The November 2008 Nursing Board Exam Results was released last February 20 and I say I had a blast blogging about it.
Lyle and I had been waiting for the results to be released since the first of February, growing impatient by the day, losing sleep, and always watchful like predators after a prey (sorry, I've had too much of Twilight lately). I don't remember ever being so conscientious at blogging about the results ever since I have started my nursing blog in April 2008. Maybe Lyle rubbed some of his stardust on me considering he has been maintaining Pinoy R.N. since December 2005. Frankly, I dunno.
The release of the November 2008 Nursing Board Exam Results was preceded and followed by the usual frenzy. But compared to the previous nursing board exams, I find it less dramatic. While the examinees exhibited impatience while waiting for the results for almost three months, they were composed to some extent.
Now that everybody has shifted their attention to the oathtaking and registration schedule for the passers of the said nursing board exam, I wonder if people took into consideration what the recent nursing board exam results are trying to tell us. Sure, exam results are statistics but the pattern is obvious.
We have been informed about the possibility that Nursing will be a 5-year course and on the most recent development that it has been decided that it will stay a four-year course in the meantime. Well, until when? Until somebody comes up with an impractical plan on how to improve the quality of nursing education in the Philippines?
The list of top performing schools and top ten examinees in the recent board exam has a lot to tell. Examining how Baguio Central University laid a claim on the first and third places of the November 2008 Nursing Board Exam and how universities like Xavier University, Silliman University, Central Philippine University, and St. Louis University consistently perform well in the nurse licensure examination could point us in the right direction. When it comes to improving the quality of nursing education here in the Philippines, that is.
I believe it is high time for the administrators of non-performing nursing schools to spend some time, perhaps a month, to observe how the likes of Xavier University and Silliman University educate and train their nursing students. And hopefully be taught how to put newfound knowledge to good use.
Lyle and I had been waiting for the results to be released since the first of February, growing impatient by the day, losing sleep, and always watchful like predators after a prey (sorry, I've had too much of Twilight lately). I don't remember ever being so conscientious at blogging about the results ever since I have started my nursing blog in April 2008. Maybe Lyle rubbed some of his stardust on me considering he has been maintaining Pinoy R.N. since December 2005. Frankly, I dunno.
The release of the November 2008 Nursing Board Exam Results was preceded and followed by the usual frenzy. But compared to the previous nursing board exams, I find it less dramatic. While the examinees exhibited impatience while waiting for the results for almost three months, they were composed to some extent.
Now that everybody has shifted their attention to the oathtaking and registration schedule for the passers of the said nursing board exam, I wonder if people took into consideration what the recent nursing board exam results are trying to tell us. Sure, exam results are statistics but the pattern is obvious.
We have been informed about the possibility that Nursing will be a 5-year course and on the most recent development that it has been decided that it will stay a four-year course in the meantime. Well, until when? Until somebody comes up with an impractical plan on how to improve the quality of nursing education in the Philippines?
The list of top performing schools and top ten examinees in the recent board exam has a lot to tell. Examining how Baguio Central University laid a claim on the first and third places of the November 2008 Nursing Board Exam and how universities like Xavier University, Silliman University, Central Philippine University, and St. Louis University consistently perform well in the nurse licensure examination could point us in the right direction. When it comes to improving the quality of nursing education here in the Philippines, that is.
I believe it is high time for the administrators of non-performing nursing schools to spend some time, perhaps a month, to observe how the likes of Xavier University and Silliman University educate and train their nursing students. And hopefully be taught how to put newfound knowledge to good use.
