Why the US has so many Filipino nurses

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    Filipino nurses have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus in the US. That’s because they make up an outsized portion of the nursing workforce. About one-third of all foreign-born nurses in the US are Filipino.
    Since 1960, 150,000 Filipino nurses have come to work in the US. And that’s because over the past century the US built a pipeline that draws nurses from the Philippines every time it faces a shortage. This system began in the early 20th century when the US invaded and colonized the Philippines and lives on through today.
    To understand the long history behind the large presence of Filipino nurses in the US and how and why it continues to this very day, watch the video above. And let us know what you think in the comments!
    If you want to learn more, here are some additional resources you can check out:
    For a more in-depth look at the toll the coronavirus is taking on Filipino nurses check out the ProPublica piece ““Similar to Times of War”: The Staggering Toll of COVID-19 on Filipino Health Care Workers”
    www.propublica.org/article/si...
    To browse more archive images of Filipino nurses check out this great digital exhibit by Ren Capucao, who was our main source of archival images for this video:
    uva.digication.com/ren.capuca...
    If you want to learn more about the history of Filipino nurses and the US check out this article by Catherine Ceniza Choy, featured in our video:
    www.zocalopublicsquare.org/20...
    If you want to go even deeper, here is her book-length study “Empire of Care”:
    www.dukeupress.edu/empire-of-...
    To understand the colonial history of the Philippines, that starts well before the US invasion, with the Spanish colonization in the 16th century, you can start here:
    www.asianstudies.org/publicat...
    To get a snapshot of the crucial role immigrant health care workers play in staffing the US health care system, here’s a study filled with insightful data by the Migration Policy Institute:
    www.migrationpolicy.org/artic...
    And for anyone looking to dig deeper into Filipino American history in the US, here is a link to the Filipino American National Historical Society:
    fanhs-national.org/filam/
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  • @lenardregencia
    @lenardregencia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23752

    And yet, Grey's Anatomy doesn't even have one Filipino Nurse.

  • @popcat2875
    @popcat2875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10719

    Vox: "The Philippines has a problem"
    Filipinos in the comments: yeah which one?

    • @anothertechies8146
      @anothertechies8146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +793

      I was like. Yeah, want a list?

    • @highhaaaaays2378
      @highhaaaaays2378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Hahahahaha

    • @treblematic
      @treblematic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +289

      Yeah. Putol nga skydirect namin. Whahahah

    • @hermaanoos2895
      @hermaanoos2895 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Wait I have a list

    • @ixorafy
      @ixorafy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Leadership 😂😂😂

  • @aidelai4098
    @aidelai4098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3341

    In the Philipines you get the "Should i drop everything and become a nurse" moment

  • @PTAdnan
    @PTAdnan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +826

    America: we don't want foreigners
    Filipinos: as if you can do work yourselves

    • @terminator660
      @terminator660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Exactly. Its just another type of slavery but not as worse.

    • @donnovandalusong266
      @donnovandalusong266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They’re even struggling paying they’re health insurance.

    • @terminator660
      @terminator660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @A. I. Aton of them dont. They just go to the US trying to find a well paid job at a hospital to feed their family. That sentence should be changed to "As if Filipino nurses dont want to come to CANADA and get citizenship" This sentence is much more considerable

    • @alyssapebenito1154
      @alyssapebenito1154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Doing work isn't just based on how HIGHLY EDUCATED you are its also how RESPONSIBLE a person is, if youre well educated but youre lazy do you think you will succeed? noo 😂

    • @apollo-eu4fk
      @apollo-eu4fk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      its not about the foreigners its about companies being to cheap to raise wages . if no immigrants came in to work for cheap these companies would be forced to raise wages . just look at the crises when mexican day laborers were deported and these companies had to raise wages you had the mexicans making 7 dollars a hour to pick fruit now its 15 or 16 a hour just because of the shortages . same thing is happening with covid with every one making more on uneployment all these fast food chains raised wages to close to 15 a hour now . big business is the cause of it but when the immigrants stop coming you see wages go up . so its either raises wages by law or limit immigration

  • @dogethedog5057
    @dogethedog5057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8003

    Yet, in American movies, you won’t see any Asian nurse

    • @miguelvina7188
      @miguelvina7188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Exactly 😂

    • @MrMannyhw
      @MrMannyhw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +409

      Racism.

    • @moonlightpaw5868
      @moonlightpaw5868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Yep

    • @miguelvina7188
      @miguelvina7188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      is there another one?

    • @shaider1982
      @shaider1982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Except superman returns (2006, the one with Brandon Routh)

  • @panchikofan123
    @panchikofan123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3058

    filipina mothers to sons: be an engineer!
    filipina mothers to daughters: *n u r s e*

    • @M4DM4RCH
      @M4DM4RCH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      Accounting...

    • @M4DM4RCH
      @M4DM4RCH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Architect

    • @M4DM4RCH
      @M4DM4RCH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Lawyer

    • @M4DM4RCH
      @M4DM4RCH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Business ad

    • @frankfrenku6935
      @frankfrenku6935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      You either need to be a Doctor, Nurse, Lawyer, Engineer, or Architect to be accepted in your household.

  • @AniBAretz
    @AniBAretz ปีที่แล้ว +700

    As an American surgeon who trained and practiced all across the United States, I can tell you that the Filipino nurses were the best, in and out of the operating room. They are knowledgeable, skillful, efficient, and very meticulous. Whenever I saw Filipino nurses around me, I knew my patients were in good hands. This is no exaggeration. I had no knowledge of such differences before being exposed and seeing for myself, time after time, hospital after hospital, state after state.

    • @yolebrutus1396
      @yolebrutus1396 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I agree with you doc.I' m a nurse assistant every time I worked with a Philippines nurse i' m happy because we will work together.

    • @ninja.saywhat
      @ninja.saywhat ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm a rocket scientist and I concur.

    • @philobetto5106
      @philobetto5106 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      and almost always beautiful

    • @travelw.b12oo3
      @travelw.b12oo3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow! I agree with you, Doc! I see the difference!

    • @Tips_Blackpink
      @Tips_Blackpink ปีที่แล้ว +1

      let me guess-you dated all of them

  • @elaicatubag8191
    @elaicatubag8191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    in other words, OFWs are slaves of the Philippine government's incompetence.

    • @scooterbob4432
      @scooterbob4432 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A very disorganized corrupt government. Pity the Filipinos. They keep voting for those corrupt politicians every time.

    • @JustNam66
      @JustNam66 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Truth!

    • @raetuko
      @raetuko ปีที่แล้ว +1

      pretty much, yeah

  • @notquality3471
    @notquality3471 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3384

    If you cant decide what to get in college, just be a nurse
    -every pinoy ever

    • @ronin9869
      @ronin9869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      notquality unless you were born in america

    • @pinoyboitsukiblm2597
      @pinoyboitsukiblm2597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lol

    • @Little_Kerbs
      @Little_Kerbs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      My Lola told me that ALL THE TIME.

    • @gaburieru2615
      @gaburieru2615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Ify my grandma said that she'll not support my college if I don't take nursing

    • @samanthaclaremejia7975
      @samanthaclaremejia7975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It’s either nursing,lawyer,or accounting

  • @Direckkkk
    @Direckkkk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6534

    Vox: The Philippines has a problem..
    Filipinos: You don't say...
    EDIT: HOLY COW THANKS FOR THE LIKES GUYS!!

