88,750 Nursing students soon to be RNs

lien17m · Nov 17, 2008

I was wondering Again how the leaders of Nursing Organizations in the Philippines like the PNA, are seeing this problem or perhaps they just wont???! ... I haven't felt anything done to regulate further somehow the number....correct me if I'm wrong about what I have said..

spongebob6286, BSN, RN · Nov 18, 2008

there were 3,000 students during your junior year? we were only 200 & yet I wasn't able to rotate all the wards in our hospital. what more thousands of students. no wonder why many are saying that grad nurses today aren't that skillful.

mon2x_RN · Nov 18, 2008

well, all i can say to them is "welcome to the world of the unemployed".

Nurse!Nurse!Hello? · Nov 18, 2008

5,000 students on the first year but our number was decreased to 3,000 during our third year. We only start our clinical rotations during the third year. That is another problem with overpopulated nursing schools. It's hard to get cases or good exposure to an area.

5000? 3000? It is an assembly line for manufacturing nurses, or a school where people are educated?

I have worked with many filipino nurses over the years, and the more recent graduates seem like they just came off an assembly line! Their skills, basic knowledge, and ability to demonstrate critical thinking are sorely lacking. It's a :up: good thing :up: other countries are starting to require a few years of experience in order to be licensed in those countries. Our countries deserve astute, high-quality nurses......not just a :bugeyes: warm body to fill an open slot in the nursing schedule.

My graduating class had 50 nurses. We had plenty of attention from the instructors, and plenty of time to practice skills during our clinical rotation. It's a shame that the Philippines doesn't place the same priority anymore on producing well-trained nurses. And it's also a shame that so many people who really have very little interest in nursing are being persuaded to attend nursing school, purely for the potential financial benefits! If you don't have a love of nursing, it shows. If your heart isn't in it, your co-workers--and more importantly, your patients-- can tell...

quackmoonstar · Nov 19, 2008

Yes. Please condemn my school. And somebody shut that school down or something.

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Nov 19, 2008

Yes. Please condemn my school. And somebody shut that school down or something.

If schools are under performing that's what they do here. They take away their accredidation and they are no longer an accredited.

Just because one graduates from nursing school doesn't make them competent enough to practice nursing. I'm not singling you out because I don't know you or your school, but there are some out there that fall into the category of incompetency.

The Philippines has produced some excellent nurses who went to excellent schools and I've seen them first hand. But ones who have barely graduated (not on this forum) within the past couple of years I can't say the same about.

McLovin' · Nov 21, 2008

Since there are new schools that are going to be sending students for the first time, and they are not the best in their programs, suspect that the passing rate is going to be in the 40% rate.
Bigger issue that no one seems to think about is that there are already more than 500,000 unemployed RNs in the Philippines as it is before any of these newbies take the exam.
This is something that your country needs to address first, before worrying where they are going to try to send someone to work and not in the role of the RN that has a four year Bachelor's degree.
What they need to do, at least in my opinion and others: If a school does not have at least a 70% pass rate, then they need to be closed down right from the start. And what about the programs that have never had a passer but are still open? Who are they paying off to keep their doors open?
Then perhaps you will see some changes for the better, but not until then.

Have to agree with suzanne here.. The Philippines doesn't seem to be concerned with the obviously inevitable rise in unemployment for local RNs. The pool of unemployed nurses is largely increasing and the Philippine government is not doing anything about this (just like what they do always, leave it alone and it'll probably go away by itself :yeah: ) Also, the steady increase in competition should be of concern here... :madface: What about the small guy? :cry:

More the reason of getting off this rock. :chuckle

mheyflower · Nov 26, 2008

Only a few days to go before the big day for those 90K nursing students. I wonder how many would pass this time.:typing

greenjungle · Nov 28, 2008

The title of this thread is misleading. Definitely more than 50% of those taking the exams will absolutely fail. This is good since it will improve the quality of our RNs. The lower the passing percentage, the better, just like in the bar exams. If one passes a very difficult exam, there is a great sense of pride and confidence that you are one of the few as well as the best who really deserved to pass. May the fittest survive. And may the exams be more difficult, for the sake of the reputation of our nurses.

:yeah: :lol2: :yeah:

spongebob6286, BSN, RN · Nov 29, 2008

I am not being mean,but I hope our BON will make the passing rate a little higher so that only the deserving students shall pass.

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Nov 30, 2008

I am not being mean,but I hope our BON will make the passing rate a little higher so that only the deserving students shall pass.

I believe all countries (including US) needs to up that requirement. Unfortunately there are people here in the US who have cheated their way through nursing school, and also people from other countries who have done the same, so they should be weeded out.

pillilialuis9652 · Dec 3, 2008

good luck to all those who will be taking the local boards this november.i always try to look at the bright side of everything, more registered nurses more nurses working on the hospitals, so hopefully this may decrease the 10:1 ratio of nurse to patient care or even more than that on other hospitals.

the bad thing is local hospitals nowadays do not hire as much nurses to keep up with the growing number of patients.they are willing to overwork nurses to the brink of submission (resigning).this matter needs to be address by our government, too many nurses and less vacant jobs offered today and still unemployed nurses nowadays are giving in by volunteering their services without pay and no assurance of being hired by the said hospitals.

there are a significant decrease in number of students taking nursing this year than the last few years, maybe because of the said u.s.retrogression and the smell of being payed in dollars have waned to a significant number of people who are just trying to finish nursing just because of having a job in america and being paid in dollars.but the good thing about it you will see who are those students who are really want to take nursing to help and take care of patients and not just get employed abroad. for me it is good to have students that are willing to be nurses for the right reasons than students who are just forced by their parents or relatives to take nursing because it is in demand in america which for me is the worse thing to put a person to.the significant decrease in numbers of people taking nursing will make those run in a mill schools to be closed which is again a very good thing in my book.the significant increase amount of students who are taking the local boards today is the cause of so many students graduating which are just failing,i can say the reason why but i guess you all have an idea why are they are failing the local boards.hope this will be all for the good of all nurses,registered , undergraduates, and unemployed also. the only message i can give is always be resilient, work hard, remember the word altruism, always stay positive,hope for the best and always take care of patients and treat them as you might treat your parents or loved ones