Unemployed nurses or those who are still waiting for the board exam result should not let their skills and expertise stuck; hence, they should find other ways on how to get going in spite of the lack of opportunities for nurses in the country.

During the 5^th Philippine Nursing Opportunities Conference Expo and Job Fair conducted last September17-18, Medical Transcription was introduced to hundreds of nurse attendees.

Aside from giving empowering advises and nursing opportunities to the nurses, the conference also aim to teach the nurses, especially those unemployed to look for another alternative jobs where they can still practice their skills and expertise.

Medical Transcription is the process of transcribing either a phone call from patient to doctor or vice versa or transcribing a situation in a medical room (either during operation, check-up etc.)

So basically, the job of a medical transcriptionist is to transcribe or type in the computer what he/she hears during the whole case.

Nurses are very much qualified, with most advantage for this position since they are familiar with the medical terminologies. Aside from the medical terminologies, a nurse can also identify easily what’s happening during the conversation which would help him/her transcribe accurately.

The salary for Medical Transcriptionist is much higher compared to the salary of a real nurse in a hospital. Medical transcriptionist earned Php12,000 a month compared to the Php8,000 a month in public hospitals.

The demand for medical transcriptionist is increasing as the knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) industry in the country is blooming.

Since we have a shortage in nursing employment, many are advised to take risk and to apply in alternative jobs while waiting for nursing opportunities.