RN programs in the philippines

bloodytom · Jun 22, 2006

3 years! pretty long, indeed

the non-nursing/minor subjects are included with the course so you take it while taking the major nursing subjects. the first two years will mostly consist of minor subjects with only one or two major subjects (A&P, chemistry, biology). the remaining 2 years will mostly be the major nursing subjects along with the clinicals.

as for the facilities, i cant refer you to any school that have the best facilities as i dont have much info about schools here. maybe others have info you might need so u just solicit their comments/suggestions,etc. it will also help to visit the sites of nursing schools here in the phils. just search for it in the net.

good luck to you.

btw, are you a filipino?

tagamargos · Jun 22, 2006

Hi im new to this site and would like to get more info about RN programs in the philippines. Im a 23yr. old male who lives in california i've been going to college off and on and finally decided this is what i want to do. the local community college has an average of 3 yr waiting list which is pretty long. im trying to find more info into what facilities are good and also what are the expenses. is there financial aid available? here in the US we are required to take the prerequisite courses before we can start the program. is it the same in the philippines or is it included with the course. any help will be greatly appreciated.

Congrattulations on finally deciding to be a nurse...:balloons:

I graduated from the Phil... my husband is now in school here in the US for the ADN program. So I know how hard it is to get into the program...To compare and give you idea :

In the Phil we generally do the BSN (4 year) course, as far as I know (haven't been there for a good 5 years). But I've read some posts here that discuss about RN program, like we do here in the US.

The BSN course already includes EVRYTHING you need for the curriculum. Minors are generally during the first two years. Clinicals start on the second year. You don't have to wait to get accepted. There are literally thousands of nursing schools over there.

I don't think they have financial aid over there as what we do here. You pay as you enroll. But I think it's cheaper in pesos than what we are paying here. My husband pays more or less $1000/semester including books, and this is in a community college . I believe universities are far more expensive. But we are out-of-district though, so we are paying a little bit more than the students who live in-district.

I hope I answered some of your questions...

BlueKush86 · Jun 23, 2006

Congrattulations on finally deciding to be a nurse...:balloons:
I graduated from the Phil... my husband is now in school here in the US for the ADN program. So I know how hard it is to get into the program...To compare and give you idea :
In the Phil we generally do the BSN (4 year) course, as far as I know (haven't been there for a good 5 years). But I've read some posts here that discuss about RN program, like we do here in the US.
The BSN course already includes EVRYTHING you need for the curriculum. Minors are generally during the first two years. Clinicals start on the second year. You don't have to wait to get accepted. There are literally thousands of nursing schools over there.
I don't think they have financial aid over there as what we do here. You pay as you enroll. But I think it's cheaper in pesos than what we are paying here. My husband pays more or less $1000/semester including books, and this is in a community college . I believe universities are far more expensive. But we are out-of-district though, so we are paying a little bit more than the students who live in-district.
I hope I answered some of your questions...

Thank you for the feedback. BSN i assume its a bachelor degree in nursing? sorry new to these terms. isnt a RN also a bachelor degree? would i need to become a certified LVN or RN in order to take the BSN prgram? also how hard is it compared to the LVN/RN?

bloodytom · Jun 23, 2006

in the philippines, BSN is the course that you take to become an RN. if you finished the course and graduated, you're a degree holder. if you passed the licensure exam and registered, you're a registered nurse (RN)

i dont know about LVN because i did not take it. you dnt need to be a certified LVN to take the BSN program. you just need to finish high school.

tagamargos · Jun 23, 2006

isnt a RN also a bachelor degree? would i need to become a certified LVN or RN in order to take the BSN prgram? also how hard is it compared to the LVN/RN?

RN here in the US is a graduate of ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN NURSING (the 2 year program), when you graduate, your title will be RN. If you graduate Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, you are BSN,RN... does not really matter when you work unless you want to have a managereal position, then I think they will require a BSN degree.

To compare BSN with the LVN/RN program here (as what I've observed from my husband) The course here is very fast-paced. Imagine learning all these things in 2 years! They give you how many chapters to read for an exam. With my experience in the BSN program, the pace is more relaxed. We use textbooks for reference, not read it from page to page, chapter by chapter (this was 14 years ago, things might have changed). I liked what I did in college back then than what I see my husband is doing now.... I would always kid him, by the way he is studying, if he does that in the Phil, he will graduate SUMMA CUM LAUDE!

nrswnabee · Jun 23, 2006

hi blueskush86. if you haven't checked the thread entitled bsn schools for second coursers, please find time to do so bec. you'll find there very helpful links to many phil. nursing schools, including tuition rates, location, etc. i believe it was initiated by gemini_star. (yeah, gstar did a fantastic job!) let me say, too, that many phil. nursing schools are decent enough to produce graduates who can very well keep up with the changes of such a dynamic field as nursing. also, you only pay a fraction of the cost of a regular associate's degree in the u.s. for the entire 4-year phil. bsn degree (i think $6000 will sail you through the entire program tuition fees, in a fairly respectable school). on the downside, as a phil. bsn holder, you and your credentials will be subject to lengthy scrutiny (cgfns, cvs, ces, etc. on top of nclex, english language proficiency tests if you're mother tongue isn't english....etc.) inorder to be officially accepted in the u.s. as to how long it will take really depends on many factors like you're citizenship. you may well have to check the more authoritative inputs on this matter through the international forum stickies initiated by suzanne04.

nrswnabee · Jun 23, 2006

to anyone--- i'd like to digress from the intiator's concerns a little bit. i'm not very clear about this thing about waiting list as part of admission to nursing programs. i'm an incoming nursing major this fall in a local community college in connecticut.

where i am now, all nursing wannabes, regardless of the number!, only need to submit the requirements (transcript, hi-school diploma,etc.) for evaluation of a committee every fall term. an applicant must have completed CHEMISTRY (general), ENGLISH (composition), ALGEBRA to be considered for evaluation. all accepted applicants are ranked based on the following:

1) final grades on the above courses;

2)completion of higher courses that creditable to the nursing associate's degree; and

3) general weighted average (total) for college work.

these criteria bear weights and, ultimately, an applicant will earn a certain score which, in turn, forms basis of his ranking. candidates whose rank fall within the number of available nursing slots (e.g. 130 slots) are formally advised to register for the following fall term. those who do not make the cut-off (i.e. rank 131 down to the last eligible candidate) are re-ranked as wait list 1 and so on and they will take over slots of admitted students who backed out until about a month prior to start of classes. as soon as classes start, the "waitlist" no longer exists.

further along, i understand that any waitlisted candidate may not be able to capture any slot as targetted but it doesn't mean he will have to wait for YEARSSS to be even considered. even if he isn't formally accepted yet to the nursing program, the school allows him to take classes that he can apply towards his targetted nursing degree (e.g. anatomy and physiology, etc....). he can re-apply to the nursing program and be subject to the ranking again.

many students endeavour to "go around" (it looks like it but it's not at all improper) the process by taking a combination of courses that will help them get better grades...higher GPA....higher ranking when they submit their credentials in the next round of nursing admission applications. from what i see, many serious students don't make it the first time but they certainly come back with "vengeance", getting through admissions smoothly with their better GPAs.

therefore, i'm inclined to believe it's not totally hopeless to get into a nursing program....all you need is a lot of RESOLVE and some strategy (e.g. if you're good in computers, take those courses so you're likely to get A's to pull up your GPA) to make better grades though i'm thinking that other colleges could be handling applications differently to explain such lonnngggg waitlists". i'm curious.