Filipino Nurses

I'm new to this bulletin board and I hope I can post some interesting thoughts for our nursing discussions. Something I've been thinking about recently is Filipino nurses. I've recently been the only non-Filipino on staff on the floor, NA's and ward clerks included. Growing up I did not know any Filipino's and sometimes I feel I missed alot in my cultural education. I never even saw much about them in the media. My preceptors, nurse managers and past collegues have always been predominantly this culture. I must say it has advantages and difficulties associated with it. Any input?

I worked in an area where many of my colleagues were Mennonite and there are many cultural differences there, too. But just a couple weeks ago I was perusing my recipe box and I noticed how many of my recipes came from nursing buddies from way back and not just that culture. You know, I think the key is curiousity and a willingness to hear, listen and learn. However, anytime a white (making an assumption) middle class person gets a chance to experience being a minority--well you may be building material for a book. I am no longer in the hospital and I really miss the diversity of work places I knew in the past.

I worked in an area where many of my colleagues were Mennonite and there are many cultural differences there, too. But just a couple weeks ago I was perusing my recipe box and I noticed how many of my recipes came from nursing buddies from way back and not just that culture. You know, I think the key is curiousity and a willingness to hear, listen and learn. However, anytime a white (making an assumption) middle class person gets a chance to experience being a minority--well you may be building material for a book. I am no longer in the hospital and I really miss the diversity of work places I knew in the past.

I say that if you are really interested to find out about other cultures check out a course about Cultures, or cultural diversity. Growing up I always lived in a location that was 98% caucasian. Then when I moved recently, I found that my 98% didn't exist anymore. I was surround by Afican American, Amish, Noriwegian-Scandinavian-German (believe me they are still a class within themselves)and Oriental. Taking a class that helped me learn more about the people living in my community was the best thing that I could have done for my healthcare career. I can relate to my patients better than some of my peers who do not realize the "why's" behind some of what an ignorant person might call bizarre.

I say that if you are really interested to find out about other cultures check out a course about Cultures, or cultural diversity. Growing up I always lived in a location that was 98% caucasian. Then when I moved recently, I found that my 98% didn't exist anymore. I was surround by Afican American, Amish, Noriwegian-Scandinavian-German (believe me they are still a class within themselves)and Oriental. Taking a class that helped me learn more about the people living in my community was the best thing that I could have done for my healthcare career. I can relate to my patients better than some of my peers who do not realize the "why's" behind some of what an ignorant person might call bizarre.

YES, THEY HATE TO BE WRONG--THEY'D RATHER DO IT WRONG THAN ASK THIS WHITE MAN-I'M NOT PREJUDICE--I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE MIND WORKINGS--THEN THEY GET USED TO ME & IT'S CAN YOU DO THIS? PT REFUSES MY HELP--OTHERWISE THEY'RE OK--SPEAK ENGLISH,THOUGH--

(NOW I'M GOING TO GET CASTRATED)I SPEAK MY MIND

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YES, THEY HATE TO BE WRONG--THEY'D RATHER DO IT WRONG THAN ASK THIS WHITE MAN-I'M NOT PREJUDICE--I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE MIND WORKINGS--THEN THEY GET USED TO ME & IT'S CAN YOU DO THIS? PT REFUSES MY HELP--OTHERWISE THEY'RE OK--SPEAK ENGLISH,THOUGH--

(NOW I'M GOING TO GET CASTRATED)I SPEAK MY MIND

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You might as well get used to Filipino Nurses being around. They are the largest group of foreign nurses in the states and they are producing more and more nurses each year. As soon as some states and the government relaxs regulations there will be a flood of them come into the U.S.

It is a very popular field in college because it offers opportunity to get to the U.S.

You might as well get used to Filipino Nurses being around. They are the largest group of foreign nurses in the states and they are producing more and more nurses each year. As soon as some states and the government relaxs regulations there will be a flood of them come into the U.S.

It is a very popular field in college because it offers opportunity to get to the U.S.

Originally posted by Navy Nurse:

You might as well get used to Filipino Nurses being around. They are the largest group of foreign nurses in the states and they are producing more and more nurses each year. As soon as some states and the government relaxs regulations there will be a flood of them come into the U.S.

It is a very popular field in college because it offers opportunity to get to the U.S.

Thank God they are willing to come here! I have worked with many, and I found them to be excellent, caring, and hard working nurses! With a severe nursing shortage, we should be willing to accept any nurse, that gives compassionate, skilled, concerned care. It shouldn't matter where they come from! No one is NATIVE to this country, and the only thing that separates these immigrants from any other citizen is the time they arrived. We ALL arrived here, at one point or another, from some place else, whether your forefathers came over on the Mayflower, the slave ships, after the potatoe famine, or to escape the wars. We should accept them, when they become citizens, as our foreparents sought to be accepted when they arrived. What a bore this world would be if there were no diversity in people. I, myself applauded them for wanting to come, having the ability to learn a foreign language, culture, and be able to work in a sometimes hostile environement. I say more power to all who seek to better their position in life!

Brownie