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28,924 Pass Board Exam for Nurses (2008-03-17)
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said yesterday that 28,924 out of 67,728 examinees passed the nursing licensure examination given by the Board of Nursing last December.
The examinees included retakers in the June 2006 leakage-tainted nursing licensure examination as well as first-timers and repeaters.
A student from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) topped the examination, with a rating of 88.40 percent.
PRC chief Leonor Rosero said 43.3 percent of nursing graduates passed the test.
PRC Nursing Board member Bon Marco Sto. Tomas said 10 of the 14 nursing graduates who retook the test on the directive of the Court of Appeals also passed the board.
Those who topped the exam were Zandra Mae Zabaza Bongco of PLM, with a rating of 88.40 percent; Robneil Dylan Sanchez Dellosa, University of Perpetual Help Rizal-Calamba, 87 percent; Joanna Kaye Binoya Remolar, San Pedro College-Davao City, 86.80 percent; Denise Claudia Dimatulac Mangilman, University of Makati, 86.40; Neil Nino Sugitarios Navarra, San Pedro College-Davao City, 86.40; Pedro Posadas Tabernero, Saint Dominic Savio College, 86.40; Joann Aguiklar Candado, West Negros College, 86.20; Betty Chua Chung, University of Makati, 86.20; Leslie Yap Coo, Central Philippine University, 86.20;
Katrina Victoria Luceno Akut, Xavier University, 86; John Edward Vergil Villaflor, Trinity University of Asia (Trinity-QC), 86; Richard Baguio Saavedra, Ateneo Davao University, 86; Rosemarie Lu Go, Western Mindanao State University, 85.80; January Ivy Bacali Haspela, Central Philippine University, 85.80; Cristine Valen Mendez, Davao Doctors College, 85.80; Julius Atalip Riazondra, Saint Paul University-Tuguegarao, 85.80;
Joreena Perida Alvaran, Remedios T. Romualdez Medical Foundation, 85.60; Emlyn Limbo Escobar, University of La Sallete-Santiago, 85. 60; Hernessa Torralba Hernandez, Xavier University, 85.60; Gerrie Mae Lozada Angostura, University of Iloilo, 85.40; Sheryl Gae Uy Cu, De Los Santos College, 85.40; Ayn Portia de Luna Galamgam, San Pedro College-Davao City, 85.40; Germaine Lou Tabita Sanchez, University of San Agustin, 85.40; Marie Kathleen Cavida Santos, Perpetual Help College of Manila, 85.40; Mary Lenin Pepito Talisic, San Pedro College-Davao City, 85.40; Jay Pong Yap, Capitol University Cagayan Capitol College, 85.40; Vivian Esparaz Yu, De Los Santos College, 85.40;
Katriba Socorro Lapuz Cembrano, University of San Agustin, 85.20; Diana Jean Bernardo Mendoza, Dr. Carlos Lanting College-Q.C., 85.20; Jeggar Chris Envoltorio Sorianosos, West Visayas State University-La Paz, 85.20; and Aura Ydda Santiago Toreja, Our Lady of Fatima University-Valenzuela, 85.20.
Sto. Tomas said 729 of the 1,132 who voluntarily took the examination so they could comply with the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing School (CGNFS) requirement passed the test.
The nurses can now secure a special certification from the PRC and apply for work in the United States.
CGNFS warning
Last year, the CGNFS warned that the United States would not accept the application of nurses who passed the June 2006 leakage-tainted board examination until they take the compromised part of the test again.
In compliance with the CGNFS requirement, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ordered a voluntary retest for the June 2006 board passers.
Sto. Tomas said the passing rate last December was way below the recorded passing rate of those who took the licensure examination in June 2007.
Of the more than 64,000 nursing graduates who took the board in June 2007, almost half or 48 percent passed. The successful examinees included over 9,000 June 2007 retakers.
The PRC said the top performing schools with more than 100 examinees were St. Louis University, Xavier University and Silliman University, while those with less than 100 examinees were Trinity University of Asia, Mindanao State University and Palawan State University.
Meanwhile, the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) junked the illegal dismissal and underpayment charges filed by 31 Filipino nurses against a New York-based health care facility and a local recruitment agency.
In a 17-page decision, NLRC Executive Labor Arbiter Fatima Jambaro-Franco ruled that the complainants violated the employment contracts when they resigned from their jobs in the United States.
Franco said the complainants failed to comply with the required notice to their employers when they submitted their resignation letters.
He explained that under the contract, at least two weeks’ notice of intent to resign is required and under the Labor Code of the Philippines, at least one month’s notice is required.
“Either of the required notification was not observed by the 31 nurses, thus constituting a clear violation of the Labor Code,” he said.
The NLRC decision is the third consecutive case lost by the nurses against Sentosa Recruitment Agency in the Philippines.
In June 2006, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) lifted the suspension order against Sentosa, while the US Supreme Court denied the complaints of the Filipino nurses.
-- By Mayen Jaymalin
http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl107118.htm
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