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CHED Released the Top 20 Nursing Schools

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:53:58 +0000

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has released the Top 20 Nursing Schools in the Philippines based on their performance in the past Nursing Licensure Examinations.

Top 20 Nursing Schools with 1,000 and more takers:

1. Silliman University (Dumaguete) 96.57%
2. Saint Louis University ( Baguio) 95.42%
3. Trinity University of Asia ( Quezon City) 95.06%
4. University of Santo Tomas (Manila) 95.06%
5. Cebu Doctors University ( Cebu City) 91.89%
6. Saint Paul University (Tuguegarao) 89.79%
7. Central Philippine University ( Iloilo City) 86.72%
8. De La Salle University – Health Sciences campus (Dasmariñas, Cavite) 85.26%
9. Saint Mary’s University (Nueva Vizcaya) 84.10%
10. San Pedro College ( Davao City) 83. 10%
11. Manila Doctors College ( Pasay City) 82.56%
12. Centro Escolar University-Manila ( Manila) 81.50%
13. Angeles University Foundation ( Angeles City) 76.37%
14. Mariano Marcos University (Bacnotan, La Union) 75.55%
15. University of San Agustin ( Iloilo City) 73.25%
16. University of Cebu ( Cebu City) 70.99%
17. Metropolitan Hospital College of Nursing ( Manila) 70.54%
18. Ateneo De Davao University ( Davao City) 70.20%
19. San Juan De Dios Education Foundation ( Pasay City) 69. 91%
20. University of St. La Salle ( Bacolod City) 67.55%

Top 20 Nursing Schools with 100-999 takers:

1. University of the Philippines – Manila ( Manila) 99.41%
2. Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro City) 97.82%
3. West Visayas State University ( Iloilo City) 96.75%
4. St. Paul University-Iloilo ( Iloilo City) 96.16%
5. University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center 95.80%
6. Cebu Normal University ( Cebu City) 94.64%
7. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila ( Manila) 93.14%
8. St. Paul University – Dumaguete (Dumaguete) 92.29%
9. Mindanao State University ( Marawi City) 92.15%
10. Palawan State University ( Puerto Prinsesa City) 92.05%
11. Philippine Christian University ( Manila) 91.35%
12. Velez College ( Cebu City) 90.92%
13. Colegio de Santa Lourdes of Leyte Foundation ( Tacloban City) 88. 55%
14. Chinese General Hospital College of Nursing and Liberal Arts ( Manila) 87.60%
15. St. Paul University-Manila ( Manila) 85.31%
16. Easter College ( Baguio City) 85.26%
17. Southville International School and Colleges (Las Piñas City) 84.77%
18. St.Paul University-Quezon City ( Quezon City) 83.87%
19. Adamson University ( Manila) 83.57%
20. Lyceum of the Philippines University ( Manila) 82.20%

Meanwhile, according to Emmanuel Angeles, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman, a total of 152 nursing schools were found to have performed below the national passing rate of 46.14 percent for the past five years.

These 152 nursing schools will face closure if they fail to improve their nursing programs through their graduates’ performance in the coming nursing licensure exams.

Among the 152 poor performing nursing schools are: Arellano University-Manila, Arellano University-Pasay, De Los Santos-STI College, De Ocampo Memorial College, Dominican College, Dr. Carlos S. Lanting College, Emilio Aguinaldo College, J.P. Sioson General Hospital and Colleges, La Consolacion College Manila, Las Piñas College, Martinez Memorial College, Mary Chiles College, Olivarez College, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasay, Perpetual Help College of Manila, Philippine College of Health Sciences, Philippine Rehabilitation Institute Foundation, Southeast Asian College, St. Jude College, St. Rita Hospital College of Nursing and School of Midwifery, STI College-Recto, the Family Clinic, Unciano Colleges and General Hospital, University of Perpetual Help-Rizal, and World Citi Colleges, Quezon City.

Calabarzon has 23 schools in the list; Central Luzon, 20; Ilocos Region, 16; Bicol, 14; SOCCSKSARGEN, 8; Northern Mindanao, 7; Zamboanga Peninsula, Davao Region and Cordillera Administrative Region, 6; Cagayan Valley and Central Visayas, 5; CARAGA Region, 3; and Eastern Visayas and Mimaropa Region, 1.

152 nursing schools face closure for poor board performance

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:46:04 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – A total of 152 nursing schools face closure for registering poor passing percentages in the nursing licensure examinations over the past five years.

However, Emmanuel Angeles, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman, said the 152 nursing schools will be given another chance in next year’s nursing examinations.

“It’s a warning for them,” he said.

“This is a wake-up call to our nursing schools to shape up or phase out. They are challenged to improve their quality.”

The 152 nursing schools were found to have performed below the national passing rate of 46.14 percent for the past five years, Angeles said.

Metro Manila has the most number of erring schools among the 152 poor performing schools: Arellano University-Manila, Arellano University-Pasay, De Los Santos-STI College, De Ocampo Memorial College, Dominican College, Dr. Carlos S. Lanting College, Emilio Aguinaldo College, J.P. Sioson General Hospital and Colleges, La Consolacion College Manila, Las Piñas College, Martinez Memorial College, Mary Chiles College, Olivarez College, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasay, Perpetual Help College of Manila, Philippine College of Health Sciences, Philippine Rehabilitation Institute Foundation, Southeast Asian College, St. Jude College, St. Rita Hospital College of Nursing and School of Midwifery, STI College-Recto, the Family Clinic, Unciano Colleges and General Hospital, University of Perpetual Help-Rizal, and World Citi Colleges, Quezon City.

