For those nursing enthusiasts,
I am moving all my articles/blogs under Nursing to my other blog. The new nursing blog is http://lilacrn.blogspot.com. I am keeping this one as my personal blog including all my rants and musings. Hope to see you there!
CENE
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I am not affiliated with CENE nor posting this to make money. I want every nursing students to experience the nursing education they should be getting which their school did not provide. It has been licensed by CHED as Review Center, Series of 2008. Everything CENE can offer are written in the photos/pamphlets. Just click it for a larger view.
This time, I have included all the performances of nursing schools passing rates on the local nursing licensure exams covered last December 2006, June 2007, December 2007 and June 2008.
The schools were categorized based on their average ratings throughout the said period. The rating categories are the following: 0-25%, 26-50%, 51-75% and 76-100%. There are about 231 nursing schools who have ratings of 0-25%, 203 nursing schools falls under 26-5o%, 86 nursing school under 51-75% and 126 nursing schools under 76-100%.
More than half of the nursing schools are performing poorly at a rating of 50% and below. There are even schools like maritime, computer, law, arts & trades and many others which offers BSN program when their forte is not even close to nursing. Please take note also the number of students who took the exam and the consistency of the schools’ rating per exam.
It was on the June 2007 that many nursing schools sprouted like mushrooms. No succeeding ratings can be seen after that. I hope they will stop operating or producing more failing students. I have been hearing stories from old people that the nursing licensure exam was the easiest exam before. It was not even the talk of the town. But, why does it have a low passing rate now? If I were to answer, it is because of these schools are not providing the quality education and facilities that the nursing students need. And these students solely depend on their school not doing their part on studying because they think that the education they have gained is enough. Close down all the poor performing schools and the passing rate would reach 75% or higher.
It was years back during the 1980s or 1990s that the country are producing top caliber nurses with great skills on a par with other nurses internationally. Moreover, their nursing foundation and clinical experience were intensive. The reputation of nurses and nursing schools in the country are now degrading and will continue if proper steps are not taken.
Please take note that the PDF file attached is not officially released by any nursing body in the Philippines. I have compiled the ratings based on the published results of examinations online. I hope this will serve as a reference for those who are planning to enroll to a nursing school in the PI. It will also be my reference for my own purposes.
I would like to inform everyone that I passed our local licensure exam! *happy dance*
Click here: June Nursing Licensure Exam Results 2008
27,765 passed out of 64,459 examinees = 43%
The moment I received a phone call from a friend saying that I passed, I felt elated! We were all jumping, screaming, and smiling. Of course, I couldn’t miss thanking the people who helped me along the way. First and foremost, my heartfelt gratitude for my ever loving and supportive family. They have been supporting me financially, spiritually, and emotionally. Although there were difficult times when I wanted to study and they wanted to watch TV at night. To my colleagues, it was such an amazing race, completing the required documents for registration before the deadline. It was fun and now all are hardwork is paid off. We need the vacation that we deserve. Special shout out to Miss Donna for all the info that I need that made my cases easier . To my good looking batch mates, thank you for believing that I could make it. It is so overwhelming that you kept in touch until now through phone, text, private messages. To my scholarship/sponsor, I can’t thank you enough. You have been a blessing in the midst of crisis. To my reviewing buddies, yey we all made it! Kudos to our reviewers, teachers and our university. For all those who prayed for me, muchas gracias!
xoxo,
Gemini Star, RN
I am an active member of the forum since May 2006. I really love this forum and it is quite addicting. It was founded on the year of 1998. Currently, it is the #1 nursing community for nurses at the same time the largest active online nursing forum. Allnurses has given me direction on my nursing education and now my nursing career. The people there relentlessly without a doubt answers your every query. They welcome everyone and has been very helpful from the start. It helps in motivating one in your chosen field in nursing. There are significant information that can be learned every day which only takes some few minutes to read.
The forum is a complete package; it has everything from jokes, scrubs, NCLEX, nursing specialty to nursing experiences. There are regional sub forums that specifically caters people according to their location. Like for every state in US, Philippines, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and UK. Everything that you can think of is all there. Although, you have to read first the previous posts since most of the queries has been discussed already. Remember also to follow the posting guidelines.
I would like to give thanks for the moderators in every sub forums there. Special shout out to Brian Short, RN, the founder of Allnurses.com. Mostly, all the moderators are working as RNs while investing their valuable time and effort in the forum during their spare time. If you are student nurse, RN, LPN/LVN, whether male or female, you might want to drop by the forum and let your voice be heard.
PS. I hope I could get a membership upgrade, anyone? I would be very thankful. =P
Thank you very much Brian. I am enjoying the benefits so far and glad that I’m one of the platinum members of AN. I will continue to spread the passion of nursing. 
Update: For the results of the June 2008 NLE, please go to my “RN Baby!” or Performance of Nursing Schools Part II articles.
After couple of weeks of tallying, encoding, and reviewing the nursing schools with ratings of 50% and below, it amazes me that there are more crappy nursing schools than better performing schools. Now, I know why they don’t publish such statistics. There are two parts in the file. First, is the list of all schools with their ratings and the second part is the categories of passing rates of the schools.
