PGH feedback

gambutrol · Aug 7, 2009

We have APCN trainees in our unit.. although becoming an APCN does not guarantee you to become a staff nurse here at PGH, at least one could experience PGH at its best.. you get to choose the special unit that you want to roatate into for your last remaining months.. we have MICU, PICU, CENICU, Renal Unit, PACU, Burn Unit, NSSCU, NICU, Neonatal ICU, Cardiac Cath Lab, GI Unit, OR with different specializations ranging from Neurosurgery, MISU to General Surgery..

lana_08 · Aug 7, 2009

hi guys! do we have to undergo CNEP first before we can take part of the APCN? and is it really a requirement to be a graduate of 2004 and below to be qualified for APCN? thanks!

gambutrol · Aug 7, 2009

it is CNEP that you would have to be a graduate of batch2004 below without prior hospital nursing experience for several years.. it is not a requirement.. for APCN.. these are registered nurses who want to acquire nursing experience (these are usually fresh graduates).. try to back read the posts for more info..

prongs · Aug 7, 2009

I don't think you have to go through CNEP to be able to apply for ANCP. CNEP are for those who graduated 5 years ago, 2004 and below. ANCP is for 2005 and up.... that is according to the person i've spoken with in their training department.

032987rn · Aug 9, 2009

Yes, UP-PGH has a 4-month (August 24 to December 4, 2009) Clinical Nursing Enhancement Program (CNEP) which costs Php 5,000 and is ONLY offered for registered nurses who have limited and/or not actively practiced the profession for five (5) consecutive years.

The CNEP is different from the 6-month Advancement Program in Clinical Nursing (APCN) which is offered for registered nurses who want to gain clinical experience at the Philippine General Hospital.

I'm not sure about it but what I know from other nurse applicants is that undergoing training at the PGH does not guarantee you a slot in the Nurse Proficiency Exam (NPE). My girlfriend who has undegone the 6-month APCN training last year still had to queue early in the morning at the DNRD office just to submit her requirements and get the much coveted slot for the NPE.

In my own experience, I had to queue at around 5 in the morning at the PGH lobby just to get a slot for the submission of requirements.

After submission of requirements, an applicant should pass the NPE and then be scheduled for a panel interview. If she/he passes the panel interview, then she/he must wait for the final interview with the Deputy Director of Nursing Services. After that, he/she becomes part of the manpower pool and waits for deployment.

Long, tedious process of waiting...waiting...waiting...

what are the requirements to be able to qualify for APCN?

twisted189 · Aug 16, 2009

The CNEP is different from the 6-month Advancement Program in Clinical Nursing (APCN) which is offered for registered nurses who want to gain clinical experience at the Philippine General Hospital.

I'm not sure about it but what I know from other nurse applicants is that undergoing training at the PGH does not guarantee you a slot in the Nurse Proficiency Exam (NPE). My girlfriend who has undegone the 6-month APCN training last year still had to queue early in the morning at the DNRD office just to submit her requirements and get the much coveted slot for the NPE.

In my own experience, I had to queue at around 5 in the morning at the PGH lobby just to get a slot for the submission of requirements.

After submission of requirements, an applicant should pass the NPE and then be scheduled for a panel interview. If she/he passes the panel interview, then she/he must wait for the final interview with the Deputy Director of Nursing Services. After that, he/she becomes part of the manpower pool and waits for deployment.

Long, tedious process of waiting...waiting...waiting... :yawn:

ohhhh. okay thank you for this! appreciate your reply. patience is REALLY a virtue then. :banghead:

saint_nurse · Sep 27, 2009

I would just like to ask the requirements for Advancement Program in Clinical Nursing at the Philippine General Hospital? Tnx.

ubersupeRN · Aug 13, 2010

@gambutrol, please help me pass the exam there. Im really losing my hope.. I flunked my first exam there, and the big problem is i cant recall topics i encountered plus cant solve the computation there. i really want to have my first work there.. Its been 8mos and still unlucky to have work.. Oh life

star_apple · Aug 13, 2010

hi, i just passed the npe given last june 2010. i am bound to take the panel interview.. for those who have undergone the panel interview, please give me some tips about it. please.. =)

it was so hard to land a slot for the npe... it is like falling in line for a game show/ audition. as in! luckily, i had the chance to take the exam and passed it too. it is really a dream for me to work @ the pgh since i had my clinical rotations there when i was in college (i am not a up grad. my school is just lucky to be included on the 2 nursing schools that is affiliated there aside from up). i know that it is really patience that i need for my employment there. reading some of the posts in this thread makes me feel inspired.

gambutrol · Aug 13, 2010

@ ubersupeRN: I really want to help! Have you scheduled for another examination? If it is possible to take it, then have it scheduled already. I don't know the things that would come out in the examination. Back when I took the exam, it was the same examination that previous batches took, so I had an idea of what would come out. I did volunteering at the DEM (ER in PGH), so I had time mingling with the nurses there. At present, I don't know if they still recycle the exam.

I want to very blunt with you. They are doing this process for manpower pooling only. Their are still a lot of nurses from previous years that wasn't hired yet because their are too many applicants compared to the positions vacant. If you really want to work in PGH, I suggest that you take another job in another hospital so that you could practice nursing already and if PGH called you up to be hired, then that's the time that you would transfer already. That's what I did back in 2006. I worked at tertiary hospital near my residence for 4months (take note, I didn't sign any contract) before transferring to PGH. This is mainly because they take a lot of time to hire nurses.

tinkergelle · Aug 13, 2010

just passed the NPE there at pgh.im wondering wat will be the questions during the panel interview.

help ;(

ubersupeRN · Aug 14, 2010

thanks gambutrol.. i know its gonna be a long process but im ok with that, i mean its my ever dream workplace, i can wait and have other jobs first till they call me. but the problem is i didnt pass the NPE so sad ( i dont know when is the another exam.. i envy you guys.. you passed the NPE and some are waiting for interview now. sigh.. i dunno.. i dont feel any luck.. i badly wanted to pass, but didnt work out..

@tinkergelle, please give me some tips how you were able to pass the exam.. please please please