nursing hiatus for 8 years

[nyckcaution]

Hi,

i graduated back in 2008 and passed the board exams on the same year. i did volunteer in 2008 to 2009 as a emergency room nurse but got in to the BPO industry after because of the high salary that they were offering , but now i want to be a nurse again i want to pursue my career as a nurse and work in the UK. where should i start? obviously i need to renew my license haven't done it yet it expired back in 2011. is there any hospitals that offers part time volunteering ? im still working in the BPO industry cause i need the money so i could support my wife and child.

please help

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

What is BPO? If it pays well I would stick with it.

[caliotter3]

Business process outsourcing? Payroll, HR, call center services sent to the Philippines or India.

[saint_nurse]

You should first renew your license before this year ends since the Professional Regulation Commission will implement a certain number of Continuing Professional Development Units for nurses who will renew their license by 2018.

Based on my experience, as I had been an applicant bound for UK (but I opt to deferred it) my former agency didn't count volunteer experience as actual work experience. A solid 1-2 years of paid, permanent experience is required, though I am not fully aware if whether either other local Philippine agencies have the same requirement or NHS has.

Choosing to work here in the Philippines as a Nurse rather than in BPO requires a brave and bold decision. You should be aware that online shaming of doctors and nurses via social media are rampant. You also need to refresh yourself with the standards of Nursing since you're not practicing it for nearly a decade. Are you ready to face those kinds of challenges? Will your family survive with a Nurse 1 salary has? Try to talk to your family, explain to them your plans, and if they are willing to take that sacrifice with you, then go. :)

Whatever comes should you chose to be a nurse, you must endure. Happiness is not like an apple that we can buy anywhere, so you must be brave and tough to chase it. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones that you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Good luck!

[Kim_shin]

^ I agree with the comment above.

I've only worked as a nurse for a year, then I also got into BPO. I plan to practice nursing again this 2018.

If you are not sure yet when you would resign from your BPO job, please do renew your license before the end of this year! CPD Units=additional expense! I'm not sure if walk-ins are still allowed in PRC. If not, schedule an appointment in PRC's website now before the schedule for December runs out.