December 2007 Nurse Licensure Examination Results - COMPLETE

Congratulations to everyone who passed the December 1 and 2, 2007 Nurse Licensure Examinations.

To facilitate access to the nursing board exam results, several formats of the results is made available for your convenience.

To open, CLICK on the any of the three (3) links provided.
To download, RIGHT-CLICK on any of the three (3) links below and choose SAVE AS.

December 2007 Nursing Board Exam Results DOWNLOAD LINKS:
1. December 2007 NLE Results (PDF Format)
2. December 2007 NLE Results (DOC Format)
3. December 2007 NLE Results (TXT Format)

Special Retakers Results DOWNLOAD LINKS:
1. Special Retakers Results (PDF Format)
2. Special Retakers Results (DOC Format)
3. Special Retakers Results (TXT Format)



EXAM RESULTS RELEASED IN 57 WORKING DAYS

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 28,924 out of 67,728 passed the Nurse (First Timers, Repeaters, Removals and Voluntary Retakers of all subjects) Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last December 2007. Ten (10) out of the 14 Retakers as per C.A. Decision passed and 729 out of the 1,132 Special Certification Retakers for C.G.F.N.S. passed the examination.


INSTRUCTION TO SUCCESSFUL EXAMINEES:

The oathtaking ceremony of the successful examinees in the said examination as well as the previous ones who have not taken their Oath of Professional will be held before the Board on Monday and Tuesday, March 17 and 18, 2008, with morning and afternoon sessions at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City (back of Mall of Asia). All must come in their white gala uniform, nurses cap, white duty shoes, without earrings, hair not touching the collar and without corsage.

Tickets will be available starting Thursday, February 28, 2008 at the Philippine Nurses’ Association, 1663 F.T. Benitez Street, Malate, Manila on a strictly first come first serve basis.

December 2007 Nurse Licensure Examination Results - PARTIAL

NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION
RESULTS RELEASED IN FIFTY-SEVEN (57) WORKING DAYS

CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE RESULTS OF THE DECEMBER 2007 PRC NURSING BOARD EXAM.

TOP SCHOOLS IN THE BOARD EXAM

The top performing schools in the December 2007 Nurse Licensure Examination are the following:

A. WITH 100 AND MORE EXAMINEES

1 Saint Louis University 146 out of 144 99.00 %
2 Xavier University 233 out of 229 98.00 %
3 Silliman University 321 out of 312 97.00 %
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B. WITH 30-99 EXAMINEES

1 Trinity University of Asia (Trinity – Quezon City) 41 out of 40 98.00 %
2 Mindanao State University – Marawi City 76 out of 74 97.00 %
University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center 31 out of 30 97.00 %
3 Palawan State University – P. Princesa 57 out of 54 95.00 %
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TOPNOTCHERS IN THE BOARD EXAM

The successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places are the following:

RANK NAME SCHOOL RATING (%)

1 ZANDRA MAE ZABAZA BONGCO PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA 88.40

2 ROBNEIL DYLAN SANCHEZ DELLOSA UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP RIZAL-CALAMBA CAMPUS 87.00

3 JOANNA KAYE BINOYA REMOLAR SAN PEDRO COLLEGE-DAVAO CITY 86.80

4 DENISE CLAUDIA DIMATULAC MANGILIMAN UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI 86.40
NEIL NIÑO SUGITARIOS NAVARRA SAN PEDRO COLLEGE-DAVAO CITY 86.40
PEDRO JR POSADAS TABERNERO SAINT DOMINIC SAVIO COLLEGE 86.40

5 JOANN AGUILAR CANDADO WEST NEGROS COLLEGE 86.20
BETTY CHUA CHUNG UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI 86.20
LESLIE YAP COO CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY 86.20

6 KATRINA VICTORIA LUCEÑO AKUT XAVIER UNIVERSITY 86.00
JOHN EDWARD VERGIL VILLAFLOR BELARDO TRINITY UNIVERSITY OF ASIA (TRINITY-QC) 86.00
RICHARD BAGUIO SAAVEDRA ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY 86.00

