The 3rd Philippine Nursing Conference and Expo (September 2008)

NursinggGuide.ph announced that the registration for the 3rd Philippine Nursing Conference and Expo (PNOCE 2008) is ongoing. This Nursing conference and expo aims to further educate nurses (particularly fresh BS Nursing graduates) about things they need too know like what exams should they take, how much would taking those exams (CGFNS, IELTS, NCLEX) cost, what [...]

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 [...]

Nursing Job Opportunities

Here in the Philippines, Nursing has become the ‘cream of the cream’. It is undoubtedly the best contender for the “Course of the 21st century” if I may describe its popularity among students of this generation. Why? Even doctors of medicine and already college graduates opt to become nurses. Is it [...]