July 2011 Nurse Licensure Examination Result - July 2011 Nurse Board Exam Result

According to PRC Statement exclusively given to the room watchers, proctors and those that will help conduct the December board examination, their target date on result release is on DECEMBER 18 2006.

This is to kill the rumors in the past 3 days saying that results will be out TONIGHT.

The target date can be 2 days earlier or 2 days later. As long as everything will go on smoothly, Release of the results will be around by then. The sooner, the better.

I just gave the TARGET DATE not the actual date of result release, So dont get me wrong.

A friend of mine is so anxious yesterday. messaging me in yahoo asking if it is true results will be out tonight. Keep yourselves from unecessary anxiety, that is my advice. The coolest thing to do is bring you and your friends who took the board exam to churches, pray and watch a movie after. An early visita iglesia would help. For not so religious person like me, Just play Videogames while waiting for the result or watch tons of DVD.

Do NOT believe text messages spreading everyday that results will be out tonight or tomorrow.... , These exactly happened last june boards exam.. that everyday, Text messages tend to spread saying that results will be out tonight, But it never did until the July 18, which is a month later since the texts start to spread.

Just relax, Unwind... Nobody knows if you passed or failed but YOU and ofcourse, the official results.

I do hope you will have a happy christmas, Because it will break my heart if I know you and I will found out that you failed, because of your sacrifices... You dont deserve to fail! I never knew anyone who took the boards lightly.

Prepare for our grand EB and victory party SOON! Advance congratulations everyone!

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Posted by Budek at 10:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

The hardest part of the exam is not the exam but yung waiting na ginagawa namin for the result. PRC'S Target date is on December 18, 2006... The sooner, The better.

I was assigned sa ARELLANO HIGHSCHOOL sa may sta. cruz, manila malapit sa doroteo jose. It is the best room ever! No electric fan, ang ingay sa labas dahil terminal ng jeep, yung desk is butas butas di pa pantay yung paa ang init init. Best ba nasabi ko? Sabi ko nga, LORD tamaan nyo ng kidlat yang halimaw na barker na yan! , Well, he is just doing his job... So walang kidlat na dumating.

Eh di NP1 na, Ofcourse first time ko... Aba may booklet ang PRC! I thought para shang testpaper, it was a booklet pala. Dala dala sha ng BATA paakyat. You know why bata yung nagdadala? Aba hindi ko rin alam. Naka sealed naman sha. Siguro dahil ang bata mahirap i bribe? aba ehwan... bat nga bata nag dadala, may rationale siguro yun.

So we filled up na the forms, Na realize ko na kaya pala hindi nilalagyan ng names yung paper mo is para di ka ma sabotahe or madaya sa loob ng PRC or the other way around. Baka mamaya yung walanghiyang kapitbahay mo pala yung nandun sa loob na parati mong tinatalakan sa umaga dahil yung gripo 24/7 bukas at walang tulo sa loob ng bahay ninyo dahil una shang nadadaanan ng pipe, tapos nakita yung pangalan mo... Naalala ka... Sabay kumuha ng eraser at binura mga sagot mo.... Hindi ba nakakatakot? Kaya pala walang pangalan no?... dahil sa kapitbahay natin...

We started na sa NP1 , Kala ko 8 magsimula naging eleven. Itong si marisse niloloko ko around 8:30 sabi ko marisse! number one question, sino ang unang presidente ng PNA? sagot naman siya.. Rosario montenegro? ... hahahaha. Yung proctor, tinawag ako.. Sabi dervid, can you remove your eyeglasses? Sa loblob ko, Hala! bakit di ko ba kamukha yung nasa picture?... Isa lang ibig sabihin nun, Its either photogenic ako or ang pangit ko sa personal! Sana yung una nalang.

So kumain kain muna ako, at 11 oclock na. Aba unang tanong palang hindi ko na alam... O siya hula hula nalang. Yung nasa likod ko sinisipa yung upuan ko.. I thought may daga sa ilalim ng upuan ko so I looked below and I saw her paa, pilit na sinisingit inbetween the spaces ng upuan. Buti naman may pakiramdam sha at inalis nya when i looked. Kakainis ginagawa nya ba yun Unconciously or nang aasar sha? Di nya naman siguro sadya.

NP2 na, aba ang hirap rin.... Hula hula lang.. sige kaya yan. After ng exam rationalize mga nasa room ko... Ako tahimik lang, Pinipigilan kong bumuka ang bibig ko at sagutin ang mga tanong nila. Ayaw ko ng makijoin baka isipin nila matalino ako. Mamaya sukahan yung papel ko ng mga iyon sabay sabing "SORRY". Dapat nga nagdala ako ng bakod para nabakuran ko yung upuan ko para yung butiki lang na malalaglag ang proproblemahin ko... at yung oil sa mukha ko na nag lalaglagan na sa init.

