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Surge in NCLEX takers among Pinoy nursing graduates worries QC solon 

Published Oct 27, 2023 01:54 am

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  • Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo has expressed concern over the 117 percent jump in the number of Filipino nursing graduates who took the United States (US) licensure examination for the first time from January to September this year. 

FB_IMG_1679675783476.jpgQuezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo has expressed concern over the 117 percent jump in the number of Filipino nursing graduates who took the United States (US) licensure examination for the first time from January to September this year. 

“The surge in the number of nursing graduates from the Philippines taking the US licensure examination betrays a looming new wave of mass migration of practitioners to America,” Rillo said in a statement. 

“The government should take forceful action now and invest more money to hang on to some of our nurses in the local health sector," added the vice chairperson of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education. 

According to Rillo, a total of 26,972 nursing graduates from the Philippines took the exam for the first time during the period in hopes of practicing their profession in America. 

The figure represents an upturn of 117 percent when compared to the 12,399 Philippine-educated nurses that took the US licensure test for the first time (excluding repeaters) in the same nine-month period in 2022, he said. 

The US National Council of State Boards of Nursing Inc. (USNCSBN) administers the  National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) for registered nurses in America. 

The neophyte lawmaker has been batting for the passage of House Bill (HB) No. 5276, which seeks to bump up by 75 percent – from P36,619 to P63,997 – the lowest base of nurses employed by government hospitals. 

Under Rillo’s bill, the minimum base pay of nurses in public health institutions would be raised by six notches to Salary Grade 21 prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law of 2019. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) previously warned that due to overseas migration, the shortfall of nurses in the Philippines could reach 249,843 by 2030 if no action is taken. 

Citing data released Oct. 25 by the USNCSBN, Rillo said 5,123 nursing graduates from India also took the NCLEX for the first time from January to September, along with 2,712 graduates from South Korea, 1,859 graduates from Kenya, 1,692 graduates from Nigeria, and 1,342 graduates from Nepal. 

Passing the NCLEX is the final step in America’s nurse licensure process, and USNCSBN figures indicate that 49 percent of Philippine-educated nurses pass the test on their first take, whereas 40 percent of repeaters make the grade.

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