More jobs abroad for RP nurses under Asean accord
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By ERNESTO HERRERA
Filipino nurses can look forward to greater overseas employment opportunities in the months ahead with the recent affirmation of a new agreement liberalizing the trade in professional nursing services within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Our nurses can now count on easier access to the lucrative job markets of Asean members since the Mutual Recognition Agreement on Nursing Services has been affirmed in the 12th Asean Summit and would soon be implemented by member-countries.
RP nurses in SingaporeThe covenant essentially means that Philippine-licensed nurses will be automatically recognized as nurse practitioners by other Asean members. Asean groups 10 countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
The MRA would expedite the recognition of the qualifications of Filipino nurses, and thus, considerably ease their recruitment and deployment within Asean. This means our nurses do not have to take the national nurse licensure examinations of other Asean members to be able to practice in those countries.
Right now, for instance, Singapore recognizes nurses from Malaysia and Brunei, but not recognize nurses from the Philippines. For a Filipino nurse to practice in Singapore, he or she has to pass the city-state’s nurse eligibility test, similar to the US National Council (of State Boards of Nursing) Licensure Examinations for Registered Nurse, or NCLEX-RN. At present, most of the 4,000 foreign nurses working in Singapore are Filipinos. They all had to pass Singapore’s nurse licensure test.
The Philippines will be the MRA’s biggest beneficiary, since we are now the world’s biggest exporter of nurses. Since the MRA is mutual, the Philippines would also automatically recognize nurses from other Asean members.
The MRA, which is part of a Free-Trade Agreement initiative, had been in the works for years, and was finally signed by the economic ministers of the 10 Asean member-countries on December 8 in Cebu City, and affirmed by Asean leaders attending the 12th Summit also in Cebu City the other day.
The Philippines negotiated with Japan for a similar MRA for health professionals. Japan is a huge potential market for our nurses, physical therapists and caregivers. Japan’s population is aging faster than that of any other country. The land of the rising sun would soon have only two able-bodied workers for each retiree. Our government was right in including an MRA for health services in the proposed Japan-Philippines Free-Trade Agreement, which became controversial because of the toxic waste dumping issue.
Super nurses over super maidsI said last week that the government, led by the Department of Labor and its able Secretary Art Brion, is pushing for the overseas deployment of highly skilled Filipino workers. These high-end jobs include those in the health, tourism, construction, manufacturing, banking and finance, and maritime industries.
Again, this is the right approach. There are many other more lucrative jobs for Filipinos other than being maids, even if they are what they call “supermaids” demanding no less than $400 a month salaries [a government policy local recruitment agencies are protesting).
If government must encourage overseas employment, it would definitely be better for the country to be exporting super nurses, or even super sailors.
25,951 new nurses in 2005The country now enjoys a large surplus of nurses. We are producing each year more than 25,000 new registered nurses. According to the Professional Regulation Commission, in 2005 alone, a total of 25,951 candidates were formally admitted to the local nursing profession as registered practitioners. And yet, the Department of Health says only 1,000 to 2,000 of them are being absorbed locally by government and the private sector. And so government might as well support their overseas employment.
I know the export of nurses has led to the rapid turnover of hospital staff, but there would always be new practitioners willing and able to assume the posts rendered vacant by those going abroad.
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22 Comments on More jobs abroad for RP nurses under Asean accord
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jules on
Fri, 19th Jan 2007 9:24 pm
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Sat, 20th Jan 2007 10:54 am
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JC on
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jules on
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JC on
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c5 on
Mon, 22nd Jan 2007 4:17 am
mahal n reyna, ako po ay dakilang tagasubaybay mo, ako po ay nangangailangan ng iyong talino, ako po ay nasa gitna ng isang case presentation ng community acquired pneumonia, kailangan ko po ang pathophysiology ng sakit n ito, nursing care plan, prognosis at discharge plan nito. Bka ako po ay matulungan ninyo at mga diwatang mga nurses, bago ako mawala sa katinuan, PLLLLSSSS help. maraming salamat po, kng hindi po kalabisan ipadala nyo po sa email ad ko july_05232000@yahoo.com
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Ekkkk! JULES naman… isa sa mga disclaimer ko eh wag i-memorize ang mga sinasabi namin dito.. HINDI po ako talaga kumadruna at wala ako sa linya medisina… ngumu-nguya lang po ako nang talbos nang bayabas pag me kung anong sakit kalamnan dyan akong ma-feel…
Pero… if you google “community acquired pneumonia” mukhang andaming literatures at babasahin tungkol dito. Di ko maget nong binabasa ko… pilit kong ini-intinde… sumakit ulo ko…
Azan kaya si JC… hmmm si Bromsmo… si Enigma… at yong 5th placer natin?!
