Nurses 'volunteerism for a fee' on Reporter's Notebook

Veteran journalist Jiggy Manicad looks into the plight of Filipino nurses who are forced to pay to work as 'volunteers' for hospitals in order to obtain the work experience necessary for them to be able to apply for nursing jobs abroad. GMA 7, aired on January 18, 2011.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• pia cayetano
• Filipino nurses
• OJT
• Philippine Nurses Association

[imahinasiyon]

We created a website to become the voice of Filipino nurses. I agree that the salary of nurses must compensate their hard and health hazardous work. Please support the advocacy SIN, Salary Increase for Nurses. Commit the SIN at nursingcare101(dot)com/sin

[doyouknowcarl1]

for all the senators pls. make a way. before its too late

[doyouknowcarl1]

Oil price increase – drivers get mad, They go strike, transportation paralyzed. PAL stewardess don’t get benefits, Stewardess get mad, they go strike, Airlines paralyzed. People of the Philippines, Don’t get what they want, they get mad, They go strike, economy paralyzed. Nurses paying just to work for hospitals, No salary, profession abused, What if nurses get mad, and go strike, Have you ever thought? What would be paralyzed? “STOP ABUSING the NURSING PROFESSION”

[efpatawaran]

Personally, i am soooo against this shitty policy and i am lucky RN coz im from batch 97. We didn't have this during our training. People of the senate, please help our RN's.

[efpatawaran]

I am a registered nurse working abroad. I do understand the suffering of filipino Rn's seeking for working experience to be able to work abroad. I really dont understand why some hospitals demand fees for training and dont give any single compensation kike food or transport allowance. This is oviously profetering coz numbers of fil nurses in the philippines are so big that hospitals grab this chance to profit. Mag bago na kayo kaya wala umaasenso.

[ateleah26]

sana i push talaga nila sen.cayetano ang pagungkat sa "volunteerism for a fee". ..grabe ang gastos nmin sa school then after graduation at board exam di pa pala tapos ang kalbaryo..kailangn nyo kami(hospitals)ngkataon lng na madami mdami kami ngaun sana nmn wag masyadong abuso..