Where do you think the best school to take up nursing course?

[PlaymatE]

Sa palagay niyo, kasi naman ang hirap magkamali ngayon ng college na papasukan kapag nursing ang kukunin... alam niyo ba marami ngayon opportunities abroad...nursing ang in ngayon pero may mga iskul na hindi maganda ang pagtuturo kaya gusto ko lang mapakingan ang mga opinyon ng mga estudyante...thanks

[archangel]

My vote is (love my own):
UST College of Nursing.
- It has one of the best facilities, curricula, and faculties around.
- Has consistently topped the board exams year after year
- Getting a job after graduation will never be a problem


My advice is, don't choose nursing just because it's the "in" thing right now. Don't forget what happened before when hiring of nurses suddenly declined and same with Physical Therapy. Foerecasts say that the "exodus" of nurses will only last 5-7 years.
Going abroad ( if that's your main goal) is not as easy as you think (just the way I did, immediatle after I passed the boards).
Let's say you're planning to go the the US, you need to take lot of exams. Exams which are much harder and really, really expensive. These are the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) Examinations which costs 185 dollars ( yes, dollars), the National Council Licensure Examinations (NCLEX) or the state board exams in the US- costs also more than a hundred dollars and you need to take these either in Guam or Saipan (if you're lucky, some States don't require this) and a couple of English tests that also costs more than a hundred $$$, like the Test on English as Foreign Language (TOEFL), Test on Spoken English (TSE), Test on Written English (TWE).Plus, the processing takes some time coz you also need to apply at the ICHP or International Council on Health Practioners.

Skills-wise, my advice is: don't go out of the country raw. Try to get as much experience as you can. When I had my job last June, I thought that I can make it smooth but I was wrong. I must learn and re-learn a lot of skills and theory I gained from the last 4 years of school to think that I was a fresh grad then.

If you really like nursing, you must be prepared in a lot of things you don't expect. First is, give up your social life, especially when you reach Nursing proper which is the 2nd yr. You will only have a maximum of 4-5 years or even less. You'll be memorizing things/ words you could hardly even spell like adiadochokinesis. And once you get a job, you'll be put on a moring, afternoon or night shifts, worse is you even go on a 12-14 hour duty, you can't have planned vacations or gimiks, you'll be doing domestic tasks such as changing somebody else's beddings, cleaning other's perineum ( you'll learn what perinuem means once you get into nursing school).

But the fun part which I enjoy most is doing technical skills and applying your knowledge you gained while you were in college and be able to see in real life what you can only read in books like manipulating a Swan Ganz catheter, being able to see live the human anatomy, you'll can now watch E.R. and understand what the MDs and RNs are talking about.

Nursing will open a new world for you. You'll meet different kind people and learn to deal with them. And most of all, the most important thing in Nursing is CARING. Nursing is not a lucrative job (as far as the Philippine setup is concerned!) but the real reward is UP there.

[11# UST_guard'98]

UST

[Braveheart]

UST

[simonesez]

UST

archangel:

Do you know anybody selling their CGFNS books/study materials? Please let me know. Thanks.

[archangel]

Originally posted by simonesez
UST

archangel:

Do you know anybody selling their CGFNS books/study materials? Please let me know. Thanks.

try goodwill bookstore. they have wide choices of review materials not to mention the cheap price. i bought a reviewer (1994 edition though) for only 38 pesos!

[simonesez]

archangel::angel:

Thanks. Actually I was considering Jack Rudman's book sa Amazon.com worth $35 because a lot of people are recommending it. Do you have any info if it's any good?

Have you taken/passed the CGFNS exam yourself?

PlaymatE:;)

Sorry kung nakisingit ako sa thread mo ha.

[archangel]

Originally posted by simonesez
archangel::angel:

Thanks. Actually I was considering Jack Rudman's book sa Amazon.com worth $35 because a lot of people are recommending it. Do you have any info if it's any good?

Have you taken/passed the CGFNS exam yourself?



hope to make it this july?

are you a nurse? where do you work?

[simonesez]

nope. am doing this for somebody.

goodluck on your exams.

[bakedzitigirl]

Does anybody know the name of the school of nursing of Makati Medical Center yung parang may "romualdez " something:?:

[fanfan]

definitely ust

[kublais]

In Nursing, you don't need to be a graduate from a prestigious college or university. Many hospitals and Nursing homes in the US and UK are sourcing staff from our country. But to answer the question, I should say UP Manila is the best!

