It is a sad reality for us NURSES that we need to suffer first for a couple of months or even years working as volunteers or trainees before we can actually work as staff nurses. We are already licensed but we are not being compensated, we are exploited! We did not study nursing for free, we even had the most expensive tuition fee but look at us now, we are still asking money from our parents and we can’t even buy our own needs.
No one can deny that the progress of the nursing profession here in the Philippines is on a downward trend. I’ve known this phenomenon ever since I have opened my eyes to the realities that surround our profession and I’m already sick of being a VOLUNTEER or TRAINEE Nurse.
Nurses have a lot of issues why they quit working in the hospital. They are burned out, unpaid or underpaid, exploited, neglected, abused , and degraded by the hospital management. The dismal condition of nursing employment and the unfair nurse-patient ratio are pests that will keep on recurring unless properly addressed. Nursing is a tough job so we can’t stay doing charity works for the rest of our lives.
Two nurses discuss the status of their employment in the Department of Health's RN Heals. The True Sentiments of the Filipino Nurses towards Nurse Employment here in the Philippines. Shit Happen, you've never know when to stop or how to stop of being exploited.. Act now..
