The government has launched an employment program to address the growing number of unemployed nurses in the Philippines especially amid the ongoing economic crisis.
President Arroyo announced during her speech in the Multi-Sectoral Jobs Summit at the Heroes Hall in Malacañang the launch of the Nurses Assigned in Rural Areas (NARS) program.
"We are launching NARS, or nurses assigned in rural areas... They shall be mobilized in their home towns. They shall also serve as roving nurses for rural schools," said Mrs. Arroyo.
The program plans to give qualified nurses job and training experience by fielding them to rural areas short of medical personnel.
The program mainly targets fresh nursing graduates who have passed the board examination but lack work experience to find jobs abroad.
i sure do not want to read in the newspaper one day that a nurse who is working in this said program in mindanao being kidnapped,god forbids
After living here for a few years I have to say that a nurse is in a higher risk for getting killed while traveling in Metro Manila as he or she would be at risk for getting kidnapped in Mindanao. It's not as savage as the newspapers make it out to be.
aside from all the risks that nurses are presumed to face once assigned in far-flung areas, we must also look at the "risks" that the patients/ and or people living in those areas are going to face once unexperienced nurses go there to "serve". This is not to put down any good nurses wanting to provide the much needed care in the hinterlands but this is to make warry those nurses with below average skills.
The government should also specify if these nurses are going to be sent there alone or as a group of unexperienced nurses? or are they going there with some experienced nurses to train them? where are they going to get those experienced nurses needed to train them? are there going to be doctors with them?
It's people's lives we're dealing with and it's nothing to be played with.
I don't understand your post. Are you saying it is too unsafe to live in the rural areas? I agree that unseasoned nurses should be supervised.
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For many of those who want to come to the USA, don't you realize the places the request nurses in the USA are often in the rural or unsafe areas of the USA ? I would think you if you had to be in a unsafe area it would be better to be in a place where you understand the language and culture.
For many of those who want to come to the USA, don't you realize the places the request nurses in the USA are often in the rural or unsafe areas of the USA ? I would think you if you had to be in a unsafe area it would be better to be in a place where you understand the language and culture.
I totally agree with you, the fears stated above are really ludicrous in the grand scheme of things.
I don't understand your post. Are you saying it is too unsafe to live in the rural areas? I agree that unseasoned nurses should be supervised.
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For many of those who want to come to the USA, don't you realize the places the request nurses in the USA are often in the rural or unsafe areas of the USA ? I would think you if you had to be in a unsafe area it would be better to be in a place where you understand the language and culture.
True, but most of them probably think migrating to unsafe areas in the USA but be properly compensated is worth it.
I so agree with you about people who remain unemployed for long periods of time. Most people here were put through college by their parents and it's just wrong for them to continue to depend on them long after graduation. There are jobs out here, although they may not be ideal for nurses, I'd take it over sitting around doing nothing.
Just saw the some government reps on TV discussing this program, they are only going to deploy 10000 nurses in a year, each nurse will receive a stipend of Php 8,000.00 which they claim "is not so bad."
Just saw the some government reps on TV discussing this program, they are only going to deploy 10000 nurses in a year, each nurse will receive a stipend of Php 8,000.00 which they claim "is not so bad."
i'm not even convinced on the 8,000php thing.:chuckle
Just saw the some government reps on TV discussing this program, they are only going to deploy 10000 nurses in a year, each nurse will receive a stipend of Php 8,000.00 which they claim "is not so bad."
PHP 8,000 is average income for a nurse already.
The other thing is that you have to be younger than 3o or 35 from what I read.
So it looks like even the government is discriminatory in hiring. Joy.
From what I read, the NARS program is only for registered nurses 35 years and below that have not been practicing nursing for at least a year and are residents of the areas they identified. They're saying the 8000 is enough because the participants will be in their hometowns so they don't have to spend much for board and lodging.
I would actually be okay with the 8000 if I lived anywhere near the municipalities included.
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After living here for a few years I have to say that a nurse is in a higher risk for getting killed while traveling in Metro Manila as he or she would be at risk for getting kidnapped in Mindanao. It's not as savage as the newspapers make it out to be.