“Largely due to the pressure to survive, some of them will likely try to seek immediate employment.'
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo says there is no assurance that the latest batch of nurses in the Philippines will practice their profession in the country, if at all.Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo says there is no assurance that the latest batch of nurses in the Philippines will practice their profession in the country, if at all.
Rillo, a vice chairperson of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education, noted that some nurses have ended up working as real estate agents, insurance agents, or car sales agents. He said others pursued careers in business process outsourcing . According to the Professional Regulation Commission , the Philippines produced a total of 37,098 new registered nurses in 2024. This is a slight increase from the 36,525 produced in 2023.
Among the new nurses, the lawmaker observed that a “significant number” of them have already set their sights on overseas employment.Based on data from the World Health Organization , the country is facing a shortage of 127,000 nurses. “We must invest more in our nurses if we want to retain some of them in the local health sector,” Rillo stressed.
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