we all strive to be as we journey.
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Batch Kairos 2021
By Kayla Althea Manzanares
BATCH NAME: KAIROS
Kairos is a greek noun that means ―the fleeting rightness of
time and place that creates the opportune atmosphere for
action, words, or movement.‖ As nurses, time is essential in
saving lives. Hence, it is important to realize every perfect
timing and take advantage of every opportunity to grow as
nightingales and save lives.
BATCH LOGO MEANING
Our batch logo contains the first letter of
Kairos, which is K, a heart and a yellow colored
eagle with four wings that symbolizes our four
years in SLCN.
Batch Logo
Upon entering SLCN, we were just then 28 carefree and
stubborn young individuals who were still quite unsure of the
path that we were about to take. Back in Academic Year 2017-
2018, our batch caused quite few headaches to our professors.
Despite the numerous lectures and nagging from the faculty for
us to be more serious and responsible, especially in terms of
our academics, most of us seem to just can‘t let go yet of our
idiosyncrasies. However, from what I can say now, it really just
takes time.
For some of us, it took some time to figure out what they
truly want, whether if it was really nursing or not. While for
the rest of us, it took us some time to get the hang of being a
nursing student.
As freshmen, we have encountered numerous challenges,
such as the adjustment we had to face coming into a new envi-
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“We may be a small in number,
but we are BIG at heart”.
~ Batch Motto
BATCH COLOR: YELLOW
Yellow is our batch color as it symbolizes hope and happiness.
Obviously, we are a group of people who are described as
happy-go-lucky. For some, it might come off as negative but in
reality, we only try our best to be optimistic and always find a
silver lining in every difficult situation we face, especially in our
studies. Lastly, it might sound cliche, but we have embraced
courageously the saying: ―We may be small in number, but we
are big at heart‖ as our batch motto .
ronment, the heavy academic workload that comes with being a
nursing student and most of all, the pressure of making it
through the cut-off. Unfortunately, not all of us were blessed
with the opportunity to stay and move forward.
Now, as juniors and with only 14 of us left, we take pride in
being able to conquer milestones and being able to surpass chal-
lenges together. The challenges served as a catalyst for us to
unite and to realize that we are stronger together. We may be
one of the smallest batches in the history of SLCN. However,
we refuse to be just defined by our mere population. Despite
being small in number, we all have big hearts with big dreams.
We believe that the burning passion within us will drive us to-
wards greatness.
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Batch Valkyrie 2022
By Mayzelle Riz Vejano
BATCH NAME: VALKYRIE
Inspired by Norse mythology,
the batch was named after the
supernatural warriors who
were given the magnificent
power of guiding the bravest
slain heroes of a battle to the
afterlife. Valkyries are known
to exude courage even in the
face of death. They are associ-
ated with fairness, brightness,
Community Health Nursing at
Rodriguez, Rizal
BATCH LOGO MEANING
The head symbolizes a human being, which represents the
students of St. Luke‘s College of Nursing. Alongside the
head are the wings of a Valkyrie which signify protection.
The blue wing represents trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence
Batch Logo
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and gold. As future nurses,
batch Valkyrie‘s goal is to
become professionals who
are overflowing with honor,
courage, and passion, not
only for their jobs, but for
each and every life they
hold in their hands. Just like
Valkyries, they are strong
and dauntless warriors who
would carry out their re-
sponsibilities with raging
passion and excellence.
Photo taken at Basic Education, Campus 1 Building.
Photo Credits by: Trinity Observer
BATCH COLOR: SKY BLUE
Blue symbolizes reliability, responsibility, confidence, and inner “Have courage
security. It is the helper, the rescuer and the friend in need. It is
a giver rather than a taker. It sets its eye on something and
pursues it with unfailing determination. Loyalty, integrity, and like FIRE”.
responsibility are some more values that the color embodies.
Blue is the beautiful color of the soothing sky and sea. It can be ~ Batch Motto
strong and steadfast or light and friendly. Sky blue induces calm
and radiates serenity and peace. It signifies everything that an
exceptional nurse should be: confident, excellent and passion-
ate whilst radiating an uplifting spirit for their patients.
and intelligence. The
transition to a sky blue,
which is the batch color,
symbolizes transfor-
Capping & Pinning. Photo credits by Trinity Observer
mation as nursing stu-
dents and change in the level of under-
The batch believes that the balanced harmony is a
standing of providing health care. The
necessity in life and career. The torch on top rep-
inclusion of the caduceus or the staff of
resents the batch motto, Ignis Fortis or ―have cour-
Hermes was inspired from how Hermes
age like fire.‖ Everything was placed inside a circle
used the stick to separate two fighting
snakes, who curled around the staff and to symbolize the unity of the batch.
remained there in balanced harmony.
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Batch Hiraya 2023

By Raya de Leoz

BATCH NAME: HIRAYA

HIRAYA is an ancient Tagalog saying which means, ―May your

dreams come true.‖ Wishful thinking is the beginning of all dreams.
The saying itself tells us to be hopeful: may we get what we desire,
may the Universe be on our side.

