Almost Half a Million Registered Nurses Without Jobs in the Philippines
The Philippine Regulation Commission (PRC) admitted recently that there are about 400,000 Registered Nurses in the country today that are jobless - that’s almost half a million people jobless! (Is this oversupply or what?)
PRC commissioner Ruth Padilla states there is not enough demand locally for our Pinoy nurses and only about 60,000 posts are currently occupied in both private and public sectors.
The demand for nurses has continued to decline over the past month and the government is trying very hard to bring back more demands from foreign countries including even our ASEAN neighbors. The PRC boasted that our registered nurses are still far more better in qualifications when compared to their ASEAN counterparts hence the potential for sourcing in Asia is a welcome opportunity.
But soon other countries are expected to rise as a competitor to the Pinoy registered nurses qualification. It’s not a matter of if but when this will happen. In the light of this, the government is pushing for more updated education and rigid training for all nursing graduates to keep up with the pace of the modern times and nursing requirements worldwide.
Rise in the Number of Pinoy Nurses taking the US NCLEX in 2007
Have you been wondering how big are the stats now for Nursing profession? I am so I took on some research and here’s what I got.
The numbers have been released. Around 21,500 Pinoy nurses took the US NCLEX exams in 2007 compared to approximately 15,000 in 2006. That’s about 43% increase from 2006.
It’s no surprise actually. This interesting stats only shows the strong Filipino urge to solidify their claim for the American dream and the lure of the greener pasture there. With the measly salary here in the Philippines, more and more high school graduates go to nursing schools after to join the bandwagon.
Of course there are other developed countries now that demand for Pinoy nurses to come but majority will say they want to go to the US after their passing the Nursing Board here in the Philippines.
The numbers are expected to rise even more in the coming year since this year alone, CHED estimates that there will be around 500,000 high school students are gonna enter into various Nursing schools, colleges and universities nationwide.
Will give you more stats as we have it.
More news for you soon.