    • @ggggyedidad1395
      @ggggyedidad1395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Help somalia

    • @vito3399
      @vito3399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      lol

    • @RaynbowDeath
      @RaynbowDeath 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      "A" problem? Not to say we've been counting but...

    • @pika718l
      @pika718l 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Problem? Alot!!!!

    • @powpow1006
      @powpow1006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      There are multiple problems

  • @lanaava
    @lanaava 3 ปีที่แล้ว +541

    Philippines should take care of their nurses so they don’t NEED to leave home...

    • @noone5014
      @noone5014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Easier said than done.

    • @Bianca-rd8zu
      @Bianca-rd8zu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Well from what my filipina step mother did, a lot of them also need the money. Most of the Philippines lives in poverty. The ability to be able to go to the US and get a salary higher than the Philippine's nurses salaries is better to help their families. They send money back home to help their families.

    • @Bianca-rd8zu
      @Bianca-rd8zu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Also you can't be hating on the Filipino nurses since the united states has a shortage of doctors and nurses due to our high student debt needed to pay for both college and med school. Not to mention residency by the time you've done all that you're half a million dollars into debt.

    • @mmrgratitudes
      @mmrgratitudes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@Bianca-rd8zu exactly 💯. Thank you for your explanation. People don't understand how expensive higher education is in the USA. They don't understand the amount of debt most people have.

    • @Bianca-rd8zu
      @Bianca-rd8zu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@mmrgratitudes no problem, an average med school education is about 278,455 dollars for 4 years. Add that onto an average of 26,290 a year for an out of state college. Plus medical school application entry fees, USMLE tests which cost 1200 dollars, the prep course materials, the books, room and board. This is only basic level doctors, surgical doctors need to take surgical residency on top of REGULAR recidency and then if they are like specialty surgeon like a brain surgeon. Extra neuro residency, with all these student loans, a bank doesn't want to give you a house loan which is a problem because by the time you are done with all that school. You can be anywhere from 28-32 years old, the time in your life when you want to buy a home. Then you need to rent which isn't investing into your future, you might want to have kids because its that age. So you have to take time off which leaves debt that still needs to be paided. It's a mess.

  • @LogicA002
    @LogicA002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "Napakaraming nars dito sa amin, ngunit bakit tila walang natira? Nag-aabroad sila."
    Gloc 9 - Walang Natira

  • @moca304
    @moca304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4687

    “The Philippines has a problem”
    Filipinos: What specific problem? We have many.

    • @SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1
      @SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Duterte isn't one of them. He's raised the nation the past years. Promising development, apart from his occasional socialist leanings and advances to China.

    • @devonbrook
      @devonbrook 3 ปีที่แล้ว +295

      @@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 There's also the whole ultimately futile and ruthless drug war thing but I guess we can just ignore that.

    • @RAINMAKEEER
      @RAINMAKEEER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      @@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 stop with the lies bruh

    • @thaboqwabe8901
      @thaboqwabe8901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@RAINMAKEEER what's happening in y'alls country, it makes me want to know and feel better about the mess that is South Africa where I live😪🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @eloisanzara237
      @eloisanzara237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Jeff Duque The China Part is true though. Electrical grid companies have most of their shares from Chinese companies. The Chinese have also taken the Spratly Islands near the Philippines and even threatened fishermen in the area. Duterte just let them take it and didn’t even bother to try and keep them back.

  • @mssyclst
    @mssyclst 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5502

    "The greatest achievement of a Filipino is leaving his country." 😞😞😞

    • @860623496517
      @860623496517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +420

      Yeah thats my impression. Filipino really like to leave their homeland and seek then settle to other better country if have an opportunity

    • @snowbloodapple
      @snowbloodapple 3 ปีที่แล้ว +436

      I'm in my adulthood and I have thought of this many times before. Not just me but my friends too. Not because of money, it's mainly because of the current mindset of Filipinos that are starting to become toxic as time goes by. Maybe I am just growing up and seeing more of everything. There are certain industries that are not supported here in the Philippines that are very much supported and entertained outside the country.

    • @pmhernane3903
      @pmhernane3903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      The interpretation of such statement depends on the context. If you're a pessimist, you'll take this negatively of course. But for me, there's nothing wrong or sad in such statement
      *(as I interpret it from a different perspective).

    • @eggyroa3701
      @eggyroa3701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +243

      Ofcourse who would settle for a 350-500 peso per day pay compared to 10k peso a day in other country. Try to be a nurse in the Philippines and you will understand the exploitation. 💩

    • @justarandomsovietofficerwi2023
      @justarandomsovietofficerwi2023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      True. Working here is like being in a Gulag.

  • @Snubol
    @Snubol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    My best friend is a registered nurse but eventually switched to a different profession because of the low salary. But when the pandemic hit, she said, “if called, we (not practicing nurses) can drop everything and serve and be in the frontlines again...if only the government treated us well.” It broke my heart to hear that.

  • @AlexFI
    @AlexFI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    My two aunts and grandma are both filipino nurses and I always wondered why this was such a popular job in our culture. Thank you for this video and thank you to all the nurses working on the front lines right now. ❤

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    • @bishopplaza5734
      @bishopplaza5734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yooo, same here. My grandma and 3 aunt's and uncle are all filipino nurses.

  • @andrealghn
    @andrealghn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3063

    “The Philippines has a problem” YEAH, A LOT

    • @invictus88
      @invictus88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Understatement of the year

    • @user-kn6vw4sr2r
      @user-kn6vw4sr2r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      Starting from the president

    • @danniiemars
      @danniiemars 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      haha literally what i thought when i heard that

    • @kyubestie7921
      @kyubestie7921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@user-kn6vw4sr2r you didn't need to be that honest oop-

    • @ellie_bells4988
      @ellie_bells4988 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yep

  • @karinamontes4322
    @karinamontes4322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5614

    “The US looked beyond its borders to fill the jobs Americans wouldn’t take” hmm sounds familiar

    • @Just4Kixs
      @Just4Kixs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @sonnick depending on which state/area of the US though.

    • @camabkamuvoba7467
      @camabkamuvoba7467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @sonnick Want? There is STILL A SHORTAGE to this day. 2020!

    • @kokounknown3531
      @kokounknown3531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @tombon tombon only in America would that ever be called a lose lose situation.

    • @rneed1405
      @rneed1405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Just4Kixs Actually people going to nursing school has increased dramatically, but thousands of students are being waitlisted. I think a fraction of the shortage is coming from that. Not to mention, many hospitals are phasing out or requiring their nurses to get their BSN’s.

    • @angprobinsyana4729
      @angprobinsyana4729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      After this pandemic U.S will throw again the filipino nurses and will discriminate again😞..americans say("thanks for saving the life of their own american nurses to take their own job to avoid the killer pandemic and let be the filipino nurses be killed by pandemic")😂

  • @sky95ish
    @sky95ish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    "The system keeps us poor." This is the line we keep hearing normally today, even in Rich Dad, Poor Dad book.
    This is actually the system where governments take profits from exploitation of its citizens. Be smart and question everything that your government does to lure you in the trap.

    • @romeocivilino6667
      @romeocivilino6667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't worry, We hope the New System will be Change so the Entreprenurial Spirits of the Filipino of the Old Times takes shapes and reveal itself again to the World. Remember, Philippines and Filipinos are created by God, not to become the Tails of Nations but the Heads of the World.

