what will happen next????

[arjay_gimikero]

hi y'all... i just wanna share you guys my story... i'm a NLE passer of dec 2007 and currently employed not in a hospital, instead in a bpo... luckily, the clients that we were handling are australians so the schedule is also on a day shift... i accepted the job since 1. i have to pay some personal utilities, rent, and bills; 2. it was offered while waiting for the result and 3. i really thought that it can be my ticket to AU since there was a promise before we signed the contract that there is a chance that we could go there for training and stuff (which never materialized)..anyhow, this is somehow my plan a, since im also taking up MAN.. things are really going according to plan (wait here until i finish MAN, since no hospital will hire me anyway so why bother.. and settle all my finances before i embark into a leisure-less life as a nurse)...

however, there are some things that happened in the office (no need for me to give out the details, its non-nursing stuff anyway)... most of them think that i'm the villain, but i think i'm just doing what is right and i'm just being professional.. so i seek advice from my friend, she then advised me to resign.. i must admit, i'm more than willing to resign after i asked for her advice.. but i said to myself, if i gave up that easy, it's like i accepted that they're right and i'm wrong...anyway, i was thinking of resigning first thing next year..

the inevitable question is, what will happen to me after i resign? sure, i can still continue my study since i still have enough money to enroll for summer, and after that my mom said that she will help me with my tuition (so no prob in that part)... but of course, i cannot let my parents handle all my expenses, i need to have a job to live... but i really dont want to get another bpo or marketing jobs... all i wanna apply after this is to become a staff nurse (which is close to impossible since no hospital in the metro is opening their doors for us)...

i know, i'm only a small voice of the hundreds of thousands who are screaming "i wanna become a staff nurse...". i'm one of those non-practicing professional who'd rather wait for an opening rather than volunteer (which will not be counted as an experience), but my question is "until when are we going to wait for that slot?"...this is so frustrating... mind, body, and soul torture for us nurses whose parents' spent fortune for us to finish the course... with blood, sweat and tears just to pass the exam.. and now what, were just gonna be sitting and answer phone calls??? no way, never again!!!

2009 is really tricky... im really hoping that this year, filipino nurses will be able to see the silver lining behind the dark clouds... now, with the current situation that the nurses are facing here in the country, do u guys think i'm doing the right thing by resigning??? or should i swallow my pride and stay for a while and continue with plan a??? and lastly, what do you think will happen next???