More than 100 nursing students of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig (PLP) were recognized and welcomed into the nursing profession through a Capping, Pinning, and Candle-lighting ceremony held on Tuesday, July 6. Photo courtesy of Mayor Vico Sotto The capping, pinning, and candle-lighting ceremony...
Cavite 4th district (Dasmariñas City) Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has slammed Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Prospero "Popoy" De Vera III for what the solon described as the "stonewalling" of his year-old request for the agency to lift its 11-year ban on new nursing programs in the...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo has encouraged nursing students to keep learning and be active in their own communities as they prepare to be become the future of the country's medical sector. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) In her message to the students of Bulacan State...
Centro Escolar University takes pride in the stellar performance of the CEU School of Nursing graduates in the November 2021 Nurse Licensure Examination given by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). CEU Manila nursing alumni Kayla Louise Manalili placed 9th with 86.80 percent passing rate,...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Saturday, Nov. 13, formally announced that post-graduate/undergraduate interns, clinical clerks, and fourth-year medicine and nursing students can now become vaccinators and participate in the National COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment and Vaccination Program....
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on final reading a bill that provides for nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:10 and mandates additional protection and development of the nursing profession in the country. Nurses in PPE House Bill No. 9389 or the New Philippine Nursing Practice Act...
Haydee Soriano Bacani PWU (Philippine Women’s University) graduate Haydee Soriano Bacani emerged as topnotcher in the recently concluded Nursing Board Examinations given by the Professional Regulation Commission, besting 5,007 board passers. Haydee Soriano Bacani As a young girl, Haydee, whose...
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, hope shines anew at Chinese General Hospital Colleges (CGHC) with its Bachelor of Science (BS) in Nursing Batch 2020 graduates obtaining a 100 percent passing rate in the July 2021 Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination. Blessings overflow with one of its...
The College Allied Health Studies of the city-run University of Makati (UMak) has attained 94.74 percent passing rate in the recent Nurse Licensure Examination, Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay announced on Saturday (July 17). Just like a proud parent, the mayor bragged on social media about the high...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco lauded the decision of the Professional Regulations Commission to push through with the 2021 Nursing Licensure Examination in July, saying that the move will help address the shortage of health care workers faced by medical facilities and health centers as a result of the...
Amid the demands for nurses here and abroad, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is looking into the possibility of partially lifting the moratorium on the opening of new programs for Nursing. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE) CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III, during a virtual...
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) is requesting to conduct the nursing licensure examination in June to augment the country’s health workforce amid it’s ongoing fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Department of Health (Manila Bulletin File...