    • @ejandaya2835
      @ejandaya2835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Its the matrix, you have to break the system to get out of it or change it

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    • @zebracollins7012
      @zebracollins7012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pinipigilan tayo ng system. "Ito ang linya na lagi nating naririnig ngayon, kahit na sa mayamang tatay, mahirap na libro ng tatay.
      Ito talaga ang sistema kung saan kumukuha ng kita ang mga gobyerno mula sa pagsasamantala sa mga mamamayan nito. Maging matalino at tanungin ang lahat ng ginagawa ng iyong pamahalaan upang maakit ka sa bitag.

    • @rndm1409
      @rndm1409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But the thing is people don't want change.

  • @edwindonald8898
    @edwindonald8898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I appreciate this video
    This is exactly what I need as motivation.

    • @henryleo7539
      @henryleo7539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When you invest you're buying a day you don't have to work.

    • @klauskelvin5697
      @klauskelvin5697 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Assets that can make you rich

    • @klauskelvin5697
      @klauskelvin5697 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bitcoin
      Stocks
      Real estate

    • @stellamaxwell7791
      @stellamaxwell7791 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're right sir, it's obvious a lot of people remain poor due to ignorance
      It's better to take risk and make sacrifices than to remain poor.

    • @kahalidmoscow2331
      @kahalidmoscow2331 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not ignorance but due to some unprofessional expert in the market.

  • @m31dp_official
    @m31dp_official 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2039

    Racist: "Quit taking our jobs! Go back to your country!"
    Filipino nurse: *laughs in remittance*

    • @mertusaurelius2733
      @mertusaurelius2733 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ahhaha good one

    • @FunFacts5005
      @FunFacts5005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i watched that old lady she says leekeeleekee

    • @wendypescadero5641
      @wendypescadero5641 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can't🤧....... I have to😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

    • @unhypethefreak8447
      @unhypethefreak8447 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There it is😅😂😂

    • @Satikal
      @Satikal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      When they came from Europe 💀

  • @trashfourlife
    @trashfourlife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2160

    This video: “Why the US has so many Filipino nurses”
    Me: *looks at my mom; a Filipino Nurse*
    Her: “What?”

    • @fubbyfubfub6909
      @fubbyfubfub6909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Dapat sabi ng mommy mo ano?

    • @sebastiandelossantos8848
      @sebastiandelossantos8848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Me : Looks at my uncle,aunt,cousin,and sister.

    • @katerfly
      @katerfly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Me: Looks at myself 😅

    • @springrollwang4441
      @springrollwang4441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      did she bring the whole village to USA?

    • @sport504
      @sport504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same here in the UK

  • @justinfam4729
    @justinfam4729 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    When i went to a filipino hospital (bc i broke my leg) even tho the place was very busy ,the nurses were so friendly and caring.. while i was waiting for my x-ray a random nurse looked at me and ask if i want an ice pack,before i could answer he ran and got an ice pack for my leg.. and the nurse that was pushing my wheelchair was very jolly as he push my wheel chair.. and the dr.s too...basically a hospital full of filipino rocks! When my dad was hospitalized and was at his last few weeks..even tho none of his family was able to come to the hospital..his landlord whos a filipina nurse was there until he took his last breath,she cried so hard looking at my dads situation..she took her time to see my dad even tho he is not her patient and she has work...

  • @travelw.b12oo3
    @travelw.b12oo3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My patient told me , " Filipinos are the best nurses in the world!" I was humbled ... and proud!!! Patients can feel the genuine compassion and dedication of a Filipino Nurse!!..

  • @lyndonhanzpernites5860
    @lyndonhanzpernites5860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +471

    Here in the Philippines, success is measured by how fast you leave the country.

    • @jomibo21
      @jomibo21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @AII American Chutzpah ohhh yeah i didn't know about _____

    • @JA-nj8fj
      @JA-nj8fj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Common Filipino misconception:
      Kapag meron kayong kapamilya na nasa abroad mayaman na kayo.

    • @pijjaapeeza9171
      @pijjaapeeza9171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      really sad fact

    • @exudeku
      @exudeku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@JA-nj8fj imma translate this:
      Javi means that
      "If you have a relative outside the country, you're rich"

    • @maat8032
      @maat8032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      and be one step closer to our colonial masters....fools gold

  • @laurenconrad1799
    @laurenconrad1799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1385

    “Kind, benevolent colonization.” No such thing.

  • @iota_2060
    @iota_2060 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Not only in the USA, but I also found them in my country(Saudi Arabia).
    I found them even in the university hospital.
    love 🇵🇭 and My biggest respect to all Filipinos.

    • @second1387
      @second1387 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes Filipinos are everywhere. Your country is a common destination for Filipino nurses :)
      "Saudi Arabia became the leading destination for Filipino nurses"

  • @rob6085
    @rob6085 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I work in a nursing home in NYC and our filipino nurses stand out for their work ethics, Thank you for all your hard work and sacrifice.

  • @flipinchicago
    @flipinchicago 3 ปีที่แล้ว +674

    As a Filipino-American, this is, in a nutshell, a historical account of why I exist today.

    • @venb
      @venb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh...

    • @chtrvra
      @chtrvra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This sums up my existence too as both parents were healthcare professionals. Reppin sactown where you at 👌

    • @tohumblyvogue
      @tohumblyvogue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same

    • @joshmakesdrinksandjokes
      @joshmakesdrinksandjokes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      literally same

    • @aaronhamada2115
      @aaronhamada2115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol

  • @Celin-yu4gq
    @Celin-yu4gq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3285

    This made me cry. My mom being a foreign born nurse, but Mexican always tells me abt the Filipino nurses that work so hard and are quiet and just stick to doing their job. She admires their work ethic and how they put their heart and soul into nursing. Very amazing documentary ❤️

    •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      I heard a Filipino American musician say that they are "Tropical Mexicans" the other day. It was pretty funny!

    • @aballosworld9044
      @aballosworld9044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @ funny? why tho?

    • @lol3273
      @lol3273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Well it's nice to see people that actually like the things that Filipinos do in America it's rare for me to see people who likes my parents jobs

    • @dt-lg2oc
      @dt-lg2oc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@aballosworld9044 Mexicans are just spicy Asians

    • @ippsofacto2935
      @ippsofacto2935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Being Mexican-Filipino and reading this comment thread is amazing

  • @arkusss
    @arkusss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Vox: "The Philippines has a problem"
    Filipino: "NO, *problems* "

  • @Whatsayoutuber
    @Whatsayoutuber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I’m American and I never knew about this. Thank you Vox for sharing their stories! I’m sure it’s possible that my hometown just isn’t home to big a Filipino nursing community, but I’ve never seen it in media or news either. Hopefully that changes soon!

  • @tommenbaratheon3457
    @tommenbaratheon3457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1586

    Not just nurses actually, US is hiring lots of filipino teachers as well to fix their teacher shortage

    • @hlakbrlighthouse1835
      @hlakbrlighthouse1835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      It's because it's hard to get a degree in the US to become a teacher. All the student loans that comes with it so so fked up

    • @beanzor
      @beanzor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Filipinos are very lucky that college is cheap

    • @joshvente6898
      @joshvente6898 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      @@beanzor idk if lucky is the right word, there's alot of messed up things going on in the Philippines too.

