Planning to study nursing in the Philippines

[haru3173]

Hi I'm currently living in San Francisco and I have decided to study nursing in the Philippines and then becoming an RN here in CA. But with all those issues I keep hearing about getting denied taking their NCLEX, I'm now worried if I should pursue studying in the Phil. Should I be worried that 4-5 years from now, I will have the same problems that people are having right now? Are nursing schools in the philippines fixing these problems as we speak? What should I do to avoid these problems?

[Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN]

If your plan is work in the USA, go to school in the USA, otherwise your chances of working in the US A are slim even in 4 to 5 years.

[steppybay]

While it remains to be seen if the 2013 grads are going to be able to pass the stricter CA BON requirements. While it's been said that the CHED changed the curriculum for the 2012 grads, we see many grads still being denied. word has it due to the current nursing students already enrolled they would have to dump all of them under the bus to make way for the "newer" curriculum.

Here's something to consider, in a BBC article of last year....NO demand for PH nurses in the States, with nearly a 1,000,000 US educated nurse students coming on-line. Click here: https://allnurses.com/nurse-registration/us-labor-market-779683.html

If the article is somewhat correct, the year 2020 you will look good in the States....maybe at best. I mean, read of how many current PH nurses have claimed working for a hospital job of the likes like Cedars, UCSF, SFGH, Kaiser?

I don't think you want to compete for jobs with the US local grads and nurses as they are getting the higher and top priority over any international students and nurses now. I'm sure they are jobs for many int'l grads but not in the more desired hospital jobs if that's where you wish to end up in. Nothing wrong with nursing homes, LTC, SNF, private nurses, etc, if that's your main goal as a profession, it's just not for me or like many of my batchmates.

Assume nothing changes for the CA BON and the CHED are up to their old tricks, that means you will spend 4 years in PH, then try for another 2-3 years or more to enroll in a CA approved deficient college...6-7 years? You might be better off waiting for a CA school and know you're more qualified to take the NCLEX without all the hoops and loops.

If it's $$ you're lacking, well, the LVN-RN route is just as costly if you can get in that's AFTER you get your BSN from the Phils, then double or triple plus that cost if you have to do US private schools. In the long run, getting into a CA school makes all the more sense.