House bill would protect fresh nursing grads Philippine Inquirer 3/31/09

A lawmaker is seeking to stop the practice of some hospitals from demanding nursing graduates pay for training to let them get the work experience necessary to qualify for jobs abroad.
He said many nursing graduates had ended up in jobs outside their field. They now work in call centers, retail stores and non-professional positions.
Even those who managed to go abroad had not always worked as nurses with some ending up as caregivers, dental assistants and nursing aides, he said.