And we get compensated very well for the relatively little education we have. Social workers and nurses work daily in interprofessional teams to provide patients with complete and full care. We are nurses. We don’t have the education and knowledge doctors have. Medical social workers are responsible for integrating care with the patient’s personal life and support systems, arenas that do not fall under the expertise of doctors. They do the hard work. However, because nurses have left the country in such high numbers, the Philippines has lost social capital and wasted investment in its citizens. The job serves two main purposes. And sometimes it sucks and is hard and we wonder why we do it. But we aren’t angels. And then we have a really rewarding moment with a patient that reminds us why. We aren’t heroes. The role of hospital social workers is to evaluate patients, determine their needs, and put together an action plan to make sure that those needs are being met efficiently. The receiving country – in this case the U.S – benefits from the immigration of workers because they fill a labor demand at a lower cost than domestic workers. The first purpose is to ensure that patients' welfare is protected. And nursing is just our job. Even when they do get access to senior positions, they are disproportionately taken up by male nurses. Although women make up 90% of all nurses, they … Both social workers and nurses are employed in a wide range of similar settings, including hospitals and other health care settings, schools, assisted living facilities and nursing homes.