PHILIPPINES NURSING PRC Board Exam NOVEMBER 2009: 2009

November 2009 NLE: Record number 95,000 take nursing board exams

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Can you imagine in this tight job market for nurses there will be another 95,000 candidates to take the nursing exam? Where will these jobs come from?

Marco Sto. Tomas, a member of the PRC’s board of nursing, said after a review of past tests, he added that the passing rate has been declining, now estimated at 40 percent, which indicated the urgent need for the academe to identify where the examinees are having difficulty.

According to Sto. Tomas, the test given by the board aims mainly to test the “minimum competence” of the country’s nursing graduates to assume entry-level positions..

Nursing examinees top 95,000; PRC adds more testing centers

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The number of nursing graduates who will take the licensure examination this month went up by 16,733 to 95,305, prompting the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to add two more examination sites in Central and Northern Luzon to spare the examinees the hassles of expensive and rigorous travel to the testing centers. Continue reading here http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/230882/nursing-examinees-top-95000-prc-adds-more-testing-centers

95,282 nurses to take board exam this Nov.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

from the INQUIRER.net 11/15/2009 MANILA, Philippines—A total of 95,282 nursing graduates will take the nurse licensure examinations scheduled on November 29 to 30, an “all-time high” in the history of the exams, said Marco Antonio Sto. Tomas, a member of the Professional Regulation Commission’s Board of Nursing.

The biggest number of examinees will come from Metro Manila (40,621 first-timers, 33 conditioned); Baguio (14,102 first-timers, 7 conditioned); Cebu (8,899 first-timers, 5 conditioned); Cagayan De Oro (3,045 first-timers, 2 conditioned); Davao (8,143 first-timers, 2 conditioned); Iloilo (6,020); Legaspi (3,070 first-timers, 1 conditioned); Lucena (3,444); Tacloban (1,145); Tuguegarao (2,322 first-timers, 1 conditioned); Zamboanga (1,609); Jolo (166); Pagadian (1,568); Angeles (179); and Butuan (898).

Continue reading the complete article here from the Inquirer http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20091115-236384/95282-nurses-to-take-board-exam-this-Nov