the philippines has oversupply of nurses this year . . . produce thousands of nurses and some diploma mill schools churn out countless of practical nurses.
university of the philippines college of nursing dean dr. josefina tuazon and philippine nurses association national president leah paquiz disclosed that the oversupply of nurses is fast becoming the country's problem even as deployment abroad may be the "first choice" for these graduates.
tuazon explained that due to the numerous nursing graduates this year at 67, 728, hospitals have to get volunteer nurses -- a lot better because they are not paid -- to accommodate the fresh graduates.
interesting choice of words...a plague of nurses.
high number of graduates of practical nursing . . . aggravates the unemployment problem, tuazon stressed.
"there is no local demand or positions for practical nurses within the philippine health care delivery system particularly in the light of the oversupply of nurses and subsequent unemployment of graduate nurses."
schools offering practical nursing have mushroomed in the country overnight as they promise overseas employment that may await the graduates of this two-year non-degree course. the promise of work abroad . . . is not true as foreign employers prefer the four-year college-degree nurses who passed the licensure board exams.
the farthest thing that these practical nurses can reach is become nurse assistants.
and there's no shortage of cnas.
the pna president also disclosed that united states, home to almost 250,000 filipino nurses in the past years, stopped issuing work visas this year because the quota requirement for migrant workers has already been reached. there were 21,000 filipino nurses seeking employment in the us in 2007.
the philippine overseas employment administration deployed a total of 13, 525 licensed nurses around the world in 2006. of this number, 12, 263 are females and 1, 261 are males.
saudi arabia employed some 5,600 filipino nurses, the highest so far of all middle east countries in 2006.
as my friend will describe this: "cha-ching!"
no wonder the poea and owwa had been nagging people about paying their "dues."
$25 x 13,525 is $338,125--and this is only for the nurses deployed in 2006.
that's php 14,201,250.
where does this money go???
japan has 1.1 million filipino nurses and licensed caregivers in 2005
huh???
i thought a lot of nurses were against starting deployment of filipino nurses to japan, as they were getting a "raw deal?"
And notice, that it is called the Care-Giver Pact.
Not one place is it called the RN program or anything else like it.
Having a visa for Japan or even a Japanese passport, if one has not trained there for their nursing education, they are not going to ever be able to work in that role.
And sorry, the salary there as a maid is not even close to what it would be anywhere in the US.
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And notice, that it is called the Care-Giver Pact.
Not one place is it called the RN program or anything else like it.
Having a visa for Japan or even a Japanese passport, if one has not trained there for their nursing education, they are not going to ever be able to work in that role.
And sorry, the salary there as a maid is not even close to what it would be anywhere in the US.
Who in the world are they trying to kid?