As scarcity of nurses happens in developed countries such as the United States, the Philippines tries to help settle the gaps in these countries by providing them with the professionals that they need. From 1992-2004, almost 90,000 of the proficient nurses in the Philippines can be seen in different parts of the globe (POEA, 2004). [...]
Napakahirap talaga ng buhay ng isang nurse lalo na dito sa Pilipinas. Sandamakmak na ang grumaduate subalit para kang pumapana sa buwan sa paghahanap ng trabaho upang maisabuhay mo ang kursong natapos mo. Daan daang libo na ang grumaduate na nurses dito sa Pinas at ano ang ginagawa ng daan daang libo na iyon? Karamihan [...]
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz drew flak last Sunday when she advised unemployed and underemployed Filipino nurses to go “out of the box” and search for a more lucrative career in healthcare information outsourcing sector of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. This is not the first time that this issue of hopeless Filipino nurses turning [...]
With employment opportunities for over 300,00 unemployed or underemployed Filipino nurses continue to dwindle significantly, Dr. Josefina Tuazon, a former dean of UP College of Nursing and now a member Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Technical Committee on Nursing Education, has advised incoming college freshmen to take Nursing for the right reason and if possible, choose [...]
I belong to the old generation of nurses. I am now a retired nurse but my nursing profession left me a legacy and priceless memories to cherish for a lifetime! I have to admit that I took up nursing because of peer pressure and the notion at that time that it will take me to [...]
During the hype of the nursing profession in the early 2000s, thousands of high school graduates and course-shifters opted to take up B.S. Nursing, some of them in pursuit of their childhood dream to attend to the sick and needy. But majority of those who enroll in this course would like to fulfill a different [...]