Cynthia Villar Caught Nurses' Attention - Is it Bad?

One of the candidates for Senator of CBCP, Cynthia Villar is now the topic of most FIlipino nurses because of her "Pagsubok" question from Winnie aired last Febuary 23, 2013. She was asked, "How can you reconcile your desire to help the poor at pagpanig niyo sa may-ari ng nursing schools na gusto sanang ipasara ng Technican Nursing Committiee at ng Ched?"

Without any hesitation she replied, "Actually, hindi kailangan ng mga nurse na matapos ng BSN. Kasi itong ating mga nurse gusto lang nilang maging room nurse. Or sa America and in other countries e ano lang sila, yung parang mag-aalaga. Hindi naman sila kailangan ganoon kagaling."

With this being said, I caught myself saying, "Hell no!!!" Nurses had a hard time studying during their college years and as what graduates and students said, it's like entering hell that you need to strive to get out to save yourself. So simple, it's not easy to get this degree. And her, saying that Filipino nurses would just like to be a room nurse, it's not "JUST" or "LANG", because they are the "right hands" of the doctors and still in a cooperation to save someone's life.

I'm not sure what she was on her mind that time, thinking that Election 2013 is about to come and that she is one of the candidates running for Senator. According to DOLE (Department of Labor and Employment), Philippines produces 200,000 Nursing graduates per year. Look! That's per year, and if most of these are registered to vote, I don't know what will happen to Cynthia VIllar after her statement. Maybe she needs to make her self up and think of what to say to get the attention of the nurses that she meant something else, because if not... we'll see what will happen!

Note: I'm not a Nurse or a Nursing Student, but I have friends and families who are... And hearing this, is such a BIG MISTAKE for her...