At the start, I have planned to write down the poorest performing nursing schools first, because I thought it would be lesser in number than the good schools. The turn of events was quite the opposite. The results showed that there are 369 nursing schools in the Philippines with passing rates of 50% and below including those with inconsistent passing rates compiled throughout the period of December 2006, June 2007, and December 2007 Nursing Licensure Exam (NLE) results. I didn’t find any list of nursing school performance for December 2005 NLE and other previous exams online. The June 2006 NLE results were not included due to the cheating issue.
In the span of 2 years, nursing schools from all over the country skyrocketed to more than 400. There were a total of 405 nursing schools listed last December 2006 NLE. The exact number of all the nursing schools couldn’t be found due to limited resources. Merely half are doing well on passing above the percentage of 50. The pdf file attached also shows 5 categories on the passing rates of nursing schools in the following order: 0-10%, 11-20%, 21-30%, 31-40%, and 41-50%. Take a look at your school in which category it belongs. If not found there, it means that your school is either safe or struggling to do better. There might be some school that I have missed out also due to limited resources.
Why in the world would someone enroll to a computer school, maritime school better yet a flying school to take up BSN? It is absurd that such schools offer BSN courses when their forte is computers, marine and flying high. I won’t mention names but you can see it for yourself on the file. I conclude that these schools that marked 0% on first try had constantly 0% passing rate for the succeeding exams wherein only 1 or less than 10 students took the exams.
The nursing schools were categorized in such ways one can identify who are the poorest among them all. As shown on the pdf file, 128 out of 369 listed schools belong to the 0-10% passing rate category. This category also has the most number of schools compared to the other categories. In the fifth category, schools with passing rates above 50% were included. These schools should be watch out for due to they have inconsistent passing rates. Meaning, they get a high passing rate in one exam and a low score on the succeeding exam or vice versa. If only I have the power to close these schools, I would without a doubt. Those that fall on first four categories should be closed. There is no reason for them to continue if for the past exams, no improvement can be seen. The 5th category should be given 3 warnings before closing their program. If their passing rates did not improve or did not reach the 50% or obtain a higher passing rate after three chances, closure will be the best option. Considering the number of student nurses now enrolled and those who are RN, figures would be closer to one million RNs or maybe higher. It’s high time to weed out those who don’t perform well on the standards of nursing education.
Years ago, I enrolled in a university that belongs to the 5th category (41-50% passing rate). All I can say is that, the facilities were poor as well as the teaching of most of the instructors. Often than not, I had to struggle studying on my own because what I learned is only 25% from my school. There were numerous instances that we didn’t have any hospital duty when we are supposed to due to many reasons. I can rant all about it here but the point I’m making is if my school belong to the 5th category, what would be the education standards of those schools below the 5th category have to offer?
Some would say that the school is not a factor and it all depends on the student. Let’s take a look at this scenario: Sarah, a nursing student with a little know how, would like to learn the nursing procedures, for example, administering medication by injection. What materials will she use for practice? Where can she easily get it? Who will show her the skills rightfully? How will she know if she is doing the right thing or not? These is what the schools can provide such as good facilities and qualified teachers to teach and guide the students the correct information that they need.
I believe that every individual deserves a good education. This will serve also as a warning for those choosing which nursing school to enroll. If you really want to study in a nursing school in the Philippines, do your own research before shelling out hefty bucks. Good luck!
PNA vs institutionalizing practical nursing program
By Katherine Evangelista
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 20:14:00 06/18/2008MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) on Wednesday declared its opposition to the proposal of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to “ladderize” the nursing curriculum to institutionalize the practical nursing course Wednesday.
Read the full story:
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/new…ursing-program
If I could scream on my top of the lungs, saying no to LPN programs, I would, over and over until all Filipinos will realize. Heres why:
LPN Programs in the Philippines does not work like in the US. If you have completed your LPN education here then you are probably one of the victims of scam and false advertisement of LPN programs in PI. The people behind these LPN schools or programs will guarantee that you can work in the US or abroad after completion of the said program. They will entice you to enroll to their 6 to 12 months program or more at the same time gaining enough pesos in their pockets while you are hoping for your American dream. Fact is, there is no legal visa as a LPN in the US unless you are a green card holder or a US citizen. It’s a good thing that the PNA is opposing the CHEd to ladderize the said program. Moreover, there are not enough jobs for LPNs. It is not even recognize by the PRC; there is no local license to give out. Thus, ending up as nursing aide or nursing assistant.
Do not solely rely in our government, they are entirely aware of what is happening in the nursing profession although acting deaf and blind. They just let things happen for their own sake and not for the good of their countrymen. Let us not be fooled. If you know someone currently enrolled in these programs, let them read the news. Please spread the word.
When I was a student, I had a hard time searching for good resources of drugs online. These will be useful for your studies and will serve as reference also. I have listed them down for easier access and will update it as soon as I found better ones. The following links are:
1) Davis’s Drug Guide
2) Mosby’s Drug Consult
3) Rx List
4) MIMS Philippines
5) Drug Reference Center
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