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A new schedule of licensure examination for nurses has been announced for the year 2010. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that the board examination has been moved for June and November to July and December.

According to PRC, the Nursing Licensure Examination will be on July 3 and 4, 2010 and December 12 and 13, 2010.

The change of the schedule is in compliance with the Commission Resolution No. 2009-537 dated November 13, 2009.

With this news, BSN graduates will have ample time to review for the board examination. I can definitely say that this is a good news for everyone.

The application for July 3 and 4 2010 Nursing Licensure Examination is now on-going. Deadline for submission is on:

April 14, 2010 – Repeaters
May 14, 2010 – First Timers

Click here to know the requirements needed for your application.

Applications can be filed at:
PRC Manila (Central Office or EVER Gotesco Branch)
PRC Regional Offices and its satellite offices.
There will also be a one-day campus processing of applications in some schools. (Venues and dates will be announced later)

There will be NO EXTENSION of the deadline. It is advised that applicants will file early to avoid long queues of line.

Download the Nurse Application form HERE.

A total of 37, 527 out of 94,462 nursing graduates passed the November 2009 licensure examination

See full article here.

November 2009 Nursing Licensure Examination Results

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW RNs

Now that the world has turned modern and progressive, every thing seems to be in its fast track and beyond your reach. People keep on inventing stuff to make life easier for us. I mean, the word “instant”, “fast”, “automatic”, “do-it-yourself”, “virtual”, “digital” are the most common terms nowadays. Just look around and you will see.

Humans experienced technology at its best during Internet’s breakthrough. We can access everything in just one click. In contrast to the old times, wherein you really have to be physically there to actually know about what you want to know about.

The wonders of Internet have brought to us OLX. It is an online portal where you can buy and sell cars, gadgets and other stuff, canvass for prices, shop, look for a job, advertise and more in the Philippines and abroad. If you are into online shopping, wants to purchase items that are rare to find, into bargains, wants to find tickets for leisure and entertainment, wants to advertise your business, into real estate… OLX is a perfect website for you.

This website is very advantageous for people applying /looking for a job because OLX contains a vast Classified Ads depending on your needs. The great thing about it is that, you can post your own advertisement and even advertise yourself for free!

I actually had fun browsing and reading different ad placements in the Health Care section since I belong to the “unemployed nurse” status though I am currently studying after I graduated college. I was hoping to look for a vacancy as a nurse but to my dismay, I just found faces looking for the same thing.

Oh well, on the bright side, you can actually save money by just exploring OLX because instead of going to the busy offices in Makati and fight for jobs in Quezon City you just have to sit back, connect to the web and do some clicking. What an awesome relief right?

I am soooooo grateful I had the chance to have a photo with one of our National Scientists in the Philippines, Dra. Fe Del Mundo. Who is she?

• Filipino Pediatrician
• First woman admitted as a student of the Harvard Medical School
• founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines
• Known for having devised an incubator made out of bamboo
• National Scientist of the Philippines, the first Filipino woman to be so-named.

There are a lot of great stories about her works and service to the Filipino people, some unknown and some are yet to be known. I have talked to several staff nurses in her hospital and I knew that she is really an outstanding person and deserves everything she had accomplished.

Now, Dra. Fe Del Mundo is 98 years old, I had that picture taken because she conducted rounds in the hospital. She’s very beautiful and has good aura that day. I was very thankful and definitely thrilled. She joked “Dapat kung gaano kadami ang nagpapapicture ngayon sa akin, ganoon din ang pasyente natin…” we all laughed. The OB ward was benign that day but she really brightened our day.

P.S
The ward is still benign but I learned a lot, I made friends with the staff nurses and they are really very generous in teaching and sharing their experiences.

Next time, Dra. Fe will do rounds, I’ll have my photo taken with her, this time— Solo with autograph! hihi.

And the Filipinos have done it once again.

Kraft Eden Cheese broke the record of the “Most Number on Display, In a Single Day” last December 14, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum with………

*insert drum roll sound effects here*

5, 845 Palatable Dishes with CHEESE!!!

There were 500 Chefs and 5,000 dishes in the event. Premier culinary school Magsaysay Institute of Hospitality and Culinary Arts (MIHCA) contribute the most of the research and student manpower in the making of the event, with the added help of other schools such as Regina Carmeli, St. Paul University-Manila, Centro Escolar University, Emilio Aguinaldo College, La Consolacion College and Arellano University-Manila.

In the event, there were also contests that the following schools participated. The Grand winner for the Cheese Carving Contest is Centro Escolar University and Grand winner for the Noche Buena Cook-Off Contest is La Consolacion College.

There were a lot of YUMM-Y dishes and I wished I could taste them all! It was my first event with this kind of cause.

With that, I can say, Filipinos have the habit of making a HISTORY!

Here is my previous blogpost http://www.littlenars.com/2009/11/11/be-a-part-of-history-with-kraft-eden-cheese/

When we were a child, our school would engage us in educational field trips every year in various museums and historical walks to learn more about the world around us. Field trip was the happiest and most unforgettable moment of my grade school life. In addition to that, my family would also have side trips at different museums in different parts of Metro Manila and at times, outside it. It was some sort of family bonding at the same time enjoying that we were able to know more about our country’s culture and history.

