December 2010 Nursing Board Exam in 3 Days

The December 2010 Nursing Board Exam is scheduled on December 19 and 20, 2010.  For the convenience of    those who will be taking the nurse licensure examination, the Professional Regulation Commission has released the PRC Room Assignments for the cities of Davao, Iloilo, Manila, Tuguegarao, Cebu, Pampanga, Baguio, Legazpi, La Union, Cabanatuan, Dagupan, and Vigan.

The December 2010 Nursing Board Exam will start promptly at 8:00 am so examinees are advised to be at their respective testing centers early on the exam dates.  For those who failed to take note their official exam application number, the  PRC advises that they verify their application numbers with the testing room watchers on December 19, 2010.

For more information on PRC Room Assignments and updates on  December 2010 Nursing Board exam, visit Ward Class and Pinoy R.N.

49 Out of 99 Pass Sanitary Engineer Board Exam

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has released the results of the September 2010 Sanitary Engineer Licensure Examination held in the city of Manila last September 15, 2010.

Out of the 99 hopefuls who took the exam administered by the Board of Sanitary Engineering, 49 examinees successfully hurdled the said examination.  Allan Requillas Alzona of National University- Manila topped the September 2010 Board Exam for Sanitary Engineers with a rating of 82.28%.

The oathtaking ceremony of the passers of the September 2010 Sanitary Engineer Board Exam will be held before the Board of Sanitary Engineering on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.  The oathtaking ceremony will be at Sulo Hotel, Matalino Road, Diliman, Quezon City.

To view the complete copy of the September 2010 Sanitary Engineer Board Exam Results, visit the Philippine Board Exam Results website.

Gadget Recommendation: Asus Eee PC 1005P Seashell

Here’s the perfect gadget for you student nurse, nurses, medical technologists, and all those in the medical profession: the Asus Eee PC 1005P Seashell. It’s compact and lightweight with all the functionality you need for work and entertainment.

The 1005P runs on an Intel Atom N450 processor, with an ASUS Super Hybrid Engine technology and an Express Gate. That means you can multi-task: work on your reports and presentations while checking your social networks (*ehem*FACEBOOK*ehem*) and listening to music. You can do all these and more without even plugging in the unit for several hours. The 6 cell battery can last to as long as 11 hours.

And it has a 10.1″ LED display, an ergonomic keyboard, and a multi-touch touchpad. It weighs only 1.27 kilograms even with a 6 cell battery.

Here are the other specs:

• Operating System: Genuine Windows 7 Starter

• Display: 10.1″ LED Backlight WSVGA Screen (1024 x 600)

• CPU & Chipset: Intel Atom Pineview-M N450

• Memory: DDR2 SO-DIMM 1 GB (maximum to 2 GB)

• Wireless Data Network: WLAN 802.11 b/g/n @ 2.4 GHz*; Bluetooth 2.1 EDR* (*subject to availability)

• Camera: 0.3 Megapixel

• Audio: Hi-Definition Audio; CODEC Stereo Speaker; Digital microphone

• Input/Output: 1 VGA Connector; 3 USB 2.0; 1 LAN RH-45; 2 Audio Jack (Head Phone/Microphone In)

• Card Reader: MMC/SD (SDHC)

• Battery: 11 hours on 6 cells, 48 W/h*; 5 hours on 3 cells 23 W/h (subject to system configuration and usage)

• Dimensions: 262 x 178 x 25.9 ~ 36.5 mm

• Weight: 1.27 kg with a 6 cell battery; 1.1 kg with a 3 cell battery

• Color: Black, White, Blue, or Pink (In Mold Roller)

Best thing about this lightweight high performance netbook? It’s only PhP19,900 (with a Windows 7 Starter OS and a 250GB hard disk) and PhP18,500 (with no OS but with a 320 GB hard disk). So you won’t go broke buying this powerful gadget for your school, work and entertainment needs.

Plus Asus Ph   has a promo until August 31, 2010. You get a free ODD, an Asus Slim External DVD-RW drive, when you buy an Asus Eee PC 1005P.

Written by: Ria Jose