My batch mates decided on this name since the beginning of our

first gathering on the orientation day. It only makes sense, we‘ve
entered a world we are not yet sure of and dreams can change; but Section 1nu04 on coaster bus.
the saying is also telling us— ―may you work hard, may you strive
for your dream of tomorrow, and may you get it. ‖

“Imagine
BATCH LOGO MEANING
greatness and
In the center of our logo is a silver armor and
over it is a red cross (nursing is the act of car- Soar with Pride”.
ing, and is our protection). On opposite ends of
this is a pair of wings with hues of peach, which
means, ―to soar and to reach our desires‖.
~ Batch Motto
Above this is our Batch name, Hiraya, written
in baybayin. Encasing it all is a ring to maintain
its structure.

BATCH COLOR: PEACH

Our batch color peach is a symbol of youth

and immortality. Two opposing ends rep-
resenting the same color. We might fall,
but it is an opportunity to rise and to wel-
come new obstacles once again. It is good
to have dreams, but what happens to it if it
does not become a reality? You choose to
keep fighting.

Keep fighting, Hiraya! We will get there

eventually in time.
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Volume 1, Issue 1
SLCN Gazette
On the Move!
by April Mae Labrador
The SLCN Gazette is a newspaper/
magazine of the nursing students, and for
the faculty member of St. Luke‘s College
of Nursing. The SLCN Gazette committee
writes to inform, to educate, to entertain,
and to provide multiple viewpoints for the
SLCN students, teachers, staff, and alumni.
Freedom of expression is a ―protector of
truth‖ that prevents exploitation, and as a
student-edited newspaper, the Web
strives to provide a community gathering
for student expression on important and
prominent issues. The vision of SLCN is to
Introducing to you our SLCN Gazette staff of the SY 2019-2020
Head Editor-in-Chief:
April Mae Labrador, 4th year
Assistant Editor-in-Chief:
Mayzelle Riz Vejano, 2nd year
Circulation Manager:
Kayla Althea Manzanares, 3rd year
Graphics Editor:
Danela Umed, 3rd year
Assistant Graphics Editor:
Kristina Angela Rumbaoa, 1st year
Feature and Graphics Editor:
Genevieve Africa, 2nd year
Associate Feature Editor:
Carlos Joaquin Quiogue, 1st year
Christine Silvestre, 1st year
Literary Editor:
Reem Girmay Burhan , 4th year
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create an environment where students, can enter the world with the ability to
teachers, alumnae, and parents anticipate undertake the challenges of adulthood.
high academic achievement. Educational We aim to do this by teaching critical
opportunities are rigorous and meet the thinking skills and allowing students to
needs of all students. Instructional re- become independent thinkers.
sources and technology are suitable,
accessible to all students, and integrated
into the learning environment.
We as SLCN Gazette promotes cre-
ativity, transformation, and the desire to
become lifelong learners by providing
opportunities which incorporate person-
al, academic, social, and career aspira-
tions. We create responsible students by
instilling a strong work ethic and teach-
ing them to cultivate organization and to
become independent individuals.
My goal is to strengthen students'
emotional growth and maturity so they
Entertainment Editor:
Gaudencio Gaddi Binwag, 2nd year
Associate Entertainment Editor:
Klarize Daniele Airust, 1st year
Photojournalist Editor:
John Michael Matados, 4th year
Assistant Photojournalist:
Dann Jefferson Cuenca, 2nd year
Anne Shirley Manata, 1st year
Staff Writers:
Marielle Torres, 2nd year
Raya de Leoz, 1st year
Maryam Ismail Imadudeen, 1st year
GAZETTE Ingenious Mind
Creative Writing
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Cake Fiesta 2019
By Mayzelle Riz Vejano
The college‘s celebration
of 112 years of excellence
opened with St. Luke‘s College
of Nursing‘s annual Cake Fiesta
held last October 9, 2019 at
the Basic Education Gym.
Cake Fiesta aims to elevate
in bringing together as one.
Working as one big family
builds the foundation of a new
generation of students with
inclusive systematic growth.
Opening remarks led The program expands student
by Dean Lorena. opportunities for making new
friends while ensuring that
renewed and innovative SNA
organization provides the sup-
Costumes made out of recyclables.
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port they need to thrive and This year, the college also
grow in the years to come. proved that they excel not only
in academics, but in talents and
Cake Fiesta is a fundraising abilities. An addition to the
event of SLCN which marks event was the SLCN X Factor
the start of SNA Days. As part wherein students from differ-
of the Cake Fiesta tradition, ent batches showed their abili-
the program came with cake ties in singing, dancing, and
raffles and the most-awaited
pre-pageant for the Mr. and Ms. playing instruments.
SLCN. The gym was erupting
with cheers from each of the
batches‘ representatives went
on stage. The candidates show-
cased beauty, elegance, and
excellence in their different
costumes and during the talent
portion.
Mr. and Ms. SNA Pageant 2019. Photo credits by the
Documentation Committee
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Anti-bullying Campaign by April Mae Labrador

