In the Philippines, tens of thousands of nursing students are graduating every year and a fraction of them are passing the Nursing board examinations to be registered nurses; and that fraction is still tens of thousands in number. After being licensed what would be the next step? Employment.
Thousand of jobs were promised by the government for us Filipino people. For that, we had put hope in ourselves for us to land in a job that would let us earn something to support ourselves and our family. Earn 'something' to live and survive the high costs of living in a country where hopes remained as hopes; and promises remained as promises.
There is a vast number of Filipino nurses now that are still looking for jobs; and as a result of the very high cost of living here in the country they have resorted of applying for jobs abroad. Every year, as many as 8,000 nurses leave for abroad. Getting a job abroad is not easy, an applicant must have a relevant experience regarding the position or job title they are opting for; and a lot of those job seekers don't have that experience! For the nurses to gain experience they should either work or volunteer in a medical institution in the country. My question is, how could the country accommodate thousands of new nurses every year? As an effect, job seekers for abroad (esp. nurses) usually are landing in a job not related to their fields of knowledge. Again, in regards to this employment problem that we are experiencing in our country, we put hope to ourselves... hoping that this would be rectified.
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