So tapos na ang exam.... Madaming tumawag sakin at nagtanong. I did my best to answer them. Nag aaral ako at ang dami daming nag vivideokehan sa labas namin, ano ba ang meron? Parang di na ako na sanay e araw araw naman may videoke doon. Sabi ko nalang, LORD, pasabugin nyo nga po yung videoke machine sandali. Biglang tumahimik... Hindi ko alam kung sumabog ba or naubusan na ng 5 pesos yung lasenggong kumakanta. Dapat sinabotahe ko yung tindahan na yun December 1 palang at nilagyan ko ng Ketamine yung mga beer para di ako na istorbo eh. Yaan ko na nga lang gusto nilang mag enjoy after a hard days night. Napaka KJ ko talaga.

NP3 na... Hula hula ulet sige lang... NP5 na... Sige sagot lang ng sagot budek kaya mo yan. Before mag NP4 nagbasa pa ako ng AIDS, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Measles, Vaginitis at kung ano ano pa.... Sa awa naman ng diyos hindi lumabas. Waste of effort.. sana kumain nalang ako ng siopao kung alam ko lang. This is it!!! kasi yung NP4 for me eh, make or break.... Kaya tiniis ko ang gutom ko para mag last minute study.. la rin namang nangyari. Sinagutan ko na yung NP4, natapos at pinasa ko na ang papel. Ang PRC nanghihingi ng PENCIL for a cause. Sentimental kasi ako, kaya Hindi ko binigay yung pencil ko ipapamana ko pa kasi iyon sa mga next generation na mag boboard exam. [ Di kaya inaanay na yung mongol ko sa mga panahong iyon? ]

Pag labas ko sa ARELLANO may sinabi ako kay GOD, secret nalang ha? Pag namatay ka nalang ask mo sha. [ Biro lang :p knocks on wood .. hehehehe ]

kung ano ano sumasagi sa isip ko.. Parang wala yata akong set, parang may naiwan yata akong walang sagot... at kung ano ano pa.

Honestly di ko alam, Paranoia nalang ata or talagang wala akong nalagay.... But whatever it is, BATO ako... Hindi ko na sila nararamdaman basta gusto ko nalang makauwi. At ang nanay ko shempre antay ako sa labas uwi na kami sakay jeep. Pag dating ko sa bahay, Naiisip ko na may naiwan nga akong blanko...

Pumunta ako sa PBSN Chat at inopen ko na parang may naiwan akong blanko... Ang mga intrimitidang kaibigan ko naman na katulad ni marisse sabi NAKU ILULUWA NG COMPUTER YAN PAG MAY BLANKO BUDEK!!! at hindi lang sha ang nagsabi, sampu ng mga aking kaibigan may urban legend sa blankong answer, keysho zero na raw ako, blanko, walang grade, iluluwa ng computer.... hay naku, sabi ko shet bagsak na pala ako.

Itong si marisse na realize nya na na down ako sa sinabi nya sabay bawi.... hindi naman daw totoo yun. Eh ang taas ng paranoia ko noon so Naniniwala ako na 0 na ako sa test I. Sabi ko, well... this is it! nag effort pa ako babagsak lang pala.

Kinabukasan nag tanong tanong ako... sa Scantron mismo, Sa allnurses, Sa pearsonvue... pati PRC tinawagan ko na. Pareparehas naman sila ng sinasabi. Ako kasi si tanga naniniwala sa mga urban legends nila. OO nga no, na realize ko.. napaka impossible bumagsak just because you left a blank! The machine will simple cross it out and make no issue about it.

Pero wala naman talaga akong blanko :) Nung mga 3rd day ko na realize after the paranoia left.

So naghihintay nalang kaming mga December takers sa resulta.... May mga nagsasabi ng SOBRANG DALI DAW NG EXAM OVERALL... sinasabi ko lang OWS talaga? dapat mag top ka ha! Nayayabangan ako sa kanila honestly. When I was asked yung difficulty overall sinasabi ko.. EWAN lang.. OK lang... Pera nalang kung ka close kita and I'll tell you how I really feel about the exam. Magaling ako mag estimate, di pa na checheckan ang papel alam ko na scores ko because im counting my sure answers +/- margin of error.

Siguro madali nga lang..... tama nga sila. Siguro mahirap nga, tama rin yung iba. Pero wag naman sobrang dali.. pag sobrang dali dapat perfect mo yun or maka 90+ ka. Ako kasi pag sinabi kong sobrang hirap... 65-75 makukuha ko, Pag sobrang dali 90+, Pag madali 85+, pag mahirap lang.. around 75-80.

Nakakamatay ang pag aantay, Hindi ako maka move on. Balak ko sanang mag review na ng NCLEX kaso hindi kaya, Wala rin akong matututunan dahil ang isip ko lumilipad... Ano na kaya resulta ng board? Pasado kaya ako? Na technical nga kaya ako?

Basta... Relax lang ako. Kain, tulog, nood, laro... at hindi ako mag aaral. I will give my self a good break deserving naman kasi sha... I reviewed for 350 Days, I never had a break para lang sa local boards. Last na movie na napanood ko yung The devil wears prada... matagal tagal na rin yun.

I am wishing everyone good scores... not only passing scores. Unwind while waiting :) Sana makapasa tayong lahat! Kasi masakit na may makita akong naiiwan.... It breaks my heart.

Good day!

