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Hi Guys! If you're still having a hard time applying at hospitals, you could trying applying at Eye Centers like Asian Eye Institute. They have an open position for clinic nurse there so if you have any ophtha experience, i suggest you pass at one of their branches either in rockwell, SM MOA or Trinoma. It would be a plus if you also know how to operate different ophthalmic machines. Good Luck!

There are some hospitals that require you to have a board rating of 80% or above when you apply. Since your academic and board credentials are not your strongest asset, I suggest you make it up by getting a good evaluation from your volunteer experience. You could ask for a recommendation letter from your preceptor so that when you get interviewed in the big hospitals, you have proof of good clinical performance. Just remember not all the topnotchers or cum laudes are the ones that perform the best in the real world of nursing. The people who have the right attitude & confidence are the ones that do.

Based on my experience, most hospitals don't require you to be ACLS certified. It would look good on your resume but it's not really necessary. Since you already have your BLS and IVT training, that's enough to pass your resume in different hospitals.

It's best to renew your membership if the hospital you're applying for requires it or if you want to get a discount on their seminars. That's the only practical use of the PNA card that I could think of. Otherwise, you're just wasting your 400 pesos.

It's possible to be hired in a special area w/o ward experience. I had my training in the OR then I ended up working in the eye center. The only ward experience that I had was when I was still a student. So if you put me in the ward, I would probably have a hard time since there are certain skills in the ward that are not practiced in my area at all. You could do research in the different specialties of nursing so you could aim for that specialty that you like best. Good luck!

University of Santo Tomas - Batch 2009 :)

What if you have prior hospital experience? Do you think you can get a job in QCGH as a staff nurse?

@Pipau: Where in NKTI will you pass your application? Is the position for staff nurse already and not for training? I have a year of experience as a staff nurse and I'm looking for another hospital to transfer to. Thanks in advance!

If I were you, I'd take the risk and stick with the government hospital. You'll have a better experience there since government hospitals generally have more varied cases compared to private ones. The larger bed capacity is also a plus and the 70-80% chance of getting hired is enough to take the risk. Don't worry if you go overtime without getting paid, just think of the experience you'll gain. However, you should know your limits also. Good luck!

Sad to say, but for volunteer nurses, hospitals don't provide them with a contract stating the "employee-employer" relationship. Volunteers are not considered employees of the hospital since the legal definition of "employee" is "a person who is hired for a wage, salary, fee or payment to perform work for an employer".

In TMC (The Medical City), I hear it's about 12K. In SLMC, I think it's 14K. In a certain private tertiary hospital in Manila where I worked, it's 10K. However, you should consider yourself lucky if you're getting paid while working as a nurse even if the pay is quite small.

In my previous hospital experience, they paid about 10K a month, and that was a private tertiary hospital.

Yup! I'll start working there this June! I left my job at the hospital because of their good offer!

@HazelRN: I didn't take the exam since I already had another offer at another company. @Anne Enlliot03: I passed mine last year around October. I suggest you continue applying at other hospitals. The selection of resumes in CMC is quite random. I have a friend who was texted only after a few months after he passed his resume. Mine took almost a year even though we both passed at the same time and considering our credentials are fairly similar. I also have another friend who graduated cum laude in our school and had a very high board rating, but still, she wasn't contacted by the hr.

Metro North Medical Center is found along mindanao avenue, near project 8. I passed by there a while ago and I only saw their huge banner saying that that site is where the hospital will be erected. I don't think they have started building it yet.