Hello Kabayan,
Hindi lang filo students ang nana-lure from false hope. Mga chinese students din victims sila ng mapasamantalang agents.
Private and public hospital is more of personal choice. It my line of work ito ang so far nalaman ko in regards to working public and private hospitals.
May difference in a way. Now hindi ako nagwork directly under private sector. Nagwork ako sa mga ilang naming private hospital dito under nursing agency (Ashford, Wakefield, St Andrew's and Burnside hospitals.
Pay wise in general slightly better and pay ng public - at least in my calculation $2000/annum more than private. Sick leave mas marami ang public. May mga private hospital na sinasabing other benefits pero I didn't explore that more. Maternity leave mas generous and public. May difference ng kunti sa superannuation.
Salary sacrifice benefits mas generous ang private kaysa public hospital.
Workwise:
Mas busy ang public health sector kasi nga libre and hospital dito as long as you're a medicare card holder. In general ang public ED hospital ay open 24 hours vs private which mostly closes at 11pm. Also those patient with private health care insurances goes to the public kasi karamihan ng ED admissions ay after-hours ng private hospitals.
Sa ward level mas maganda maliit ang patient to nurse ratio ang public hospital. But in private karamihan ng patient mo ay independent-naglalakad, self cares. Sa public medyo mahirap heavy karamihan dependent patients galing mga nursing homes especially medical wards. Kasi mahal mag private hospital dito.
Now mga mental health patients na-aadmit sila under public than private hospital kahit may insurance sila. Kasi most of these patients kung maadmit ay potential for physical and verbal abuses to health staff lalo na kung may drug related ito. Kailangan nila ng security guard na magbantay or extra special 1:1 nurse to control patient ftom lashing out or escaping the hospital. Ngayon sa private ang explanation sa akin ay kaya hindi sila "daw" nagtatangap ng patient ay dahil aggressive sila, private insurance do not have cover security guard for obvious reason, private hospital not equip to deal with these type of patients. Private patients are nice if you look after them very well. But they can get into nasty mode if expectations were not met. They can say as simple as "I am paying for you to do your job".
In ICU, well mostly sa public ICU mixed and cause and age group. Sa Private hospital karamihan ay mga expected na ma-end sa ICU gaya ng high risk post surgery - so kailangan ng close monitoring.
In private hospital if your patient suddenly gets unwell "crashed" nurses have to call anon-call doctor and received instruction from the doctor. PAtient will not get to see a doctor in about at least 1 hour in my experience. So as a nurse you have to keep patient stable while you wait for the doctor. Sa Public hospitals, doctors are 24 hours although not the patient's usual doctor but at least treatment is not delayed.
Of course it is expected that you accept that working in Private hospital can be a bit business orientated.
Others:
Kung magtrabaho ka sa public sector at wishmong lumipat sa ibang public hospital ma-carry out ang mga benefits mo (ie: sick leave, annual leave etc). Sa private you have to ensure that yung hospital na lilipatan mo belongs to the same company.
Ok Kabayan I hope that I didn't scare you off again. Disclosure lang na above information are based on my experiences. You still have to do your research. But in terms of job hunting I will not be bother choosing private vs public. Basta kung sino ang naghihire apply ASAP. You can go to the hospital you wish to work later. Ang importante may-trabaho ka kaagad.
Bahay Kubo