Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has called on the Department of Health (DOH) to track down almost 130,000 licensed nurses who are believed jobless, underemployed or doing non-nursing jobs and then try hiring enough of them to fill the current gap, in lieu of the proposal by Secretary Teodoro Herbosa to employ board exam flunkers, […]
Tag: nursing shortage
The chair of the House of Representatives’ labor and employment committee has urged a dialogue among stakeholders to address the shortage of nurses in government hospitals. “We should have a dialogue first, then craft a workable strategy to address the shortage, with the view towards implementing a long-term solution instead of temporary measures,” Rizal 4th […]