LPN in Cebu?...help.....

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Hello,

good day, does anyone know of a school that has LPN course? especially in cebu. i want to enroll this semester and i have no idea what school offers this new 2-yr nursing course(Licensed Practical Nursing-LPN).

Specializes in Medical-Surgical.

In order for one to immigrate on a employment based visa, one has to be an RN. That means if your are in the Philippines you are a BSN graduate because that is the only Philippine nursing course that will make you an RN. US Immigration will only give an employement based visa to an Philippine graduate with a BSN degree, nothing else. Unless if you are an immigrant then you can take the LPN course here but I don't know if the states' Board of PN will credit the LPN schools in the PHilippines.

This is the mentallity of some individuals who want to make money out of innocent people.

We should spread the word around that nobody will sponsor an LPN graduate from the PHilippines because US Immigrations says so.

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Guys thanks for clearing this up. I know my stand better after reading your comments. Im just worried about other aspirants who are thinking of enrolling or are already enrolled on this course which has about 4schools or more nationwide if im not mistaken. I hope they can be directed to the right path, however we can only do much. Please if you know anybody that needs help, it could save her/his future. Godbless!

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Specializes in hopefully a nursing job in rehab.

I think the answer to your question is..yes! thers alot of schools here in cebu who offers LPN courses like CHP(Cebu health proffessional) near sacred heart Girls school, Ruiz Healthcare Training Center, CTS( Cebu technological center) Hi-way, Asian college of technology - Talisay, St. Paul College - Ramos, and thers a school in gorordo beside royal concors.

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I think the answer to your question is..yes! thers alot of schools here in cebu who offers LPN courses like CHP(Cebu health proffessional) near sacred heart Girls school, Ruiz Healthcare Training Center, CTS( Cebu technological center) Hi-way, Asian college of technology - Talisay, St. Paul College - Ramos, and thers a school in gorordo beside royal concors.

do these schools promise students that they will get to work in the US? hope they dont give false hopes to these students like what happen to me.

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One of the schools that I know of which has an LPN course is the school of nursing near the Perpetual Succour.It is called as Philippine Paramedical and Technical School (PPTS).

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and why in the world would someone wish to take the lpn course there? just a few reasons that come to my mind not to do it:

1. the philippine government does not recognize it for work there in pi.

2. the us government does not recognize it for obtaining a visa to work in the us.

3. licensure and immigration are two different issues entirely. a license without a visa that permits you to work is entirely useless to you.

unless you are a us citizen or already a green card holder, or are being petitioned by a spouse or fiance; it is crazy to go for that degree.

they are springing up like little bunnies all over the philippines, and the only ones that are coming out ahead are the owners that have taken advantage of you.

end of my posting on this topic. suggest that you spend the time doing a search and review of all of the people that have passed the nclex-pn exam but are unable to do anything with it.

and the us government requires the bsn for any nurse that trains in the philippines, the two year associate degree does not meet immigration requirements for the green card.

any shortcuts only turn to bite you on the butt.

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical, Orthopedics.
One of the schools that I know of which has an LPN course is the school of nursing near the Perpetual Succour.It is called as Philippine Paramedical and Technical School (PPTS).

From what I've heard they have the ladderized curriculum patterned to what is being done in the states. After graduating from the LPN course they would again study for another year to get an RN course. They will also take the NCLEX-RN just like any other nursing graduate with a BSN degree. This is what my friend told me who is currently studying there. The difference only is that they can't have positions that a BSN graduate can hold.

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An LPN is one who has completed a practical nursing program, not necessarily a bachelor's degree, and is licensed by a state to provide routine patient care under the direction of a registered nurse or a physician. LPNs are often employed in hospitals, nursing homes, physician's office, clinics, schools, industry and correctional facilities.

"Unlike RNs (registered nurses), LPNs focus more on bedside care. (Their task) is highly technical and the scope of practice is dependent on the state where they are based," Howard told a press conference last Thursday at the Cebu Country Club.

According to Howard, LPNs in the US have an average salary of $15,400 to $17,900 annually for those without experience. Experienced LPNs receive an average salary of $16,000 to as much as $40,000 annually.

Lack

But despite the "attractive" salary and the "huge demand," the Philippines' medical profession is unable to tap the need for LPNs in the US.

Howard said the Philippines has been more focused on sending nursing graduates to the US.

This, he said, may be due partly to the lack of US-accredited vocational schools that offer practical nursing curriculum in the Philippines.

"The US would love to hire our LPNs but our LPNs are not even recognized in our own country," said PPTS founding chairman Art Lacuesta.