[Braveheart]

UST shempre, tapos wala na. kapag d ka nakapasa sa uste, eh d sa ibang schools na lang. :)

[snoopydoo]

Off topic:

Nursing rin gusto mo? That goes the same for me. I am just a senior high school stud. I don't study there pero pag nag college na sa Phil na ako. Nursing rin gusto ko. Kaya lang di ko alam kung makakaya ko. Sabi nila mahirap daw. Ewan ko... sana I could make it...

Yup UST ang maganda pero incase I didn't make it I'll try ST Paul college Manila. Okay ba dun???

[wired_00]

Originally posted by PlaymatE



Sa palagay niyo, kasi naman ang hirap magkamali ngayon ng college na papasukan kapag nursing ang kukunin... alam niyo ba marami ngayon opportunities abroad...nursing ang in ngayon pero may mga iskul na hindi maganda ang pagtuturo kaya gusto ko lang mapakingan ang mga opinyon ng mga estudyante...thanks



UST Nursing...


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...just UST Nursing

[incuboobs]

kung manila resident (or manila born) ka--> PLM

[dijkstra]

Originally posted by PlaymatE



Sa palagay niyo, kasi naman ang hirap magkamali ngayon ng college na papasukan kapag nursing ang kukunin... alam niyo ba marami ngayon opportunities abroad...nursing ang in ngayon pero may mga iskul na hindi maganda ang pagtuturo kaya gusto ko lang mapakingan ang mga opinyon ng mga estudyante...thanks

why do you wanna be a nurse?

ahhhhh, alam ko na, you want to be a care-taker in Israel, and you want to die with suicide bombers. that is very heroic. i bet, your family will get a presidential visit.

reach for your dreams.

[JeFF1119]

UP-Manila

[alj]

UP Manila!

[agent1611]

UST just look at the records they are the only school who can have what 200 graduates and register a 100% passing average and they have linkages the world over!

like PT&OT passing average 100% for OT and 89% PT over and above UP manila!

We're #1!:D

[archangel]

Originally posted by bakedzitigirl
Does anybody know the name of the school of nursing of Makati Medical Center yung parang may "romualdez " something:?:

Remedios Trinidad Romualdez Memorial School or RTR for short.

A good school unti;l they changed their BSN program to AHSE or Associate health .... educ.

After finishing the first 2 yrs you'll get a certificate and if you wish to continue the last 2 yrs- that'll be the time you get your BSN degree.

What's the catch? During the first 2 yrs- no clinical experience unlike in other nursing schools, say UST (HEHEHE), Nursing proper starts on the 2nd yr first yr. You'll be exposed to diff. clinical areas already.

[pinatubo]

UP Manila.......they have the best laboratory PGH:cool:

[PassionPillow]

plm

[Introvert_S]

UP Manila


Yun nga lang, kaunti lang nakakapasok, kaunti lang rin nakakagraduate.....

[PUGSLEY]

Up North (Baguio City) ....SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY

[AgnasKa]

ust nursing is really good. hands down, sila talaga ang #1 sa nursing. :)

[Andrew_296]

No one from UP Manila has ever failed the Nursing Board Exams in its 50+ year history. Pag bumagsak ka, ipatatayo ka nila ng rebulto sa College of Nursing. 40 lang ang kinukuha every year and some of these guys even end up in UPCM.

[agent1611]

Originally posted by Andrew_296
No one from UP Manila has ever failed the Nursing Board Exams in its 50+ year history. Pag bumagsak ka, ipatatayo ka nila ng rebulto sa College of Nursing. 40 lang ang kinukuha every year and some of these guys even end up in UPCM.

Hmmm...are you 100%sure??? over exagerated yata yun! 50+ years???

with the population of UP nursing DAPAT LANG WALANG BUMAGSAK! ang konti na nga pag may bumagsak pa sampal na yan sa system n'yo!

we have nothing more to prove as a school(ust that is) been declared Center of Excellence with UP manila our graduates are proven competent and very much desired outside our school, our passing rate speaks' for itself with regards to the quality it devote to its students and we have a [B]very strong Alumni and linkages all over the world The demand for UST Nursing graduates surpasses all our expectation and for that we can very much say We're #1!:D

[incuboobs]

Originally posted by Andrew_296
No one from UP Manila has ever failed the Nursing Board Exams in its 50+ year history. Pag bumagsak ka, ipatatayo ka nila ng rebulto sa College of Nursing. 40 lang ang kinukuha every year and some of these guys even end up in UPCM.


ngayon ko lang narinig to.....grabe... dat means 100% lagi ang up manila sa board exams???

di ko yata alam yon

[Introvert_S]

kung ganyan sila kakonti, malamang ganun na nga (this is for the upcn only, yung iba naman like sa pt and ot di yata 100%)

[Andrew_296]

You guys are indeed right. However, there is a flaw in your reasoning. A low student population will not always mean a high pass rate. The pass rate will always depend on the individual abilities of the student which in UP Manila seems to be very high. Likewise, a high student population will mean high pass rates only if the students are good. Throw in one bad student and you nix up the whole bunch. That's partly the reason why UPCN takes in just so many students- they don't want to be tainted with bad ones.

