Yes, different world here. There are so many nurse graduates here but no jobs for them and before they can even begin to try to get a job overseas they need 2 years work experience locally. Many are treated as little better than free labor and are being abused as some even have to pay the Hospitals to work for free so they can get their 2 years experience. Little better than slavery/indentured servitude IMPO.
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The Philippines is terrified of opiate addiction and have very strict rules on how that class of drug is handled here. So much so that up until the 1990s the strongest pain killer you could find in the country was motrin, aspirin and non-steroidal drugs. The WHO eventually took the Philippine government to court over the issue and eventually settled for the re-introduction of opiates. The Philippine still wouldn't agree to the WHO's pain ladder though and implemented their own modified version of the pain ladder. (you basically go from motrin to morphine).
Now all "dangerous drugs" require an S2 prescription. Only physicians that has undergone certain training can administer an S2 prescription. In 2011 only 18% of physicians had the proper license to prescribe and administer an S2 prescription.
Just a bit of FYI on why nurses can't administer certain pain meds here.
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