Afternooon with Nurse Julius
Oh shoot! I'm an UNEMPLOYED NURSE! So what, I am not the only one whose staying at home resting my fat ass. There are thousands of Filipino nurses like me out there, either unemployed or underemployed. According to the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC), at least 287,000 of the previous nursing board passers remain underemployed (see I am not alone!). The latest batch of 37,513 nursing board exam passers comprises 13 percent of the population of currently underemployed nurses (and more are coming! They are coming to rule the call center companies!). Every year, hundreds of nursing schools produce thousands of nurses in the Philippines; recent reports put the number of new nursing graduates at 40,000. However thousands of RNs are jobless due to the surplus in supply. Hospitals are full and nurses don’t know where to go, so what can you do to increase your chances of finding a job? ...