MP school has 55 % passing in nursing exams

By Dexter A See

BONTOC, Mountain Province – The first batch of nursing licensure examinees from the Mountain province State Polytechnic College here recorded a 55 percent passing mark when six out of its eleven graduates passed the June 2008 licensure examination conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission.

Despite their first crack at the competitive licensure examination for nurses, graduates of the State-run higher education institution proved that the quality of education and sufficient preparation with the support of the school’s administration could spell the difference in their future undertakings.

MPSPC’s 55 percent passing rate during the June 2008 nursing licensure examination is much higher than the 43 percent national average, which is an indication that nursing graduates from this landlocked province could go a long way in the future given the support of the education stakeholders.

The successful nursing examinees were Frauline S. Aban, Zubaida P. Astudillio, Antonette A. Baggay, Therese Marie T. Fagcangan, Lea B. Ibayan and Eneman Irene Tad-awan.

Dr. Nieves Dacyon, MPSPC president, said the promising achievement of the nursing examinees, considering that it was the first time for the school to field their graduates, is a moral booster to the administration and the stakeholders to strengthen their working relationship for a brighter future for the students.

The MPSPC official, who was renewed for her second term through the support of the Association of Barangay Captains province-wide, the students, the faculty and staff, the community and some local officials, including the Bauko municipal government, said she will strive hard to bring the institution to greater heights in order to help educate the present and future generations towards a productive life.

The Bachelor of Science in nursing program of MPSPC was established on Feb. 25, 2004 when the Board of Trustees passed Board Resolution No. 745 series of 2004 “Approving the offering of Bachelor of Science in Nursing with a ladderized curriculum”.

The program was originally conceived with two options, namely: care giving certificate for first year and Associate in Science and Health Education in the second year.

On Nov. 3, 2004, the BOT approved board resolution No. 815, thus amending the Nursing program curriculum to Bachelor of Science in Nursing in consonance with CHED memo order 30 series of 2001 (updated policies and standards for nursing education) with three options: straight nursing course, ladderized nursing course with care giving and ladderized nursing program which makes care giving available to other programs.