Made By: Ramit Gahlaut

 Brief history
 Introduction
 Commission of Higher Education
 Licensing of Nurses
 Migration of Nurses
 Current Scenario
 Barriers to Migration
 Findings
 During the American period in the Philippines, Filipino women were given
the chance to become educated as nurses, guided by their American nurse
and missionary mentors

 After that nursing became a full-pledged profession in the Philippines, a

professional career not only for modern-day women in the country but also
for men in the Philippines (as male nurses)
 In Philippines the largest categories of health workers are nurses and
midwives.

 Currently, there appears to be an oversupply of nurses relative to national

needs – as many are trained with the intention of working overseas.

 In 2009, over 13000 Filipino nurses took up positions overseas.

 The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is the governing body that
regulates both public and private higher education institutions .

 As well as degree-granting programmes in all tertiary educational

institutions, including health science schools in the Philippines (CHED,
2009).

 The CHED is responsible for ensuring access to quality education, But due
to the demand for Filipino nurses in other countries, Philippines has seen a
rise in number of Nursing Institutions over a period of time, making it
difficult to standardize and assess the quality of education.
 The Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) administers, implements
and enforces the regulatory policies of the national government with
respect to the regulation and licensing of nurses in Philippines.

 A professional license to practice is awarded by the PRC as the graduate

passes the examination; not all who take the examination pass and obtain
their license.
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 As far as the nursing licensure from 1999-2008 is concerned, only about
half pass the exam .

 Figure on next slide shows that while there is a rapid increase in the
number of nursing graduates, advancement towards the professional level
seems to be difficult.

 As shown by the figure, the national average passing rate is only 49.19%
for the 10-year period.
 Among Asian countries, the Philippines holds the record for the greatest
increase in migration, across all sectors, since the 1970s.

 A common reason for migration given by health workers is the low and
variable wage rates that do not allow them to earn “decent living wages” in
the Philippines

 Destination countries such as Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UAE, Kuwait and

Canada require migrant health workers to have some years of experience in
the hospital setting, creating high-turnover of skilled staff

 This in turn leads to increased workload in health facilities and the hiring
of many new graduates to replace the skilled nurses that left.
 America’s 3 million nurses make up the largest segment of the health-care
workforce in the U.S., and nursing is currently one of the fastest-growing
occupations in the country.

 Despite that growth, demand is outpacing supply. According to the Bureau of

Labour Statistics, 1.2 million vacancies will emerge for registered nurses
between 2014 and 2022.

 By 2025, the shortfall is expected to be more than twice as large as any nurse
shortage experienced since the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid in the
mid-1960s.

 The primary driving force in this looming crisis is the aging of the Baby
Boomer generation.
 Today, there are more Americans over the age of 65 than at any other time in
U.S. history. Between 2010 and 2030, the population of senior citizens will
increase by 75 percent to 69 million
 Over 200,000 registered nurses are jobless as the Aquino administration
failed to increase the number of nurses in the government hospitals in
Philippines in 2016

 There are 500,000 registered nurses who are working both in the
government and private hospitals in Philippines in 2016

 At least 177,414 nurses are presently employed overseas, according to

figures from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)
2014

 6,836 out of 14,322 passed the Nurse Licensure Examination given by the
Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu,
Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and
Zamboanga last November 2016.
 Process of requalification

 Cost of a physical transfer

 Need to learn a new language (or technical terminology)

 Adapting to different clinical practices

 Time-consuming as well as costly immigration procedures are all

challenges

 Social Implications
 The Philippines is a job-scarce environment and, even for those with jobs
in the health care sector, poor working conditions often motivate nurses to
seek employment overseas.

 The country has also become dependent on labour migration to ease the
tight domestic labor market.

 Migration policymakers are debating the need for new policies to manage
migration such that benefits are also returned to the educational institutions
and hospitals that are producing the emigrant nurses.
 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/99557/filipina-nurses-abroad-outnumber-
local-hires-health-chief

 The Philippines health system review by WHO 2011

 Nurse Migration from a Source Country Perspective: Philippine Country

Case Study

 http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/18/1594089/more-nurses-seen-
working-overseas

 http://sentosarecruitment.com/filipino-nurses-best-sentosa-nursing-agency/