Pinoy Nurses Told Not To Expect US Hiring Till 2020

Filipino nurses may have difficulty entering the US labor market until 2020, a member of the Philippine Congress said.

“The shortage of nurses in America ended in 2010. Right now, they have ample supply of US-educated nurses,” said Rep. Arnel Ty, of the sectoral party LPG-MA, or Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers' Association.

Citing statistics from America's National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Ty said America produced close to a million nurses from 2006 to 2011.

Tweet

Read more...

Saudis Hiring 800 Muslim Nurses

Good news to female Muslim nurses.

The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia is hiring 800 female Muslim nurses, the Philippine Overseas and Employment Administration (POEA) announced on Friday.

Tweet

Read more...

Fewer Pinoy Nurses Seeking U.S. Jobs

The number of Philippine-educated nurses who sought employment in the United States plunged by 42 percent to just 5,630 in 2011 from 9,789 in 2010, LPGMA Partylist Rep. Arnel Ty said recently.

Tweet

Read more...