An official of the Philippine Federation of Professional Associations (PFPA) stated on Wednesday that extra state universities ought to provide nursing packages to make them extra accessible to underprivileged college students.
At a public briefing, PFPA vice chairman Dr. Benito Atienza stated that extra scholarships also needs to be given to poor nursing college students.
“Mag-offer pa tayo ng mga nursing courses sa ating mga state university, damihan nila, pero dapat hindi naman bababa ang kalidad. Ang nagiging problema ngayon, konti na lang ang nursing instructor nila lalo ‘yung sa mga hospital,” he stated.
(Let’s provide extra nursing programs at our state universities. There must be a whole lot of them, however the high quality mustn’t lower. The drawback now could be that faculties have only a few nursing instructors, particularly these working in hospitals.)
“Siguro kailangan pa ring na magdagdag tayo ng scholarship para sa ating mahihirap na kababayan na estudyante para makapasok ng nursing,” he added.
(Maybe there’s a want to supply extra scholarships to encourage poor college students to enter nursing.)
Health Secretary Ted Herbosa has lamented the dearth of nurses in authorities hospitals, noting that 4,500 plantilla gadgets for nurses are presently vacant in over 70 hospitals of the Department of Health (DOH) nationwide.
Private hospitals additionally expertise a scarcity of nurses.
Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) president Dr. Jose Rene de Grano stated that they lack 50% of their nursing workers as many have resigned and opted for better-paying jobs elsewhere.
Atienza defined that that is the case for personal hospitals, as many nursing graduates are likely to get coaching from them after which switch to a authorities hospital, which affords greater salaries.
“‘Yan dapat siguro ang tuunan ng pansin, na mapa-sweldo ang nursing graduates natin sa private at siguro tulungan rin ng government ang private hospitals para sa kanilang compensation. Hindi lang sa private hospital ang magbibigay,” he stated.
(Providing nursing graduates in personal hospitals with higher salaries must be a precedence. The authorities also needs to assist personal hospitals with their compensation. It mustn’t solely be the personal hospitals that present.)
Herbosa introduced on Monday that he plans to determine a National Nursing Advisory Council that may concentrate on addressing the issues of Filipino nurses, notably their departure for better-paying jobs overseas.
He stated he would concern a division administrative order creating the council with a de facto chief nursing officer who will perform on the degree of an undersecretary. —VBL, GMA Integrated News
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