    • @beanzor
      @beanzor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      @@joshvente6898 I grew up in both countries, lucky may not be the right word, but I'm talking about education, not the country's problems. But still it is a blessing that it's cheaper. My brother is suffering with the loans he has (took up nursing in the US, extremely expensive). Meanwhile my other brother who took up a medical degree in the Philippines, is living a great life in the US since he has no debts to pay.

    • @NoThrottle
      @NoThrottle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@beanzor Good Education in the Philippines is really cheap compared to the US. You can finish college in less than $5k with no debt. There's no compromise in learning also, except for the fact that everything is in a different language. I doubt it would be even that hard because English is an official national language in that country.

  • @sassy-8873
    @sassy-8873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1665

    *Stop writing all the relatable comments, I'm tired of liking them all.*

    • @ash155
      @ash155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      yours too 😆

    • @Sophia-hs7et
      @Sophia-hs7et 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You"ve just added one more xD

    • @mikmak3450
      @mikmak3450 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL

    • @amakaakintola7220
      @amakaakintola7220 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉I PASSED MY NCLEX 🎊🎉
      I'm overwhelmed with joy for passing boards after the 3rd trial. I did enough reviews but yet I couldn't attain a PASSED status. It was until a friend of mine introduced me to Mr. Johnson who provided me with my exact questions and answers that I'm proud to be called an RN now. I would recommend his service to you. Get to him on WhatsApp or call on +15613259244

    • @norhantanandato7464
      @norhantanandato7464 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      SAME SAME

  • @meteor2012able
    @meteor2012able 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I have worked with Filipino doctors and nurses. They are great, warm, kind, and very efficient. Love the filipinos, I am Mexican-American and have much in common with their culture.

  • @nehasara4010
    @nehasara4010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Let me tell you! I am so thankful to Filipino nurses! They are such hard workers and have such good etiquettes. They always try not to show discomfort and negative emotions on their faces. I grew up in KSA and one of the things I loved about the hospitals there, was how helpful Filipino nurses are. My sister has a medical condition so we would often visit the hospital, and the nurses who had become familiar with us treated us extra specially it felt so nice!

  • @MedlifeCrisis
    @MedlifeCrisis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2456

    Filipino nurses are universally regarded as some of the best nurses around, and although we're not supposed to be stereotyping cultural groups, I've found very few exceptions to this rule in 12 years of being a doctor. Talking to my 🇵🇭 colleagues this week they are really scared about what is going on back home. I've not known them to be this worried. Just like in the US, the UK owes Filipino nurses an enormous debt, the NHS would've collapsed without them.

    • @MrHenro888
      @MrHenro888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Filipinos represent!!🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

    • @limagalang
      @limagalang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Proud 🇵🇭
      Thank You 😇

    • @CrazyAsianDude
      @CrazyAsianDude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Omg I love your videos! As a fourth year pre-med student taking up nursing, this fills my heart with joy and pride. Thank you very much for saying that! We truly appreciate your statements! Stay safe, stay positive! P.s. I love your memes as well, very funny.

    • @sophroniel
      @sophroniel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The problematic thing, though, in my opinion that is indicative of a greater problem from my perspective, is that the Filipino nurse training is like 1 year or 18 months, or at least it was ~a decade or so when I trained. In NZ, it's 3 years, plus another 1 or 2 with the equiv of doctoring registrar integration. Filipino nurses are lured in with promised jobs here, and then come and either only qualify as nurising assistants, or have to re-train, which doesn't seem fair to me. I should add that all the best phlebotomists I've know have always been Filipinos! Our nursing system is under strain like almost all nations, and we need to do better to support our immigrant workers, especially our Fillipino nurses.

    • @MedlifeCrisis
      @MedlifeCrisis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@sophroniel Not sure where you got that 1 year figure from, BSN is 4 years in the Philippines. It has never been 1 year.

  • @sunnyk981
    @sunnyk981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2984

    I'm from India, working in the United States for over 30 years. My profession as a Respiratory Therapist need to work closely with Filipino nurses. They all are nice to work with, friendly, caring and very dedicated.

    • @melindak2125
      @melindak2125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      True that’s pinoy

    • @Good-advocate
      @Good-advocate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Indian parents in america wanted their children to become doctors, mean while Pinoy parents wanted their children to become a nurses!
      Wooohh what a tag team!

    • @rahulahir1425
      @rahulahir1425 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@Hndjdj400 Go to Ocean near you And Star swimming! Take ur Smartphone with you for navigation. All the best and do let me know when you reach there!

    • @akshat6007
      @akshat6007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rahulahir1425 😆😆

    • @thinkpositive3667
      @thinkpositive3667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Good-advocate *A doctor is a noble profession. Nurses are basically just slaves.*

  • @GamelanSinarSurya
    @GamelanSinarSurya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    After 20 years of working with wonderfully skilled and talented Filipino nurses, I did not know their touching and difficult back story until now. Thank you Vox.

  • @SugarDad5555
    @SugarDad5555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    In the Philippines, nurses have to pay the hospitals to get training. Midwifery offers more opportunities than Nursing in the Philippines. Many Nurses end up as call center representatives.

    • @fidellerosa
      @fidellerosa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm a registered midwife. I quit because i earn so much more in call centers

  • @jiayulansari70
    @jiayulansari70 3 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    i am indian and i worked with lots of Filipino they are one of the most honest people I have ever meet I work in UAE Abu Dhabi .they are pure heart people

    • @jiayulansari70
      @jiayulansari70 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Canada Love every individual is different .

  • @RJ-xp6xh
    @RJ-xp6xh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3736

    And yet many americans still discriminate filipinos. Such racism.

    • @adgtheg4146
      @adgtheg4146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +207

      I'm American and I love Filipinos and other Asian immigrants, very nice, smart and dedicated people they are.

    • @bmona7550
      @bmona7550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      jaijai rosal Not really. Just immigrants who haven’t assimilated well. Tho in terms of discrimination, non white people often get them generally in southern states.

    • @ralphe9450
      @ralphe9450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@adgtheg4146 we Filipinos are not smart we are just Wise

    • @DMXtreame1
      @DMXtreame1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Never seen or experienced racism for being Asian tbh my friends Filipino while I’m Japanese, the only thing is that we joke between ourselves maybe some racist jokes, but we honestly don’t care.

    • @ThugLife_031
      @ThugLife_031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Coz USA is Racist Country most video i watch from youtube ..and also search in google racist country and it will appear USA

  • @robbyducot6553
    @robbyducot6553 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of the people that supports my studies is my aunt. A Filipino nurse in the U.S. I just remember her from this video. I'm proud of her.

  • @angelasings24
    @angelasings24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    so proud of filipino people and how hard they work!! my mom is an immigrant from the philippines and ive seen how hard she’s worked her whole life. it breaks my heart to hear about filipino nurses dying of COVID-19 cause i know how selfless and caring they are to everyone 😔

  • @TheBigGSN5
    @TheBigGSN5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1333

    Nursing pay should be through the roof if there’s such a shortage.

    • @roonilwazlib4433
      @roonilwazlib4433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Higher medical bills though...

    • @damianlord9340
      @damianlord9340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      @@roonilwazlib4433 The money is going to executive pay, insurance companies, and shareholders instead of the hospitals and the workers. That's the problem.