Earlier, Angeles said 177 nursing schools were found to have poorly performed in the nursing licensure examinations.

“To be fair to all the schools, we had to do a lot of verification,” he said.

Angeles said any mistake might cause unnecessary worry among students and parents and harm the reputation of the schools wrongfully identified.

Among the 152 schools, nine had already stopped offering their nursing course, and five schools had stopped operation altogether, Angeles said.

Next year, CHED will enforce a rule that schools whose performance in licensure examinations is below five percent for three consecutive years would have their permits revoked and their concerned program phased out.

Angeles said CHED is determined to crack down on poorly performing schools to ensure that higher education institutions offer quality education.

“With this move, we are helping not only the parents and students to carefully choose the nursing schools they go to, but we are helping our economy by minimizing frustrations and wastage among our nursing graduates when they take the licensure exams and make sure that they only get quality education from schools that prioritize quality by adhering to world class standards that we are now imposing,” he said.

Angeles said CHED is now looking into poorly performing maritime schools.

The PRC has given them a list of 38 maritime schools that fared poorly in licensure examinations, he added.

CHED will also check maritime schools offering accounting programs, Angeles said. By Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star)

Philippine Nurses Association – Bukidnon Chapter holds 52nd Regional Annual Convention

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:28:55 +0000

Philippine Nurses Association – Bukidnon Chapter
52nd Regional Annual Convention
November 18 – 19, 2009
Kaamulan Folk Arts Theatre
Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines

NARS – Nurses Assigned in Rural Service

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:20:38 +0000

Some of the 91 Nurses Assigned in Rural Service (NARS) trainees from the Iloilo province react to a lecture during the orientation on Project NARS training modules conducted April 1 in Iloilo City. The nurses-trainees will be deployed to their respective areas of assignment starting April 3. (DOLE/PIA)

In line with the pump priming strategies to mitigate the impact of the global financial crisis, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo launched the Nurses Assigned in Rural Service (NARS) Project on 9 February 2009 during the Multi-Sectoral Summit on “Joining Hands Against the Global Crisis” in Malacanan Palace, Manila.

The NARS Program, a Training cum Employment Program, aims to address the (1) glut in inexperienced nurses and the proliferation of “volunteer nurses” working in hospitals without being paid, but instead, they themselves pay the hospitals to obtain Certificate of work experience; and (2) to promote health of the people and bring the government closer to them. Unemployed nurses will be mobilized in their hometowns as warriors for wellness to do the three I’s:

* Initiate primary health, school nutrition, maternal health programs, first line diagnosis
* Inform about community water sanitation practices and also do health surveillance
* Immunize children and mothers.

They shall likewise serve as roving nurses for rural schools. Nurses will be deployed at an average of 5 per town in the 1,000 poorest municipalities, for a six-months tour of duty. Another batch will be deployed for the second half of the year. These nurses will undergo training and development for competency enhancement in accordance with the training program designed by the DOH in collaboration with the PRC-BON. The training program will cover both the clinical and public health functions. Completion of the training program under NARS program shall be considered as a substitute for the work experience requirement of hospitals and other health facilities, both local and overseas. The Certificate of Completion shall be issued jointly by the DOLE, DOH and PRC. While on training, nurses will be given a stipend/allowance of P8,000.00 per month. This translates to about P366.00 per day for a forty (40) hours training/workweek. As these nurses are already in their hometowns, transportation expenses will no longer be a problem. The stipend of P8,000 may be increased if the host LGUs will offer a counterpart of say P2,000. Corporations may chip in by providing shirts, insurance, vitamins, etc., making the program a national enterprise with private equity.

Program Coverage
Unemployed registered nurses who are physically and mentally fit and willing to serve in their hometowns and who meet the following requirements may qualify for the training cum employment under NARS:

* With valid nurse license issued by the PRC
* Not over 35 years old
* Resident of the identified municipalities
* No nursing-related practice for the past 3 years

Nurse applicants who are dependents of workers affected by the Global Crisis based on the list provided by the DOLE Regional office shall be given priority in the selection.
Online Application
Application may be filed from 20 February 2009 to 22 March 2009. List of successful applicants with area of assignment shall be posted on 26-31 March 2009.

Covered Municipalities
The selection of the 1,000 poorest municipalities shall be based on the City and Municipal Poverty Incidence based on Small Area Poverty Estimates (SAE) of the National Statistics and Coordination Board/World Bank Intercensal Updating of Small Area Poverty Estimates. This same SAE is being used by the DSWD in their Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and also for prioritizing target households for their National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction. Covered under the NARS Project shall be those cities and Municipalities with pverty rank 1 (poores) to rank 1,000.

Timetable of Activities First Batch (5,000 nurse-trainees) 1. Recruitment and selection February 20 – March 22 2. Posting of successful applicants with area of assignment March 26-31 3. Orientation of nurse-trainees, Deployment to area of assignments April 1-2