Retake Nursing Board Exams

September 28, 2006 by reyna11
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I just opened the Philippine Daily Inquirer and here’s what I just read:

“PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered the retake of the June nursing board examination to redeem the image of Filipino nurses here and abroad, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita announced yesterday.

Ermita said Labor Secretary Arturo Brion was to meet today with officials of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to discuss the details of the retake of the exam that was marred by a leakage of test questions.

He also said Ms Arroyo had assigned the supervision of the PRC to the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE). Prior to the leakage controversy, the PRC was attached to the Office of the President.

“As to whether it will be a retake of everything or only the test where there was leakage, or whether it will be only for those who may have taken advantage of the review centers where they had registered, all these details will be discussed by Brion and the PRC,” Ermita told reporters at his weekly briefing in Malacañang.

According to Ermita, Ms Arroyo decided on a retake of the exam at a meeting with members of her Cabinet on Tuesday.”

So, I feel bad for those who did not cheat. I feel bad for those examinees who really worked hard to study, work hard to earn money so they could finish nursing and my heart goes to those who sends them to school.

This is what happens when a few sick demented people who wants to move ahead out of everyone would use the majority for all their sick, self-serving purposes. This is just purely another form of corruption. Just another form of thievery to you, to me, to all those hard-working Pinoys who wants a good life by taking the moral route.

Whereas it pains me to hear that probably everybody will have to retake the exams, I believe that in the end this will be better for everyone and to the future of nursing graduates and Filipino nurses.

As they retake the exams and claim the righteousness of the Nursing Board Exams and put the dignity back to our Pinoy Nurses - why don’t the government just shut down these schools who perpertrated these crime to the profession?

Tags: Nurses

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3 Comments on Retake Nursing Board Exams

minh on Sat, 30th Sep 2006 12:45 pm

In fairness to the President, her initial reaction was to allow those who passed the exams to take their oath except for the those who were discovered to have benefited from the leakage. However, there were those who favor a retake particularly UP Manila who emailed the employers from the US not to hire 2006 Nursing grads from the Philippines except those who graduated from known schools.

This may be the reason for the President’s change of mind. The process may not be fair for the affected nurses but the decision intends to redeem the lost dignity of the nursing profession.

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Reyna Elena on Sat, 30th Sep 2006 4:43 pm

I certainly could understand the President making that decision. After all, Pinoy/Pinay nurses are by far and still is the best Pinoy Export and this profession will always be in demand - recession or no recession as in medical doctors. So, if the Philippines would want to maintain it’s competitiveness in the market and in the world, then they (in the govt) must do everything in their power to not only root out these sick cheaters and perpetrators because nursing profession just needs its dignity back.

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Jennifer C. Bartolome on Thu, 14th Dec 2006 6:48 am