A good nursing school in the Philippines?

Question

I have been waiting to get in the nursing program in California for a year and half and losing hope already. Some of my friends finished the nursing program in the Philippines and are working already. Any school you guys would recommend? I want to finish asap so trimesters would be good. Any of you guys know anything about St. Ignatius Scence Health College?

Answer 1

The Best and Top Performing Nursing Schools in the Philippines
Nursing has become an in demand profession abroad for Filipinos. This is because rich foreign countries like U.S., Canada, Japan, Norway and Austria are in need of nurses caused by steep population growth resulting in a growing need for health care services; a diminishing pipeline of new students in nursing; an aging nursing workforce; and the lack of interest among youths to take up nursing because of the difficult and risky working conditions. In the United States alone, the demand for nurses is estimated at 600,000 between now and 2020.

Filipino nurses prefer to work abroad because of its high pay. Low salary, and political instability are also some frequent reasons cited by Filipino nurses trying their luck abroad.

Due to the increasing demand of nurses abroad, many Filipinos who seek this opportunity prefer to study nursing here in the Philippines then, afterwards, work as nurse abroad. Some Doctors also study to become nurses just to leave the country and work abroad.


On the other hand, People in business community also see this as an opportunity to establish nursing schools due also to the increasing number of students who want to earn a degree in nursing. That is why so many nursing schools are sprouting like mushrooms nowadays without a guarantee that they can give a good standard of nursing education. In June 2005 record of Professional Regulation Commission, 26,000 graduates of nursing took the licensure exam but 12,843 or only 50% of then passed.

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) tries to regulate the newly established nursing schools to ensure that they met the minimum quality and standards of nursing education. In line with this, CHED, together with the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) released, on April 2005, a statistics of top performing nursing schools in the Philippines based on the Board Exam passing rates for 2000-2004. Out of 175 Nursing schools, only 12 had a passing rates of 90% or higher. Below is the rank and passing rates of the 12 top performing nursing schools;


1 UP-Manila 100%
2 St. Paul College-Iloilo 99.57%
3 Silliman University - Dumaguete City 98.39
4 West Visayas State University 97.06%
5 University of Santo Tomas Manila 96.67%
6 Saint Louis University - Baguio City 95.05
7 Mindanao State University Marawi City 95.0%
8 St. Paul College-Dumaguete City 93.38
9 Pamantasan ng Lunsod ng Maynila 92.53%
10 SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY - Bayombong 91.02%
11 St. Paul College-Manila 90.81%
12 University of the East-Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Center 90.57%

This statistics simply means that many nursing schools does not guarantee a good quality of nursing education such that their students failed to pass the board exams. So, if you want to pursue a nursing degree, study first the quality of the standard of education of the nursing school that you want to enroll with. Nursing profession can give you a lot of money from abroad but it’s too expensive to finish a nursing degree. Why waste a lot of money if you will just failed to acquire a professional license after your graduation.

References:
nurseimmigrationusa.com/Downloads/CoreFiles/
Filipino_nurses_becoming_more_in_demand.htm
pcij.org/stories/2005/nursing-schools-performance2.pdf
pcij.org/stories/2005/nursing-schools-performance1.pdf

For more information about nursing profession regulation in the Philippines, visit the PRC website at;
http://www.prc.gov.ph/portal.asp?pid=63

Answer 2

First you should have a study permit before going here in the Philippines.
The best nursing schools here in the Philippines will definitely be the University of the Philippines & University of Santo Tomas. Other schools in Cebu City also tops the board examination .
You should study in quality schools so that you will be sure that you will pass your NCLEX when you go back to California.
I am sorry, I havent heard of St. Ignatius Science Health College. With the boom in nursing profession & the high demand abroad, nursing schools mushroomed everywhere.

Answer 3

Silliman University College Of Nursing

Answer 4

Cebu Doctors' University, one of the top universities in nursing in the Philippines. They've recently forged a partnership with Good Samaritan Hospital in the States.

Answer 5

Nursing school is easy to get into in the USA. I would suggest that you just talk with your advisers and keep applying. You will get in eventually. Going to nursing school in the Philippines would be a huge mistake and a waste of time and money.

Answer 6

A lot of good nursing schools in the Philippines. Doctors School of Nursing, Fatima, as long as they have they're own hospital where you can do your capping. Beware of the board exam leakage though.

Answer 7

Another option for you is the nursing school of Makati Medical Hospital. It's tri-sem and a relative finished her degree in 3 years plus they were trained in a very reputable hospital here in the Philippines which is Makati Med.

Answer 8

Silliman University, Dumaguete city has the best nursing school in the Phil.

Answer 9

hi.. i can recommend Trinity University of Asia in the philippines..
i'm a nursing student there.. so i hope i can see you there... it's a good nursing school because it is accompanied by st. lukes hospital which is one of the best hospital here in the philippines..

Answer 10

Check out this site for all information about nursing, nursing schools, tips and much more - it help me at least a lot: http://nursingfaq.org

Best Regards and good luck with your research on this!

Rudi