User:Jhocelyn Mejia Rivera

Jhocelyn Pontaoe Mejia Rivera, RN, MAN, PhDN (c), author "Maternal and Child Nursing, Global Standard, 1st ed. 2010" Published by Educational Publishing House UN Ave. Manila; distributed by National Bookstore at SM North EDSA, SM Megamall; Robinson's Manila, Cebu Mango Plaza, SM Iloilo and SM Davao. Used as reference by St Paul Iloilo, MCU,Fatima QC.

About her: A Filipino nurse clinician, consultant, educator, entrepreneur, researcher, and author, Jhocelyn Pontaoe Mejia Rivera from the family of farmers, an innate of Pangasinanse clan is a dedicated wife, mother and most a professional nurse. “Joyce” as her friends use to call her is married to an electrical engineer and has their two children. Her first child Andrei is exceptional (with autism, 11 year old boy); another is a precious well child Shekinah Naomi (4 year old, girl). She has completed her Masters of Arts in Nursing major in Administration and Supervision with thesis and research at Manila Central University (MCU), Caloocan City, Philippines in the year 2010 and is presently earning her units of  Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD Nursing), major in Administration and Supervision at Our Lady of Fatima University (OLFU), Valenzuela City, Philippines. She was recently a nurse supervisor at Salman Bin Abdulaziz University Hospital,located at Al-Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Along with supervising the nursing staff, she also served as the hospital’s nurse educator. A graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1992 at Urdaneta City University (UCU) in Urdaneta, Pangasinan, she has been a consistent honor student since elementary years (Torres Elem. School 1977-1983), a full scholar in secondary grade (Mapandan Academy 1983-1987) and still a partial scholar in college (Lyceum Northwestern & UCU 1987 – 1992). She passed the Philippine Board of Nursing Licensure Examination in June 1992. To be an English professor was her first choice of vocation, but one cousin had enticed her to shift her study from A.B. English to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). As a nurse, she has been a staff nurse at Quezon City General Hospital with her promotion as a Nurse II a year after. In this institution, she was exposed to OB-Gynecology and Pediatric units as her main specialties, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Emergency Room as well as with her rotations to other units. Prior to her employment as a staff nurse, in order to keep herself be on fire with nursing, she has also worked as a private duty nurse to Chinese patients; once a company nurse at Floro International Corp., a manufacturer of guns a& bullets in 1994 and worked as an independent nurse practitioner for many years. She also had pre-employment trainings at Caloocan Puericulture Maternity Hospital and Quezon City General Hospital. She has taken her trainings and seminars concerning American hospital technologies offered at Nursing Center for Clinical Lab. Experience, Inc.(NC-CLEX) and U.S.A. Links Review Center. In the year 2005, she left her country to taste the savor of the desert crude land for further experiences. She landed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and has been assigned at Obstetrics-Gynecology & Nursery units at King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh City for about a year. In the year 2006, she went back home to finish her masters study. Engaged in her new field in nursing in academe, she has been a clinical instructor at Manila Central University (MCU), College Of Nursing mentoring 3rd level nursing students at 4th floor New Wing, MCU- FDT Hospital, and still a class lecturer in NCM 101 & 102 Normal & High Risk Pregnancy. She was also an in- service and on-call lecturer at FIL – CANADIAN TRAINING And DEVELOPMENT CENTER for caregivers in the main branch, Makati City (Philippines’ most outstanding caregiver school in 2004 as per TESDA guidelines) accepting both regular students and 2nd degree coursers of all races, in order to bridge their luck to Canada, UK, US, Switzerland as well as Japan. She has also been a nurse consultant at Career Planners Specialist International, Incorporated, deploying Filipino nurses painstakingly for King Abdulaziz University Hospital, International Medical Center, Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, and some polyclinics - all situated  in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With her nursing skills, theoretical knowledge, clinical experiences, and continuous researches, she is on the ladder of being an expert nurse in managing both normal and high-risk pregnant clients. The journey of nursing has made her conclude that nursing is the most challenging profession. Hence, nursing is a serious business of safe guarding or maintaining human lives; her endeavored commitment for this profession is not only a breath of life but a never ending mission.