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In the Gul f S ta tes , the re i s a s t igma a t t ached to nurs ing . I t i s r egardeda s a d is pa ra gi ng p ro fe ss io n n ot w or th -p ur su in g a nd v ie we d a s a v o ca t io n e qu i va le nt o nl y t o m er el y d oi ng t h e w o rk s o f a d o me st i cs er v an t. W h er ea s b ac k h o me , e v er yo ne t a ke s p r id e i n t h is F il i pi noach ievement . F rom nurses to domes t ic se rvan t s , h igh p ra i ses a re g iven

t o mi gr ant w or ke rs b ec au se t he y r em it d oll ars an d co me i n b ignumbers in terms of s ta t is t ica l headcounts .

B u t r e g a r d l e s s h o w t h e w o r l d p e r c e i v e s i t , a n e c d o t a l e v i d e n c e s h o w st h at F il i pi no m ig ra nt w o rk e rs a re e xc el l en t s er va nt s g iv i ng t h emasters a good reason why they pre fe r Fi l ip inos over o thernat ional i t ies .

O u t ri g ht , o n e c o ul d r e ad i l y c o nc l ud e t h at t h e p r e se n t m e ch a ni c s o f fo re ign supp ly and demand fo r F i l ip ino nurses a re smooth ly in p lace .C l ie nt s a re s at i sf ie d w i th t h e n u rs in g s er v ic es a nd t he n u rs es a reget t ing bet ter wages for thei r effor ts .

B u t o v e r t h e l o n g t e r m , a b i g g e r c h u n k o f t h e d a n g e r i s h o i s t e d u p o nt he h ost c ou nt ry, p ar ti cu la rl y i f i t g et s t oo o ve rw he lm ed b y i tscapab il i ty to p rocure nurs ing serv ices f rom foreign coun t r ies . For one ,i t cou ld cause i t s educa t iona l sys tem to re lax t i l l i t becomes comple te ly incapable of producing competent heal thcare profess ionals .

T h e re a r e u n f or e se e ab l e o c cu r r en c es t h a t c o u l d a l s o t r i g g er a m a ssr ep at r ia t io n o r r e- e mi gr at i on , e xp o si ng m an y l i ve s t o t h e t h re at o f n u r si n g s ta f f s h or t ag e . A m on g t h es e c o u ld b e : a c t s of w a r, e c on o mi cdepress ion, changes in the law of supply and demand, e tc .

O bv i ou sl y, t he r e a re h ea v y e co no m ic c on si de r at i on s a f fi xe d t o t h ep ro f es si o n t ha t d i mi ni sh t h e p ru de nt n ur si ng v a lu e s o f a lt ru i sm ,humanism, ded ica t ion , and sac r i f i ce . Advanc ing the idea l s o f serviceto humanity i s inc reas ingly becoming more d i ff i cu l t because the re a repo l i t i ca l and soc io -economic in f luences which t end to bypass some of the human va lues tha t a re impor tan t to us . Consequen t ly, i t wi l l haveto s t ay tha t way fo r so long as nurses a re coun ted as commodi t i es andi tems in a b i la tera l negot ia t ion.

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