Nursing Gone Mad - Surplus of Philippine Nurses
Jul 11
No, the Nurses have not gone mad, but the Nursing degree is. Latest statistics released showed that of the 70,000 nursing graduates who passed the Nursing Board Exams in 2007, half of them are still unemployed.
If there is truth to this report, then this is very alarming. The Philippine Nursing Association (PNA) further disclosed that with the decline of Nurse demands in the United States and United Kingdom - the two biggest employers of Philippine nursing graduates, more and more nursing graduates end up unemployed, while many of them settled to work in Call Centers, retail stores and other non-professional positions.
It is about time that the government take action on the proliferation of many schools offering nursing courses - most of which do not even meet the criteria set by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) standards. PNA also added that some of these so called “nursing schools” are merely cashing in on the popularity of Nursing and are taking advantage of those students who wanted to work overseas. Parents are also part to blame, since Nursing is seen as the ticket towards working in another country to earn better income.
This oversupply of Philippine Nurses will continue as the United States have implemented a stricter rule since 2006 and decreased its requirements, adding to the “visa retrogression” problem. The U.K. has adopted a policy to hire local health workers.
By August or September, the Philippine Regulation Commission (PRC) will release the June 2008 Nursing Board Exam results and list of passers - that’s another batch of young, hopeful Nurses where a number of them will again probably end up unemployed or be employed in non-related jobs.
Let’s hope for a better future of our Nursing graduates and board passers. If you or someone you know is currently taking up Nursing course, what suggestions/decisions you’ll gonna have to make? Which career path should you take if you still have the chance choose one?
Would you consider earning passive income as well on top of what you are doing?
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The US is suffering from recession and millions of people not only nurses lost their jobs in the last couple of months.
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nice post Kuya Bloggista. maybe that’s the mere fact for now, a lot of registered nurses were not practicing their professions, we can see a lot of them working on call centers, malls and other jobs not related on their chosen profession.
Our Government should make a move for this.
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I may have overstated the figure a little bit, but the fact remains that the Government do something about this. Perhaps one option is to offer other Skills Training/development programs. Good thing the BPO industry is booming so these Nurses still have better options for employment.
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yeah lets blame the government because I chose to be a nurse and cant find a job.
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@Snoob - you’re kidding right?
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yup just kidding :). C’mon people, nurse is the most in demand job in the philippines. How come mawawalan sila ng trabaho. Di ba nga kulang tayo ng nurses at doctors. What gives?
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is it the MOST in demand job in the phils? Err, the last time I checked, nurses are indeed having a difficult time finding jobs. hence, the rate of unemployed RNs is increasing. Nursing friends choose to volunteer and some even pay hospitals just to “work” - to gain experience. My other friends, for instance, had to sign themselves up for training in one known hospital and take note - due to the vast number with the same desire, they are scheduled for next year.
and my dear bloggista, regarding the booming BPO industry… well, when you have Nursing in your profile, you have that great chance of being rejected since call center companies now are skeptical about Nursing grads. Commitment to service, my best guess, is under scrutiny. Since most of them make it a training ground for the enhancement of their English communication skills or worse, like what an HR friend of a call center had informed me - they make it as “palipasan ng oras” particularly for those who are waiting for the Nursing Board Exam results.
But please, I am not referring to all. Just some. Or perhaps majority. Just my opinion. *peace*
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heheh. Most nurses or nursing students find it harder to apply in BPO’s nowadays. Who would invest in training these people when it’s already a given that they would eventually pursue another path, say, 6 to 12 months from date of employment.
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@martini
Last time you checked, how? asked them one by one? Of course they’ll say that they cant find a job. They’re looking for the big catch every time. My sister is a nurse, there are a lot of hospitals offering her to serve, she just doesnt want to work in a low paying hospital which all of the nurses think about that’s why they end up unemployed looking for that 1 big shot.
Like you said, your friends want to work in a known hospital that guarantee bigger salary than normal. Its a self issue.
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Ako kasama sa mga nurses na unemployed..hehe..pero I guess another good alternative if nurses don’t want to go abroad is being a medical transcriptionist. Nagwork ako nun for 7 months, nagresign ako kasi balak ko na magwork as a nurse. Unfortunately, freeze yung hiring ng mga nurses gang ngaun, kaya eto, unemployed pa rin… :-S
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Ohhh- so slim chance with bpos and waiting for that big job. So nurses opted to be unemployed instead. Interesting.
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Problem nga yan, hehehe, kasi pati brother ko sabi nya the more na marami nagiging nurse the more na dumarami ang walang trabaho and he’s a living evidence, ehehehe..
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What’s happening to our country, mr Generals and Ms. economists?
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Oversupply of Nurses in the Philippines cause widespread unemployed registered nurses….
bakit ganun, merong bias sa mga nursing professions; kapag nag nurse ka expected agad ng mga tao e mag e yun yung chance mo para maka pag abroad… bakit kaya hindi muna unahin kung ano talaga ang dahilan kung bakit dapat silang mag nursing — serbisyo ba bilang isang nurse o para makapag abroad? ay ewan ko, basta ang alam ko nung kumuha ako ng journalism naniwala din ako na yun din ang paraan para makapag abroad ako pero yung unang dahilan kaya ako kumuha ng kursong iyon e dahil gusto kong mag sulat at alam kong kapag mahal ko ang ginagawa ko e malayo ang mararating ko
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kengkay tama ka. Its not a bias view I believe. Try talking to nurses. They have this mentality. They expect and want to go abroad after they graduate so they get messed up pag di sila makaalis. They thought there’s this one magic bullet(going abroad) in getting the best in life.
There’s a lot of opportunity anywhere you go. Even if you stay here in the Philippines, there is still a lot of money to be made. Ever wondered why Filipinos go abroad to work while Americans go here to do business?
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Bloggista, my wife is a nurse and packet 3B na sya. we’re just waiting for time. when we look at the visa bulletin, “U” pa ang date na nakalista since a few months ago. Unavailable pa mga visas coz the US has a quota and there’s a “retrogression”.
But the US still need nurses. New bills are currently filed in the US. Medyo na delay lang dahil sa nalalapit na eleksyon.
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