Hopefully
Category: Filipino Nurses, Nurses’ Careers, Striving Pinoy Nurses, Posted on October 9th, 2009 by adminNo Comments
From what I’ve read from the posts of some American nurses, there’s no real stoppage in the hiring of nurses in the US. In fact, to this end, there’s still shortage of nurses in their country. What they are doing right now is prioritizing or hiring their own nurses in an effort to help them in their struggle amid global crisis.
On one post, the author said, retired American Nurses are going back to work to further suffice the additional demands of their families brought about by the recession. It is prophesized that older nurses that are eligible to retire as well as the “back to work” retired nurses would leave the portals of American hospitals as soon as the US economy recovers. With that, a huge vacancy in the nursing area would be left behind thereby crippling the healthcare system of their country. And like before, to address this problem, they would hire foreign nurses.
As a Filipino nurse, it delights me to read posts that evoke hope. Like most Filipino nurses, I’ve always wanted to work in the US in the hope that I may help my family. But for now, I could only pray for this recession to finally end; if it does, my career would begin to flourish.