Zero In Peripheral exhibit is a theme of 5 museums in Manila which is composed of Lopez Memorial Museum, Ayala Museum, Ateneo Art Gallery, Bahay Tsinoy and Museo Pambata. Zero in Periphery is one treasure of knowledge, history and black box of our past that is documented by ordinary people and unknown heroes of the old Philippines.

For most of the people, it is a connotation that museums are only for kids but Zero in Periphery caters also to the “young at hearts”. It is good to have some trivia or nice-to-know facts that you can share your friends that were not taught to us in our formative years in schools.

I salute Zero in Periphery for bringing the biggest crater of Philippine history that was forgotten for centuries. I have gone to Museum Pambata and Ayala Museum and will definitely visit the other 3 museums.

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I have really patronized the Immortaltxt promo of Globe since I don’t text that much nowadays, and to my delight Globe yet again offered another Immortaltxt scheme, which is called Globe Immortal Call+.

Immortal Call+ is the first and only call and text offer with NO EXPIRY! For Globe and TM subscribers. It is like the Immortaltxt promo but it has a free 5-minute call for 15 pesos. You you can have 50 Texts to Globe/TM PLUS 5-minute call to any networks. What a great bargain right?

Here are the steps to avail the Immortal Call+ :
1. Load Up at least 18 pesos
2. Text Immortal15
3. Send to 8888
4. Wait for the confirmation text that you are now subscribed to the service

*You need to maintain a balance of 3 pesos to enjoy the service.
*The 5 minute call are consumable for one long call or several calls
*No need to replace the 1st 3 digits to call unlike the other Globe promos. Just direct dial. ?
* Promo period is from November 8 to December 20, 2009.

Fore more inquiries click here.

MANILA, Philippines—A total of 95,282 nursing graduates will take the nurse licensure examinations scheduled on November 29 to 30, an “all-time high” in the history of the exams, said Marco Antonio Sto. Tomas, a member of the Professional Regulation Commission’s Board of Nursing.

Click here for the full article.

Whoa! That is a record we have there. I have lots of friends who will take the November 2009 Nursing Board Exam and with this number of examinees; I think they will get out of it alive. LOL! (I believe in you Friends, GO GO GO!)  For me, If there are a many examinees, I think there will be of great chance that many will also pass because they are getting the “Mean” or the average of scores per Nursing Practice as well as for the general average.

I know this may sound mean and selfish of me but I did prayed when I was one of the examinees, that the score of highest will not be that high and the score of the lowest will be so low so that there is a great chance that your score can get to the average— it will not pull you down, instead it will pull you up. I am not saying that you should pray for it, I mean, come on, I know there are most of you who can relate to what I am talking about.

On the downfall, if there will be a lot of examinees, MAYBE, just maybe, the Board of Nursing will make the board exam hard for the examinees to control the number of “New” Nurses but I hope not.

Anyway, whatever happens, its you who can determine if you’re going to pass or not— its with your own assessment. Think of your performance in your review classes or review time or even during your student years… Whether the test will be hard, or you have many competitors. The results will surely surprise you but that is why there is what we call, the power of PRAYERS.

Good Luck and God Bless.

Don’t worry, I am praying for you, yes… YOU! )

Feasts have always been in the hearts of Filipinos. In the same manner, feast comes with food and foods prepared during feasts are extra special. There are many ways to make food served extra special and one of which is to put cheese to it.

Cheese is one of the most versatile ingredients to cook with and there are over 2,000 varieties to choose from. It is also one of the oldest manufactured foods in the world.

On December 14, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum, Kraft Eden Cheese will spearhead another history. Together with Filipino women, Cooking enthusiasts, Kusineros, Chefs and Culinary schools from all over aims to set a new World Record got the most number of dishes made with cheese in a single day. They target to make 5,000 dishes with Eden Cheese as one common ingredient.

In a similar spirit we are enjoined to come together as a nation and mobilize the Filipino gifts of creating, inventing and innovating —to showcase our Filipino food culture. From simple snacks to sophisticated main courses, Kraft Eden cheese products can b relied upon to deliver great-tasting meals by making simple recipes a more palatable one. (I, myself is a living testimony and experienced the magic of Eden Cheese when they launched this event to media last November 7)

Since Christmas is fast approaching and the Christmas spirit can really be felt anywhere you walk in Philippines, I am sure Kraft Eden Cheese will surely be present in our homes— or at least in ours (Mum never forgets to buy “Keso De Bola” for Christmas)

I have always been a fan of sweet plus salty taste present in Filipino Spaghetti, composed of sweet tasting sauce atop with YUMM Eden Cheese makes me come back for another plate.

Be a part of history! Let the miracle of sharing happen once again… Sign-up and contribute your favorite recipe with Kraft Eden Cheese at www.sarapngbuhay.com.

Make your every day a YUMM— Your Ulam Mas Masarap with Kraft Eden Cheese.

Attention November 2009 Nursing Licensure Examination takers!!!

According to PRC-Board of Nursing, there is a new Board Resolution regarding dress code during the actual board exam.

For Male and Female Examinees:
Clinical uniform with white shoes and white socks
No nameplate, school insignia/logo, and pin
School Uniform.

For Pregnant Examinees:
White clinical scrub suit

For Repeaters:
May wear white clinical scrub suit.

Failure to comply with the new dress code for November 2009 Nursing Licensure Examination will not be allowed to take the exam.