Philippine Board of Nursing to stop Second Coursers from taking up Nursing

With respone to the overloading of RLEs etc.. of these examinees whose result are being withheld..Let us not forget that the applicants being second coursers, before being allowed to take the licensure exam are evaluated first by the BON isn't it?So in the first place why were they allowed to take the boards if the RLEs and their curriculum are questionable in the first place????

Absolutely right, what's the use of application forms, you apply because you comply for their credentials, means you are evaluated......or are they after the application fee.....??

I don't agree with your opinion though I respect it.

Nobody can stop a person from improving his lot and to have a better future for his children and family be he a 1st or second courser.

I am not a 2nd courser but nursing was not my first choice when I entered college. I shifted to nursing on my second year with the reason that nursing will help me to have a better future. Yes, nursing helped me when I took a job as a medical representative and it also helped me in getting an immigrant visa. I know I can give a good future to my family as a nurse in the US and this sentiment I believe is being shared by almost everybody who are nurses and who are taking up nursing.

And also having qualified nurses, that is the job of the PRC. And slackers are common in every field of profession. We can see them everywhere, in sales and marketing, in nursing, in banking and most especially the Phil goverment.

Just my thought.

Well said! I agree!

wow, i have a friend from the phillipines whose a nurse. She said it was hard to find a job in the phillipines as a nurse and majority of the nurses there end up volunteering. I don't see what's wrong with getting your degree and working abroad. Like in the US there's so many nurse shortages I dont' see why we can't give nurses the opportunities to do what they like and also make a living. As we all know nurses take care of those who are ill and they deserve the best for themselves too...I guess I didn't realize how bad it is overseas, and majority of the nursing students here take that for granted sometimes...I for one. This makes me realize how fortunate I am.

Well good luck to those of you. I really admire alot of phillipinos/as. Had many friends who are pinoy and nay and they're the greatest people I know, so caring for others before themselves. Such hardworkers too.

it's not fair......

The cure is absolutely worst that the problem!

There are many ways to limit the number of enrollees. One, establish a quota system through entrance exams and/or interviews, and put the remaining candidates on a waitlist just like in UP, and colleges & universities here in the US. The selection process will not surely put the high school grads in an unfair ground. (It may be to their advantage as entrance exams are more patterned after the old NCEE and SAT.) It will put everybody -- from 17-45+ year-olds to have equal opportunity. Plus this may be another means for colleges/universities in PI to collect exam fees! If no. 1 is met, the Phils will regain its reputation for high qualifty nursing education. Two, not allow failing students to progress through junior and senior curricula, instead counsel them to take up courses more appropriate to them. If no. 2 is met, PRC will not have to deal with thousands of examinees, thus a fair time is allotted to look into the examinees records without delaying the process for ALL candidates.

Why do the schools in Phils are not doing these? Because, limiting the number of students trims down their profits. If this happens, the PRC's coffer will also tighten, and boom -- less money means less business.

My conclusion: Preventing thousands of hopefuls to becomes nurses is not going to happen and will never be!

why would someone who already had a degree-doctor,engineer,teacher,etc would want to take up nursing?

why would someone who already had a degree-doctor,engineer,teacher,etc would want to take up nursing?

Because there are no opportunities for them in the Philippines, it's simple as that. And when I say opportunities these are job opportunities that offer reasonable compensation enough to actually raise a family.

Only in the Philippines!

Even during the cave man era, it was just human nature that the cave man does what he could to bring food for his family---years and years and years later, it is still the same---people will still be finding ways on how to be able to live and survive.

I believe that these are just all rumors. To date, there is no Philippine Law that will ban second coursers from taking up Nursing.

I admire people who would make drastic moves/changes just to ensure that their children's future is secure. I have encountered a number of stable and well-earning professionals in the Philippines who sacrificed to leave their stable job just so they could get out of the country (especially in the midst of the political crises and financial instability that they have in the Philippines) via taking up Nursing and being a nurse in a foreign land, together of course with their whole family. I think that people who just let them down are those people with envious thoughts and crab mentality---may God bless their soul!