:pi am a board passer since june 2007, after having my prc id, ivt bls, i started applying to different institutions and after almost 3 years i still dont have work. my batchmates have work now, most of them went to middle east and some are working to different hospitals in manila.
me, i have nothing to do so i decided to take other exams. after passing my nclex and ielts, up to now i was not able to found a hospital where i can apply my nursing skills and to have a hospital experience.
i am just disappointed for i have so many applications to hospitals here in the philippines i was not even hired or even called for training.
early 2008, i took the initial exam from a hospital in quezon city, but i did not make it.
mid 2008, after passing the initial exam from a hospital in san juan, i was not even called back, and as i inquire to the hospital on why they are not calling me for the next step of their application process, they simply said that they changed their management and encouraged me to reapply again.
last year, 2009 i was called by a reputable hospital and passed all their series of exams , and unlucky iam, i did not passed the final interview.
i was so devastated for it was what i have been waiting for, then i just let it slipped away.
it seems that i am very hopeless and i find myself too lazy to try or apply again because of my bad experience.
after months of contemplating, i was uplifted from a video of a man named nick vujicic,
and here is what he said:
"there is some times in our life that we fall down and feels there is no way to get back up
if you feel that it is imposible to get back up.... it is not
i will try a hundred times to get up
and if i fail and i give up
do you think i will gonna get up.... no
but if i fail and try again and again and again and again...
i just want you to know that it was not the end
it matters on how will you gonna finish.. are you gonna finish strong or what?
and i find that strength to get back up. and i ewas encouraged to apply again.
afterwards, i started applying again to some hospitals where i applied before.. most of them told me that they are freeze hiring, others just accept my resume or logged on to their log book for their future references.it is just the same scenario like before.
but still i have a positive outook in my career and i will try again and again and again until i was able to reach my goal...
a person can only be considered as a failure until he stops to try again....
Specializes in Cardiovascular OR / Cardiac Cath Lab.
answer practice tests on CD's, books, whatever resources you can get a hold of. I used Saunders only. answer 150-200 questions a day for a month (tip: READ the rationales..there's a reason why they're there). did this while i was working at the hospital. guess it worked coz i passed. ^^
thank you, kiki. :redbeathe hope i pass nclex. im taking it in august. i heard so much about it. but im keeping my hopes up. :barf01:teeeheee! 150-200 questions a day for a month? that's a lot. the headache!!!:throcomp: love love...:tku:
Specializes in Pre-hospital Care, Remote medicine.
Do new nurses really learn when they train/volunteer in the hospitals? I think not all especially if you're in the gov't hospital,but then again not all gov't hospitals,there are those that are still good,even better than the privates ones.
I recently had this experience signing up for a training experience for a tertiary gov't hospital. I was assigned at the emergency department. I was surprised with the system. It's not the proper type of training I was expecting. Not even 1 staff is ACLS trained nor is aware of the ILCOR ACLS protocol. In some instances,the staff were even the one learning from me when it comes to proper procedures during a code. And I later learned that in the ICU, only 1 staff had an ACLS training. gosh!
Now tell me,is this happening in your areas also? Most of them will reason the lack of resources, but in fact they have the essential equipment available there. There's the defib (w/c nobody knows how to use?) the BVM (w/c only few knows how to use properly and take note,even the proper sealing w/c happens most of the time,as in no air actually goes into the pt's lungs) airway adjunts w/c you can use temporarily in the absence of someone qualified to intubate (most of the time it takes minutes to establish an airway because you have to wait for the ROD w/c is sometimes busy or asleep.tsk-tsk!).
Are we really learning or just letting our volunteer hours accumulate?
Just a piece of advice, if you would want to volunteer or train, make sure you choose your hospitals carefully. Choose those that have structured training programs where you will be trained properly to competent. And please, don't patronize those who ask for payment for volunteer programs.
hi! can u pls give me some tips on how to pass the nclex? thanks dude.
you better review any NCLEX Comprehensive books..! and always read the rationales.. Practice answering the KAPLAN CD that can be install to your PC. I also used the book PRIORITIZATION, DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT by Linda La Charity..
Same here..no backers..whatsoever! I'm June'08 passer..
But I had a 7 months experience and currently enrolled at a university taking up my M.A.
I already told our sentiments to Ma'am Barcelo, the PNA President during one of our discussion because she is the lecturer in 1 of my subj. She is very eager to help thousands of nurses who are currently "unemployed". Well let us all pray that the new administration will have a program that could help us land a job..not a volunteer..contractual..but a regular staff nurse..
Make use of what you have...I am referring to your IELTS if it's still current.
Apply in a country that gives equal opportunities for us nurses. And one of which is Australia. US is still a long way to go, that might add up to your worries.
Study and make yourself competitive in meeting the standard of another country that can give you work. Before landing a work for Australia, you need to undergo initial registration course for twelve weeks.
Take every opportunity that comes along your way...you're just starting, and there will be a number of those opportunities. Maybe not here in our country but elsewhere. Just keep up the spirit!
Specializes in Acute Care, Trauma, Critical Care, Psych.
I took the November '08 NLE, got hired in a call center after 2 weeks and transferred to another company after another year. I was so afraid to leave my call center job at first because there's no guarantee of getting a hospital job once I start working my hospital application out.
In a month or two, it will be my 2nd year in the BPO industry and I feel like I badly need to start attending trainings and seminars that are normally required to land a job in hospital. My hopes are still high that I could make it. God bless us all!
I've been reading a lot of threads regarding the volunteer experience because I wanted to go overseas as early as now.
I only have 7 months volunteer hospital experience in my belt so my only choice would be:
- to register for SRNA to canada, if I have to take the SEC ( I'm also willing) before I could write CRNE though the problem is the VISA for a single like me.
and the usual problem of getting an employer although I'm also willing to be Graduate Nurse first so I can gain paid work experience.
By the way, I'm one of the unfortunate philippine Nurses in not having a Scarce Hospital Paid Position.
- second option, to take the bridging program in australia, or in new zealand
I really want to go overseas because that's my plan and dream plus of not having paid or meagerly compensated and exploited to the backwater like our country.
I'm a hardworking person eversince I took up this degree. I'm willing to undergo competency exams or bridging programs because I know I dont have the required of 1-2 years paid hosp. Experience.
I just want to leave the country for the too many reasons.
A choice to have a dexterity, and of course not to put in danger the lives of the patients.
well,,, count me in.. graduated last 2007, but still find it hard to get a job. i've passed my resumes to countless hospitals and agencies and companies,,, but i ended up with nothing. i worked in primary hospital before and was even hired as staff for 6 months but decided to quit since we had problems with the administration, then transferred into a bigger hospital as a volunteer nurse... how was that? now, im looking for a job and while im searching, i diverted my attention into something fruitful.. i enrolled myself in an IVT^ training this coming MArch 10-12. after months of searching for slots in IVT, finally,, i got one. . .
one way or another, we shouldn't loose hope, just beleive in yourselves that you can find and land in a job suited for your profession. it may not be this time, but soon... while waiting for calls from the different hospitals that you applied for, try to attend some of the nursing expo's and seminars. who knows, you might end up landing of the job you've been waiting for... :)
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hi! can u pls give me some tips on how to pass the nclex? thanks dude. :rckn: