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I am all for this. We can start in our own communities. Kudos to all those who thought of this. Let's us spread the idea to anyone you know, so that we could reach more communities. Just a trivia, as of 2008, there are still 160 towns in the Phillipines which has no local doctor treating the population. So this could be a start of a very good endeavor.

Hi, I can only emphatize with what you guys have undergone this past few weeks, months/ years. I graduated more than a decade ago and up to now the problems remain the same, lack of opportunities. When I was in your situation, I applied to almost all the prestigious hospitals in manila, and I was denied everytime. I was so downtrodden that I accepted working as a volunteer nurse in a Government Hospital even if I am a licensed nurse already without pay and a 3 day rotating shift with an unbelievable workload. I stayed for 9 months, I wouldn't say I've had enough but the realities are just staring me in the face, Ive got to earn to support myself and my family. I looked into other avenues/ opportunities, I went into sales, I am not saying this is for everybody, but it pays. Im just being practical. I am now a manager in a medical equiment distribution company and I encounter a lot of nurses applying with us. I am saddened by the fact that they have nowhere else to go, but no one said that in life, everything is easy. My unsolicited advice, " No matter what happens, be it good or bad, dont ever, give up". In fact, I might be joining the nursing profession soon. Cheers:loveya:

Hey guys, there are a lot of hospitals in the metro. Not only those that you have stated above. Consider the Tertiary Government hospitals in your area. The work might be back breaking, but i think it's worth a try. If I remember correctly, they even pay higher than the private Hospitals. And most important you would be helping a lot of our indingent countrymen that needs your TLC. In the provinces, there are lots of vacancies on this hospitals. Hope this helps. Good Luck.

i emphatize with what you're feeling right now. you being new to the job can be overwhelming. but hear me out, when you decided to go into nursing, what's your purpose? i'm sure one of your answers would be to help people, right? well now you're in that position, a position to help. dont think of it as a way for just getting an experience so that you can go abroad, so that you can learn etc. not that those reasons are wrong, just maybe, maybe we could appreciate the things and opportunities better if we have a different mindset. as you have said, the nurse patient ratio is appalling, medical supplies are not adequate, but so what! do your job, smile at them, care for them, help them., there might come a time and i do hope and pray for this, you would be going abroad, living the dream... there would be no chance to give back. this is your chance. i hope i'm not being melodramatic or anything, but kabayan, there are a lot of people out there who have to contend with harder things than what we are facing right now. so i say, please dont quit. . tagalog not permitted per the tos of this forum. please use english only so that all can understand and read it. thank you.

Would like to receive information also regarding this inquiry. Better yet if there are kind souls here who would like to part with their reviewers at a price, please do inform us also. Thank you.

I guess i symphatize with reeyah here. So many of our colleagues are stuck waiting for the retrogression to be lifted.That's the reason why I started this thread, so that we can evaluate other options. Again I'm appealing to those who can share some information. Thank you.

Thank you for the info sir Lawrence. Will look into the website. Just want to appeal to everyone here if there are anyone who's working in any of the European Union countries, maybe you could share any info. Thank you very much.

Hi!!! Im just new hear in allnurses. Just want to ask anyone who has knowledge in how to apply as a nurse in Spain. It seems all of the threads here concerns working in the USA. My initial information is that EU countries are now actively hiring nurses. maybe someone can enlighten us on the options. Thanks in advance.