Filipino nurses seeking employment in the US has declined by as much as 33% in the first semester of the year compared to the same period last year.
In a statement, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) Secretary-General and former Senator Ernesto Herrera said that 5,553 Filipino nurses took the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for the first time from January to June, down 2,719 or 33 percent from 8,272 in the same period of 2009.
The NCLEX refers to the licensure examination administered by the US National Council of State Boards of Nursing Inc. Passing the NCLEX makes a Filipino nursing graduate eligible to work in the state where he or she has qualified for.
The said decrease of the examinees is a reliable indicator on how many Filipino nurses aim to work in the United States. In addition, the former senator noted that Manila-based labor recruitment agencies previously reported that more Filipino nurses are now leaving for the United Kingdom than those going to the US.
“Filipino nurses and other highly skilled professionals will go to foreign labor markets where it is easier for them to enter and work, and where they will get the best reward in terms of pay and other benefits,” SecGen Herrera added. Furthermore, he said that applicants base their choice of country on personal circumstances, professional qualifications and the job offers they receive.
The labor leader said that the Philippines is still America’s biggest supplier of foreign nurses, followed by India, South Korea, Canada and Puerto Rico. Based on statistics from the UK’s Nursing and Midwifery Council, India and Australia are the biggest supplier of nurses in United Kingdom, since both are former British colonies. The Philippines, on the other hand, is now Britain’s third-biggest supplier of foreign nurses.
A total of 15,382 Filipino nurses took the NCLEX for the first time in the whole of 2009, a decrease of 5,364 or 2% from 20,746 in 2008, the statement noted.
In 2007, a total of 21,499 Filipino nurses took the NCLEX for the fi1rst time, an increase of 6,328 or 42% from 15,171 in 2006. The 2006 figures were up 65% or 5,990 compared to the 9,181 Filipino nurses that took the NCLEX for the first time in 2005. Some 82,000 Filipino nurses took the NCLEX for the first time over the last five years.
In a statement, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) Secretary-General and former Senator Ernesto Herrera said that 5,553 Filipino nurses took the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for the first time from January to June, down 2,719 or 33 percent from 8,272 in the same period of 2009.
The NCLEX refers to the licensure examination administered by the US National Council of State Boards of Nursing Inc. Passing the NCLEX makes a Filipino nursing graduate eligible to work in the state where he or she has qualified for.
The said decrease of the examinees is a reliable indicator on how many Filipino nurses aim to work in the United States. In addition, the former senator noted that Manila-based labor recruitment agencies previously reported that more Filipino nurses are now leaving for the United Kingdom than those going to the US.
“Filipino nurses and other highly skilled professionals will go to foreign labor markets where it is easier for them to enter and work, and where they will get the best reward in terms of pay and other benefits,” SecGen Herrera added. Furthermore, he said that applicants base their choice of country on personal circumstances, professional qualifications and the job offers they receive.
The labor leader said that the Philippines is still America’s biggest supplier of foreign nurses, followed by India, South Korea, Canada and Puerto Rico. Based on statistics from the UK’s Nursing and Midwifery Council, India and Australia are the biggest supplier of nurses in United Kingdom, since both are former British colonies. The Philippines, on the other hand, is now Britain’s third-biggest supplier of foreign nurses.
A total of 15,382 Filipino nurses took the NCLEX for the first time in the whole of 2009, a decrease of 5,364 or 2% from 20,746 in 2008, the statement noted.
In 2007, a total of 21,499 Filipino nurses took the NCLEX for the fi1rst time, an increase of 6,328 or 42% from 15,171 in 2006. The 2006 figures were up 65% or 5,990 compared to the 9,181 Filipino nurses that took the NCLEX for the first time in 2005. Some 82,000 Filipino nurses took the NCLEX for the first time over the last five years.
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Trade Union Congress of the Philippines. Number of Pinoy nurses seeking US jobs drops by 33% (Posted July 19, 2010) Retrieved July 20, 2010 from
http://www.tucp.org.ph/news/index.php/2010/07/number-of-pinoy-nurses-seeking-us-jobs-drops-by-33/
Jaymalin, Mayen, The Philippine Star. Number of Pinoy nurses seeking US jobs drops by 33% (Posted July 19, 2010) Retrieved July 20, 2010 from
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=594633&publicationSubCategoryId=63
INQUIRER.Net. Filipino nurses seeking US jobs fell by 1/3 in first half (Posted July 19, 2010) Retrieved July 20, 2010 from
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20100719-281959/Filipino-nurses-seeking-US-jobs-fell-by-13-in-first-half
BusinessWorld. Number of nurses seeking employment in US falls by a third, says TUCP chief (Posted July 18, 2010) Retrieved July 20, 2010 from
http://www.bworld.com.ph/main/content.php?id=14377
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