Good Nursing School in the Philippines

spongebob6286, BSN, RN · Feb 24, 2008

I suggest that you visit prc website & check the schools who constantly made it in the top(top performing schools).they also listed all the nsg schools nationwide w/ their corresponding percentages in the exam.

i can conclude that a school provides quality education through their group performance.

bebe13 · Feb 28, 2008

I am also looking for a nursing school. I graduated from an engineering course in 1985.
I wrote in this forum to ask the actual experiences of other Engineering grads about how long it takes for him or her to take the Nursing course. Is it 2 or 3 years? Does it take a whole year or just a semester to take up the other prerequisite courses?
I am looking at either United Doctor's Medical Center (also known as Southeast Asian College) or Arellano. I am in the United States right now and I don't have the time or resources to call the schools direct. Can someone share their experiences? I will appreciate answers from Engineering graduates who took up nursing as a second course. Thank you.

Hi, I also held an engineering degree prior to my BSN. Anyway, it took me 3 years to finish BSN from Olivarez College in Paranaque. I know of someone who finished it at PWU-Manila in 2 years because of their trimester terms. I have no idea though about Arellano or UDMC.

As a second courser, my school credentials met the US standards as evaluated by the CGFNS when they issued me the CES. Now, actually, I'm just waiting for the issuance of my Visa Screen Certificate. What I'm pointing is that you will be assured of meeting the US standards by those who already have a track record. You can also refer to CHED to check for the accredited program of the school you intend to enroll in.

http://www.ched.gov.ph/hei_dir/index.html

As for the reputation, it is a highly debatable matter so I leave that in your hand. All the best in your pursuit.

i am placid · Mar 15, 2008

fatima is good..they have virtual laboratory:icon_roll

rookieq · Mar 18, 2008

hello,
i'm on my last trimester of a 22 month program to get my bsn at pwu-qc. i will be the first to tell you that they are not perfect. but they make up for it in helping their students with the administrative aspect of class schedule, duty rotations and just having a understanding attitude. after going to duty with multiple schools and hearing their stories of their school programs i feel lucky i ended up at pwu-qc. i heard stories of students not liking their present school and wanted to transfer but can't get their school to give them the transcripts. at another school i hear that their clinical instructor wasn't even a nurse or a doctor but a midwife to teach them. i figure when you pay that much money on tuition you deserve the best they can give you. if that is the best then i just have to question why go there? there are other horror stories you can read about on the official website of the republic of the philippines forum (http://www.gov.ph/forum/default.asp).
anyone interested in getting your bsn from a reputable college should have pwu at quezon city on your short list of schools. they have a trimester program for 2nd coursers that will get you to graduation in less than 2 years. it's not a school for a lazy student. you will have to have the discipline to read and study on your own. they do not spoon feed you the information that you need to pass the boards. they sometimes don't list the pages you need to read. they believe you are a professional and hence don't need to tell you the pages numbers. if you can't find the topic within the textbook then you have bigger issues.
they present the material via powerpoint and it gives you enough information to pass their exams. there is really no need to take notes since they hand you the presentation at the end of class. pwu believes you are there to learn the material and not waste your time scribbling down notes. but it will be your job to reinforce the material from the textbooks to fully understand the material for the nursing boards. (tip: be prepared to look at other textbooks beyond what they recommend)
related learning experience is not a joke there. they will put you in hospitals working on live people. other schools have dummies to simulate the real world. pwu sticks you in the real world. this is where you put theory into practice. don't worry there will be an instructor (an rn or a doctor/rn) by your side to help you navigate through your fears as well as get you through your rotation.
as for cheating, well that goes hand-in-hand with schooling. i've seen it occur in school and the administration tries to control it. will the cheating hurt an honest student ....no. pwu has there own way of dealing with it. if you give a half hearted attempt you will pass their exams. but you have to realize continuing a half hearted attempt throughout the 2 years will definitely fail you on the nursing boards. so yes you will pass school, but no you will not pass the boards. so it begs the question... why go to school if you won't pass the boards. so study hard.
some were asking about weekends and evening classes. pwu doesn't have evening classes and you will be going to school and going to hospital duty 6 days a week, at different hours. some rotations you are on days, some you are there overnight. it depends on the rotation. on your last trimester they add sunday for your review class for the boards. yes, that means 7 days a week either going to class, going to duty or both. hey, you wanted to finish asap. then this is the school for you. at least we are by trinoma and sm north to take your mind off your studies.
they can be reached at tel. no. 926-9312, 920-6309, 920-6313. they have ongoing quarterly enrollment. so you can enter either june, sept or jan qtr. i recommend coming in during the june batch, just my preference.

finally!!!! someone who posted extensive feedback on pwu-qc, thanks griffon!! its really a big help...i was considering this school, lanting and global at the fort...

would you know if a lot of their graduates pass the nclex?

john83, BSN, RN · Mar 24, 2008

Hi!
I would appreciate if some of you can give me some recommendations as to what school I should consider. I'm a college grad (business) and would like to take up Nursing as a second course. I would prefer a school which would take me less than 4 years.
My friend in the US recommended Carlos Lanting school because she knows a few people who graduated from this school and are now practicing in the US. Is this a good school?
Would appreciate any advice.

