Re: Nursing schools in Iloilo or Davao for a problematic American?

Originally Posted by EwwThat'sNasty

Thanks for the suggestion but I have heard that it is almost impossible for an American to get the visa to do any work, unless a company says there are no equivalent potential teachers there. But I would assume that the customs people would assume that any graduate is capable of teaching NCLEX.

Not as an American. It is actually a very straightforward and easy process. You don't apply for an employment visa though, apply for permanent residency. You will have to pay out a total of about $1,000 from the time you arrive until the time you get the permanent residency in visa extensions and all the papers and stuff you have to use to get it.
You will pay more if you use an agent but most often than not you (like me) will end up getting your money stolen and have to process it yourself anyway.

Re: Nursing schools in Iloilo or Davao for a problematic American?

I agree with what Mickeeey said: Most nursing schools in Iloilo City do perform consistently well in the NLE--most especially the West Visayas State University (WVSU), St Paul's University of Iloilo (SPUI), and Central Philippine University (CPU).

And they perform much better compared to nursing schools in Davao.

(As for Kyckerz, who said one can hardly find high-quality nursing education from provincial schools, this, I would say, is a very flawed perception. Metro Manila does not have the monopoly of smart sudents and outstanding professors.)

Anyway...

Of the three aforementioned schools in Iloilo City, only CPU accepts second-degree students or "second coursers." However, they do have an age limit--the student applicant has to be 25 years old and below.

Both WVSU and SPUI only accept fresh high school graduates.

However, there are other schools in Iloilo City that also accept second-degree students or "second coursers." These schools are the University of Iloilo (UI), Iloilo Doctors College (IDC), and University of San Agustin (USA).

IDC and USA both have age limits for their student applicants though--not more than 30 years of age.

Among the six academic institutions with established nursing schools in Iloilo City, only UI does not have any age limit.

All the six schools are located in the city proper and very much accessible to malls, hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, public markets, coffee shops, internet cafes, hospitals, houses of worship, banks, et cetera, which you'll surely need to survive.

And don't worry, Iloilo City isn't that polluted compared to Metro Manila, and the peace and order situation here is very much under control (i.e., no kidnapping cases, no mall bombings, no scary vigilante groups, no roaming "street girls" even at night).

I have written a very lengthy review about the said nursing schools and it's available online. I'm just too lazy now to paste it all here as they are paged separately.

But if you want to have an idea regarding the school fees per semester, the contact numbers, availability of a master's degree program in nursing, and so on, just type the following on Google:

warrior in scrubs + nursing schools

Good luck!

Re: Nursing schools in Iloilo or Davao for a problematic American?

Hello! I'm a graduate of San Pedro College, I'm already a Registered Nurse! thank's for the recognition, however, SPC doesn't accept 2nd coursers. we have also there a lot of americans who are taking BS nursing.. for those who posted that our school has less performance in the board exam, it isn't true, SPC is one of the 8 Center of Excellence in Nursing Education (COENE) in the Philippines and among are UP, UST, SLU, SPU, SU.. in fact when i took the board, our school got 96% passing rate and we produced 803 registered nurses during the november 2009 exam, the largest producer in the philippines..

Davao city is very clean, it is the most livable city in the philippines.. other nursing schools in davao cater 2nd coursers just like Brokenshire College..

hope you are enlightened of what i have posted.. don't just listen to those who did not recognize SPC as the best nursing school.. ok?