Originally Posted by jennypanic

Cost of living is high, salary is low, even if it's "above" the minimum wage.

In my case, the government hospital where I live wouldn't hire fresh grads unless they have or know of someone to "back them up".

I applied in a government hospital too, I dont have someone to "back me up", I was a fresh graduate and I dont have any work history, but I got in. Almost all of my batchmates in that hospital were all fresh graduates. The hospital is under DOH.

hi there freeandsingle..can i ask?..where is your facility?..under DOH?

thanks!

Originally Posted by jakey

WHAT SALARY???!!! most of the new grad licensed nurses right now are working in hospitals for free (not because they want to but because they don't have a choice)...they are called "volunteer nurses". They have the same responsibilities and risks as staff nurses. Not only don't they have salaries, SOME are being charged for fees for them to be able to train in these hospitals.

Indeed. Sad to hear, but that is the truth. Even here in the small city where I live, such is the case.

Gov't hospitals even violate the labor code(ask your friends who are currently employed in gov't facilities, ask them when they became regular employees and you will be shocked).

No good staying here in the Philippines, but no choice due to retrogression.

I think most if not all would work elsewhere where salary and working/living conditions are better.

salary < cost of living...

some said a day salary in another country is a month salary in the Phils... that's a fact!

about the government hospitals hiring fresh graduates, it is happening even without anyone to back you up. you will be trained in their hospital for 3-6 months and after that you can choose whether to stay employed with them or find work somewhere else.

i work in a private hospital and my slary is around Php4,500-5,000 a month

Originally Posted by je_da

salary < cost of living...

some said a day salary in another country is a month salary in the Phils... that's a fact!

about the government hospitals hiring fresh graduates, it is happening even without anyone to back you up. you will be trained in their hospital for 3-6 months and after that you can choose whether to stay employed with them or find work somewhere else.

Paragraph 1 might apply to those living in the capital or elsewhere, where the salary is higher(to those who earn). For people living in the province like me, it's not a month, but a year's salary.

Regarding paragraph 2, good if it doesn't go beyond 3-6mos, but the sad fact is, it really does. I have friends who can testify to this. They are working in the province(away from the national capital region).

Simply shows the lack of concern by the government for nurses; all that they do is complain about brain drain without instituting measures to alleviate it. They cannot blame why most, if not would want to migrate elsewhere.

I'm not sure if any of here heard of the issue of oxygen consumption here in the Regional hospital in Bacolod/Negros Occidental/Region 6, where the oxygen consumption is greater than that of PGH in NCR/Manila...Good if it was really used for the patients, but the problem is, it didn't...The ones who benefited from it where the "corrupted ones".

Hope the new team that they(Dept. of Health/DOH)sent would make sure that such a crime/evil deed wouldn't happen again...

This is only one of the many bad things being done by corrupt people, by "abusers", by people who make themselves rich at the expense of national poverty.

I'm already off-topic here, hehe...

i agree that nurses' pay in the phils. is poor but to say that a day's salary of nurses in the us is equivalent to a month or a year's salary of nurses in the phils. is not quite correct. don't forget to factor in the cost of living (taxes, too!!!) wherever these salaries are earned. when you work and live in the u.s., you spend greenbacks and if you live in the phils. you stretch your hard-earned peso. remember, too, that there is an endless list of services and bills to pay to make your life manageable in the u.s. case in point--child care. you pay as much as usd15/hour when this service can be had for free and con amor back home.

phil. salary standards for nurses is low considering the cost of living and wages of other occupations in the country. on the flipside, every dollar you earn is matched by hours of conscientious and competent service to well-informed patients away from your loved ones.

Im a 4th year nursing student and i felt so sorry for the pinoy nurses!!! my family is spending so much for my tuition!!! and i dont know if i will be able to pay then back when i work someday!!!

Im scared!!!!


No wonder most competent filipino nurses are in the US and UK!!!

After I graduated and passed the local board exams, I applied in a tertiary hospital, passed the exams and interviews then was offered P6,000.00 / month to work as an O.R. nurse . . I had expected it but it was kinda hard to accept . . I then applied in a private ambulance services company and was earning P18,000.00 / month (w/ overtime) . . thrice of being what is being offered in the hospital . . obviously, nurses aren't getting paid enough in our country . . so nobody can blame us if we search for the "greener pastures" that is most likely we have the chances to be into . .

I'm in Saudi Arabia now working as a paramedic and waiting for my ATT for me to try my luck for the NCLEX . . if I stayed in the Philippines, I wouldn't be able to save money for such kind of nurse's salary . .