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July 2010 NLE Room Assignments for Manila, Baguio, Pampanga, Dagupan and La Union released by Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). To examinees who will take the July 2010 NLE in Cebu, Iloilo, Davao, Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro, you can visit PRC regional offices for room assignments. Nursing Board Exam or NLE will be on July 3-4, 2010 on designated testing centers nationwide.

Room Assignments for Nurses Licensure Examination, July 3 & 4, 2010.

• July 2010 Nursing Board Exam Room Assignments – MANILA
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The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) announced recently the top-performing schools offering the Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs in the country for 2009. These schools rated higher than 40.70% national passing average set by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and the school’s number of exam takers in the 2009 June and November results of the Nursing Licensure Examinations. Among nursing colleges, MDC topped the list with a rating of 69.63%. MDC ranks 3rd among nursing colleges and universities. The top three schools for each range are:

Range 1 (with 1,000 and up takers):

• Far Eastern University-Manila (NCR) – 1,982 passers out of 2,656 takers or 74.62 percent passing rate
• Centro Escolar University-Manila (NCR) with 720 out of 1,002 or 71.88%
• Manila Doctors College (NCR) with 704 out of 1,011 or 69.63%;

Range 2 (with 100 to 999 takers)

• Saint Paul University-Iloilo (Region 6) with 100% passing rate
• West Visayas State University-La Paz (Region 6) with 99.48%; Saint Louis University (CAR) with 99.04%

Range 3 (with 10 to 99 takers)

• Negros Oriental State University-Dumaguete (Region 7) with 100%
• Bukidnon State College-Malaybalay (Region 10) with 100%
• University of the Philippines-Manila (NCR) with 100%;

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This is 1 and a half month program combines theory and practical training to equip Graduates of allied health vocational courses such as Caregiving, Basic Nursing Assistant, Practical Nursing, Healthcare Services NC II and those seriously aiming to provide care for the older adults. The increasing focus on in-home support and assistance for the ailing, disabled, elderly, or families
along with the development of seniors’ assisted living and supportive care housing facilities has created several career opportunities in this field.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: The HBD Institute would be able to refer
successful graduates to its affiliated healthcare facilities for possible employment.

LEARNING APPROACH:
• Theoretical/Classroom Lecture- 32 hours
• On Job Training-144 hours
• Clinical Placement- WELLNESS PLACE
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The Philippine Association of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgeons, Inc. (PALES) will be holding its 2nd Midyear Convention on 17-18 July 2010 at the UNILAB Bayanihan Center, Pioneer St. Mandaluyong City. This year’s theme, “Laparoscopy and Endoscopy in the Philippines, where are we now?”

For details contact the Secretariat
Phil. College of Surgeons Building
3/F 992 EDSA Quezon City
Telefax: (632) 455 3161
Email: pales_06@yahoo.com

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More and more Filipino nurses are now opting to work in the United Kingdom than in the United States, according to local recruiters.

Citing data from the UK Borders and Immigration Agency, recruitment leaders yesterday said that the number of Filipino nurses deployed to UK in the past three years has already surpassed those deployed to the US in the same period.

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The Foundation for the Advancement of Surgical Education, (FASE) Inc. in cooperation with the Department of Surgery, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila will be holding a one-day Advanced Surgical Clinical Nursing Course on June 24, 2010, Thursday. Venue will be at the UPMASA Science Hall, 3/F Philippine General Hospital, Taft Avenue, Manila.

Its main objective are:
1. To enhance the skills of the participants in the advanced perioperative care of surgical patients undergoing major specialty surgercy; and

2. To augment the basic competencies of participants who already possess basic surgical nursing skills

Theme: “Optimizing the Synergy of Safety, Quality and Collaboration in Perioperative Nursing”
Venue: Fiesta Pavilion, Manila Hotel
Date: July 3 – 4, 2010

Objectives:
1. Intensify the value of teamwork among the perioperative team in the practice of patient safety.
2. Enhances partnership and practices approach to excellence through increasing professional growth and development.
3. Strengthen perioperative nurses’ awareness on the trends and technologies related to nursing practice.

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The United States is experiencing a deep nursing shortage that is expected to further intensify in the face of the increasing need for health care primarily because of the aging American population.

The shortage is compounded by the fact that nursing colleges and universities across the country, struggling to expand enrollment levels, have not been producing the number of graduates to meet the demand.
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The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) warned nursing schools with dismal board examination passing rates to shape up within the next three years or close shop.

CHEd Executive Director Julito Vitriolo said on Tuesday that “more than 100 nursing schools” around the country would be closed by 2013 if their average board exam passing rate for the next three years remained below 30 percent, the minimum set by CHEd Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 14 Series of 2009.
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