80,000 to 100,000 to take June 08 NLE

[rkm]

PRC has announced that 80,000 to 100,000 graduates will take the June 08 NLE. All are dreaming of going to the USA, to join the hundreds of thousands already stuck in the retrogression pipeline. No way all of those who want to go to the US will get there. The nursing demand may be ending already, and RP will have a glut of jobless nurses.

[g_l]

Share1507, the answer there is budget, in short... money! There's a shortage of nurses in the hospital especially the province because they can't afford to hire them. The government alots 1% of the total budget to healthcare. Since there's a shortage of nurses, no one will take care of the patient and if there's no patient, no money. If there's no money, no healthcare worker.... It's a cycle my dear...

yes, very true. and by the way the government is spending money, please don't expect to receive any...:angryfire

[khirbz]

I wonder how will the philippine hospitals absorb such huge numbers of nurses...

[lenjoy03, RN]

that's a very good question! what will happen to future nurses after graduation and after 5 years with the contunuous production of nurses!

[marwan]

It's alarming that education in the Phils has become "unregulated" sector. The free enterprise system, which feeds the government millions in pesos of revenue and allows millions of students achieve their dreams, has become the evil that sucks the hard-earned money out of working families. Because of its similarity to the US, the nurse education in the Philippines has fallen into the prey of vultures. These are the selfish, profit-focused, opportunists who used the media as instrument of spreading the news on the global demand for nurses. The same group of vultures who capitalized on Filipinos' hopelessness. I bet, these are the same vultures who are profiting from selling textbooks, gadgets, proficiency exams, recruitment agencies, and the like. It doesn't take a genius to notice that nurse education in the Philippines is a big business with so many stakeholders profiting from its continued expansion. It's a cycle that not even the Secretary of Education is willing to break. So long as there are students, graduates, the PRC's or PNA's coffers will continue to be filled up with fees. A big money for these institutions also translates to big bucks for the government. Yes, the government, wherein the Filipino people have entrusted their care, is the same government that is causing hopelessness among its people.

In spite of all the bad publicity sorrounding the nurse education in the Philippines, I still believe that many Filipino graduates can be considered world-class! The only issue is that with so many graduates, it's becoming more difficult to separate the CHAFF from the GRAIN. I hope that employers abroad will not give up on hiring our Filipino nurses.

[kIttE_mEoW, LPN, LVN]

PRC has announced that 80,000 to 100,000 graduates will take the June 08 NLE. All are dreaming of going to the USA, to join the hundreds of thousands already stuck in the retrogression pipeline. No way all of those who want to go to the US will get there. The nursing demand may be ending already, and RP will have a glut of jobless nurses.

yap you're right like me I'm still no job, even though Im a License Nurse it is still difficult to find a job here and in abroad too:o