very well said salvie. you had explained very well the situation of some nurses here in our country. i'm also one of the rn's in the philippines who have been through a lot of difficulties just to be a staff in a hospital and unfortunately till now, my lucks still evades me from landing a hospital job.lol:d im working as a company nurse right now and i have a fair salary but i still do hope to become a staff nurse someday. working in saudi is very tempting so i tried to apply in an agency but i did not pursue my application. can you imagine! they offered me starting salary of 300 usd a month because of lack of experience. that was way back 2008. this is really depressing when you think all the high expenses that you spent in studying:mad: it is really devastating that until now the govt haven't paid enough attention to address the difficulties that most new nurses, rns or not, have been experiencing. i believe the govt's are aware about the nurses paying a fee for a volunteer job in a hospital. but they keep on ignoring it. what they only know is that nurses are good source of dollar to the country when they are working abroad. how sad. so let's just hope fot the best. hope will be the source of strength to continue to struggles life difficulties to us nurse's experiencing unlucky side of our fate. anyway, sabi nga nila "bilog ang mundo":).