What is the Phillipine 'secret'?

[pickledpepperRN]

No stats but it seems the Philippines graduate MANY registered nurses who save lives and prevent suffering around the world.

One theory is that the opportunity is available for people to attend nursing school, mostly BSN programs.

One nurse can bring an entire family out of poverty.

Strong family loyalty prompts RNs working overseas to send money home.

They are doing something right that benefits us in my city and many others.

Perhaps we can learn more.

Did you earn your nursing degree in the Philippines?

Can you give us some insight?

[Euskadi1946]

Most of the Fillipina nurses I have worked with are very hard working nurses and are also very good teachers as well. I was always able to ask questions of the more experienced ones and they not only answered my quesitons but demonstrated how a treatment or nursing procedure is done. They told me that their nursing schools are very strictly regimented and disciplined, sort of like the old nursing schools here in the USA. Wow!!! And I thought my nursing school was tough. Even to this day 11 yrs after I graduated, I still have nightmares of nursing school. You haven't lived or died until you've been through nursing school and anyone who can come out unscathed deserves the letters RN after their names. That is why I tried so hard to pass my NCLEX and did so on the first try.... :rotfl: So I can imagine what those Phillipine nursing schools are like... :uhoh21:

[UCLARN]

In order to do so, we need more graduate level prepared nurses to teach them. How can you admit a lot of students if there is NO one to teach them!!

That is a BIG important question!

[marymary]

In the Philippines, everyone is talking about "working abroad." In US, no one seems to be attracted to nursing as a profession. I see nurses ads in the papers everyday, screaming $24 an hour, (I even see $45) with $6K sign in bonus, but I don't see people flocking to nursing school or writing the local government to produce more nursing school.

I don't mind legal professional immigrants. They pay taxes too! What's hurtin the country are those unskilled, can't speak english, will apply for welfare, illegal immigrants! Filipino nurses who are accepted to working abroad worked so hard to get here and these damn illegals just have to cross the border and receive all sorts of benefits then send all their welfare money home.

I am learning so much about your culture from this site! I had no idea that this was going on as I'm sure others either. ...good and bad in every group.

:uhoh21:

[marymary]

Wrong. People are flocking to nursing schools and nurses associations have petitioned the states over and over for more money to train nurses. One of the problems is not many qualified educators. But there are waiting lists at nursing schools all over the country. Ironic isn't.

The next paragraph in your post is borderline bigoted imo. :)

Not bigoted, more like lack of information. I graduated from nursing school this past May. There were 60 people in the class

• 22 LPN's (all Americans)
  
• 5 Philippinio
  
• 3 Hispanic-Americans
  
• 1 male (American)
  
• Remainder Americans (29)
  
• total= age group 20-58 years old
  

There is a lack of educators, not interest in Americans. At this particular school 70 were turned away from the class. There was not enough available slots. But they are restructuring the curriculum to increase enrollment. The next class will accomodate evening and weekend classes. The interest is there my friend, but instructors are needed. The nursing board makes it tough, only MSN's can teach registered nurses and most do not want to because of the drop in pay.