Demand for Nurses Abroad

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Demand of nurses abroad is one of the hottest issues nowadays.:nurse:

Could somebody give me an update regarding the current demand of nurses abroad specifically in US, Australia, Japan, Canada and London.:nurse: According to some articles there had been a decline in the demand of nurses abroad. Enrollment in the BSN program has also declined in a lot of nursing schools in the Philippines. A lot of newly licensed nurses are reviewing for NCLEX, CGFNS etc. and most of them are underemployed or unemployed.:scrying:

By the time they pass foreign examinations and earned two years of hospital experience will Filipino nurses still be in demand abroad? :scrying::nurse:

Specializes in Medical-Surgical.

I graduated nursing in 1991, back then it is one student to one patient, as students we did everything in terms of total care but be we were not allowed to do IVs, foleys or NGT. I worked for a year as a volunteer nurse, I didn't do foleys nor NGTs because in the hospital I worked aides do the foleys and residents do the NGTs. After that I worked as a pharmaceutical sales rep because I see no future in myself there as a nurse. In the early 2000's the US started hiring again and then I decided to pursue nursing because I want to give my children a better future by migrating to the US. I moved here in 2006.

It is only here in the US that I was able to do things that nurses should do. I know there are some hospitals in the Philippines where they allow nurses to do everything but they are a rare. I develope my nursing skills here and I am proud of it. Day by day is a learning experience. I do make mistakes but I learned from it.

I do not believe that as a Filipino we have the monopoly of being the best nurses in the world and foreign hospitals sought us because of that. We can find bad apples in all nationalities. Blame it on the recruiting agencies. They just want to pump our ego. Blame it on our government for allowing new nursing schools to open and not regulating them.

If our government will only allow the schools that has been operating since the 80's then we as Filipino nurses will not encounter nurses from other countries questioning our abilities. Then this thread would not have started at all.

For those Filino nurses who have dreams to work in foreign lands, work on it, build your skills while at home, if you have to volunteer for the experience and to gain skills then go for it. Dreams can come true.

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When an agency makes money by recruiting you, they offer you the world and make promises that can't keep. Here is the US I get mailings and phone calls from places trying to recruit me. The state sells the nursing list that is how people know I am licensed.

Sounds like some new nurses don't know that agencys are not looking for the nurse's best interest but their bottom line and believe the baloney the recruiters tell them.

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If the Canadian Health authority is willing to pay the remedial education for nurses,then why not? It's not your money! They choose this because they have there reasons!!!

You might be speaking for the truth (the hell I Exactly Know!!!)???? I dont even know where you come from!!!

All I know is that your very offensive with your post that speaking as what you say was "truth" defeats its purpose!!!

It's not your money??? In fact it is since the Canadian Healthcare system is paid with tax dollars.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

We all know there are good nurses and bad nurses regardless on where we are from but we are not great nurses but nurses who have developed skills in various specialities and how we have developed to further our knowledge. I would say that from talking to other nurses and reading on other forums on here that for certain countries the decline is more noticeable. This I think is a shame but understandable when we read of a high student ration to patients. There is no way you can gain experience if you are fighting each other to gain experience. Also we are seeing more and more countries expecting post qualifying experience before allowing a license to be issued. How can you gain experience if there is no jobs/work for you to gain that experience? Although this thread can be volatile I have at no time noticed any racially aimed comments, only comments of personal experience which gives their opinion on their experiences. This is a time to look at how things can be improved not sit back and complain. Nurses who move countries will have to do some adaptation however nursing care generally around the world is the same so learning basic stuff should not be required. Please use these threads as a learning platform regardless on where we are from and look to improve ourselves and our surround workplace for the good and get along with everyone

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We all know there are good nurses and bad nurses regardless on where we are from but we are not great nurses but nurses who have developed skills in various specialities and how we have developed to further our knowledge. I would say that from talking to other nurses and reading on other forums on here that for certain countries the decline is more noticeable. This I think is a shame but understandable when we read of a high student ration to patients. There is no way you can gain experience if you are fighting each other to gain experience. Also we are seeing more and more countries expecting post qualifying experience before allowing a license to be issued. How can you gain experience if there is no jobs/work for you to gain that experience? Although this thread can be volatile I have at no time noticed any racially aimed comments, only comments of personal experience which gives their opinion on their experiences. This is a time to look at how things can be improved not sit back and complain. Nurses who move countries will have to do some adaptation however nursing care generally around the world is the same so learning basic stuff should not be required. Please use these threads as a learning platform regardless on where we are from and look to improve ourselves and our surround workplace for the good and get along with everyone

Nursing is a profession that is universal and speaks only one language, that is patient care. Unfortunately, there will be good nurses and bad nurses just as there are good doctors and bad doctors many of us nurses will attest to that. However rarely will you see doctors attack each other the way nurses do (FACT). Yes training across different borders will vary shaped by different factors.....but what makes a good nurse is open to debate and interpretations hence this debate. I trained in the U.K were as a student, i came across nurses from different counties and i can say we all have something to learn from each other. For example nurses from third world countries have an ability to improvise and a strong sense of hardwork, dedication and duty while western nurses have a better exposure to technical aspects coz of readily available equipments. Some jobs are indeed considered not for nurses but doctors e.g NGT, male foleys etc and recruiting countries should be aware of these no point blaming the nurse in question. However where patient safety becomes compromised , then an appraisal needs to be carried out and something done about it. Movement of nurses across bothers benefits both parties i.e better pay and better quality of life which is the incentive and also better staffing levels for employers which i am sure we all know is stressful when wards are inadequately staffed and worse when shut. So lets be tolerant and more willing to teach students and adaptation nurses as we cannot do the job alone.

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To Sabrino,

I believe you are correct that sharing nursing knowledge and experience benefits all.

But, what I have seen and read are nurses who have the title RN and not been able to do a basic nursing assessment, pass medications, and simple procedures. These are basic skills and should be universal to all nurses I agree but sadly it is not .

Also I would advocate only to have nurses come from countries that have reciprocal nursing agreements, why should my country accept someone from a foreign country, if I was not allowed to practice there ( I am assuming I am profiecent in the native language, equal training, and clinical hours).

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

This discussion has gotten way out of hand and very much off-topic. There are things being said that aren't appropriate and so many terms-of-service violations I've lost count. At the request of the moderators of this forum and administrators of allnruses.com, I'm closing this thread for a cooling off period. Please do not just move the nastiness to another thread; the same results will be achieved.

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