Congrats to all who passed the June 2008 Nursing Board Exam.
Our school made it ! CIT tops again with 93% and
DALFON SILVIO NAVAJA - 4th placer. And to my beloved Alma Mater (MSU-IIT) has a whopping 97% with two 6th topnotchers RACHEL MAE DAIGDIGAN and ANNA MAE TRINIDAD.
But with all these, there's something you should know about this in-demand course now proliferating the entire Philippines' education. Are you still planning to take up Nursing so you can earn a lot when you practice the profession outside of the Philippines?
Think again, because if the decreasing demand for Filipino nurses continues, you may not be able to work abroad anymore.
According to the Philippine Nursing Association (PNA), the global demand for licensed nurses has been consistently decreasing since 2004.
The PNA attributes the declining demand to 3 factors:
1. Policy changes in countries hiring Filipino nurses
The United States is currently implementing visa retrogression while the United Kingdom is starting to rely again on local health workers.
2. “Oversupply” of nurses
As more Philippine nursing schools churn thousands of nurses year after year, the supply of nurses is beginning to catch up with the demand.
3. Deteriorating quality of nursing graduates
“Fly by night” nursing schools and “shortcut nursing programs” contribute to weakening the quality and, ultimately, the attractiveness of Filipino nurses to nurse-importing countries.
If that’s the case, then these nurses can just work locally, right?
Not really, because finding work in the Philippines may not be that easy anymore. According to the same PNA data, the demand for nurses in the Philippines has remained stagnant for the last two years.
So if new nurses can’t find work abroad and can’t also work in the Philippines, what are they supposed to do?
Hmm… that’s one critical condition for Filipino nurses these days. I knew some of my friends who worked as a volunteer in a certain Hospital in our hometown. She graduated in a highly-respected school here in Cebu.
And some don't still have work as of now and still waiting for pending approval to work abroad.
Our school made it ! CIT tops again with 93% and
DALFON SILVIO NAVAJA - 4th placer. And to my beloved Alma Mater (MSU-IIT) has a whopping 97% with two 6th topnotchers RACHEL MAE DAIGDIGAN and ANNA MAE TRINIDAD.
But with all these, there's something you should know about this in-demand course now proliferating the entire Philippines' education. Are you still planning to take up Nursing so you can earn a lot when you practice the profession outside of the Philippines?
Think again, because if the decreasing demand for Filipino nurses continues, you may not be able to work abroad anymore.
According to the Philippine Nursing Association (PNA), the global demand for licensed nurses has been consistently decreasing since 2004.
The PNA attributes the declining demand to 3 factors:
1. Policy changes in countries hiring Filipino nurses
The United States is currently implementing visa retrogression while the United Kingdom is starting to rely again on local health workers.
2. “Oversupply” of nurses
As more Philippine nursing schools churn thousands of nurses year after year, the supply of nurses is beginning to catch up with the demand.
3. Deteriorating quality of nursing graduates
“Fly by night” nursing schools and “shortcut nursing programs” contribute to weakening the quality and, ultimately, the attractiveness of Filipino nurses to nurse-importing countries.
If that’s the case, then these nurses can just work locally, right?
Not really, because finding work in the Philippines may not be that easy anymore. According to the same PNA data, the demand for nurses in the Philippines has remained stagnant for the last two years.
So if new nurses can’t find work abroad and can’t also work in the Philippines, what are they supposed to do?
Hmm… that’s one critical condition for Filipino nurses these days. I knew some of my friends who worked as a volunteer in a certain Hospital in our hometown. She graduated in a highly-respected school here in Cebu.
And some don't still have work as of now and still waiting for pending approval to work abroad.
