Preparing for the November 2008 Nursing Board Exam in Baguio City

Within this week, my wife and I will go to Baguio to look for an apartment/transient house where we will stay in for about a week (from November 24-30) during the Nursing Board Exam of November 2008 which will take place in Baguio on November 29-30. The results of the November 2008 Nursing Board Exam could [...]

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

Two nights ago, news on TV confirmed the oversupply of nurses in the Philippines. Statistics on unemployment of Filipino (Pinoy) nurses hit a whooping 150,000 (estimated count). According to government sources, this figure is actually lower than the previous estimate of 400,000 unemployed (and underemployed) nurses in the Philippines but still confirms that there really [...]

Oversupply of Nurses in the Philippines Largely Contributes to the Philippine Unemployment Rate

My wife and I were discussing Nursing trends and issues last night and one of the topics we dealt with was the oversupply of nurses in the Philippines. The discussion was prompted by her batchmates in college comlaining about the difficulty of finding job opportunities for nurses or nursing graduates. This was no longer a [...]

New Philippine Nursing Curriculum and Opposing Views

What is your opinion on the New Nursing Curriculum in the Philippines? This is a relatively new issue in the academic sector of our country. Why? Many Pinoys take up BS Nursing because of its promising future (that is, if you have the luck and opportunity to land a good job abroad).
According to [...]