117 Pinoys take nurse, midwife licensure exams in Hong Kong

At least 117 Filipinos based in Hong Kong benefited from the Philippine Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)’s first licensure examinations for nurses and midwives there. The PRC held the examination at the Bayanihan Center in Kennedytown in Hong Kong from December 12 to 13, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. “Of this number, 90 took the nurses exams while 27 took the midwifery exams," the DFA said on its website. The Nurses Examinations covered the following subjects: Nursing Practice I: Foundation of Nursing and Professional Nursing Practice; Nursing Practice II: Community Health Nursing and Care of the Mother and Child; and Nursing Practice III-V: Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alterations. The 27 examinees for the Midwifery tests covered the following areas: Obstetrics, Fundamentals of Health Care, Infant Care and Feeding, Primary Health Care, Professional Growth and Development. Commissioner Ruth Raña Padilla headed the PRC delegation along with Chairman of the Board of Nursing Carmencita Abaquin and Chairman of the Board of Midwifery Alejandrino San Pedro. Assisting them were five other PRC officers, the DFA said. The examinations were conducted in coordination with the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong, Filipino Nurses Association-Hong Kong and the Integrated Midwives of the Philippines-Hong Kong. - JHU, GMANews.TV