I'm curious to know your thoughts about the new requirement for 5 years of study to BSN here in the Philippines. Does the extra year offer the promise of a more qualified graduate or will it act as a "weeding out" process to discourage all but the most determined students to complete their BSN?
I understand 10 years ago the 5 year program was the standard and later reduced to 4 years. Effective this month, the new students will have a 5 year requirement.
Adding another year in a 4-year BSN degree is just like the old proposal to add grade 7 in a 6-year elementary curriculum. The only apparent outcome I can see is that schools will have an additional 25% earnings. It is unnecessary, costlier, and subject to abuse and corruption. I agree that 4 years is more than enough to learn the knowledge, skills, and training of a nurse.
The key consideration is: QUALITY CONTROL. Government should impose a better quality of education/training and control the standards in accepting nursing students.
Philippines is mass-producing nurses by tens of thousands annually. You see many men & women in white sprawled over the archipelago.
Government should be on top of things by not neglecting other fields of specialization.
They are going to implement this 5 year curriculum next year or maybe this incoming school year as just announced by our school. They will add more clinical hours from 2,1++ to 2,7++ hours. Plus the BON requires each nursing school must have an in house review or link with a review center. Students will not be allowed to review elsewhere. I think this is their resolution as to what happened to June 2006 NLE issue. A lot of changes can be expected soon for student nurses.
tinekrism
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Adding another year in a 4-year BSN degree is just like the old proposal to add grade 7 in a 6-year elementary curriculum. The only apparent outcome I can see is that schools will have an additional 25% earnings. It is unnecessary, costlier, and subject to abuse and corruption. I agree that 4 years is more than enough to learn the knowledge, skills, and training of a nurse.
The key consideration is: QUALITY CONTROL. Government should impose a better quality of education/training and control the standards in accepting nursing students.
Philippines is mass-producing nurses by tens of thousands annually. You see many men & women in white sprawled over the archipelago.
Government should be on top of things by not neglecting other fields of specialization.