In this year‘s Cake Fiesta, helping not just one child but
the SLCN Gazette also pro- generations of children to
moted an anti-bullying cam- come.
paign together with UNICEF.
The organizations raised funds
and donations for children
during the said campaign.
Our mission is to give chil-
dren access to education, basic
needs, and protection against
bullying, misconduct and vio-
lence- whether this means
working on the ground with
communities, health care or
influencing laws and policies
Ms. Faye Balanon and Ms. Maria Margarita Baula,
that protect children's rights.
UNICEF Representatives
By supporting UNICEF, you are Anti-bullying Speech

Featured Literacy:
Onwards and Upwards To a Bully-Free Environment
By Carlos Joaquin Quiogue

Suicidal students have risen in num-
ber over the past year due to the con-
troversial topic of bullying. Many of the-
se students have been cyber bullied
through different social media platforms
and it has become an epidemic. As a
matter of fact, students are forever trau-
matized and hindered to showcase their
true selves because of the fear of being
shamed and put down by their peers.
Trinity University of Asia, as a prem-
ier Christian school, does not tolerate
any forms of bullying inside and outside
the campus. The institution sets their
mission to let their students imbibe
Christian values in order to build a bully-
ing-free learning environment within the
campus.
In St. Luke‘s College of Nursing
(SLCN), students are encouraged to
speak up regarding this matter. Alt-
hough, if SLCN students are petrified to
voice out their concerns in public, there
are private ways to signal a call for help.
For one, the SLCN Faculty is the first
option that students can consider; ad-
ministrators are also included. Second,
are the SLCN Student Council Officers
in which they are the upper class stu-
dents that are willing to attend to a stu-
dent‘s call for aid, at any time. Third are
the Batch and Section Officers that act as
a bridge to the SLCN Student Council.
These are the best go-to people that will
stand up for justice and fairness for their
fellow brothers and sisters.
At the end of the day, bullying should
not be exemplified in or at any learning
institution. Hence, students are enrolled
to learn in a healthy and productive envi-
ronment which is negated by bullying. If
you are a witness to petrified students
being bullied, stand up for them because
it is what a leader should and always
would do every single time.
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While many of the children questions". It was an insight with the locals and have a basic
we saw presented with com- that changed the way I think so foundation of organization is
mon complaints like viral upper profoundly-- providing that known to be a trustworthy
respiratory infections and GI relief, no matter how tempo- individual and/or a good corpo-
problems, many also suffered rary it may be, can sometimes rate citizen.
from diseases of poverty that make all the difference in a
disproportionately afflict locals person‘s life, including my WE are SLCN.
such as intestinal parasites, lice, own." With that being said, We are ONE FAMILY.
malnutrition, and vitamin defi- OUR GOAL is to connect
ciencies. This is undeniably due
to poor living conditions and
lack of access to routine
healthcare.
We as a nursing student:
"without even realizing it, I had
assumed the burden of answer-
ing these questions of culture,
far beyond my reach and
knowledge. Through time and
experience, the community
taught me to understand that it
wasn‘t my role to answer these
questions of how behavior and
culture shift. My role was sim-
ple: "to learn to ask the right SLCN Faculty together with Batch Savere Vita
SNA Organization