7 ROSEMARIE LU GO WESTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY 85.80
JANUARY IVY BACALI HASPELA CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY 85.80
CRISTINE VALEN MENDEZ DAVAO DOCTORS COLLEGE, INC. 85.80
JULIUS ATALIP RIAZONDA SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY-TUGUEGARAO 85.80

8 JOREENA PERIDA ALVARAN REMEDIOS T. ROMUALDEZ MEDICAL FOUNDATION 85.60
EMLYN LIMBO ESCOBAR UNIVERSITY OF LA SALLETE-SANTIAGO 85.60
HERNESSA TORRALBA HERNANDEZ XAVIER UNIVERSITY 85.60

9 GERRIE MAE LOZADA ANGOSTURA UNIVERSITY OF ILOILO 85.40
SHERYL GAYE UY CU DE LOS SANTOS COLLEGE (DELOS SANTOS SCHOOL OF NURSING) 85.40
AYN PORTIA DE LUNA GALAMGAM SAN PEDRO COLLEGE-DAVAO CITY 85.40
GERMAINE LOU TABITA SANCHEZ UNIVERSITY OF SAN AGUSTIN 85.40
MARIE KATHLEEN CAVIDA SANTOS PERPETUAL HELP COLLEGE OF MANILA 85.40
MARY LENIN PEPITO TALISIC SAN PEDRO COLLEGE-DAVAO CITY 85.40
JAY PONG YAP CAPITOL UNIVERSITY (CAGAYAN CAPITOL COLL.) 85.40
VIVIAN ESPARAZ YU DE LOS SANTOS COLLEGE (DELOS SANTOS SCHOOL OF NURSING) 85.40

10 KATRINA SOCORRO LAPUZ CEMBRANO UNIVERSITY OF SAN AGUSTIN 85.20
DIANA JEAN BERNARDO MENDOZA DR. CARLOS S. LANTING COLLEGE-Q. C. 85.20
JEGGAR CHRIS ENVOLTORIO SORIANOSOS WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY-LA PAZ 85.20
AURA YDDA ALYNE SANTIAGO TOREJA OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-VALENZUELA 85.20

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Update on the December 2007 Nursing Board Exam Results

In an interview over Inquirer.net, Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) chair Leonor Tripon Rosero said that the results of the December 1 and 2, 2007 Nurse Licensure Examination will be released Thursday February 21, 2008.

A nursing blog (not Pinoy R.N.) erroneously reported a supposed quote from a member of the PRC-Board of Nursing saying that the results would come out by February 20, 2008. As a result, thousands of nursing examinees flocked to the PRC website (www.prc.gov.ph) which resulted to the server going down due to limited internet hosting bandwidth.

In the same Inquirer.net interview, Rosero said that the national passing rate was 43.42 percent. She added that it was “within the usual range.”

Pinoy R.N. will post the results here as soon as it is officially released by the PRC.

Source: Inquirer.net Report

DoLE Sets up Canada Desk for OFW Deployment to Canada

The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has set up a Canadian Desk tasked to handle queries and coordinate with concerned agencies on matters relating to the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Canada.

Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo D. Brion issued Administrative Order No. 53, series of 2008, providing for the setting up of the Canadian Desk at the Office of the DOLE Secretary in Intramuros, Manila. Director Salome Mendoza of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) was designated to head the desk.

Brion said the Canadian Desk would be the Secretary's arm in coordinating with the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Manitoba in activities relating to the deployment of OFWs to these provinces as provided for in the labor agreements entered into by the DOLE and the governments of the three Canadian provinces. The POEA, as mandated by law, will continue to handle the actual deployment activities.

He added that the Desk would also attend to queries from workers seeking employment in Canada.

Brion signed the agreements with the provincial governments of Saskatchewan and British Columbia in December 2007 and January this year, respectively. He also signed a similar agreement with Premier Gary Doer of Manitoba during the latter's recent visit in Manila.

The DoLE Chief is also expected to sign another labor agreement with the Canadian province of Alberta by March of this year. Other Canadian provinces have expressed interest in entering into a labor agreement with the Philippines.