    • @friedrice4015
      @friedrice4015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      That's definitely not how salaries actually work. I hate to tell you that 7th grade lied to you, but it did. Employers often decrease salaries if there is a surplus, but they don't often increase in a similar way if there is a scarcity. Especially in medicine. The medical specialities for doctors that are the most scarce are also the least paying.

    • @nealkelly9757
      @nealkelly9757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      There is no shortage, it's a lie to keep wages down, just like many other professional areas

    • @nealkelly9757
      @nealkelly9757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@friedrice4015 Wrong, supply and demand is not wrong. Wages are determined by a combination of factors, reimbursement from insurance companies and government programs is the most important.

  • @alexmontinola3376
    @alexmontinola3376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1001

    wow the states really said "im not like other [colonizers]"

    • @kingsleyclarke87
      @kingsleyclarke87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Yeah, I did catch that too. “ The audacity“...

    • @mohitdhanwani6431
      @mohitdhanwani6431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      They still do it while occupying countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria etc. The even claim that they have to pay huge bills to destabilise the Govt there which needs to be compensated (through Oil and Opium)

    • @harrisonachunche4098
      @harrisonachunche4098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      *the UK wants to know your location*

    • @gxyen6679
      @gxyen6679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@kingsleyclarke87 tHe aUdAciTy

    • @retaj6840
      @retaj6840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Soby ThE sTuPiDiTy

  • @steveonthemic
    @steveonthemic ปีที่แล้ว +27

    When i had covid last year 2 amazing chief filipina nurses took charge of my care in the ICU alongside wonderful Indian nurses too. Could never have made it without them. At present im in contact with them and even invited them at our family restaurant as a sign of gratitude. I plan to be in touch with them as long as possible. I call them Aunties. Bless their hearts and health.

    • @reggiemarc2566
      @reggiemarc2566 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can call them "tita" and they will truly appreciate that. That's the tagalog translation for auntie

  • @TitaandKuya
    @TitaandKuya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for sharing our history!!! People need to learn more ❤️🇵🇭🙏🏽

  • @hilamaryful
    @hilamaryful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1600

    Intro: "Philippines has a problem"
    Filipinos: We have lots of them.

    • @mizchief7305
      @mizchief7305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yeah i wish we have no problems.. so we can be the first country to have no problems.. 😂

    • @hilamaryful
      @hilamaryful 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@mizchief7305 I got your point that no country has no problem at all but haha. Philippines, bayan kong minumutya.

    • @amakaakintola7220
      @amakaakintola7220 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉I PASSED MY NCLEX 🎊🎉
      I'm overwhelmed with joy for passing boards after the 3rd trial. I did enough reviews but yet I couldn't attain a PASSED status. It was until a friend of mine introduced me to Mr. Johnson who provided me with my exact questions and answers that I'm proud to be called an RN now. I would recommend his service to you. Get to him on WhatsApp or call on +15613259244

    • @Zyleace
      @Zyleace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And most of them are seemingly economic problems outside but the roots are cultural problems deep inside.

    • @sealica6159
      @sealica6159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Asaan ang 15 billion!!?

  • @patriciamapa6651
    @patriciamapa6651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1041

    My biggest respect to all Filipino nurses/frontliners both in and outside of the Philippines ✊

    • @karalaalexander7124
      @karalaalexander7124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They are our heroes go filipino nurses

    • @ginochristiano1397
      @ginochristiano1397 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nill5217 yes

    • @engr.nemuelobas4923
      @engr.nemuelobas4923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@nill5217
      Since when the term frontliner is ONLY used in military? In the Philippines we call them frontliners since they are ones in the forefront who are battling the spread of viruses here. We consider them heroes 'cause they put their health in compromise, taking the risk just to help other Filipinos who are infected.

    • @gamer3d147
      @gamer3d147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I mean not only Filipino but also any other healthcare and frontline workers.

    • @huangec
      @huangec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@nill5217 we call all healthcare workers frontliners here in Singapore especially during this Covid-19 crisis, because they are.
      Greatest respect to them.

  • @jaxxo.397
    @jaxxo.397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In the early 1990s, I had the good fortune to work with very skilled, kind and hard-working Filipina Nurses. I was told that they had been recruited in the 1980s, to fill the nursing shortage in the U.S. I'm glad they remained here, I learned so much from them.

  • @cruzmora8390
    @cruzmora8390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    At work, I being expose to the philippine culture, I loved their food, I am learning their language on top of my Spanish and English. I learned a lot from them and when I was a new nurse they give me lots of support. America owns a lot to the phillipine nurses. We have lots of things in common with mexicans.

  • @ahabitria
    @ahabitria 3 ปีที่แล้ว +932

    Soon the Philippines will have a massive shortage of teachers as they are also being hired in the US to fill the lack of public school teachers in rural America.

    • @dangeejr
      @dangeejr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Yup that's another one

    • @fdm2155
      @fdm2155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Interesting! I did not realize this was going on. I'll have to look for more info.

    • @lkjkhfggd
      @lkjkhfggd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Yeh since not many Americans are interested in moving to a rural area only to get a meh salary as a teacher.

    • @fdm2155
      @fdm2155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@lkjkhfggd True. Young people from rural areas are more likely to move to big metros to teach if they are interested in the profession.

    • @fdm2155
      @fdm2155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@oOosupernicoOo True but it's actually that developed nations have routinely relied on attracting people from other nations to fill their own labor needs whether that's medical professionals, teachers, engineers or agricultural workers.

  • @dmm.a2x
    @dmm.a2x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +563

    Nursing is a solution to escape from poverty here in the Philippines and migrate to USA.

    • @248945077
      @248945077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Filipino nurses are all over the world. Have to pass nursing board tests which are different in each country. Best thing is to marry a nurse with a purse.

    • @campkira
      @campkira 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@248945077 just risk of dying....

    • @Angelo-anc
      @Angelo-anc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Add Teaching to that as well.

    • @eduardochavacano
      @eduardochavacano 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      rasputin exactly!

  • @peterkingsley9746
    @peterkingsley9746 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The Philippines people travel to different countries a lot, because they believe in working hard and investing.

    • @officialjohnnydepp7012
      @officialjohnnydepp7012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nobody becomes a millionaire or billionaire by working for others and depending on them, good investment brings millions of dollars and consistency brings billions. The market is all about Cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) for now.

    • @aliciacapiral9598
      @aliciacapiral9598 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Obviously trading in cryptocurrency bitcoin is volatile and risky to trade, that's the reason most investors trade with a professional broker

    • @diniacruz7175
      @diniacruz7175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ghiemiranda521 exactly!! Investing and trading now is the best option.

    • @diniacruz7175
      @diniacruz7175 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Investing in cryptocurrency is a big chance of making money. For real crypto is profitable.

    • @philipgalvezalonze2641
      @philipgalvezalonze2641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Trading the bitcoin market wasn't easy for me at first when I was trading on my own. But the help of a broker I'm doing OK. Now I earn a minimum of $13,000 biweekly, this has been a life changing experience for me.

  • @gurjapkang9937
    @gurjapkang9937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such great people always happy and willing to help people much love from Canada👍🏽

  • @ryotaarai3816
    @ryotaarai3816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    "Because becoming a nurse is the Filipino mom's dream"
    - Jo Koy

    • @lay-2356
      @lay-2356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thought i was the only one who remember him lol

    • @rosemarymartinez6709
      @rosemarymartinez6709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂 I swear that’s why this came up in my feed

    • @lyn846
      @lyn846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ~~~~

    • @j.d.8062
      @j.d.8062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      my parents aren’t pushing me to become a nurse. so im going to be a nurse without being forced by my parents :)

    • @ares679
      @ares679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not until we (philippines) had a tramendous amount of unemployed nursing graduates.