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naku naman dyuls, i wud rili lab tu help yu bat ay em dyast on may terd yir…keys presenteyshun is a komplikeyted ting , en besayds ay tink gugel ken help yu…gudlak mwah
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mahal na reyna na google ko na po ang pathophysiology ng community acquired pneumonia, at katulad po ninyo di ko rin magets ang binabasa ko, 2nd courser po ako at non med pa, unang taon ko lang po ngayon at naging 3rd year irregular na, kumusta nman yun! parang di ko pa feel, at napasabak agad sa madugong case pesentation chuva ek ek! Naka on leave po ako sa work ko dahil nagduduty na rin po ako ngayon, di ko po kayang hatiin ang katawan ko, hehehe!…Inang reyna parang awa nyo na po, kelangang kelangan ko powers nyo at ng buong academy ng mga diwatang nurses, dito po pagbabasehan ang capping namin sa case presentation kuning kuning na ito. Salamat po at mabuhay ang kaharian….
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eekkk! ano ba ang dapat naming gawin anak? pede mo bang ipadala ang case presentation na ginawa mo? i don’t know… siguro tingnan namin…
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*punta recto bili ng isandaang medalya sabit kay reynz* (teka lilinisin ko rin yang korona mong darigold na kinakalawang at ng kuminang) he he
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HINDI TAMA ANG GINAGAWA MO JULES. KAYA NGA PARTE NG KURIKULUM NG NURSING IYAN DAHIL NAPAKA IMPORTANTENG MATUTUNAN NG MGA NARSES YAN. KUNG HINDI MO KAYANG “HATIIN KATAWAN” MO SA DUTY AT IBANG SUBJECTS (pero may oras kang mag blog!) IBIG SABIHIN AY HINDI MO PA DESERVE MAG CAPPING.
ALAM MO JULES, SIMPLE LANG ANG PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA. PERO BAKIT KO GAGAWIN ANG RESEARCH MO PARA SA IYO? PAANO KA MATUTUTO NYAN? SAYANG ANG PERANG ITINATAPON MO SA NURSING KUNG HINDI MO RIN LANG NAIINTINDIHAN ANG NAPAKAMAHAL NA KURSONG ITO. KAWAWA NAMAN MGA PASYENTE MO KUNG SAKALI, BAKA MAY COMPLAINT NA MIGRAIN, INJEKSIYUNAN MO SA TUHOD!
KUNG HINDI MO KAYA, DROP MO YUNG IBANG SUBJECTS PARA MAY TIME KANG MAG RESEARCH OR MAG QUIT KA.
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JULES, tao lang ako! Hindi superwoman! 
Narinig nyo ba? China shoot down some satellite chuva… he he he, alis muna ako ha?!
{ano ba to? bakit mausok dito JC? sinunog mo ba computer mo’t umabot ang usok dito?}
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ewan ko nga ba reynz at mukang may porest payr ngayon dito…
dyuls wag ka madadala dito balik ha, talagang ganyan lang mga tao dito paminsan minsan nagbabatuhan ng mga wurds na may kasamang granada kaya dapat alerto ka, dapa agad hehe!!! pero itz ol in d spirit of fun and intelijent konberseyshun, naku ha..
eniwey, i somewhat agree wid “naimbyernang nars” (at imbyerna talaga sya ha, naka-CAPITAL LETTERS pa talaga lol) na yu shud try doing it pers den we ken help by giving out koments or sajestyons…in fairness, mahaba po gumawa ng keys presenteyshun at dapat knowing mo how itz done kasi nga ipi-present mo yon…
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*tago sa likod ng pinto*
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*silip* nakapamewang siguro si imbyernang nars habang naga ispits…
(kumidlat!) *balik ang kuta sa likod ng pinto*
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he he he……wala akong masabi…aihhhihiih tatawa na lang ako*hik*
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Aray ko… Sakit yata ng ulo ko…. Diwata… Lasing ka nanaman….. Saan ka pumunta?
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salamat po sa komentaryo ninyo imbyernang nars, naway pagpalain ka pa lalo sa iyong napiling kurso!
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Jules… wag kang mapiko dyan sa nambatu sa yo!
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dito lang sa balay ako nag inum..kalamig sa labas no…
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diwa! alas diez nang umaga! lumalaklak ka pa!?! ano iniinum mo? tanduay?
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Diwatanglashing, kontinyuweyshun pa ba yan nung kagabing inmuman natin nina reynangbangag?
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DIWA! GISIZNG! me eypul martini pa ditu! ~hik~ wa grey goose pero meron fray tsiken! ~HIK~
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agree ako kay imbyerna…kahit mga anak ko, sila gumagawa ng asaynments nila noh…bibigyan ko lang ng idea how to solve problems…pero sila ang gagawa.
Naku, may matino pa kayang kausap dito? Mukhang lashing lahat ah…
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haay ay em tired!!! nakipag deyt kasi ako sa aking life coach ehehe… so ngayon pa lang ang kuntinuesyon ng laklak ko…
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lambanog walang hangover…
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