If you plan to go back to the Philippines to study, try to choose the best school in nursing I would recommend SLU, FEU manila universities, what city u from in the P.I? Starting this June this yr. Ive read that its gonna be 5 yrs program of nursing in the P.I. There are 2 kinds of nursing program 1) AHSE to BSN that means after 2 years of studying you will get your AHse diploma and continue for the BSN degree. 2) Ladderize nursing- they will graduate every yr. if you choose this one as far as I know you can take the midwifery licensure too. I got my AHSE and BSn degree. Expect that the hospital setting is different from USA. I didnt learn a lot of nursing skills there because they dont have enough medical equipments. Why dont you guys start as a PCT in the hospital here in USA and take the program of nursing so you will have experience in the nsg field.