Leakage won't affect filipino nurses employment overseas - Herrera
RP nurses face rivals in US labor market
Indians, South Koreans, Canadians and Cubans have emerged as the chief rivals of Filipinos in the nursing labor market in the United States, former senator and labor leader Ernesto Herrera said.
Herrera, secretary-general of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, said that based on the statistics from the US National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), the Philippines remains America’s number-one supplier of foreign nurses.
He said a total of 6,171 nurses educated in the Philippines took the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for the first time from January to June this year. They accounted for seven percent of the 89,140 first-time takers of the NCLEX during the period.
The NCLEX is the final step in the nurse licensure process in the US. The number of NCLEX examinees is "a good indicator" of how many US as well as foreign nursing graduates are trying to enter the profession in that country, according to Herrera.
The NCSBN data show that from January to June this year, a total of 1,864 nurses educated in India took the NCLEX, while a total of 948 nurses trained in South Korea took the test.
Completing the top five countries with the most NCLEX takers in the six-month period were Canada and Cuba, with 504 and 260 examinees, respectively.
Herrera said NCLEX statistics also indicate that the US is producing its own nurses by the thousands, except they are still not enough to cope with the growing healthcare needs of the aging US population.
Leakage won't affect filipino nurses employment overseas
He played down reports suggesting that the leakage in last month’s nursing licensure examination would affect the deployment of Filipino nurses abroad.
"That is not true. Hospitals abroad will keep on hiring qualified Filipino nurses as long as their services are needed. Besides, professional regulators overseas have their own means of determining the eligibility of foreign nurses, such as through the NCLEX in the case of the US," Herrera pointed out.
He was reacting to Philippine Overseas Employment Administration chief Rosalinda Baldoz’ statement that the leakage would adversely affect the Philippines’ ability to deploy nurses abroad.
"This is not to say that the our regulators should not take decisive corrective measures. Those responsible for the anomaly should be punished swiftly and adequate steps should be taken to prevent a repeat of the leakage," Herrera said.
From : ABS-CBN NEWS
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=45126
Indians, South Koreans, Canadians and Cubans have emerged as the chief rivals of Filipinos in the nursing labor market in the United States, former senator and labor leader Ernesto Herrera said.
Herrera, secretary-general of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, said that based on the statistics from the US National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), the Philippines remains America’s number-one supplier of foreign nurses.
He said a total of 6,171 nurses educated in the Philippines took the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for the first time from January to June this year. They accounted for seven percent of the 89,140 first-time takers of the NCLEX during the period.
The NCLEX is the final step in the nurse licensure process in the US. The number of NCLEX examinees is "a good indicator" of how many US as well as foreign nursing graduates are trying to enter the profession in that country, according to Herrera.
The NCSBN data show that from January to June this year, a total of 1,864 nurses educated in India took the NCLEX, while a total of 948 nurses trained in South Korea took the test.
Completing the top five countries with the most NCLEX takers in the six-month period were Canada and Cuba, with 504 and 260 examinees, respectively.
Herrera said NCLEX statistics also indicate that the US is producing its own nurses by the thousands, except they are still not enough to cope with the growing healthcare needs of the aging US population.
Leakage won't affect filipino nurses employment overseas
He played down reports suggesting that the leakage in last month’s nursing licensure examination would affect the deployment of Filipino nurses abroad.
"That is not true. Hospitals abroad will keep on hiring qualified Filipino nurses as long as their services are needed. Besides, professional regulators overseas have their own means of determining the eligibility of foreign nurses, such as through the NCLEX in the case of the US," Herrera pointed out.
He was reacting to Philippine Overseas Employment Administration chief Rosalinda Baldoz’ statement that the leakage would adversely affect the Philippines’ ability to deploy nurses abroad.
"This is not to say that the our regulators should not take decisive corrective measures. Those responsible for the anomaly should be punished swiftly and adequate steps should be taken to prevent a repeat of the leakage," Herrera said.
From : ABS-CBN NEWS
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=45126
lahat ng bumagsak nung june 2006 ipadala sa iran, syria, israel, & egypt via patriot missle.. or on a big ass kwitis from bulacan.. hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Posted by
Anonymous |
7:04 PM
Why not? Kung marangal ang trabaho.
Posted by
Anonymous |
8:08 PM
may patrabaho si Gloria sa mga bagong pumasa sa board. Magiging Comelec daw sila. hahaha para sure win manok nya. hahahaha
Posted by
Anonymous |
2:09 PM
anong walang effect sa atin yung leakage? yung pag lagay d2 sa phils. ng nclex, malaking effect nun ng leakage ha! hay.. parang mga sira tlga mga gov't officials! minimislead tayo. una sabi nullify yung test 5 tapos ngayon my percent, tapos ito. ndi daw affected. ano kami mga robot!
Posted by
Anonymous |
3:14 PM
hay naku
Posted by
Anonymous |
4:58 PM
yong mga pumapasa dahil sa leakage yon dapat ang ipapadala sa israel... bagay lang sa kanila yon mandaraya.... pwera na sa mga pumapasa na purely from their brain talaga...
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Anonymous |
5:00 PM