He said the purpose of the agreements is to strengthen areas of cooperation in the fields of labor, employment, and human deployment and development between the Philippines and the respective Canadian provinces.

The agreements, he said, specifically provide for an ethical, orderly, and expeditious recruitment and deployment of OFWs to Canada, non-collection of placement fees, and for the provinces to encourage employers to support human resource development efforts for OFWs as well as the reintegration of returning OFWs to the Philippines.

He stressed that the OFWs' rights and welfare will also be protected in accordance with Philippine laws and regulations and those prevailing in the Canadian provinces.

"The forging of agreements with the Canadian provinces is a milestone in the national efforts to ensure decent working conditions and the continuous training and successful reintegration of OFWs," he said, adding "the government is managing migration in such a way that the interests of OFWs in Canada will be well protected."

Canada's interest for OFWs underscores its recognition of the Filipinos' capability to help address its skills shortages. Alberta, for instance, has a booming oil and gas industry and is projected to be requiring around 400,000 workers in the next two years.

British Columbia, on the other hand, will be in need of hospitality and construction workers as it gears itself to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. It wants to attract 30,000 contract and permanent migrant workers with specific skills per year.

Canada is also in need of workers in the healthcare and education sectors. For more details, the DoLE-POEA Desk can be reached through its hotline number (02) 523-3633 or e-mail address dolecanada@yahoo.com.

Source: Information and Publication Service, Department of Labor

Thanks to breech for the heads up.

EB-3 Dates Jump to January 2005

RETROGRESSION UPDATE

The U.S. Department of State released its March 2008 Visa Bulletin a few days back and it reflected a significant update on the priority dates for the EB-3 visa category.

Those petitioned under the EB-3 visa category before January 1, 2005 can expect movement on their visa processing anytime soon.

The EB-3 employment visa is an immigrant visa which allows foreign nationals who are skilled workers, professionals or other type of workers to enter into the U.S. to obtain permanent residency.

The EB-3 category includes:
1. Professionals with a baccalaureate degree (EB-3A);
2. Aliens with at least two years of experience as skilled workers (EB-3B); and
3. Other workers with less than two years experience, such as an unskilled worker who can perform labor for which qualified workers are not available in the United States (EB-3C).

Nursing Employment Prospects in Canada

Over the past days, newspapers and television newscasts have been reporting about prospective jobs in Canada for various kinds filipino workers in the fields of construction, information technology, and healthcare among others. On top on the list for professional workers in great demand are registered nurses.

In an advisory on its website, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said that several provinces in Canada have adopted a Provincial Nominee Program to facilitate the entry of immigrants to its labor force.

It added that the Canadian Human Resources and Social Development reported that 1.9 million new jobs will be created over the next decade (2006 – 2015) particularly in the Western provinces of Canada such as Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

This, indeed, is a welcome development for filipino nurses who are looking for alternative foreign employment opportunities in the face of the current visa backlog for nurses wanting to migrate and work legally in the United States. At the moment, the visa backlog is retrogressed up to 5 years back and the possibility of it being lifted in the near future is dim until after the U.S. presidential elections in November.

However, what the newpaper articles and T.V. newcasts failed to report is that a duly licensed registered nurse in the Philippines does not automatically qualify for a nursing job in Canada. Like the United States, Canada mandates anyone wishing to practise nursing in their jurisdiction to take and pass the Canadian Registered Nurse Examination (CRNE) and like any other exam, there are costs associated with it. This means that the prospect of finding employment and subsequent migration to Canada as a registered nurse is not as easy as it sounds.

Meanwhile, the Canadian Nurses Association is predicting a continued shortage of nurses in the near future thus necessitating the need to hire international/foreign nurses. This is a golden opportunity for the Philippines--being the world's biggest exporter of the best nurses. Since Canada is in dire need of nurses from the Philippines, perhaps now is the best time for the Philippine government to negotiate for some special agreement with Canada like mutual license recognition between the two countries (reciprocity) or licensure by endorsement, or a local CRNE testing center.

There's a popular idiomatic expression that goes, "Beggars can't be choosers" and in this case, I don't think the word 'beggar' refers to the Philippines.

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