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.
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Nursing Students/Examinees Fall Prey to Fund Scam of Northcap Review Center in Bataan
Because of fund mess up by one of the review centers in Balanga, Bataan, more than a thousand aspiring Nursing students have appealed to the PRC to grant them extension to file applications for the June 1 & 2 Nursing Board Exams. The last day was supposed to be April 18.
According to the owner of Northcap Review Center in Balanga City, Josephine Paguio, Northcap-Baguio’s Administrative Officer Vivian Lazaro did not file with the PRC the application of 1,067 nursing reviewers from Northcap branches in Central Luzon and North Luzon, 271 of which come from Bataan.
Paying P1,150 per applicant, the total amount paid by Northcap reviewers amounted to more than P1.2 million, which Lazaro did not remit to the PRC, Paguio said.
Parents of the nursing reviewees are quick to react and said their children were not at fault as they complied with the requirements. They should not be punished for the wrongdoing of a Northcap-Baguio official. Parents are the primary influence to students nowadays to take the Nursing profession and put it as the top choice for enrollees this year.
Other parents said their children suffered some form of trauma and lack of enthusiasm. Surprisingly, they did not blame the owner of the review center in Balanga City as Paguio is doing all she can to resolve the problem.
Paguio said they have filed with the Bataan Prosecutors Office an estafa case against the runaway lady Vivian Lazaro.
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