licensed RM, RN

3 years ago when i just passed the boards.

yes, who can help us?!!!!!!

guys, i've been a nurse for 3 years and a midwife for half a decade, but until now i can't practice my profession in a real life setting, and making a loving out of it.i am really sorry if i have to vent this out, i just can't take it anymore. i feel like a bombshell really to explode anytime now. i have been an instructor before, but because of too much politics inside the institution, i was fired, dammit i was fired. it was the lowest moment of my life. until now when i see the facebook account of my ex colleagues, it just makes me so small to a point that i shed into tears asking myself why i was fired. i took some jobs after that incident but it still wont fill the void space i have in my heart. you see, teaching is my passion. while i was teaching i took an MAN degree at a nearby school but was forced to dropout since i can't finance my schooling anymore. so,i haven't earned even a single unit out of my enrollment. i really really feel disappointed at myself, maybe it's partially because of the health care system as well. it would have been much easier to become a staff nurse or a midwife, it would have been...but no hospital will hire me since all of them are into "forced volunteerism" for only GOD knows as to how long they would want you to volunteer. you get no allowance, you do all the work, and you have to finance all of your expenses. I AM an UNEMPLOYED RM, RN. im sure at this moment a lot of mid and bsn students would kill to have these letters suffixed at their name. they don't know hell yet, not until they graduated and passed the boards. i feel pathetic, i am not that bad of a student when i was still studying, actually i was a part of the honor roll. another thing is that i can't continue teaching, since i lack the MAN degree and hospital experience that the schools are asking for. why are nurses exploited and underemployed in the Philippines?why are we forced to pay for our clinical experiences?why can't these hospitals just hire us? BECAUSE WE ARE FOR SURE, ******* ELIGIBLE! WE ARE CAPABLE. why are they asking for too many documents? for fees? why do we need to have backers or clout in order to have a nurse staff position in government hospitals?why can't it all just be fair?why can't the government wake up and see the hemorrhage of nurses in the country and do something about it? i don't want to find work in a call center anymore. i want to work as a nurse, as a midwife and utilized what i've learned in college.i know some of you feels the way i do. because i am a nurse, i am supposed to save lives, but i want to be compensated for it. it should not be done for free, i should not volunteer, i should not pay for my service, the hospitals should pay me for my talent, for my ability to analyze clinical critical situation and act upon them logically. i should be treated with respect, i am a nurse, i am a human being. i need to live.

i have been planning to start a union intended for nurses, but i don't know where to start.help!