Howard said once the Philippines recognizes both the LPN and the "ladderized" nursing program, he said the US will be hiring an estimated 30,000 LPNs from the country alone.

In the US, employment opportunities are not limited to graduates of a four-year bachelor's degree, Howard said.

Vocational course

This means a high-school graduate who could not afford to take up a four-year nursing course can take a 15-month LPN program at a US-accredited school and then apply for the US licensure exam.

Howard said vocational nursing education can also be acquired in phases.

LPNs can opt to take a nine-month additional training to acquire a degree in applied science in nursing while waiting for the processing of their papers, he said.

"It will qualify them to take the RN licensure exam (NCLEX-RN) and become a registered nurse once they're in the US," Howard added.

In response to the demand for nurses in the US, the Philippine Paramedical and Technical School (PPTS) is offering the LPN curriculum in Cebu, and is the first to offer the modular LPN applied science in nursing and registered nurse courses in Cebu.

"The school offers an alternative way for 70 percent of nursing students, who are unable to finish the four-year nursing program, to work as medical professionals abroad," PPTS Cebu president Jake Marques said. (MMM

is this true? i am confuse coz i want to enroll LPN.

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Welcome to allnurses.com :balloons:

Please try to read the diff. threads about LPNs for US that already discussed the subject matter thoroughly.

An LPN cannot be petitioned via Employment-Based visa category. Only way for a foreign-educated LPN to be able to work in the US is if he or she already holds a green card visa via other routes, such as being petitioned by their parents and the such. You can take the NCLEX-LPN but being licensed is not enough. This is what most schools fails to understand. There is still the immigration aspect and unfortunately an LPN cannot be petitioned by employment-based petition under the current US Immigration system. You will end up having a US LPN license but cannot work in the US per immigration.

There are so many that have passed the NCLEX-PN but cannot find an employer to petition them, simply because they cannot. Even if they wanted to. The current US immigration system does not allow it.

*If you want more details and read testimonials of people that passed the NCLEX-PN and are in the US but still cannot find an employer to file a petition for them, you can read the diff. threads that have already discussed it.

Click here: https://allnurses.com/forums/2140694-post5.html

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ohh my god!. Thanx for the nfo. Ok, so i should marry an old american first to petition me. Lol.

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ohh my god!. Thanx for the nfo. Ok, so i should marry an old american first to petition me. Lol.

That is not the way to get to the US, bad decision to even consider that.

And a bigger question to you should be why you would even consider attending school in PI for a certification that your government does not even accept for licensure there. And if not accepted and a current job there, then how is the teaching being done to make it equivalent to what is done in the US? It is not.

Save your money. And please be aware that even if you go to school now for the RN, there is not an automatic thing that you will get to the US to work with the green card. There are many more applicants than there are visas available. You need to really do some reading before spending one peso on anything.

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Specializes in private nursing/industrial nursing.

To all prospective LPN's and even Caregivers:

Ask yourself if you really have that inertia of giving a real care, either as RN, LPN/LVN or Caregiver because so long as there are patients alike, we will be a workforce continuously in demand, yes in demands though with certain considerations, to wit:

1) If really considering nursing, take RN (the four year baccalaureate program) for this program meets the ICN first level nurse, a level that is readilly acceptable as entry based in most countries.

2) For LPN and Caregiver, considerations are quite perplexing because, a person intending to take either of this, must determine whether the school is indeed offering a program that meets the standards as set forth by the receiving country, notwitstanding that such school complies with our regulatory agencies, the TESDA and/or CHEd. Meaning, not because the Institution is accredited and registered insofar as its registration including the Course Approval before the appropriate Regulatory Agency, may automatically compliant with the receiving Country. This isn't true and more often than not, there were really Schools that were approved and yet, cannot comply strictly what is expected.

3) Don't easily be hooked on those schools that asserts an accreditation and the like in their marketing strategies.

4) Update yourself by way of contacting if not able to visit the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) for nursing education, practice and research concerns; the CHED Technical Panel for Nursing Education for Course and Programs accreditation of the School/Colleges; the PRC for how does the School/College stands as against the national passing level/percentage

5) Consider State Universities as Prospective Institution to enroll upon, not because of its low tuition fee, but the reputation as a whole where it tends to deliver more and better studentry.

6) Do your part by way of starting right so you end up right. Education, nowadays seem to be "ginto", so value by way of taking patience, sacrifice and perseverance considering this is a SINGLE-MOST factor that will liberate one's life to a betterment.

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