are there nursing jobs available for me here in the philippines?
I am a new RN. I just passed the june 2008 board exam. Currently, I am waiting for the release of my license. I have been to different hospitals here in Metro Manila unfortunately there were no vacancies. Where could I gain the experience needed to be able to have a work abroad?
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good news: work as a volunteer nurse. experience from these count bad news: you'll have to pay the hospital for that or for free. learning is very limited because they only let you do vital signs and some routine work: kinda like nursing aides or worse. suggestion: submit as many application papers to as many hospitals as possible. preferably somewhere you can train or learn and wait for the vacancies. ask the HR if they could just keep your application papers so that if ever vacancies became available, you're already on the list. if you could work in a rural tertiary hospital, then that would be great. if you can't find any, attend seminars and special training (like IV training) to gain an edge. hospitals in the US (and probably abroad) don't pay much attention to whatever hospital you worked in in the philippines. they, however, pay attention to the experience and training you had. in fact, most hospitals don't even require you to submit your resume and application letter. they have their own application form to be filled out.
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Working as a volunteer nurse is a good idea. Dec 2007 licenses are not yet released so expect the licenses of June 2008 passers to be released very very soon.
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