October 19th, 2008 by janmihaelvaldez
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Isang seryosong sulat mula sa kaibuturan ng aking puso. Alam ko na pasan mo ang sarili mong daigdig kung saan nakapatong din ang daigdig ng iyong mga kapatid, mga magulang, bansa at kapwa Pilipino na umaasa sa propesiyong pinasok mo. Iyan ang buhay ng isang Nars.
wahahaha nose bleed!
Bow.
Numerous numbers of agencies (ngek english pala to hehehe) around the world have been offering registered nurses about greater opportunities on working abroad with promises of big salaries and good compensations. if that’s the case, no, THAT is the case, why the heck am I still here in the Philippines when I could have left the country when I learned that I passed the board?
Nurses here in the Philippines will never get the pay that will commensurate (nose bleed. ice pack nga bilis!) their selflessness and dedication to their profession. As for me, it’s not about the money (oh come on, honestly?) but on how my effort is being valued by my employers (a-huh?) or the people I serve.
Many people fail to realize that nursing is not all about just giving injectable medicines or regulating intravenous fluids or writing on the patent’s charts, it is not about just taking orders from doctors (who thinks their the smartest people in the world) nor is it just wearing a gleaming white uniform to work- it’s about dealing with real life medical situations that require critical thinking, attentiveness, resourcefulness, self-sacrifices and a hell lot of altruism (whew! hanep shock na to!).
When I see a patient smile merely because ofmy presence or the patient’s mom/dad/sis/bro/lolo/lola (or lahat sila in the patient’s room-buong barangay nasa loob ng kwarto) thank me for simply regulating their IV fluid, stretch their bed linens or check in on them, I know that somehow I touched their lives and that I have achieved my goals.
Again, nurses here in the Philippines will never get the pay that will commensurate their hard work (and the thousands of money spent to be able to learn the course). Many parents sold the deeds to their lands, pawned their jewelries, fathers sold their cows and bent low to the ground in the rice fields everyday just to help crawl their child to finish up college - a meager pay will never help recompense all these sacrifices.
That’s the reason why the lure of a broader prospect abroad for many Filipinos is very high. Thousands leave the country each year trying desperately to find jobs abroad that will help their families get back on their feet.
Thousands of skilled and talented nurses graduate from the different colleges of nursing each year, and yet they all need jobs, but our country cannot absorb them all. We are all clogged up in a country that has (as of now-one day siguro yayaman din ang Philippines) failed to provide jobs - employment now is a race against time, and the clock has already started ticking.
I don’t want to be hypocritical, and say that I am against the Filipino diaspora, I admit that I do have plans of going abroad. As of the moment kasi, I see my future here as a blur, a fogged up mirror, unclear- just like how Harry Potter never saw anything when he peered into his crystal ball in his Divinations class with professor Trelawney. lol
Leaving the country is no longer a matter of choice. It has become compulsory if you want that bright future you’ve always dreamed of and written in your classmate’s slam books (hehe).
In a few years, I may take advantage of whatever opportunities that will come my way, but I will come home to share my mature talents and good fortune to those who needs it the most - give back to the country and to return what God and my family has given me in many hundred folds.
Notwithstanding all the troubles of earning my license, the hassle and bustle of finding work, earning my pay (my one month allowance is a hell lot bigger than what I’m earning monthly) and meager compensations, why then am I still interested with this job? Simple. This is what God destined me to be. No questions asked.
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