I quoted this number not from thin air but from the numbers from the UPCN's College Secretary. You can call them up just to make sure. And FYI, most of the nursing graduates don't end up as nurses. They're far to good to be just that. My fiance, for instance, is at AIM finishing her MBA. She's from UPCN and she never bothered being a nurse because it's a menial job with low pay. UPCN Class 1991's Valedictorian was my groupmate back in the good old days and now he's doing a fellowship in TCVS at PGH.

I can even recall a time when the PGH never recruited any nurses who came from other schools. The place was just closed to non-UPCN graduates. Now that the economy has gone sour, things have changed. The ward's been populated with nurses who just can't/don't/won't/never think. Think about that.

One last thing: please never assail my integrity again.

[Andrew_296]

Let's get it straight from the horse's mouth- will someone, anyone, who graduated from UPCN clarify your Board Pass Rates? I'll gladly verify the Board Pass rates myself and post them if someone says otherwise.

[Braveheart]

'yun nga ang point dun, andrew_296, eh kung may babagsak pa sa nursing licensure exams ang up eh 'd ba nakakahiya 'yun? sabi n'yo kasi eh puro "magagaling daw" ang kinukuha ng upcn. pero i doubt na 50 years na 100% ang passing rate ng upcn. ang magaling kasi sa UST eh 200-400 ang kumukuha ng exams and ang passing rate n'ya eh 98-100% palagi (this year nga lang medyo naging 91% which is not bad naman, of course, kasi lahat naman eh bumaba ang passing rates). ikumpara mo ngayon 'yan sa upcn na wala pa 'atang 30 ang prino-produce na nurses kada taon. saan naman ang hustisya run, 'di ba? :D

[Andrew_296]

Braveheart:

I totally agree with your statement (except the Board Pass Rates, which I am willing to believe unless proven otherwise). Nung unang kinuwento ng fiance ko sa akin, hindi rin ako naniwala kasi medyo far-fetched. Pero nung na-meet namin yung may ari ng Review Center for the Nursing Boards (who happens to be their college secretary as well; the review center's name is Far Eastern Review Center, I think), hindi din lahat ng 40 students nakakapagexam. "Iniipit" nila yung iba (pardon the pun), and the ones who look weak are actually given a hard time or pressured to shift courses.

What I think is remarkable with UST is their ability to turn tons of supposedly"mediocre" students into good nurses, as opposed to UPCN's policy of getting the "good" ones initially and subsequently weeding out a few more.

I actually don't blame these people when at times they're proud of what they've done. I even remember this one time when my fiance was suspended for a few days because she was caught wearing their uniform outside of a clinical environment. My fiance said "Akala ko makakalusot ako na studyante ng ibang eskuwela", forgetting that the only school who has dared to copy their uniform is Makati Med's College of Nursing. Both schools wear this blue and white pinstriped uniform, the only difference being that Makati Med wears black stockings (na sabi ng fiance ko baduy daw, sorry sa mga taga MMC). UP's Rayadillo and UPCN's students wear exactly the same uniform, excluding the swords and headgear of course. My point is that these people are quite proud of their heritage and it would be a blow to the College if its high standards are compromised by a single individual.


On a different note, I hope the Thread Starter applies to and gets into UP's College of Nursing (or any other College in UP Manila for that matter). I hope you get to meet the supremely gifted students (even though some will be as dumb as rocks) and faculty (who can sometimes give reason for failure even if there isn't one). If you do get in, I hope you feel inferior. I hope you realize you're not the best guy around, as I have.

[Braveheart]

