Increasing number of Filipino Graduate nurses fails their local board exam

There was an increase in numbers of candidates, who failed their local board exam. This reports were based on the numbers of takers last June of 2008. The problem poist more down turn in taking up international examination ( NCSBN).

Reasons of increase failure among graduates, boils down into one major problem, and that is increase of nursing schools, who do not perform well in their academic and clinical practice.

Plus, the majority of young Filipinos, those who were graduating in high school, are aiming this course. Some are even below the average students, who make their way in this noble profession. One thing is not clear about the Commission of Higher Education in the Philippines: is all entitle for enrollment?

If we can dissect this issue one thing rose for a big problem, every one think that nursing is a big industry. Everyone makes a money of it, that is a sad thing to consider nowadays. Just imagine before the year 2000, nursing students in Our Lady of Fatima University / Quezon City, had only five sections for the first year, and had approximately two or three for the fourth year. Today, first year students makes the 98% census of all the University students.

There was too many students, who did not even make good turns in their high schools days, and end up as a nursing student. If I can address this to the congress, I would propose a five year course for nursing.

In this way, students would be screened further, and this will ensure their passing in any nursing exam. The problem had two faces, one looks like an easy one, like the only solution is to change curriculum etc., and the other face turns down to availability of jobs. For nurses, this is important and this is what happening today. Plus, the retrogression that still hurdled foreign nurses to enter the United States.

The other solutions were too ambiguous, they think nursing is like a pipe line, which you can turn off the valve if the bucket is full. That is not the way I think solving this colossal issue.