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Thanks for you help RNHawaii34, Its nice to hear your good friend and classmate got by just fine. As for the ADN program here, I am interested, its just that it can take quite a bit of time to get into a program here. First one must meet the general prerequisites, such as anatomy, physiology, microbiology, nutrition and such......for preliminary admission, and I am fine here but just need human anatomy and physiology because i completed the comparative versions in undergrad. Then with most schools, all qualifying students lottery for the limited number of admission slots each year with classes starting in September. There are few programs with admissions in spring and fall. In my area, Sacramento, CA, I know about 800 pre-qualifying students lottery for only about 200 slots opening in september each year. This means about 600 qualified students cannot take up nursing because they did not win the random lottery. Just last month I spoke to qualified students in my area that have lost the lottery 3 years running, and are still not taking up nursing yet. The schools can not handle the demand for nursing students here. Most nursing programs throughout the entire country are all impacted and fall far short of meeting the demand educating qualified students...... which is why my interest in taking up nursing in phils...even though I am qualified for admission, i can not get in until I complete human anatomy and physiology next spring term (I couldn't enroll in these classes this fall because the classes were full with pre-nursing students and they wouldn't add me....and I tried 2 different community colleges and a state university). This means I can't gain admission to a nursing program for 2 more years.....and even longer if I don't win the lottery system on my first try. See my frustration with the inadequacy of the nursing student programs here......I get upset just thinking about it.....lol. Anyhow, I just curious which nursing school you attend in phil....sounds like it might be a good program for me? Thanks again, Scott

Thank you cruiseship_rn for your reply, It seems your correct and I would need to be careful in selecting a nursing school, and especially as a second coursers. It also seems getting through the academic curriculum would be no problem. As for boads, passing depends on effort put in and avoiding the fly by night schools. Thanks for the tip..., but I am still wondering if any one out there knows if I would run into a problem on the clinical internship by having to work directly with Tagalog only speaking patients, such as in charity or government hospital where most patients are from low income families? Are there any nursing students out there that could help me out with this question? Thanks for your help, Scott

Hi everyone, Seriously, I am a US national, and am interested in attending nursing school in phil. I am well educated and have decided to take up nursing. I am very competitive here as a student, but going through the application process, waiting to get through the lottery system and in a slot, and complete the RN program will take 4 yrs. minimum. I could transfer to phil with my MS in biology and fiinsh in 2 years (saving myself 2 years).....but I am concerned about the language barrier........I don't speak Tagalog......How big a problem would this be getting through the academic curriculum and working with patients as well? I know I would need a visa and am familiar with Filipino culture and issues for Filipino nurses, and am not considering this prospect blindly, but could use some help with issues I might have in an NCR nusring program. Does anyone know any specific nursing programs that might be more accommodating to me or where my language barrier would be less of an issue? Thanks for your help, Scott