hindi naman dahil mga 40 apikante lamang ang kinukuha ng upcn eh dapat nang tawaging tunay na magagaling ang mga ito (siguro nga pero ewan ko na lang kasi may kakilala akong nakapasa sa upcn pero hindi nakapasok sa ust). nagkataon lang na sila siguro ang nakapasok dun sa quota (kung meron man). ang punto rito eh eto lang kasi ang kayang suportahan ng gobyerno. kung siguro eh mas malaki ang badyet ng gobyerno para sa mga gustong maging nars eh maaari ngang bigyan pa ng daan ng upcn na kumuha pa ng mas maraming aplikante na hindi naman nangangahulugan na sinasakripays nila ang "quality over quantity". nagkataon nga lang na sa ust eh mas malaki ang bulto ng mga aplikante na kinukuha sa libu-libo rin namang nag-aaplay sa kursong ito pero hindi ibig sabihin nito eh hindi masinop ang uste sa pagtanggap ng akala nito ay may pramis sa karir na gustong tahakin ng aplikante, at napapag-tibay nga ng ust na ang mga kinukuha nitong mga aplikante ay tunay ngang mga palaban, at mas nakararami pa sila sa mga propesyonal na niluluwal ng isang state university. kapag naghirap pa lalo ng husto ang pilipinas ay ewan ko na lang at baka darating ang panahong limang aplikante na lang ang tatanggapin ng state university o kaya ay sa panahong iyon ay baka hindi na nga state university ang itatawag sa up. :)

[ChicagoPinoy]

Answer to the above question:

College of Nursing- UST


But once you made it here in the US, the school where you came from doesn't matter as long as you have the BSN, RN penned after your name.
Tayo lang namang mga PINOY ang mahilig magtanong.."ay saang school ka gradweyt?"..."ay da best ang school namin"
tingnan nyo na lang ang topics posted dito :-)

anyway...we really need RNs here.....so mga kababayan..magshift na kayo ng nursing...gayahin nyo ang ibang mga MDs..they're studying Nursing.....so far it's the easiest way to the USA....and definitley one of the high paying jobs in the US....care to have a $50-$55/hr (agency staff-RN) wage?

goodluck!

[rains_delight]

University of Santo Tomas n*pope*

[agent1611]

Originally posted by Andrew_296
Braveheart:

I totally agree with your statement (except the Board Pass Rates, which I am willing to believe unless proven otherwise). Nung unang kinuwento ng fiance ko sa akin, hindi rin ako naniwala kasi medyo far-fetched. Pero nung na-meet namin yung may ari ng Review Center for the Nursing Boards (who happens to be their college secretary as well; the review center's name is Far Eastern Review Center, I think), hindi din lahat ng 40 students nakakapagexam. "Iniipit" nila yung iba (pardon the pun), and the ones who look weak are actually given a hard time or pressured to shift courses.

What I think is remarkable with UST is their ability to turn tons of supposedly"mediocre" students into good nurses, as opposed to UPCN's policy of getting the "good" ones initially and subsequently weeding out a few more.

I actually don't blame these people when at times they're proud of what they've done. I even remember this one time when my fiance was suspended for a few days because she was caught wearing their uniform outside of a clinical environment. My fiance said "Akala ko makakalusot ako na studyante ng ibang eskuwela", forgetting that the only school who has dared to copy their uniform is Makati Med's College of Nursing. Both schools wear this blue and white pinstriped uniform, the only difference being that Makati Med wears black stockings (na sabi ng fiance ko baduy daw, sorry sa mga taga MMC). UP's Rayadillo and UPCN's students wear exactly the same uniform, excluding the swords and headgear of course. My point is that these people are quite proud of their heritage and it would be a blow to the College if its high standards are compromised by a single individual.


On a different note, I hope the Thread Starter applies to and gets into UP's College of Nursing (or any other College in UP Manila for that matter). I hope you get to meet the supremely gifted students (even though some will be as dumb as rocks) and faculty (who can sometimes give reason for failure even if there isn't one). If you do get in, I hope you feel inferior. I hope you realize you're not the best guy around, as I have.


UP Manila nursing also has flaws here and there, as I said in past post, UP manilas' population is so insignificant compare to ust(very much out numbered kayo) and hello who are you to equate our freshies to 'mediocrity' did you know that almost every year the college of nursing accepts' 100+(they accept what 200 freshies?) valedictorians and the other mostly belonged to the top 10% of their respective higschools? These demographics can be validated by the UST-OSACS which gives a scholarships exams for freshies (The St. Thomas Aquinas Scholars) like the college of Rehab(PT/OT) most of their students either did top the USTET or refered to by their respective HighSchools; kaya it doesn't necessarily mean that if you get accepted sa UP e "Henyo ka na!?" may mga iba na either ayaw sa UP o gusto talaga sa UST!

minsan 'exag' na talaga ang tingin nyo sa UPCAT ofcourse mahirap ang upcat, it should be because the poor juan de la cruz would be subsidizing the education of these bunch of people who i hope would not turn out to be arrogant individuals just because they are from UP! minsan nakakairita na ang sobrang pag claim nyo sa excellence even if the fact would slum it into your faces!

Ikaw ba naman ang mag claim na for 50 years eh walang bumabagsak sa inyo kundi ba naman delusions yun? e ewan ko na! lest you can prove it here by posting every result of the nursing board since its humble beginning e sasabihin kong ' nahihibang ka!

