Record number of nursing grads take board exam
MANILA, Philippines—A record number of nursing graduates are taking the professional licensure examination today and Monday.
Before he and other members of the Professional Regulation Commission’s Board of Nursing went into quarantine, Marco Antonio Sto. Tomas said a total of 95,282 nursing graduates have applied to take the nurse licensure examinations scheduled on November 29 to 30.
The number is an “all-time high” in the history of the exams, said Marco Antonio Sto. Tomas, a member of the Professional Regulation Commission’s Board of Nursing.
Another 51 with “conditioned” status are also scheduled to take the exams for failing in some of the five subjects in past exams, he added.
The biggest number of examinees comes from Metro Manila (40,621 first-timers, 33 conditioned); Baguio (14,102 first-timers, 7 conditioned); Cebu (8,899 first-timers, 5 conditioned); Cagayan De Oro (3,045 first-timers, 2 conditioned); Davao (8,143 first-timers, 2 conditioned); Iloilo (6,020); Legaspi (3,070 first-timers, 1 conditioned); Lucena (3,444); Tacloban (1,145); Tuguegarao (2,322 first-timers, 1 conditioned); Zamboanga (1,609); Jolo (166); Pagadian (1,568); Angeles (179); and Butuan (898).
The number of nursing graduates taking the board exam has steadily increased over the years, Sto. Tomas said, citing board figures starting June 2003.
The number of examinees this November surpasses the 88,649 who took the exam November 2008.
A total of 7,993 examinees took the exam in June 2003; 7,632 in December 2003; almost doubled to 13,225 in June 2004; dipped slightly to 12,100 in December 2004; more than doubled to 26,000 in June 2005; dipped again to 24,287 in December 2005.
At the controversial June 2006 exam, which was marred with findings of leaked questions, the number of examinees again almost doubled to 42,006.
A total of 40,147 took the exam in December 2006; almost doubling to 78,583 in June 2007; dipped to 67,728 in December 2007; further dipped to 64,459 in November 2008; increased again in June 2009 before reaching this November’s record number of examinees.
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