5 year NURSING course?

[Motownkid]

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Ched hastens talks on 5-year nursing course

IN AN effort to make courses in the Philippines at par with the rest of the world, the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) is hastening consultation with various colleges and universities regarding plans on making Nursing, a five-year course.

Ched's timetable is that by the end of February, deans of colleges and universities could submit their inputs regarding Ched Memorandum Order 5, or the directive that would make nursing a five-year course.

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The directive drew negative reaction from students and the parents who feel burdened if an additional year is added to the course.

Ched Chairman Emmanuel Reyes said if deans are able to comply with the February 28 deadline, consultation in various colleges and universities in the country would be conducted on March and April.

Depending on the outputs gathered, Reyes said changes in the curriculum might be implemented on June 2009.

Review classes on the fourth year of a course, would likewise be implemented.

Similar to those taking up law, Reyes said remedial classes are the Ched's "informal" way of reducing the number of students who enroll in review centers, before they take licensure examinations.

This way, students and parents need not spend thousands just to get enlisted in review centers. "We don't know if review centers could still exist," Reyes said.

Following the 2006 Nursing exam leakage, the Ched last year, ordered review centers to tie up with higher education institutions (HEIs).

The deadline given is for centers to have tied up by November.

Review centers protested the move, prompting the Supreme Court (SC) to observe the status quo for the meantime.

Reyes discouraged review centers from establishing their businesses within shopping centers or restaurants. He said these are not the appropriate venues for students who are studying.

He was in Baguio last Friday for the regional consultation on policy directions on higher education.

Along with many educators, Reyes supports long-time proposals to revise the Philippine education system by adding more years an individual has to spend in school. Among the proposals is for primary education, which includes, elementary and high school be taken in 12 years or seven years in elementary and five in high school.

For college education, high school students will first have to take a two-year pre-college education, similar to vocational courses in the Philippine setting, before taking a qualifying exam for a university degree.

While the Philippines generally showed a lukewarm response to the idea, Angeles said they would concentrate first on some of the most in-demand courses before attempting at changing the entire Philippine education landscape.

Nursing, along with other medical and allied medical courses are some of the most in-demand jobs here and abroad.

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[unfamous]

Para nko di na kinahanglan. Dapat kuhaon nlang ang mga subjects na dili kau kinahanglan nya relevant sa course nya dungagan ug Kinahanglan jud. For sure kung ma approve man ni lipay kau ang skwlahan. Maypa maghimo nalang ang Ched ug public Libraries para sa mga students kay kuwang kaayo ug mga references kaming studyante.

[jhay86]

agree ko nga i- 5years nani. sa kadaghan sa mga nursing students karun dili na ma accomodate sa hospital ang mga or/dr cases. ma hog na hinuon nga ma compromised ang uban subject or uban nga mga importante kay tungod na ningkamot ang student ug pinangita ug case. unya kun naa puy mga subject nga dapat i tackle ug mas dako2x nga time nya nabutang ra nuon sa summer nga perti ra kadali sa oras.

[kryssy123]

i think dli mn cguro dapat himuon 5 years ang nursing...sakto ra mn ang mga subjects bah! ang uban countries gani ila BSN kay 3 years ra! f i know, pangwarta ra nah! regarding sa kanang OR/DR cases, ang solution lng jud ana noh kay limit lng jud unta ang schools sa kuhaon nga students!

ang basic education nuon maoy ilang increasan og years... d ba sa US naa mn nah cla junior & senior high (3 years each)? so, 12 years tanan...before a student can study college.

[Mar The Buko Bar]

call center rana padung tanan hehehehe

[Forgotten-Isle]

for nursing ok kaayo na for me! but for all? hmmm... sunod na lagi ni sa US educational standard lagi..

[cainez]

i agree sa mga ni-disagree.. mas maayo pa man gani nga kwaon ang mga subjects nga way gamit pareha, puno ra gyud nis gastos, ibutang napud nas miscellaeneous.. sakto pud nga limited ra dapat ang mga students kung ang problema OR/DR cases. daghan kaayo pwede mausab ba ngano kana paman jud ang mogasto ug dako ang mga students ang ila nahuna-hunaan.

[rigormortis]

ok raman cguro nang 5 years sa nursing bsta wla nlng pud summer... ambot lng pud dli mn sad ko nursing

[cainez]

mao ra gihapon ang tubag ana, tang-tangun ang mga subjects nga way gamit, kay pwerti jud kadaghan aning mga way gamit nga subjects, then ang mga relevant subjects sa summer maoy ibutang sa 1st sem or 2nd sem para ang summer himoon nalang nang skills training ug completion of cases..

[sassyboy154]

sakto raman nang 5 yrs ang nursing para makapractice sila tarung...