The government, in a bid to perk up employment and pat nurses for experience has planned to mobilize them in rural areas, with pay in a move similar to the Doctor to the Barrios.
After six months of duty, nurses could now wave the government certification and fly off in a front row chance to grab that dream job at a foreign hospital. This as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo launches Nurse Assigned in Rural Areas (NARS) soon.
Pay however may not be that high yet, but an allowance of P8,000 a month and a possible local counterpart of P2,000 may be quite better than having nothing at all. The government has initially determined the 1,000 poorest towns in the country and it would be hiring about 5 nurses in the first 6 months of the year and another 5 after that. (rachiu/PIA)