Posted by Budek at 11:06 PM | Permalink | Comments

THE leakage involving the June 2006 nursing licensure examination is "not a dead issue yet although the Court of Appeals (CA) already ordered some examinees to retake some sets of the recent test", a nursing school official said.

Grace Lacanaria, dean of the Saint Louis University (SLU) College of Nursing, said the issue might even reach the Supreme Court (SC), adding that even the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) might investigate the manner by which the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) recomputed the scores of the examinees.

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The PRC regional office has not officially transmitted a copy of those who would retake the test, although Lacanaria said that four nursing graduates of SLU would retake tests III and V.

"We can't do anything, it's the CA that issued an order," she said.

Lacanaria, who is also the concurrent president of the deans of nursing schools in the region, was the one who accused former Board of Nursing (BON) head George Cordero of bribing her just to stop the filing of a petition before the PRC regarding the alleged massive cheating in the June 11 and 12 examinations.

Review centers, led by the R.A. Gapuz as well as the Inress Revies, which is owned by Cordero, had been implicated as the ones who distributed to their reviewees copies of the leakage. The issue eventually led to the conduct of separate investigations by the Senate committee on civil service and government reorganization and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, likewise, ordered that the PRC be placed under the supervision of the Dole instead of it being a separate department in the executive branch.

The Senate committee as well as the PRC and the CA recommended for a retake while administrative charges have been filed against Virginia Madeja and Anesia Dionisio, members of the BON, for allegedly leaking the test questions.

FROM SUNSTAR

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Obstacles to entry of RP nurses to Japan exist despite trade agreement, lawmaker says

SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. has expressed apprehension that the promise of jobs for Filipino nurses and caregivers in Japanese hospitals and other health institutions “may turn out to be an illusion” in view of the stringent requirements for the hiring of foreign medical professionals and the vigorous objection to their entry by the Japanese Nursing Association (JNA).

n exchange for the liberalized entry of Japanese goods into the Philippines, including industrial waste under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa), Tokyo has allowed Japanese hospitals to recruit Filipino nurses and caregivers but not more than 400 during the initial year of implementation of the accord.

Pimentel said the strict requirements imposed by Japan are bound to discourage Filipino health workers, who have the option to apply for jobs in other countries where they have better chances of being hired.

“I understand the rationale for our nurses to undergo formal training in Nippongo but we find the other requirements exclusive,” he said.

Worse, Pimentel said, Japanese nursing professionals have vowed to block the influx of Filipino nurses and caregivers for fear that this may cause a downgrading of employment standards, including a lowering of compensation.

“That seems to be the core of the problem of Jpepa. We are getting less than what we bargained for,” Pimentel said.

According to Pimentel, the Philippines is supposedly promised a certain number of nurses who could go to Japan under the agreement. “But now it looks like we won’t get anything but garbage.”

He said it’s obvious that Japanese nurses fear that the entry of their Filipino counterparts may create certain disadvantages for them, including stiffer competition for available nursing positions.

Pimentel said even the Philippine Nursing Association (PNA) is unhappy over the Tokyo’s tight requirements for Filipino nurses which would make it difficult for them to penetrate the Japanese labor market.

In a-position-paper on the Jpepa, the PNA feared that Filipino nurses may face a lot of discrimination and are likely to be treated as second-class professionals by being given jobs as nursing assistants. It is said Filipino health workers may even end up becoming entertainers or “japayukis” for lack of better opportunities.

The Jpepa will supposedly allow a year-on-year quota of an unspecified number of Filipino nurses and caregivers who will be employed in Japan. Nurses will be allowed to stay in Japan up to three years, and caregivers, up to four years.

However, Pimentel said if it turns out that the requirements imposed by Japan are difficult for Filipino workers to comply with, the treaty sent by Malacañang on November 20 to the Senate may have difficulty getting approved.


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‘Reming’ delays nursing exam
By Sheila Crisostomo
The Philippine Star 12/03/2006


Super typhoon "Reming" delayed the nursing licensure exam for three hours yesterday as inclement weather prevented the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) test custodian from reaching the exam venue in the Bicol region on time.

The test was supposed to start at 8 a.m. but was moved to 11 a.m. to give the PRC’s test custodian, who was able to fly to typhoon-devastated Bicol only at 7 a.m. yesterday, ample time to distribute the test questionnaires.

PRC chairwoman Leonor Rosero said that from the Legazpi airport, the test custodian had to be driven on roads that were blocked by electric posts and trees that had been felled by the typhoon.

As a precautionary measure, the PRC avoids distributing test questions way ahead of the examination period. If the questionnaires reach their destination early, they are kept at the vaults at PRC’s regional offices.

"We decided to delay the test because we want it to start simultaneously. We had to make adjustments because of the typhoon," Rosero said in a telephone interview.

Around 41,850 nursing graduates have registered to take the test, including the 1,200 June examinees who were stricken off the PRC’s list of those who passed the exams earlier this year. They initially failed the test but when the agency made a re-computation of the grades to cleanse the test of leakage, they passed.

Continue reading on: http://www.philstar.com/philstar/News200612030402.htm

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