Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.

Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) president Teresita Barcelo estimated that up to 200,000 nurses were jobless as of last year, seeks moratorium

 
Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) president Teresita Barcelo estimated that up to 200,000 nurses were jobless as of last year.  
 “The demand for nurses abroad in the past years had led to the opening of many nursing schools whose students do not even pass the Board exam for nurses. In the end it is the nurses who suffer because there is already an oversupply of nurses in our country,” she lamented.

Some of those who had plans of going to nursing schools may back out because of the oversupply of nurses.
“The oversupply of nurses is to a certain extent a result of the world economy. Past two years there was a downturn in economy. Many went bankrupt. So there’s no more demand. I think our students know what to do,” he said.

Barcelo added that in 2000, there were only 172 nursing schools but this bloated to 491 in 2004.
“There’s already an oversupply of nurses and not much job opportunities. There are so many nurses now who are unemployed. “Our parents spent so much on our education but we could not find a job. We didn’t expect this,” Arminda said. click the headline at the top of the article to read the complete article.

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