Please read:

Philippines has a Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (source http://www.geocities.com/pacu_org2002/quest.html )

I think CHED and PRC have their own ratings for nursing schools, but as far as education is concerned, accrediting associations like PAASCU (http://www.paascu.org.ph/) have their standards and maybe granted full autonomy by CHED. Please contact them.

For a birds-eye view, please check:

http://www.paascu.org.ph/paascu-members.html

Better if the schools have the highest accreditation status in nursing such as level 4, please check with them directly as they don't post it on the website.

griffon · Aug 2, 2008

sorry it took me so long to post an answer to your question concerning the pass rate on the nclex. i don't know if pwu even has any numbers. i've never seen any posted or faculty members even mentioning how many do pass the nclex. once you graduate everyone goes their own separate ways and i doubt the administration does a follow-up study with their students.

if anything you just hope the school has prepared you with the necessary skills and training to pass. pwu-qc was good enough for my batch to obtain an 80% pass rate on the local boards. the average pass rate was only in the 40 percentile for all of the philippines in the last june 2008 board exam. the school can only do so much. they can lecture for hours on end. offer return demonstrations and actual hands-on experience in the hospitals until your feet are sore from running around and standing all night. but in the end it will be up to you.

pwu will get you the necessary credentials and hours that are needed for the local board and the nclex. it will be up to you to utilize the training they gave you to pass the boards.

so i'm putting my faith in my own hands when i sit for the nclex. i've done the review classes for the nle and i'm now self studying for the nclex. if i fail, it wouldn't be because of the school. study hard and you will benefit from your efforts.

mRiaNe · Aug 13, 2008

who is the famous Gapuz?

he's one of the "famous" reviewer of both NLE and NCLEX here and has put up rputable review cnter not until the "scandal" came..

chocokat79, BSN · Sep 6, 2008

hi berger, dunno if you'll still see this but i'll still post anyway. i am also a second courser and took up nursing in 3 years. i live in the south part of manila so i decided to take up nursing at the University of Perpetual Help in Binan, Laguna. A lot of students complain because of the expenses (a bit expensive) but i found out that some schools in manila are more expensive. my relatives there in the states advised me to enroll in a university with a base hospital.

good luck to you!

joe_alfred73 · Sep 15, 2008

A good nursing school is one that has been existing for several years meaning more than 15 years in my opinion. Regardless if its graduates places on the top ten of the NLE does not matter.
The reason why some schools have more of the share on the top ten passers is because they only accept students who meet their requirements above a certain higher level of grades or in other words they are the top of their high school class and that is why they are producing top notchers in the NLE.
I am from the south although I did not placed top ten when I took my NLE but my school from time to time have graduates who top the NLE. And majority of the graduates are the types that will be eventually disqualified when they apply for enrollment to certain schools like UP, UST, etc.
Of my school Batch of 1991, more than half are already in the US and the rest are in London and Middle East. Only a few are left in the Philippines and only a few of them are in the nursing field.
One advice, when you get here, your school does not matter and if you brag about it nobody will pay attention to you. I did not even find out that one of my co-workers at the sub acute/LTC facility where I work was a UST graduate and a batch of the "famous Gapuz" until I asked her. It is only in the Philippines where you can say " I am a graduate of this and that" and people will look admiring at you and feel envious of your school background.
Here, what matters is your US license and that you can get the job done.

yeah that's right!!! first thing you do is to know if the school you intend to enroll in is recognized by Commission on Higher Education(CHED) to run a nursing program, next is to look for the track record of nursing licensure exam passing rate. then it's up to you on how much you'll want to spend for your schooling, so choose wisely.

babiekat11 · Oct 17, 2008

hi everyone !!!!!i am a b.s human biology student ryt now.. i really want to pursue medicine but its too expensive and it takes a long time to finish it.. so i prefer to take 2nd course as bsn.. could you suggest good schools of nursing? madocs, is it good? i also prefer school which would take me less than 4 years, 2 years may do... thanks for your reply in advance.. i would really appreciate ur suggestions,,

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wink2:

suzanne4, RN · Oct 17, 2008

hi everyone !!!!!i am a b.s human biology student ryt now.. i really want to pursue medicine but its too expensive and it takes a long time to finish it.. so i prefer to take 2nd course as bsn.. could you suggest good schools of nursing? madocs, is it good? i also prefer school which would take me less than 4 years, 2 years may do... thanks for your reply in advance.. i would really appreciate ur suggestions,,
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wink2:

i would highly recommend that you take some time to do some reading both on this forum as well as the international forum. the job situation in the philippines is bleak to say the very least for nurses. very few jobs out there and one must complete about six months of training or volunteer work to get the job that pays.

and in terms of going to other countries, not all are accepting the second courser degree for licensure. the us has a retrogression in place and the expected wait is more than five years for a chance at a green card. ny the time that you would finish, things will probably be much worse and not better. all of the other countries have restrictions of some type in place as well, and there are no longer two year second courser programs available in your country. they have had a year added to them and the government is trying very hard to close many of them done as well.

best of luck to you. if you decide to become a nurse, then great. but you need to be very aware of what you are up against. have a good read here about all that are not able to find jobs. there are too many too count.

gorgeous77, LPN, LVN · Oct 18, 2008

very true! a lot of agencies don't hire second coursers and there are countries that want/require you to finish a 4 yr nursing program. a lot of them look down on these 2 year programs that seem "accelerated".