by ramtex

hi! can you give me any names of school in Phil thats offering lvn / lpn? i hope that someone could help me with this...thanks...

Re: LVN or LPN school in phil

Philippine Paramedical and Technical School. They are offering LPN courses in an accelerated program.

Re: LVN or LPN school in phil

Originally Posted by ramtex

hi! can you give me any names of school in Phil thats offering lvn / lpn? i hope that someone could help me with this...thanks...

You might want to check in your homestate if they offer any LPN/LVN there...and if you decide to study in the Philippines, you might want to see the school curriculum first...LPN/LVN is normally 2-3 semesters in the U.S., not including the prerequisites. So, even if you are an immigrant you better make sure that the LPN/LVN program you take in PI is comparable to the requirements in your state board of nursing, so you will not have a hard time getting your LPN/LVN license..why not study BSN instead? just my opinion.

Re: LVN or LPN school in phil

Hi! thank you... what part of phil is Paramedical Technical school? can you give me any info about this school? thanks alot khirbz....

Originally Posted by khirbz

Philippine Paramedical and Technical School. They are offering LPN courses in an accelerated program.

Re: LVN or LPN school in phil

Just giving a friendly reminder that unless someone is already a green card holder via another way such as a family-based petition, a graduate of an LPN course in the Philippines will not allow a US employer to petition a foreign-grad LPN grad but then again why not go for a BSN course instead in the Philippines?

Just my two cents.

Re: LVN or LPN school in phil

Originally Posted by lawrence01

Just giving a friendly reminder that unless someone is already a green card holder via another way such as a family-based petition, a graduate of an LPN course in the Philippines will not allow a US employer to petition a foreign-grad LPN grad but then again why not go for a BSN course instead in the Philippines?

Just my two cents.

Pinoy nurses seeking US employment up by 65%


By MAYEN JAYMALIN
The Philippine Star
Despite the opening of other markets, more Filipino nurses are seeking employment in the United States.
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) secretary-general and former senator Ernesto Herrera said that over 15,000 new Filipino nurses sought employment in the US — a figure that is 65 percent higher than the number of nurses who sought jobs in the US in the previous year.
"A total of 15,171 Filipinos took the US National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for nurses and this represents an increase of 5,990 or 65 percent compared to the 9,181 Filipinos that took the NCLEX for the first time in the whole of 2005," Herrera said.
Herrera said the figure excludes repeaters or those who failed and took the examination again.
According to Herrera, the Philippines topped the list of five countries with the highest number of first-time NCLEX examinees in 2006. India came second, with 4,395 examinees; followed by South Korea, with 2,145; Canada, with 943; and Cuba, with 537.
"Passing the NCLEX is usually the final step in the nurse licensure process in the US," Herrera said. "The number of people taking the examination is a good indicator of how many new US-educated as well as foreign-trained nurses are trying to enter the profession in the US, according to the US National Council of State Boards of Nursing."
Herrera said the government should encourage the deployment of Filipino nurses and other professionals instead of the unskilled workers: "We must consciously discourage the overseas deployment of relatively unskilled workers such as domestic helpers. Their skills are easily replaceable. This is why they are undeniably far more susceptible to employer abuse."
Meanwhile, the US not only accepts nurses who finish four-year nursing courses but also needs graduates of short nursing vocational courses to man the front lines of nursing services there, a visiting nursing official said.
This was announced by Gregory Tyrone Howard, president of the National Federation of Licensed Practical of Licensed Practical Nurse of America and member, Committee of Licensed Practical Nurse, US Commission Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS).
Howard said that, in the US, graduates of a 15-month course in practical nursing can have gainful employment after they have taken and passed the national Commission Licensure Exam for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN).
Additional nine-month training in Applied Science in Nursing will qualify them to take up the NCLEX Registered Nurse and can be full-fledged registered nurses (RNs).
Unfortunately, Howard said, the Philippines focused only on sending nurses to the US who have finished four-year courses. This is because of the lack of accredited vocational nursing curriculum and schools, he said.
Howard is in the Philippines on invitation of the Philippine Paramedical and Technical Schools (PPTS) as this year’s commencement speaker for its graduating classes in the different PPTS branches all over the country.
The PPTS is the first school system that has a US-approved