  • @kyubestie7921
    @kyubestie7921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1677

    As a Filipino, it just breaks me to see how nurses and health workers here have low salaries, which is why I understand why many of them leave and work in other countries. They are so underappreciated here

    • @bsbx
      @bsbx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      yep! alot of nurses are underpaid, that's why they prefer being overseas.

    • @sorcierenoire8651
      @sorcierenoire8651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Let them go overseas. The only time I want them back is when the government starts to take notice of their problems and give them better wages. Only then will we welcome them home.

    • @xkszt
      @xkszt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yes, and even if we have a lot of nursing graduates, many prefer to work in call centers that pay higher.

    • @ggggyedidad1395
      @ggggyedidad1395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Philiphnes is da worst country

    • @joshou3759
      @joshou3759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gggg Yed i dad Middle Eastern and African nations: A m I a j o k e t o y o u

  • @iknowimcute1170
    @iknowimcute1170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you vox for giving the credit Filipino nurses deserve! My Filipino science teacher migrated to the us to work as nurse and is now on the frontlines of the pandemic, risking his life.
    AMERICANS U BETTER PUT YO MASKS ON I LOVE MY SCIENCE TEACHER HE BETTER BE ALIVE AFTER 5 YEARS HE SAID HE’LL GIFT US SOME REALLY EXPENSIVE WHISKEY WHEN HE COMES HOME

  • @nikkimd2984
    @nikkimd2984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A wonderfully made video. Heartbreaking because I have worked with a great number of wonderful nurses...

  • @kaLexHub
    @kaLexHub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +870

    Nurses in the Philippines are taken for granted. Low income, no hazzardpay, they're better off to other countries where they're more appreciated than in their own country

    • @lildon112
      @lildon112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Unfortunately, the profits of private hospitals don't trickle down to the nurses. The system is broken and the government isn't helping.

    • @ladycommentor2536
      @ladycommentor2536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      They don't go to another country to be appreciated... They go there because it's money...
      Dollars converted to Peso is big...
      If Philippines improve how they pay to jobs like Nursing ... Filipinos won't be going anywhere.

    • @annazheng4136
      @annazheng4136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Arsica The Sweetest Very true! It’s the money and higher payments that they are after. Talk about “appreciation”, but really they meant better and higher payments in other countries. I don’t know what happened to these filipinos’ pride for their country. They all blamed it on their president for their miseries and mishaps when they are also huge part of the problems. They start hating their country and their president, expecting their president to be the solution to every problem they have, complaining on western media while not actually doing anything to improve their country, hating the president for “going by the interests of China,” wanting to go abroad and making jokes about having more than just a problem. Goodness, every country has millions of problems, not just Ph. How funny these Filipinos wouldn’t get together to solve the problems together, but rather run away from the problems. Lol

    • @diphylleiapeony8085
      @diphylleiapeony8085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thats why there is a shortage here of nurses 😶

    • @chenalindelossantos967
      @chenalindelossantos967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      legit

  • @formosancube7675
    @formosancube7675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1750

    Filipinos are so good at taking care of other people, I was raised by a Filipino maid in Taiwan. I hope she lives in a wonderful life rn

    • @rapidvetD
      @rapidvetD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      She probably thought of you as her own thats sweet

    • @june2420111
      @june2420111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I hope you're taking care of her in her old age, when she needs you.

    • @pinascreen7913
      @pinascreen7913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      We're so good at taking care of other races except our own countrymen and that's a fact

    • @Charles-tr5xn
      @Charles-tr5xn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@june2420111 Maids aren't slaves, lol.
      When they get old they will simply go home, where they probably have children or at least a husband (most maids in east asia are women)

    • @jethrodeguzman4646
      @jethrodeguzman4646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks im also born filipino

  • @davevanfunk8917
    @davevanfunk8917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What an informative video. My husband was an R.N. and worked with countless nurses from the Philippines. He actually picked up quite a bit of Tagalog. The irony is that in the late 70s, American hospitals were looking for R.N.s abroad and he left Ontario to come and work in California.

  • @kristinamikaela1998
    @kristinamikaela1998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for featuring our Filipino Nurses 🙏🏻 Godbless 🇵🇭 the world 🙏🏻

  • @Jonathan-vk3yv
    @Jonathan-vk3yv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    "I want you to follow your dreams. I will let you choose your desired med school."
    *Said my Filipino mom, ladies and gentlemen.* 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @lx3ct-538
      @lx3ct-538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      "i'm going to slap you real hard, but i'll let you choose where"

    • @LordDark102
      @LordDark102 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      you look caucasian to me

    • @cynellekhentannvasquez8219
      @cynellekhentannvasquez8219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Wish my mom said the same thing. I was 4 when I first declared my desires of becoming a doctor and she immediately shut that down with "di man ta ka afford ana gang" which means we're too poor for that

    • @Louis.DeGuzman
      @Louis.DeGuzman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cynellekhentannvasquez8219 Maovah gang

    • @jinginjinda9441
      @jinginjinda9441 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cynellekhentannvasquez8219 same

  • @giamay15
    @giamay15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2009

    Here in the Philippines, people look up to you if you're a nurse working in the US, UK or anywhere abroad. But they laugh and look down at nurses who have stayed here in the Philippines, thinking that they're missing their chance of getting a better life. It's sad. There's a lot that the Philippine government needs to fix.

    • @moonlightpaw5868
      @moonlightpaw5868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      They are white wash

    • @bsgdbdyddhdhdhdnddh6754
      @bsgdbdyddhdhdhdnddh6754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Who told you that, shall we say that they are being nationalistic or they are the real professional nurses

    • @Queen.Sindel
      @Queen.Sindel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Look up to them? Not really. I see them like any other ofw.

    • @pmhernane3903
      @pmhernane3903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Whoever those "they" who look down to nurses, I am glad that I am neither one of them nor that I know someone like them.
      - A non-overdramatic Manila local
      *You can't speak as if you represent us, the majority. I believe that Filipinos in general are very thankful to all nurses whether they work locally or abroad.

    • @kmen07
      @kmen07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Didn't know Filipino nurses who stayed to serve our country were look down by their countrymen... I grew up in a town where people respect nurses. Di naman ako nainform... 😑

  • @shayminmilo6937
    @shayminmilo6937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ouuu this made me cry. im so proud

  • @nestlee84
    @nestlee84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lets keep and heal the world with kindness, love and compassion...

  • @powpow1006
    @powpow1006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    Me: i wanna be a writer
    My dad: ah yes a doctor is a good job

    • @Fiorellandia
      @Fiorellandia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Jahn T. You can write prescriptions 🙈

    • @Unknown_Ooh
      @Unknown_Ooh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fiorella Lucía Lucía not as a nurse unless you are a mid level care provider nurse

    • @OriLOK2
      @OriLOK2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      As a med student who wanted to go into theatre, please just do the thing you wanted. Not worth it.

