It was once the career that everyone was heading to, but just like the global economy, the boom seems to be over now as reports indicate that the demand for nurses more particularly from the United States continues to steadily spiral down.
The concern was shared by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) through Ernest Herrera, as nursing schools has given some reports of a decline also on their enrollment.
“Nursing schools have aggressively expanded their capacity in the last 12 months, but realized that fewer first-year students are actually entering nursing programs compared to figures for the past two years. Only 3,024 Filipino nurses took the NCLEX for the first time from January to March, down 1,170 from 4,194 in the same quarter of 2009.â€
The global economic crunch has forced hospital in the United States not to hire more health workers but just extend the working hours of its employees instead.
Many academicians and pundits had already warned years ago the temporary boom of the nursing demand from the United States and the surge of students taking up the nursing course and the mushrooming of so many nursing schools in the country. This has resulted to the low passing rate of nursing licensure board exam takers.
Will we be seeing the death of the nursing course in the Philippines soon? What will be the next career boom? If only facing Facebook all day is a career, surely Filipinos will no longer work abroad.
It’s a cycle, but it’s also an opportunity locally as many of our local hospitals are still understaffed. The question now is, would our nurses take the job or still insist in going abroad?
Or worse, give up the white cap for a headset in one of the call centers?
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But we also all know that many are taking up the nursing course because of the monetary rewards it gives compared to practicing the nursing course in the Philippines.
The call center industry is the one that has been expanding tremendously as support from the government is really visible…and I think too that this is the sector where many graduates are heading to.
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probably it’s because Obama won.
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Because of his health care bill? Hmmm…I think it is more because of banks like Goldman Sachs? Hehehhe!
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You simply can’t violate the law of supply and demand. But does this mean that I can’t take up Nursing now? Oh, brother.
You still can…but you have to work maybe in call center after graduation? ehhehe
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