Comments on: Oversupply of Nurses in the Philippines Confirmed: 150K Unemployed Filipino Nurses

By: jessie

jessie — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:30:48 +0000

Pedro, actually 150,000 is just an estimate. i think the actual number is even higher. jessie's last blog post..America Lyrics | Song Lyrics

By: Pizza Culver City

Pizza Culver City — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:58:33 +0000

If you go through a nurse finding agency like a NURSE FINDERS they take care of how you get paid and you don’t have to worry about all the VISA stuff because you are considered a traveling nurse. Maybe someone should call them –look into it- and ask how to create a franchise operation for nurses in the Philippines. That might help the problem a bit. They go under different rules than being hired by a hospital or private doctor and they pay for relocation.

Raskel

By: Pedro

Pedro — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:07:26 +0000

wow 150k is a lot of nurses, i don’t think these problems can be fixed in the hour with an easy solution.. all they can do is try to prevent it from happening again.I was extremely surprised with those numbers, never imagined it was that dramatic

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By: nelson

nelson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:15:54 +0000

if u are a nurse in the philippines, ang hirap mabakante kasi pahirapan humanap ng magandang work sa mga hospitals sa dami ng kakompetisyon. when i went home to the philippines last year, i thought of staying and working there for a while. but it was just so difficult to land a nursing post in a good hospital. and so i had to leave again

im in the uae right now. i have been waiting for my US visa for ages. Even if there is shortage of nurses in the US, it is still so difficult to get there.

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By: Pizza Culver City

Pizza Culver City — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:27:00 +0000

There is a huge shortage for nurses in the USA. Why not try Nurse Finders that employs traveling nurses from all countries? Maybe if the diet of your country was less healthy you would have more sickness. Be happy you have a healthy country that does not require many nurses. The USA is in desperate need of nurses for all our old people, especially those with Alzheimers.

Raskel

By: jessie

jessie — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:21:29 +0000

Bebe,

Oo nga kaya ang first step para mabawasan ang nursing enrollment in the Philippines is to educate the parents/relatives about the harsh realities of nursing trends and issues. They shouldn’t really force their children to take up BS Nursing. In my interviews here, about 20% were only forced to take up Nursing because of their parents’ first impression of the “profitability” of Nursing as a career. Just imagine if, on a larger scale, 20% will not be forced to take up Nursing in the future. That means the population of nursing enrollees will also be cut down by 20% in the future. Well, that is if the preceding condition will be satisfied.

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By: melai

melai — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:27:54 +0000

kasi naman Bebe, nag aral sila ng nursing para makapagtrabaho sa ibang bansa..tapos pahirapan namang lumabas.. manilenya's last blog post..mutterings: life is short

By: jessie

jessie — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:41:09 +0000

Shanker,

I just hope so in the near future, my friend.

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By: jessie

jessie — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:39:27 +0000

Fren, Yan nga ang tinututukan ko dito sa amin as a researcher. So far, gumaganda naman ang performances ng mga Nursing schools dito sa Ilocos Norte. Pero marami pa ring kahinaan ang educational system natin at kung susuriin eh lalong lumalala. Quality of Nursing education in the Philippines is really degrading in general. jessie's last blog post..Valentine’s Day Quotes : “I Love You” Translations

By: jessie

jessie — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:36:16 +0000

Juler,

Hindi naman totally wala dahil nasa academic sector tayo dito sa Ilocos where I interact with some school heads/deans. Consultant nga ako dito ng mga nursing schools about policies and research. Dito sa min, we do something about these issues. Ilocanos are not known to take things sitting down doing nothing. May mga pamamaraan kami dito to effect some minor changes dahil very conscious ang mga Ilocano particularly about Nursing education. First, we educate parents about these things – overgrowing population of BS Nursing students, impacts on unemployment rate, etc. So far, maraming magulang ang nakikinig. Kasi sa mga schools dito, may mga forums where we discuss issues in education. In some cases, I have been invited to participate and provide Statistics and give my insights on research, issues and trends in education, and the like.

Besides that, lahat ng problema may solusyon. Sa ngayon hindi pa epektibo ang mga solusyon addressing problems about the quality of Nursing education but as an educator, I do not want to look at the failures of our educational system from a distance. Involvement ang kailangan dito. Kasi kung lahat tayo eh titingin sa malayo, hindi natin makikita kung ano talaga ang mga problema and in turn, solutions to our own problems like the new Nursing curriculum, oversupply of nurses in the Philippines, etc.

Tulung-tulong lang dapat ang mamamayan para sa ikauunlad ng bayan. Lahat tayo may magagawa kung merong “WILL”.

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By: jessie

jessie — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:29:18 +0000

Tessa,

Yan nga ang previous discussions ko – dapat hindi pilitin ng parents na kumuha ng BS Nursing ang mga anak nila kung ayaw ng mga anak mismo.

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By: Shanker Bakshi

Shanker Bakshi — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:12:15 +0000

Not a good situation. something has to be done about this soon. Shanker Bakshi's last blog post..Featured Post - Comment And We Will Turn Your Dream Into Reality