    • @adelshahalimacugar8135
      @adelshahalimacugar8135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same, years of getting myself prepared for Diplomacy or Law, and I end up taking a Medical Technologist course. 😪 Just because my parents see Diplomacy and Law as low class jobs or somehow "di sikat at mapera" (not famous and doesn't generate enough money). Bro don't, you won't like to regret. Follow your dreams ♥️

    • @leilanidru7506
      @leilanidru7506 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      OriLOK2 what do you hate about it? What year are you in? I’m in the process of preparing my med school application😅

  • @freshprince5633
    @freshprince5633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    I’m from New Zealand, Filipinos are the hardest workers here always giving 💯

    • @dellyspice
      @dellyspice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Filipino women - yes
      Filipino men - well...

    • @mildreddivina7735
      @mildreddivina7735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well i’m Filipino my cousin is from New Zealand

    • @jackielouahon8684
      @jackielouahon8684 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you for praising Filipino workers sir..

    • @aln22ortizjosealejandrol.22
      @aln22ortizjosealejandrol.22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mildreddivina7735 Grammar for letter 'i' but ok

  • @johngarcia5084
    @johngarcia5084 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I hope that those OFW not just the nurses are doing well in the other countries, away from any discrimination and free from racism. ❤️ Sending love from our very own country - PHILIPPINES

  • @lynnehood2198
    @lynnehood2198 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have worked with Filipino nurses for over 25 years. They are excellent, helpful committed professionals and I have loved my years of working a long side so many courageous warm and friendly nurses. They have made us all better workers.

  • @marieevebujold
    @marieevebujold 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2851

    Again, an outstanding work to deliver information from Vox Media. I'm a Registered Dietitian in a long term care facility in Calgary and most of my colleagues are Filipinos. They work hard and are always smiling and laughing. We are blessed to have them by our sides.

    • @millswilliam4995
      @millswilliam4995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hello Marie

    • @mikeserrano734
      @mikeserrano734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Salamat.

    • @numbersdontmatter1116
      @numbersdontmatter1116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I am a Filipino and I appreciated that you are showing respect to the Filipino nurses helping other countries as well.

    • @mountainrock7682
      @mountainrock7682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Actually, I find it interesting why people praise us Filipinos when we smile. Like...what is the reason not to smile?

    • @jm-dan1120
      @jm-dan1120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hello, I'm a dietitian here in the Philippines. ♥️♥️

  • @FlowerItzel18
    @FlowerItzel18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    I have worked with many Filipino nurses and all I have to say is that they are the nicest and most prepared nurses I have worked with, I am so very thankful for them and all nurses and healthcare workers that I work with 😊❤️

    • @TheOnlyBongo
      @TheOnlyBongo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      If any of them invite you to eat with them at a home party or something (When times get safer, of course! Not now, but later) you should take it! I have heard nothing but praise from friends and coworkers who give Filipino cuisine a try! It's always easy to win people over with lechon, it's basically BBQ pork but with really crispy skin, it's amazing!

    • @archuk6058
      @archuk6058 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      some are very nice, others not so much. ive seen very arrogant and greedy philipino nurses in los angeles, and ive seen great ones as well.

  • @phoenixdavida8987
    @phoenixdavida8987 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been in the hospital for two months (getting released today - yay!) and (most of) my MANY Filipino nurses have been great. So thanks, nurses!

  • @kevinduliesco5468
    @kevinduliesco5468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Child:Exist*
    Filipino Parents:You'll be a nurse*

    • @berreyl1689
      @berreyl1689 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      this is true, I want to become an engineer lol, that's why I chose biomedical engineering

  • @legolas-xu6ou
    @legolas-xu6ou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    To all Filipino nurses serving on the front lines of the pandemic, we the American people salute you!

  • @lotusshona6367
    @lotusshona6367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1865

    I'm black and I absolutely love love love Filipino people you guys are so so so sweet I just love you guys thank you for treating me so nice R.I.P. to Filipino Registered Nurse Joy her mom gave her the perfect name she was such a sweetheart !

    • @mohamadannous8093
      @mohamadannous8093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Every Filipino woman named Joy lives up to her name

    • @kmen07
      @kmen07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@mohamadannous8093 Nah... I know "Joy"s who are really something else...

    • @jukayv
      @jukayv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      “Filipino”

    • @leiivish4281
      @leiivish4281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      pokemon?

    • @soysorie3087
      @soysorie3087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hate to be that person but it's Filipino

  • @isidrorsantos3773
    @isidrorsantos3773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bless all Filipino nurses. Stay strong.

  • @nrcocmln7814
    @nrcocmln7814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    When I was a kid:
    I will finish my studies and be successful for my country
    Me years later:
    I will finish my studies and be successful to leave my country

  • @Peaceluvr18
    @Peaceluvr18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +633

    Why can't BOTH the US and the Phillipines pay nurses the wages they deserve?!

    • @wavemaker2077
      @wavemaker2077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      I think the US is already paying the Filipino nurses fair salary. So is the Philippines. Unfortunately for the Philippines, nurses are paid more outside of the Philippines. That is the reason why nurses work abroad. The salary is always higher abroad. Why won't the Philippines increase the salary of the nurses then? It is just a matter of law of supply and demand. There are so many nurses in the Philippines so the nurse's salary is not increasing much. Unfortunate for the nurses.

    • @longjumpingbread8799
      @longjumpingbread8799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@wavemaker2077 LOL nurses paid fairly in the phil? what?

    • @mariaelainegraceburlas8829
      @mariaelainegraceburlas8829 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@longjumpingbread8799 I think" fair" depends on your own definition of it, for instance, you'll try to compare the Foreign country's rate for nurses and the Philippine rate, surely Philippine rate would not be fair, but try to consider the Philippines economic rate, Philippines is not like the US or any other developed country, the Philippines is just a developing country, for now, so I personally think that the government is just trying to balance everything.
      P.S This is just my opinion, hope this statement of mine will not offend you in any way.

    • @bxrista4029
      @bxrista4029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Philippines is corrupt and GDP is unstable

    • @eduardochavacano
      @eduardochavacano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      because thousands of Filipinos would do it for free for a Visa.

  • @lightningwu
    @lightningwu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +599

    As a Filipino-American, with whom his parents are a doctor (mom) and a nurse/former US soldier (dad), this information hits home and it’s great to see the history and coverage on it! Thx u! 🇵🇭 🇺🇸

  • @jaddyrose9318
    @jaddyrose9318 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I give thanks to all the Filipino nurses of the world! We could not have lasted this pandemic without you. God bless all of you

  • @nehasara4010
    @nehasara4010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This makes me empathize with Filipino nurses. I never knew the real reason behind so many Filipino nurses. I will try to appreciate them more

  • @BaniLogrono
    @BaniLogrono 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1500

    "benevolent colonialism" holup

    • @megapixel4664
      @megapixel4664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Bani Logrono US torture Filipinos,shooting farmers for no reason,

    • @morolahingtae6068
      @morolahingtae6068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@megapixel4664
      Yeah. So true

    • @davrowpot5585
      @davrowpot5585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I think they were talking about the aftermath of the Filipino Revolutionary war during 1989-1901: Philippines and US against Spain, and then Philippines vs US during the Philippine-American war.

    • @santih2569
      @santih2569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@megapixel4664 even kids and women... some of them were laughing when body parts are flying around even used breast skin as a cigar wrap

    • @santih2569
      @santih2569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Tecumseh yeah but Us were so brutal and inhumane

  • @MsGoddessa
    @MsGoddessa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    I work with a lot of Filipino nurses, and some have become good mates. Their great nurse and lovely people.

