New rules for nurse exam set
Source: Manila Bulletin
By Shianee Mamanglu
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) is set to issue new guidelines for the convenience of all graduating students in nursing.
The new rules include the implementation of a separate deadline for nursing board repeaters, new schedules for the nursing licensure examination and the zoning scheme for board takers.
“We are coming out with the schedule this early to guide those graduating this March,’’ Dr. Ruth Padilla, PRC Commissioner, said in an interview.
“These (innovations) are all for the convenience of the applicants. They all reflect the recommendations of the Board of Nursing, the deans of nursing colleges all over the country and the Commission,” she added.
Instead of June and November, she said the nursing board for 2010 will be conducted on July 3 and 4 and on Dec. 12 and 13 to allow the graduates to complete their documents after their commencement exercises.
The zoning scheme, which was pilot-tested in Angeles City and San Fernando, La Union in 2009, will also be in full swing this year, according to Padilla.
She said more schools have expressed interest to help in the registration of applicants for the nursing board.
As to the deadline for repeaters, Padilla said the Board is yet to come up with the date but is already certain there will be a separate cut-off date for them.
She said the PRC will issue all colleges in nursing with the new schedules.
It will also publish the new guidelines for the information of everybody.
Moreover, Padilla said the Commission is also planning to have all applications for the nursing exam made online to facilitate transfer of records and avoid as well the hassles of travelling and spending for both the applicants and the PRC staff.
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