Our local hospital is staffed with approximately 80% Filipino nurses. I am doing my pre reqs to get into one of the health care programs at our community college and I was wondering, for those of you that work with a majority of filipino nurses, are they friendly and helpful to you or are they very cliquesh and standoffish in general?
Of course, everyone is an individual and may or may not act differently than someone else but Im talking in general here.
One of the reason's (there a few others) I have for thinking of skipping the RN program is that the majority of the RN's in my towns hospital are filipino and I dont want them to be hostile towards me or treat me like an outsider since I'm American.
"One of the reason's (there a few others) I have for thinking of skipping the RN program is that the majority of the RN's in my towns hospital are filipino and I dont want them to be hostile towards me or treat me like an outsider since I'm American."
If this is a deciding factor on whether you enroll in the RN program or not, you probably shouldn't. If you really wanted to be a nurse, the nationality of your coworkers shouldn't really matter. That's the same thing as saying, "I don't know if I want to join the NBA because there are too many African Americans and they might treat me as an outsider."
One of the reason's (there a few others) I have for thinking of skipping the RN program is that the majority of the RN's in my towns hospital are filipino and I dont want them to be hostile towards me or treat me like an outsider since I'm American.
Are my fears justified?
How very ethnocentric?How do you purport to judge a category of people without even knowing them?
Take a step back from your positioj and presume( if you can) to reason how another might feel placed in that situation.
Most nurses that I've worked with, of Phillipine origin have been some of the most hardworking and strong work ethic people. They understand that work means work,which is more than can be said for some people.
It might be a good option to skip the RN program. Jus' saying:)
Specializes in Med Surge, Tele, Oncology, Wound Care.
My experience has showed them to be VERY hardworking. A majority of the ones I worked with were hired to the US and recieved their education in the Philippines.
From what I experienced they don't small talk, they work hard and they are good at what they do.
Let's also remember that the Phillipines were an American Commonwealth country for something like 50 years (the territory was ceded to the US after the Spanish-American war). There was even currency issued by the US for the Phillipines (it was legal tender everywhere in the US but had a unique seal for the Phillipines). Remember too that many US lives were given both in the defence of the Phillipines during the Japanese attack in 1942 (or thereabouts - this is from memory) and the liberation of the country by Gen Douglas MacArthur in 1944.
The history of the US and the Phillipines is intertwined to an extraordinary degree and there is probably no country on earth that is more pro-American. Please keep that in mind.
Are you for real people are people some are nice some are mean I mean do you treat people different because they look different than you im sure you don't so why would you think they would treat you different think about the people that walk around their whole lives in a place where they are different I do it everyday and most of the time I don't have any problems oh and by the way your post makes people think you judge people by race and not by the content of their character
Specializes in School Nursing and Sports Medicine.
why would you let nationality be a hindrance to take the rn program? if you really love nursing, regardless of what nationality and circumstances you'll take, you wouldn't take it as a hindrance but rather an opportunity to grow.
i'm currently a school nurse in an international school and i'm exposed to different cultures. it helps to have an open mind or else you'll take everything personally.
anyway, here are some of the common filipino traits:
1. filipinos are generally known for their hospitality.
2. close family ties.
3. high respect to elders.
4. comradeship or being cooperative.
5. easy to gain their loyalty.
6. sensitive to insults, criticisms (constructive and destructive), racial discrimination, and other small issues cropping on occasion.
7. filipinos do not mostly practice being late or not showing up.
You are wise to think this now! I experienced exactly what you are worried about. I had been a nurse for 12 years before I went to a community hospital to work , where about 60% are Filipino nurses, because the hospital sponsored many Filipino nurses to immigrant to US. And per contract they should work in the hospital for 4 years before they can look for another new job in US. But many stayed there for 20 + years and a few left, then more and more are coming every year. Some of them are nice, but I had a very bad experience with two of them, they often talk in their own language to curse me or others, and they have cliques, but they don't know that I understand some of their language. But I was alone, a foreigner, from a different country, I didn't have support and energy to deal with them. I thought that the nursing job is already very stressful, I don't have to deal with so much politics, so I left the hospital. Now I am working in a different hospital, still stressful, but I feel safer!!!
Our local hospital is staffed with approximately 80% Filipino nurses. I am doing my pre reqs to get into one of the health care programs at our community college and I was wondering, for those of you that work with a majority of filipino nurses, are they friendly and helpful to you or are they very cliquesh and standoffish in general?
Of course, everyone is an individual and may or may not act differently than someone else but Im talking in general here.
One of the reason's (there a few others) I have for thinking of skipping the RN program is that the majority of the RN's in my towns hospital are filipino and I dont want them to be hostile towards me or treat me like an outsider since I'm American.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
our local hospital is staffed with approximately 80% filipino nurses. i am doing my pre reqs to get into one of the health care programs at our community college and i was wondering, for those of you that work with a majority of filipino nurses, are they friendly and helpful to you or are they very cliquesh and standoffish in general?
of course, everyone is an individual and may or may not act differently than someone else but im talking in general here.
one of the reason's (there a few others) i have for thinking of skipping the rn program is that the majority of the rn's in my towns hospital are filipino and i dont want them to be hostile towards me or treat me like an outsider since i'm american.
are my fears justified?
fears tend to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
i work with a number of fillipino nurses and they're all hard workers. there isn't one of them i don't trust to have my back when i need it. we don't socialize outside of work, but at work i couldn't ask for better colleagues.
I work with a number of Filipino coworkers (nurses and care-aids) and they are some of the hardest working and caring nurses I could ask for. As in any group, there are 2 I don't personally like that much, but not because they are Filipino, just because they are them. Just as I may not like a Caucasian coworker if our personalities don't mesh.
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"One of the reason's (there a few others) I have for thinking of skipping the RN program is that the majority of the RN's in my towns hospital are filipino and I dont want them to be hostile towards me or treat me like an outsider since I'm American."
If this is a deciding factor on whether you enroll in the RN program or not, you probably shouldn't. If you really wanted to be a nurse, the nationality of your coworkers shouldn't really matter. That's the same thing as saying, "I don't know if I want to join the NBA because there are too many African Americans and they might treat me as an outsider."