Could it be that the Philippines got too excited about the demand for nurses worldwide that today, there are too many nurses than the healthcare institutions can handle.

A report from the UP Dean of the College of Nursing revealed that indeed our country has so many nurses that new nursing graduates are finding it hard to find jobs. The competition among nursing graduates is so stiff that local hospitals can now afford to hire nurses for free.

In spite of the obvious oversupply of nurses, nursing schools continues to proliferate and offer nursing courses to hopeful students, almost all of them wishing to land a job overseas. Read more.