Includes bibliographical references.

Towards Borderless Nursing Education: Relevance, Innovations and Engagement -- Becoming a Nurse: Emergence of Professional Identity Development Model -- Role of Learning Approach in the Goal Orientation and Self-directed Learning Readiness of Nursing Students -- Flight of Return; A Phenomenological Study on the Filipino Nurse Migrants' Intention of Permanent Homecoming -- Correlates of the Elderly Clients' Cognitive Ability and Scale of Depression -- Retirement Conditions, Levels of Depression and Quality of Life After Retirement of Professionals: Towards a Pre-retirement Program -- Integrative Review of Outcomes-Based Education Nursing.

[Article Title: Towards Borderless Nursing Education: Relevance, Innovations and Engagement/ Elizabeth R. Roxas, p. 1]

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[Article Title: Becoming a Nurse: Emergence of Professional Identity Development Model/ Regie P. De Jesus, p. 2-11]

Abstract: This study aimed to develop a model that reflects the nurses' perception on how they became professionals and developed professional identity. The researcher utilized Glaserian Approach in conducting a grounded theory inquiry design. Employing theoretical sampling, the researcher gathered self-report data through in-depth interviews and informant observations.

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[Article Title: Role of Learning Approach in the Goal Orientation and Self-directed Learning Readiness of Nursing Students/ Adrian M. Lawsin and Katrina Francheska S. Arevalo, p. 12-20]

Abstract: One of the goals of nursing education is to develop competent nurses who are highly self-directed in order to cope and respond to the rigors and challenges of the nursing profession; hence, the importance of self-directed learning in nursing education.

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[Article Title: Flight of Return; A Phenomenological Study on the Filipino Nurse Migrants' Intention of Permanent Homecoming/ Mary Jane L. Cortez, p. 21-30]

Abstract: In order to discern the dynamic phenomenon of return of Filipino nurse migrants, this study employed phenomenological design with the goal of understanding the reasons behind the voluntary permanent return.

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[Article Title: Correlates of the Elderly Clients' Cognitive Ability and Scale of Depression/ Albert D. Figueroa Jr., Patricia A. Horaliza and Elmer D. Bondoc, p. 31- 36]

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[Article Title: Retirement Conditions, Levels of Depression and Quality of Life After Retirement of Professionals: Towards a Pre-retirement Program/ Theorose June Quilnet Bustillo, p. 37-50]

Abstract: Current demographic trends worldwide such as the aging of the baby boomers and growth in average life expectancy highlight the importance of understanding how retirement affects the quality of life in old age.

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[Article Title: Integrative Review of Outcomes-Based Education Nursing/ Rainier C. Moreno-Lacalle, p. 51-62]

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