Study Nursing in philippines or stay in USA?
Should i Stay here in USA to get my AS degree in nursing (RN) or is it better for me to go to the Philippines? At this point of my life i am a little confused in what decision i should make. Should i stay here in the US and become an RN or should i go back to the philippines and become an RN? How long would it take me to become an RN in the philippines vs how long it would take to become one here in the US? I am not asking for BSN. Serious Answers please. this is a very big decision for me since going to Phils will have many sacrifices to make. Should i Stay here in USA to get my AS degree in nursing (RN) or is it better for me to go to the Philippines? At this point of my life i am a little confused in what decision i should make. Should i stay here in the US and become an RN or should i go back to the philippines and become an RN? How long would it take me to become an RN in the philippines vs how long it would take to become one here in the US? I am not asking for BSN. Serious Answers please. this is a very big decision for me since going to Phils will have many sacrifices to make. (though i am willing if convinced enough that going to phils is the decision to make)
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stay here. imagine if you take your nursing course in the Philippines. when you graduate there and come back in the USA. you still have to take some couse and pass the exam here. you will be wasting some time. i did not say a lot of time but some and your effort when you come back to the US. my Aunt have to take some more course and have to take the board exam and license when she came to the US.
2 :
money wise - Philippines education wise - USA but for your convenience, USA...
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You are already in the US. Stay there, study there. Believe me, it is better in the long run.
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To be honest with you, I am not sure you have the aptitude to become a nurse, much less a registered one at that responsible for making logical, informed and quick decisions under stress to protect the life of many patients simultaneously. Why? a) Perhaps the way at which you think strangers on YA Philippines could actually point you in the right direction career wise scares me a little; b) Your reasoning is faulty. If, as you said, you will make many scarifices in choosing to go back to the Philippines to take up nursing as compared to just getting the degree in the US--then why is the former even an option? The choice seems to be crystal clear, right? Again, there's little chance I would ever want you to be taking care of my if I become a patient--unless you wise up first. My advice? Find out why you want to be a nurse; does it jive with other nurses you know? Do you have the mental aptitude to do well in nursing school and subsequently in the line of duty afterwards? Do you have the emotional maturity to care for others and spend long odd hours at work? Do you? You are ultimately the only person who knows the answer.
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Acctually nursing graduates of the philippines have lost their dignity because of the board exam leakage that happen a couple of years back. It will be hard getting a recognition if you graduate in the phils And some people are telling "moneywise=phils" For me the quality of education given to the student on most of the universties is not worth the cost
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I have personally observed a Doctor here in the Philippines that went to the USA only to become a RN. He said it was the only way he could go there to better his career. He still had to take a short course nursing altho he was a good certified Dr. here. If you come here to go to nursing school you will still have to retake it there in the USA so why come back?
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If you pursue in the Philippines I think you have to pass the PRC (Professional Regulation Commission) Test there in order to take the NCLEX in the US. If that's true then I would say no! Because the PRC only pass the top 40% test takers for 2009. As a result competition to pass the PRC is extreme at the far right side of the bell curve. Further in addition to competiting against the graduating nurses for the top 40, you also have to beat out all the retesters. Further, you can't really take the ASN in the PI, only the BSN, so if you're concerned only on time then ASN in the states is for you at two years. In the PI it would be 4 years for the BSN. The only benefit in attending college in PI is the lower tutition, but be warned as foreign students (those with foreign passports) have to pay a higher foreign rate to attend college and can only attend specific schools designated for foreign students. Other issues would be something like Air Conditioning as many classrooms do not have AC, so you can expect hot days in school. School starts in June and ends in March as summer is Mar Apr May. Best luck.
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Pls just stay at US cos salaries of nurses here aren't high as you expect.
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