Re: LVN or LPN school in phil

Originally Posted by docjet

Pinoy nurses seeking US employment up by 65%


By MAYEN JAYMALIN
The Philippine Star
Despite the opening of other markets, more Filipino nurses are seeking employment in the United States.
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) secretary-general and former senator Ernesto Herrera said that over 15,000 new Filipino nurses sought employment in the US — a figure that is 65 percent higher than the number of nurses who sought jobs in the US in the previous year.
"A total of 15,171 Filipinos took the US National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for nurses and this represents an increase of 5,990 or 65 percent compared to the 9,181 Filipinos that took the NCLEX for the first time in the whole of 2005," Herrera said.
Herrera said the figure excludes repeaters or those who failed and took the examination again.
According to Herrera, the Philippines topped the list of five countries with the highest number of first-time NCLEX examinees in 2006. India came second, with 4,395 examinees; followed by South Korea, with 2,145; Canada, with 943; and Cuba, with 537.
"Passing the NCLEX is usually the final step in the nurse licensure process in the US," Herrera said. "The number of people taking the examination is a good indicator of how many new US-educated as well as foreign-trained nurses are trying to enter the profession in the US, according to the US National Council of State Boards of Nursing."
Herrera said the government should encourage the deployment of Filipino nurses and other professionals instead of the unskilled workers: "We must consciously discourage the overseas deployment of relatively unskilled workers such as domestic helpers. Their skills are easily replaceable. This is why they are undeniably far more susceptible to employer abuse."
Meanwhile, the US not only accepts nurses who finish four-year nursing courses but also needs graduates of short nursing vocational courses to man the front lines of nursing services there, a visiting nursing official said.
This was announced by Gregory Tyrone Howard, president of the National Federation of Licensed Practical of Licensed Practical Nurse of America and member, Committee of Licensed Practical Nurse, US Commission Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS).
Howard said that, in the US, graduates of a 15-month course in practical nursing can have gainful employment after they have taken and passed the national Commission Licensure Exam for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN).
Additional nine-month training in Applied Science in Nursing will qualify them to take up the NCLEX Registered Nurse and can be full-fledged registered nurses (RNs).
Unfortunately, Howard said, the Philippines focused only on sending nurses to the US who have finished four-year courses. This is because of the lack of accredited vocational nursing curriculum and schools, he said.
Howard is in the Philippines on invitation of the Philippine Paramedical and Technical Schools (PPTS) as this year’s commencement speaker for its graduating classes in the different PPTS branches all over the country.
The PPTS is the first school system that has a US-approved

I'm sorry but gaining employment and migration are diff. things.

All LPN graduates in the Philippines can take the NCLEX PN alright as we have said here hundreds of time but if they do not hold a immigrant visa via family-based or marriage or other means and all they have is a tourist or none at all then they cannot be petitioned via employment-based for a green-card and H1B visa as well cannot be used as an LPN course is just a vocational course.

Only those who have a US visa already have the chance to be employed while those w/ no visa or just have a tourist visa cannot be petitioned by an employer. This is a fact.

We have a couple of Phil. graduates here already that did that and even went to the US to be interviewed (NCLEX-PN passer) only to find out that the employer even though wanted them badly to be hired cannot do so because there is just no venue to legally petition a foreign LPN grad as of currently.

In addition, if you will read the article there is always an attached ladder program for LPN grads where they need to just study a few more months and they already RNS. It didn't say if ADN or BSN but if it's ADN then that is not accepted as well. Of course, again, if the ADN grad is already an immigrant or holds a green card already then he can be employed as well because he won't have to go through being petitioned but if he isn't then no can do as well as to be petitioned one has to be at least a Bachelor's Degree graduate.

You may read the thread below, esp. the member micdelrosario's posts. You may e-mail or give her a PM if you want.

http://allnurses.com/forums/f235/lpn...es-143906.html

Re: LVN or LPN school in phil

Hey there you can try to research KRC or kennedy review center.

Re: LVN or LPN school in phil

hI! let me know when are you going to take your clinicals? you know anybody thats already been there for the clinicals? thnks

Re: LVN or LPN school in phil

I'm not going to KRC anymore. I found a better one already.