Foreign Nurses from the Philippines

soon2binOK · Nov 28, 2003

hi im a filipina nurse movin to USA early next year, i have taken all the exams in order to get an immigrant visa, im excited and anxious since this is my first foreign exposure.

godbless

maelee · Nov 28, 2003

hello leah, im not realy yet working as a nurse at other countries . im pretty much yet here in the philippines. but ill soon be getting my board exam and also planning to work abroad in europe. seeing my point in posting this is that im also a Filipino. Anyway, I hope that "dumami pa tayo". By the way, do you know any filipino local nursing site? if you do please feel free to inform me or add it to your next thread. Its supposed to be added at the australasian forum at this site by my online friend who is a moderator from austalia. good luck.

neriners · Feb 19, 2004

hi everyone! this is my first time to join a forum and post a message. i have read some of the messages here and i find it very informative. i would like to address this message to all filipino nurses who are now successfully working in the us. it was last year when an opportunity knocked my door. an agency offered me a scholarship program (sponsorship in all exams, review and visa processing). i passed cgfns and ielts. but i felt frustrated because they have only few employers. the ones that came were very particular with hospital experience. that's the reason why i was not called for an interview. the agency now requires us to go back to hospital while waiting, or attend their training program(which will cost arnd p17k), for us to be marketable.this was not cleared to us when we signed the contract with them. they have accepted us even without hospital experience. in our present economic situation, i can’t afford to give up my job without the assurance that i will be deployed very soon. i have 2 kids to feed and i can't take the risk just like that. right now, i am exploring other options and i hope you would help me on some concerns:

1) is hospital experience really necessary? i heard some were able to emigrate and work there even without experience?

2) which is better? safer? faster? going thru an agency or direct hire?

3) is it really 12 – 18 months of processing for immigrant visa?

that’s all for now. i would greatly appreciate if you could find time to send your comments or share your experiences. thanks and god bless!

~neriners~

sharann, BSN, RN · Feb 19, 2004

This is just a question, so please do not get me wrong. I just wondered because I am ignorant or misinformed here, is there a shortage of RN's in the Philipines? I just want to know who takes care of your citizens? Do nursing students take care of the patients, or are there too many nurses there?

Thanks!

I work with some fantastic nurses from England, the Philipines, India, Korea, and even Poland, so don't get me confused with someone who doesn't want you! I just always wanted to ask this :)

Rep · Feb 19, 2004

Dear Sharann,

Actually there is no such thing as shortage of nurses here in the Philippines. There are many registered nurses here who are not working in the hospitals. Like me, I work as a medical sales representative. But I have worked for a year as a volunteer staff nurse long time ago.

What they say shortage is that hospitals here are understaff because they don't have the budget to hire more. It is common for a nurse in the unit to have 30 patients per day. I have an experience on that also way back then.

As for brain drain, that's another story. But for shortage, it isn't. We have plenty here waiting for recruitment agencies to be pick up and brought to the States or anywhere.

I hope I answer your question.

Yours truly,

Rep

Tweety, BSN, RN · Feb 19, 2004

Dear Sharann,
What they say shortage is that hospitals here are understaff because they don't have the budget to hire more. It is common for a nurse in the unit to have 30 patients per day. I have an experience on that also way back then.

:eek: I guess I can't complain then.

nurseluv9 · Feb 20, 2004

hi there,im an RN there in the PI and i just came here in US last year,im planning to practice my profession soon but if you want i can contact the person thats offering sponsorship and maybe she can help you,pm me okay.take care

suzanne4, RN · Feb 20, 2004

If any of you have any specific questions, you can PM here in Bangkok.

kyutnurse · Feb 20, 2004

nurses:

please also be careful with the agencies that is helping. make sure that they are licensed and regulated. dont be taken advantaged, ok?

Good luck to the ones that are very excited to come out to the US or anywhere else....TIP #1: Learn how to drive, if you are immigrating to the US.

Hospital experience would be great, because it's more inter dependent-nursing out here, you report to the doctor what your pt status is, and you get tel order, etc...with independence, comes accountability and you have to be assertive and reliable. But alot of times, the nurse collaborates with other disciplines, but the case manager is the nurse...not the doctor.

NCLEX-RN will reformat some questions this APRIL, the fill in the blank, the hot spot and the multiple-multiple will be used...please review and be prepared. suggestions lang po. Good luck and God bless

RIA

Rep · Feb 21, 2004

hello leah, im not realy yet working as a nurse at other countries . im pretty much yet here in the philippines. but ill soon be getting my board exam and also planning to work abroad in europe. seeing my point in posting this is that im also a Filipino. Anyway, I hope that "dumami pa tayo". By the way, do you know any filipino local nursing site? if you do please feel free to inform me or add it to your next thread. Its supposed to be added at the australasian forum at this site by my online friend who is a moderator from austalia. good luck.

You can visit [email protected]. It is a great site! Once a member, you can tell stories and even ask for help from fellow kababayans. Also good site for looking good recruitment agencies.

docnapiv · Feb 24, 2004

Hi, Can you pls. give me some advice. I am a doctor by profession and a BSN degree as well. I applied to sit on California Board of Nursing NCLEX exams in which I was able to pass last January 2004 but license still pending submission of SSN. I also passed the TOEFL and scheduled to take the TSE on March. I bypass the local board and CGFNS since I thought I just give it a try. Do you think I still have to take the Philippine board? I graduated last 1988 and my school is already close as well.

Do you think somebody will hire me even if I don't have any nursing experience.I am holding a US B1 B2 tourist visa and planning to fly in May to try to explore the possibilities of working there as a nurse.I would also need your feedback on how much salary do I expect to receive in case I decided to work there. Although my main objective in migrating is because I'm already fed up with our system of goverment as well as bringing my kid in order for them to have a brighter future.