Importing nurses from the Phillipines

[Gardengal]

My hospital is working on getting nurses from the Phillipines to fill some of our needs. We have been in the paper process for almost a year and now it looks like we actually will be getting some of these nurses in the next few months. Has anyone else gone this route? What were your challenges and surprizes. What did you discover you worried about needlessly?

[NannaNurse]

Boy, we sure have some 'mean spirited' people here. As I understand it, Flory was only asking a question and did state that it was her opinion.

Another stated that the phil. nurses don't ask questions because 'they know it all'........I don't know if I should laugh or cry here. NOBODY knows it all!

In nursing, there are good nurses and bad nurses. There are all colors, all backgrounds, etc.........from MY personal experiences, I'm guessing it is about 50/50 as far as good vs bad with phil. nurses. Some where I work had to work as aids for 1 year before taking boards. I feel that they learned alot, they stated that they felt degraded and embarassed that they had to work as aids when they are RN's. I would say to be thankful that you have a chance to work here. Our company paid their way here, housing, transportation, etc. Language is a problem, especially between patient/nurse. The accent is sometimes difficult to understand. Heck, I've worked with nurses from our own country (USA) and couldn't understand them...lol I just say to do your job, do it well.......regardless of who or where your from.