bingowingo

Batch November 2008, PCHS graduate. The results of the NLE just came out and I found out that only 14 passed the nle exams in the Philippines, plus 12 repeaters. 8% of total passers. Its ironic that there are good students there but PCHS took off their nursing program I believe, as the passing rate was low already.

the hospitals are not hiring anyone above 35...so its unfair to second coursers..

I am wondering why QC General Hospital is still conducting its training fee(volunteer work) when this was already stopped by the DOH in their memo last October. This program has been changed to RN Heals wherein the new nurses are made to undergo 1 yr training with pay not the other way around. didnt they get the memo from DOH?

as I said in the other forums, this program discriminates age, for second coursers who want to pursue their nursing career this is useless. DOH or whoever implemented this program should have given a fair chance to all...so what are they planning to do with the other 400,000 nurses unemployed till now?

right now nope, according to them they are already closed. But if someone backs out, then thats the time they will call you. unfortunately they dont hire people above 35. i will call DOH tomorrow to verify this.

Ortho.

This program is useless for second coursers who are in their 35 yrs old and above as they have a memo that they will be getting only 35 yrs old and below, for the program. I tried to apply today, but was turned down as I am a second courser and wanted to apply for the program. When they asked for my age and I told them I was already past 35, they said its in the memo(DOH) that they cannot accomodate 35 yrs old and above. only in the philippines are you discriminated with age....

I agree that we should stop the exploitation of us nurses, for one, volunteer is not counted as experience, whether you are in Saudi, the US or any other country. We strive to be volunteers to gain experience, but what we dont know is that we are exploited already. If you happen to see the news on the volunteer nurse who was shouted upon by the doctor, and he was accidentally injured by the doctor with a scalpel from an AIDS patient, you would be scared as volunteers dont have insurance, the hospital would not even give the time of day to heal you let alone take note of your plight since they know you need them. Its a business for the hospitals who are not hiring nurses since why should I hire nurses when in fact I can get thousands of applicants for free, and not pay them, while letting them do the dirty work. I hope this memorandum pushes through already as I know one government hospital in taft who is still conducting its training for 6 months and charging 10000, although I would say this is a great program but still, they should follow also the memo set upon by the DOH.

If there is no nurse volunteeer programs, how come there are about 3 hospitals(which I just applied to) that would be starting their training come October and still charging fees ranging from 3k to 6k, for 3 to 6 months. Its still on, for them. purely business.

actually i am not disappointing you paraluman, but to be honest, even if you passed the exam and without a backer, you wont get in... The reason why I said that is because I applied on their training program last October(last year)....on the day of exams, the batch that I belonged to was endorsed pala to take the exam on that day...meaning if you have a backer, they have a particular day for your exams...Sad to say I did pass but they ask me who my backer was and when I answered none, de ako tinanggap. So I just withdrewed my application. its not what you know...its who you know.

I decided to back out of QCGH application since I am still waiting for my results of my PGH application. Unfortunately this hospital is still on "backer system mode" as it was announced on the day when I took my exam that most of us there, had connections(announced by the proctor itself) and that even though we were already assured of a golden ticket, we should still do our best...noticed that some people answered the exam quite fast, as the exam took 30 minutes to complete and yet some of them were done in 15 minutes. I was surprised actually since I didnt have any connection, yet my name was scheduled to have an exam on that day. Anyhow, in the Philippines it is still who you know and not what you know that will get you in to a hospital.

dallasmommy: I am a second courser, I took my nursing program in a span of 2 1/2 yrs. Most of my subjects were credited as well. Although my first course was a technical course, they still manage to credit my subjects to them. Location of the school would be besides FEU. They have a map at wikipedia, you can check it out.

im still contemplating on the process of applying now for NCLEX as you need a ssn for several states, and recession still is worse now as it is in the US as I heard, though I am heading there next year to check on prospects. yeah I know it takes months but I still am contemplating on the state wherein I might take it..I might take New Mexico as it is closer to Nevada. Im a guy. hehe. The process of PCHS is another question as well. I am planning to go to PCHS today to get some forms, unfortunately no one is answering their number, last I heard they are offering new courses now, criminology, secondary ed, et al, I will be heading there today to inquire about the NCLEX process though.

dibuho: I think we were classmates, lol. are you a guy or a girl? I am still contemplating now to take my NCLEX, although am done with my local boards here. When did you take up your NCLEX then? I am planning to pursue my exams in the US though, as I have family in Nevada.

hello dibuh0, did u graduate in april 2008 or november 2008? batch 2008 here as well, november batch though.