[high hopes]

I think 90% is too much. Even the top notchers can't get that score. 80% will be ok though. But I would like to suggest more on closing down of schools which performed poorly during examinations(NLE exam that is)and students who are consistently having poor grades be eliminated from the nursing course. Elimination should be done every semester. Schools should hire only experienced clinical instructors and not the fresh graduates because they don't have enough skills/knowledge to teach their students. In that way I believe, the Philippines will/can produce more qualified and competent nurses.

[2b_usrn]

well i believe that regardless of your race, as long as you are qualified to work as an R.N. in a certain country. no one can trample you on the ground.

alot of hearsays can get you off the real track.(like spreading how rewarding the nursing career is in the states, without informing the "struggle" process on how a foreign nurse can get a visa and qualify to work in the u.s. or to some other country) so be real, accept the fact that the PI's economy right now is not good and tendency is, if a filipino has a chance of getting a job abroad, he'll most likely grab it.

everybody has the freedom to choose a career.

[suzanne4]

The US has a pass rate of about 88% for those that are first-time takers and trained in the US. And when schools do not have adequate numbers that pass, then they get put on probation or actually closed down.

This is something that needs to be done with the programs there that have not even had one passing student for the NLE. And get things back to what they once were, not what it has become.