    • @k-studio8112
      @k-studio8112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Take care madam!

    • @porterriggs8239
      @porterriggs8239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think you're right pretty, because I'm a witness to that.

    • @jackielouahon8684
      @jackielouahon8684 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you for praising Filipino medical mam...I have sister working in US in work related medical professional for almost ten years now mam..

    • @KnockoutNonsense1
      @KnockoutNonsense1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Porter Rodney I think you’re wasting your time and I’m a witness to that.

    • @itsmebernard00
      @itsmebernard00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I bet they always make you eat Filipino food

  • @DenTan30
    @DenTan30 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    “The Philippines has a problem”
    Yeah..THAT GUY. IYKYK.

    • @McLovin25165
      @McLovin25165 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brrtt brrt HAHAH

    • @jescruz5465
      @jescruz5465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh, the elite's and rich kids (who pretend to know the poor) problem it is. Be an NPA today and get good life over the mountains.

    • @kh4dijah1rha
      @kh4dijah1rha 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jescruz5465 what's that supposed to mean? pls elaborate lol

  • @sully1492
    @sully1492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The fact that my Lola(grandma) was a nurse and has a huge network of Filipino nurses across the world finally makes sense. Cool vid.

  • @slenaloveu
    @slenaloveu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +654

    I was hospitalised once and my nurse was filipino. She was very sweet and kind. Love all the filipino nurses ❤️

    • @amakaakintola7220
      @amakaakintola7220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @kimkardashi-un9167
      @kimkardashi-un9167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@amakaakintola7220 ok

  • @toraitorai
    @toraitorai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +758

    "Mapakaraming nars dito sa amin, ngunit bakit tila walang natira?"
    "Nag-aabroad sila."
    - Gloc 9's Walang Natira

    • @ms.val_officialaccnt2237
      @ms.val_officialaccnt2237 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😥😥😥😥😥😭😭😭😭

    • @mybestfriendcardod2094
      @mybestfriendcardod2094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Gloc 9 is a nurse.

    • @A.d.O.n
      @A.d.O.n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@mybestfriendcardod2094 tama ka dyan nurse si aristotel sa STI fairview sya nag aral napaka bait kala mo di celebrity. Kaya siguro nya na sulat yan kasi nurse sya at nakikita nya kalagayan ng mga nurse sa pinas

    • @sushidevil4244
      @sushidevil4244 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      goosebumpsss

    • @lafilipina7781
      @lafilipina7781 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😭

  • @juandelacruize
    @juandelacruize 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Not only nurses but engineers, doctors, chefs, construction workers etc. The Philippines really has a problem

    • @joeyyeet2970
      @joeyyeet2970 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It needs to be nuked and restart

    • @i_owe_you_one
      @i_owe_you_one 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joeyyeet2970 what do you think? nuke us and revive us like......

  • @senorswordfish6019
    @senorswordfish6019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mad respect to all nurses like my mom, not just Filipinos but all healthcare workers of the world

  • @miralcalugcugan7960
    @miralcalugcugan7960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +453

    "The Philippines has a problem"
    Me, a Filipino: *pretends to be shocked* 😱

    • @gpaderx6105
      @gpaderx6105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Whaaat.. may problema ang pilipinas??!!

    • @eduardochavacano
      @eduardochavacano 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL!!!

    • @iamnothorny2041
      @iamnothorny2041 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahahahahah

    • @Cj-ny8tf
      @Cj-ny8tf 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omg. May problema? Di ko alam ah.

    • @Lxkee2
      @Lxkee2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ooooh! Meron palang problema ang pilipinas?! Ba't Hindi KO Yan alam?! 🙄

  • @dunya8781
    @dunya8781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1481

    Because filipina mom always tell their son/daughter to be a nurse.

    • @ZFanz
      @ZFanz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      They said that because of this

    • @alfonsojoaquinadriano3717
      @alfonsojoaquinadriano3717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      it’s true, im a student nurse in the Philippines and this is my reason why im in nursing school

    • @vudat189
      @vudat189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why

    • @J11_boohoo
      @J11_boohoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      my mom wants me to be a doctor but no no no no I don't want to

    • @skyclintliquit7814
      @skyclintliquit7814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      ALL ASIAN MOM WANT THIER CHILD TO BE A MED DOCTOR OR NURSE.

  • @evangentry7140
    @evangentry7140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have 3 titans who work in US in med related field (2 are nurses) which makes me appreciate this video even more. Shout out to all hardworking nurses there in the US. Please don’t get tired with working for your family back home.

  • @ma.esther9637
    @ma.esther9637 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Filipino nurses are the best in the world. They are dedicated, compassionate and really work hard. They are easy to work with👍

  • @hamiorg
    @hamiorg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +477

    we have many Filipino nurses here in New Zealand too, i was just in hospital. I like them they are kind and loving people

    • @k-studio8112
      @k-studio8112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I won't be surprised if Australia have the same case as your country since they have a big Filipino population

    • @Fun-rf9vs
      @Fun-rf9vs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      kind and loving? arent nurses suppose to care for you in general? uhh

    • @calexwayne8394
      @calexwayne8394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@Fun-rf9vs because some nurses are sometimes picky. and some of them are so plastic if they don't like the patient. like they says, "that old woman stinks."

    • @coolbeans545
      @coolbeans545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@Fun-rf9vs culture also plays a big part on that, sir. If you were raised in a tight-knitted large family like most Filipinos are, you'd be more caring and tolerating. Also, unlike most Americans, we don't send our old to retirement homes. We care for them until their last breath. Which is kind of expected since most retirement homes aren't in good condition and aren't paid much attention to by the government.

    • @terminator660
      @terminator660 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@calexwayne8394 remembr that american nurse? God i hated her. She did not have respect to any of hee patients

  • @ChelseaH1
    @ChelseaH1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +324

    They are always the most caring nurses. Filipinos are some of the nicest people on this earth!

    • @bigpapa8622
      @bigpapa8622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      You clearly have never seen a filipino disciplining their child

    • @aienne80yearsago46
      @aienne80yearsago46 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      We're usually cool. However, bring up politics and you're going to have a really bad time.

    • @ZeroTwoK
      @ZeroTwoK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@bigpapa8622 you clearly have a brain that has negative all in it

    • @pwat6311
      @pwat6311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @K B a 6th world country with a lots of graduating nurse? Pitying for your poor mind..

    • @jaydel3
      @jaydel3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pwat6311 He's a troll. Ignore him.

  • @ubeml06
    @ubeml06 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    my lola was nurse for many years. mind you she was born in 1946. in the philippines she attended nursing school, and then became a nurse in the states after moving when my mom was born. my lola stopped working as a nurse maybe around the time i was born, 2006. she turns 76 years old in january, but it's amazing to realize she's dedicated so many years to nursing. she's created many opportunities for herself, moving to the US after 1971. it's amazing to hear her stories, since my mom was pretty much raised in the states and hasn't been back since she was born. i've never gone as well; i don't know any tagalog and i'm mixed (black-filipina) so i don't have much of a connection with other family members. but i'd love to go to her hometown tuguegarao, and learn everything i can.

  • @cheesedoghakdog8640
    @cheesedoghakdog8640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank the nurses from the Philippines.