RP wants to send nurses to Czech Republic
10/13/2008 | 08:15 PM
Czech Republic is another country that is experiencing a shortage of nurses as their health care workers chose to work in Austria and Germany.
Aware of the need to hire foreign nurses, the Philippine Foreign Minister, Alberto Romulo is eyeing Czech Republic as another work destination for Filipino nurses. Romulo said that he hope the labor market of Czech Republic would open its door to Filipino nurses.
Dana Juraskova, the president of Czech Nurses' Association said that no Filipino nurse are currently employed in their country and that she is aware that the Philippine government is exerting effort to make entry of RP nurses in Czech republic possible.
Foreign nurses who wish to work in the Czech Republic must prove their competence by undergoing an evaluation and pass a language exam. Hired foreign nurses train and work under the supervision of a veteran Czech nurse before they are allowed to work on their own.
According to Juraskova, "There is no problem in the case of nurses from other EU countries since their training is similar. There could be a problem in the case of Philippine nurses and mainly language knowledge."
Juraskova said that because the Philippines follows the U.S. training program, RP nurses are qualified to work in America.
She explained "As the association president I was addressed by the ambassador of the Philippines and I held talks with him. The problem is that they did not realize that we have to have nurses who speak Czech. Another problem is that no one in our country has analyzed their educational programmes whether they correspond to ours."
According to Romulo, 300 to 500 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are currently working in Czech. Most of them are employed in construction companies.
Negotiations are currently underway to make the entry of RP nurses in Czec Republic possible in the future. Romulo recently had a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Czech Republic, Karel Schwarzenberg. - OFW Guide
Aware of the need to hire foreign nurses, the Philippine Foreign Minister, Alberto Romulo is eyeing Czech Republic as another work destination for Filipino nurses. Romulo said that he hope the labor market of Czech Republic would open its door to Filipino nurses.
Dana Juraskova, the president of Czech Nurses' Association said that no Filipino nurse are currently employed in their country and that she is aware that the Philippine government is exerting effort to make entry of RP nurses in Czech republic possible.
Foreign nurses who wish to work in the Czech Republic must prove their competence by undergoing an evaluation and pass a language exam. Hired foreign nurses train and work under the supervision of a veteran Czech nurse before they are allowed to work on their own.
According to Juraskova, "There is no problem in the case of nurses from other EU countries since their training is similar. There could be a problem in the case of Philippine nurses and mainly language knowledge."
Juraskova said that because the Philippines follows the U.S. training program, RP nurses are qualified to work in America.
She explained "As the association president I was addressed by the ambassador of the Philippines and I held talks with him. The problem is that they did not realize that we have to have nurses who speak Czech. Another problem is that no one in our country has analyzed their educational programmes whether they correspond to ours."
According to Romulo, 300 to 500 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are currently working in Czech. Most of them are employed in construction companies.
Negotiations are currently underway to make the entry of RP nurses in Czec Republic possible in the future. Romulo recently had a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Czech Republic, Karel Schwarzenberg. - OFW Guide
