Nursing grads leave anyway to try luck abroad
Nursing grads leave anyway to try luck abroad
By Vincent Cabreza
Inquirer
Last updated 08:48am (Mla time) 08/27/2006
BAGUIO CITY—Some government employees who passed the June licensure examinations for nurses have decided to try their luck abroad even without their licenses.
Jude Accos, a government forester who decided to shift to a nursing career, said many of his fellow government workers who did likewise were convinced that a Philippine nursing license was not necessary if they could pass the licensing exams given in other countries like the United States which conducts the National Council Licensure Examinations for Practical Nurses (NCLEx).
Accos said many of his fellow workers, including officials of regional agencies in Northern Luzon, had already filed for leaves of absence to explore job opportunities abroad or to take the NCLEx. He said he was only following their lead.
Officials of the Philippine Nurses Association said they anticipated an exodus of new nursing graduates despite the crisis caused by allegations of cheating in the June 11 and 12 nursing board exams.
Ruth Thelma Tingda, a PNA governor, said nothing would prevent the 42,000 examinees who took the tainted exams from trying their luck in other countries.
Stigma of cheating
“Countries in the Mediterranean don’t require Philippine licenses. Some states in America also do not make it their prerequisite [for hiring],” she said.
“But [the June examinees] still have to contend with the stigma of cheating. Overseas employers have already advised the [government] that they may not hire licensed nurses who took the June board exams,” said Mary Grace Lacanaria, chapter president of the Association of Deans of Philippine Nursing Schools.
Largest group
Tingda, Lacanaria and 92 Baguio examinees went public in June about leaked test questions that were allegedly distributed by certain review centers.
Lacanaria, who is also the dean of the St. Louis University’s school of nursing, said many nursing graduates this year took nursing as their second courses.
The Professional Regulation Commission described the June batch of examinees as the largest group of nursing licensure applicants in history, although only more than 17,000 of the 42,000 examinees passed the tests.
FROM: http://globalnation.inq7.net/news/news/view_article.php?article_id=17478
By Vincent Cabreza
Inquirer
Last updated 08:48am (Mla time) 08/27/2006
BAGUIO CITY—Some government employees who passed the June licensure examinations for nurses have decided to try their luck abroad even without their licenses.
Jude Accos, a government forester who decided to shift to a nursing career, said many of his fellow government workers who did likewise were convinced that a Philippine nursing license was not necessary if they could pass the licensing exams given in other countries like the United States which conducts the National Council Licensure Examinations for Practical Nurses (NCLEx).
Accos said many of his fellow workers, including officials of regional agencies in Northern Luzon, had already filed for leaves of absence to explore job opportunities abroad or to take the NCLEx. He said he was only following their lead.
Officials of the Philippine Nurses Association said they anticipated an exodus of new nursing graduates despite the crisis caused by allegations of cheating in the June 11 and 12 nursing board exams.
Ruth Thelma Tingda, a PNA governor, said nothing would prevent the 42,000 examinees who took the tainted exams from trying their luck in other countries.
Stigma of cheating
“Countries in the Mediterranean don’t require Philippine licenses. Some states in America also do not make it their prerequisite [for hiring],” she said.
“But [the June examinees] still have to contend with the stigma of cheating. Overseas employers have already advised the [government] that they may not hire licensed nurses who took the June board exams,” said Mary Grace Lacanaria, chapter president of the Association of Deans of Philippine Nursing Schools.
Largest group
Tingda, Lacanaria and 92 Baguio examinees went public in June about leaked test questions that were allegedly distributed by certain review centers.
Lacanaria, who is also the dean of the St. Louis University’s school of nursing, said many nursing graduates this year took nursing as their second courses.
The Professional Regulation Commission described the June batch of examinees as the largest group of nursing licensure applicants in history, although only more than 17,000 of the 42,000 examinees passed the tests.
FROM: http://globalnation.inq7.net/news/news/view_article.php?article_id=17478
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TO THE ASSOCIATION OF DEANS OF NSG:
KUNG ANO ANG PUNO SIYA ANG BUNGA! YOU KNOW YOUR STUDENTS VERY WELL AND THEIR SKILLS AS WELL AS THEIR LEVEL OF COMPETENCY.
HERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM A NURSING SCHOOL SEMINAR. HOPE THIS WILL MAKE YOU THINK AND PERHAPS REALIZE YOUR ROLES AS EDUCATORS.
On the academic level, faith must be nurtured in each student. All throughout the program students act and interact on the basis of their faith in the institution. It requires faith to come to class, participate in discussion, complete assignments, study and take exams. Students are guided by the faith and vision that all of these academic efforts will be realized in the acquisition of a diploma. Faith in this context is viewed as hope or trust. Students hope that the teacher will deliver the content of the subject and hope to graduate. They have no guarantee that they will receive a college degree or a diploma but they keep working on it. These actions and interactions support the biblical definition of faith, "now faith is the substance of things hoped for …" (*Hebrews 11:1). The student keeps working for something even when there is no empirical evidence or proof that a tangible reward is guaranteed. The student hopes to receive a reward.
Role modeling is a form of silent communication where instructions are more caught than taught.
Mischel (1993) affirms that people behave according to how they see things. If students perceive behavior that is consistent with great virtues – faith, courage, honor, love, service and determination – it is likely that their behavioral expectancies will reflect what they have seen. The teacher in turn can observe his/her reflection mirrored in the classroom and hope for long lasting results as students become health care providers in their respective communities verbal instructions and life style.
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