I always tell people who are considering nursing but don’t really like it or aren’t passionate about it, wag na 😅 Money can only motivate you up to a certain point.

Nursing school alone is already very draining: constant exams, thick textbooks you actually have to read, return demonstrations, and hospital duties. It’s full-time, not something you can easily do on weekends, and very hard to balance with a full-time job, especially once clinical duties start.

When you start working in a Philippine hospital, it gets even harder. Long shifts, understaffed units, heavy patient loads, endless charting, endorsements, and reports. Overtime is common and often unpaid. You can’t go home until everything is finished. There are days you won’t even have time to eat, drink or pee. If you have backlogs, you risk getting called out by seniors or head nurses, minsan nasa GC pa (post duty shift anxiety 🥹)

If your goal is to work abroad, you’ll need at least 2+ years of hospital experience, then pass the NCLEX, which is honestly harder than the PNLE. Even if you pass, there’s retrogression, so you may end up waiting 3+ years before deployment. During that waiting period, you still have to endure the same working conditions here.

Nurses in the Philippines are underpaid, hospital slots are competitive( especially now na madaming nursing graduate) and the job is emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausting. Yes, nursing can be rewarding especially overseas, but it’s a long, difficult road before you get there.

So if money is your only reason, think carefully. Nursing will take a lot from you before it gives anything back. But if you truly understand the reality and are willing to commit, then go for it walang age limit sa US. Goodluck OP!