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Project EntrepreNurse
The Department of Labor and Employment of Region XI initiated a new program, in collaboration with Board of Nursing – Philippine Regulation Commission (BON-PRC), Department of Health (DOH), Philippine Nurses Association (PNA), University of the Philippines College of Nursing (UPCN), OHNAP, and other government and non-government agencies to promote nurse entrepreneurship thru a home health care industry.
Its goals are:
1) to reduce the cost of health care for the country’s indigent population by bringing primary health care services to poor rural communities,
2) to maximize employment opportunities for the country’s unemployed nurses and
3) to utilize the country’s unemployed human resources for health for the delivery of public health services and the achievement of the country’s Millennium Development Goals on maternal and child health, consistent with the Fourmula One for Health framework of the Department of Health.
This addresses to achieve public health objectives and at the same time achieving unemployment issues and adding more value into the nursing profession in the Philippines.
From DOLE Region XI - Project EntrepreNurse
As of January 20 to 21, 2010, DOLE Region XI had conducted the policy harmonization and planning workshop for Project EntrepreNurse in Davao City.
Dr. Kenneth Ronquillo of DOH had outlined possible entrepreneurship and job options for medical practitioners:
ACADEMIC SECTOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR JOB OPTIONS
- Teachers/ professors,Clinical instructors for nurses, Academic research assistants, Field coordinators.
HEALTH SECTOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR JOB OPTIONS
- Part time RHU / hospital nurses, ,Manage/ operate birthing centers, Manage/ operate care homes for elderly, differently-abled persons and other patients needing chronic care.
HEALTH SECTOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR JOB OPTIONS
- Part time or fulltime private nurses (in the homes of patients who can afford to pay), Medical Representative for drug stores/companies, Medical Research Consultants/Assistants, Technical Assistance Consultants/Providers.
BUSINESS SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES OR JOB OPTIONS
- Transcription services (international) and Engage in other non-nursing related enterprise.
The project is still being discussed thru several workshops.
