Released Sunday night, the 2009 nursing exam results continued the steady decline of passers with slightly less than 40 percent passing. 44.5 percent passed the 2008 exams, while 48 percent passed in 2007. Graduates of nursing schools outside Manila again dominated the list of top-notchers, with passers from schools in Iligan City, Batangas City, and Tacloban garnering the highest grades. A nursing graduate from Iligan City topped the 37,527 who passed the nursing licensure examination last November 2009, according to the results released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Sunday. [See the complete list of passers here.] Clarie Morales Bontol of Iligan Medical Center College Inc. topped the list with 87.80 percent, followed by Bryan Noel Cueto Asis of Lyceum of Batangas (87.60 percent) and Dickson Araza Laude of St. Scholastica's College of Health Sciences-Tacloban (87.00 percent). The 2008 results showed that the best performing nursing schools were also outside Manila, with private nursing schools in Dumaguete, Iloilo City, and Tuguegarao all registering 100 percent passing rates. A total of 94,462 nursing graduates took the 2009 examinations, a six percent jump from the previous year when 88,649 took the exams. That reflects the growing popularity of nursing as a field of study, after tens of thousands of Filipino nurses have found well-paying work overseas in recent years. The lower passing rate, on the other hand, could be part of another trend: the spread of sub-par nursing schools around the country to take advantage of the multitudes of nursing aspirants. In an investigation published by GMANews.TV last year, nursing schools were shown to be mushrooming even after the government banned the opening of new nursing schools in 2004. Other "non-performing" nursing schools defied government closure orders and continued operating after obtaining injunctions from the courts. The other successful 2009 examinees who garnered the 10 highest places are the following, with many tied with the same top scores: 4. Sarah Beth Zapanta Bendoy of First Asia Institute of Technology & Humanities (86.60) and Cyrel Alexandra Infistan Diolazo of Arellano University-Manila (86.60); 5. Cliff Richard De Dios Bermudez of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (86.40), Katrina Isabel Villa Doromal of Saint Paul University-Iloilo (86.40), and Rio Michelle Yap Renomeron of San Pedro College-Davao City (86.40); 6. Greatsky Calayag Castuciano of Our Lady of Fatima University-Valenzuela (86.20), Jobilee Sahagun Foronda of De Los Santos-STI College, Inc-(Delos Santos S.N.) (86.20), Donald Bancud Paloma of Saint Paul University-Tuguegarao (86.20), and Karla Andrea Corneja Yap of University of Saint La Salle (86.20);
7. Chastine Dela Cruz Jambalos of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (86.00), Felina Joyce Llamado Posadas of Saint Paul University-Iloilo (86.00), Perla Bargo Santiago of Saint Dominic Savio College (86.00), Camille Abiera Sistoso of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (86.00), and Dennis Michael Esteban Zequerra of Cotabato Medical Foundation College (86.00) 8. Joanna Marie Sajise Alvaro of Central Philippine University (85.80), Karen Lim Cheng of Xavier University (85.80), Krizzia Mae Villareal de Guzman of Our Lady of Fatima University-Valenzuela (85.80), Richard William Dulalas Domondon of Ramon Magsaysay Technological University-Iba (85.80), Angelo Garcia Galvan of Central Luzon Doctor's Hospital Educational Institution (85.80), Lilia Calle Piramide of Saint Dominic Savio College (85.80), Robert Carandang Reña of Lyceum of Batangas (85.80), Vyklyn Jimeno Testa of Aklan State University (Aklan S.C.A.)-Banga (85.80), and Cornelio Cezail Flores Villanueva of Mabini College (85.80); 9. Sheila Perico Casano of Our Lady of Fatima University-Valenzuela (85.60), Krystle Go Din of Saint Paul University-Iloilo (85.60), John Stephen Tiongson Humiwat of Saint Mary's University (85.60), Woodrose Charm Paciente Kwan of Dr. Carlos S. Lanting College-Q.C. (85.60), Nerissa Naval Layag of Saint Dominic Savio College (85.60), Kristin Angeli Pastor Legislador of University of Saint La Salle (85.60), Myrtle Shekinah Cabuyao Lopez of Southern Luzon Polytechnic College-Lucban (85.60), Suzanne Joie Napod Maño of Adventist University of the Philippines (85.60), Manelee Pescadilla Mijares of University of Saint La Salle (85.60), Juan Alfred Germino Norte of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (85.60), and Garlene Anne Estanislao Rebollos of Sultan Kudarat Educational Institution (85.60) 10. Joanna Iris Lee Avena of Saint Paul University-Iloilo (85.40), Erwin Garces Bodiongan of Misamis University-Ozamis City (85.40), Steve Oliver Yap Coo of Central Philippine University (85.40), Stephen Albert Lim De Castro of Southern Luzon Polytechnic College-Lucban (85.40), Princess Camille Rodriguez De Guzman of Pamantasan ng Lungsod Ng Maynila (85.40), Felamie Anne Vigo Ducotan of Saint Paul University-Iloilo (85.40), Mary Kristine Teraza Labanta of St. Scholastica's College of Health Sciences-Tacloban (85.40), Giselle Dawn Vijar Mamaril of West Visayas State University-La Paz (85.40), Samuel John Sayoc Saludez of Saint Paul University-Tuguegarao (85.40), Angelo John Villasana Tacuban of West Negros College (85.40), and Maria Cecilia Cervantes Tejedor of Saint Dominic Savio College (85.40) The examination was given by the Board of Nursing last November 2009 in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, La Union, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Sulu, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga. The oath-taking ceremony of the successful examinees in the said examination in Manila as well as the previous ones who have not taken their Oath of Professional will be held before the Board on Monday and Tuesday, March 8 and 9, 2010, with morning (8 a.m.) and afternoon (1 p.m.) sessions at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City. All must come in their white gala uniform, nurse’s cap, white duty shoes, without earrings, hair not touching the collar and without corsage, the PRC said.
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