Collection of ‘training’ fees from nurses illegal
By Angie M. Rosales 01/12/2011Some hospitals indeed charge fees for training programs for new nurses but this practice is allowed by both the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) and the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), Senate probers were told yesterday.
Philippine Hospitals Association vice president Dr. Hermogenes Jarin admitted before the Senate committee on health and demography that it was the first time he had heard of the practice of “volunteerism-for-a-fee.”
In the said hearing headed by Sen. Pia Cayetano, nursing organizations told lawmakers that newly registered nurses and nursing graduates are forced to resort to “volunteerism-for-a-fee,” just so they could earn needed work experience required for future employment here or abroad.
Instead of being employed by certain hospitals as regular staff or as “on-the job trainees” (OJTs), they are made to pay for their training, work experience and certification..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110112nat1.html
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