Tanong ka pa sa mga Member ng Ched Technical Panel for Nursing at isa lang ang sasabihjin nila sa inyo "Too strict for comfort and system ng UP!" Lest you can prove us wrong by producing atleast 100+ graduates and making them all pass and get employed eh sasabihin kong and yabang naman nyo! mag claim ng excellence when your school is contributing so little man power to the nursing profession itself.

in ending these wala akong balak maki pag huntahan ng ka ewanan sa mga nananaginip, unless you can provide us the record for the past 50+ years na sinasabi mo!

Sa liit ng population n'yo DAPAT LANG WALANG BUMAGSAK! or else nakakahiya naman sa napakagaling na UP!?

:cool:

[RECORDER]

Originally posted by pinatubo
UP Manila.......they have the best laboratory PGH:cool:
:rolleyes: <-- about the best laboratories

UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS COLLEGE OF NURSING
-practicing not just theories and concepts, its education imbued by catholicism and morality.

Viva Santo Tomas!

[incuboobs]

Originally posted by Introvert_S
kung ganyan sila kakonti, malamang ganun na nga (this is for the upcn only, yung iba naman like sa pt and ot di yata 100%)

sila ba ang number 1 nursing school???

dapat sila kung lagi silang 100% kaso mukhang hindi yata...

[archangel]

hmmm... page starter!!!

[WeAreThePExers]

UST Nursing magaling.

[popeye_olive]

i think ust college of nursing. in fact, pagtapos nila ng 2nd year, before sila mag 3rd year, kailangang may general weighted average sila na 2.51 or higher. pag di umabot, kahit wala kang bagsak, madedebar ka from the college. posted yong average ng student sa bulletin board after ng finals. wala ngang lusot dahil arranged from highest to lowest.

[sweet_ryan]

i read sa issue ng collegian (up student's official newspaper) last month yata na indeed, 100% ang passing rate ng mga taga UPCN...medyo nagkaroon daw ng slight gulo sa UPCN dun sa last result ng board exams coz for the first time may isa yatang nag fail kaya the whole college went gaga over this matter...at the end they found out that yung isa pa lang bumagsak is not a graduate of their college...someone na taga leyte...something like that

i'll try to find that issue and post the whole story here...

[PUESTOW55]

Is agent 1611 a nurse?

She's so mad about something that's clearly not something to be fussed about. I hope Andrew doesn't bite lest he stoop down to this kid's level.

[archangel]

Originally posted by popeye_olive
i think ust college of nursing. in fact, pagtapos nila ng 2nd year, before sila mag 3rd year, kailangang may general weighted average sila na 2.51 or higher. pag di umabot, kahit wala kang bagsak, madedebar ka from the college. posted yong average ng student sa bulletin board after ng finals. wala ngang lusot dahil arranged from highest to lowest.

Dapat 2 or above ( i.e 1.75, 1.5, 1.25, 1.00) ang general weighted average before you enter Level II. Minsan kahit 2.00002 pinapalusot na.

[jenthed1212]

Hi :)

You can also try SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY in Baguio City! One of the best schools for NURSING.

[Shelly_rush]

UST padi kc screened yung mga applicants dun plus they have monthly exems na parang finals na yung coverage as check up at sobrang hirap yun alam ko!! pero most of them are guaranteed after grad. Ska laging nandun *** mga topnotchers galing

[regptrp_md2b]

depende kasi kung saan mo gusto mag-aral...

kung sa manila, UST pa rin!

i'm not sure kung what schools that offer nursing are best in the provinces.

[brighton]

Ang kulit nyo naman. sabi UP Manila nga ang the best sa Nursing! Yung second spot pinag-aagawan na ng:
UST
Silliman
FEU
UERM

o, yan na! wag na kayong makulit dyan, k?

[WeAreThePExers]

UST is unbeatable in this field.

[Introvert_S]

Originally posted by brighton
Ang kulit nyo naman. sabi UP Manila nga ang the best sa Nursing! Yung second spot pinag-aagawan na ng:
UST
Silliman
FEU
UERM

o, yan na! wag na kayong makulit dyan, k?


he he..mapapaaway ka sa ginagawa mong yan

anyway, UPM and UST are both reputable schools for nursing education. Yun nga lang mas mahirap makapasok sa UPM balita ko less than 100 lang yung nakakapasok

[callboi22]

UTS (University of Technology Sydney)

[EverAfter]

UST

:spinstar:

[AgnasKa]

UST talaga, matunog na matunog ang mga graduates nila sa mga hospitals dito at sa abroad.