Times change and the opportunity thins every second. The quality of life for the newly nursing board exam passers in this country has been jeopardized with a pile load of expenses and limited opportunities. Loading? I guess. Gone were the days when a newly passed nurse can just apply to a medical facility and get the most appropriate training and be hired because of his/her key competencies. Gone were the days when nursing in the Philippines provided graduates who know that nursing is a vocation and not a source of income. Gone were the days when the Nursing Board and the Nursing Alumnae took care of their graduates to attain their highest potential. And gone were the days when nursing wasn’t still choked up and a “rat race”.
The sad truth is, we come from a third world country and there are a lot of people still mesmerized with the promises of working as a nurse abroad. As they receive their diplomas and soon their licenses, it is late for them to realize that to work abroad still requires them to SPEND thousands of pesos just to pay for the foreign exam fees, visa screen, foreign exams review fees, etc. that promises NO SECURITY at all. They are all bonded and trapped in the “rat race”. And to recover for the loss, a sheer faith of “luck” remedies their exacerbated souls. You pass the NCLEX or CGFNS, good for you – another expense and you’re one notch closer to Graceland but the long wait isn’t over. But if you fail, pity you – you need to spend again and repeat the whole process of application.
Practically speaking, you just spent loads of money that could’ve been used if you started an investment and focused on to something that you know will excel. Who gets rich then? Well...well...well...I don't want to sound sour and bitter yah know! All good!
I am not here to stain the nursing profession or even pull anyone down. I am just blogging based on experience. Of course everybody wants to elevate his or her life. But, as the Chinese saying goes, “There are 1000 ways to kill the cat and 1000 ways to catch a fish.” Bottom line is, to kill the cat and catch the fish – earn money and be comfortable. By far, nursing isn’t just the only means to earn money. There are a lot if only; you try to think out of the box – beyond the “nursing dream”.
Roughly, the bulk of the graduates as well as the passers just saturate the whole entire populace. With a limited supply and availability of health facilities and nursing-related jobs in this metropolis, these “NEWLY GRADUATED & NEWLY LICENSED NURSES” are basically adding up to percentage of the UNEMPLOYED CITIZENS OF dear PHILIPPINES – leaving them helpless and unproductive and left with an open option to end up as a call center agent. There go the 4-years of case presentations, community presentations, hospital duties, R.L.E. journals, etc. Is nursing also included in their context as “survival of the fittest?” What have the colleges and the universities done with their graduates? It seems like we were just “milked” and in a blink of an “eye” we were left on our own – like a used rug. We weren’t given an opportunity to really grasp the full drama of nursing. We are now bombarded and flooded with a lot of registered and unregistered nurses all dreaming PERIOD. Does it stop there? Are we just left here to dream and think about the “what ifs” and “if only”? It’s not a bad thing but base on experience, “Where will you situate yourself?”
Now even having a license makes no difference at all.
The sad truth is, we come from a third world country and there are a lot of people still mesmerized with the promises of working as a nurse abroad. As they receive their diplomas and soon their licenses, it is late for them to realize that to work abroad still requires them to SPEND thousands of pesos just to pay for the foreign exam fees, visa screen, foreign exams review fees, etc. that promises NO SECURITY at all. They are all bonded and trapped in the “rat race”. And to recover for the loss, a sheer faith of “luck” remedies their exacerbated souls. You pass the NCLEX or CGFNS, good for you – another expense and you’re one notch closer to Graceland but the long wait isn’t over. But if you fail, pity you – you need to spend again and repeat the whole process of application.
Practically speaking, you just spent loads of money that could’ve been used if you started an investment and focused on to something that you know will excel. Who gets rich then? Well...well...well...I don't want to sound sour and bitter yah know! All good!
I am not here to stain the nursing profession or even pull anyone down. I am just blogging based on experience. Of course everybody wants to elevate his or her life. But, as the Chinese saying goes, “There are 1000 ways to kill the cat and 1000 ways to catch a fish.” Bottom line is, to kill the cat and catch the fish – earn money and be comfortable. By far, nursing isn’t just the only means to earn money. There are a lot if only; you try to think out of the box – beyond the “nursing dream”.
Roughly, the bulk of the graduates as well as the passers just saturate the whole entire populace. With a limited supply and availability of health facilities and nursing-related jobs in this metropolis, these “NEWLY GRADUATED & NEWLY LICENSED NURSES” are basically adding up to percentage of the UNEMPLOYED CITIZENS OF dear PHILIPPINES – leaving them helpless and unproductive and left with an open option to end up as a call center agent. There go the 4-years of case presentations, community presentations, hospital duties, R.L.E. journals, etc. Is nursing also included in their context as “survival of the fittest?” What have the colleges and the universities done with their graduates? It seems like we were just “milked” and in a blink of an “eye” we were left on our own – like a used rug. We weren’t given an opportunity to really grasp the full drama of nursing. We are now bombarded and flooded with a lot of registered and unregistered nurses all dreaming PERIOD. Does it stop there? Are we just left here to dream and think about the “what ifs” and “if only”? It’s not a bad thing but base on experience, “Where will you situate yourself?”
Now even having a license makes no difference at all.
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