PRC inks MOA with Big Hospitals (plus 2 more posts)
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| PRC inks MOA with Big Hospitals Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:36 AM PDT 
The following is a press release dated July 21, 2010 by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC): PRC inks MOA with Big Hospitals For fast and easy renewal of PRC ID cards and verification and authentication of PRC records, the Professional Regulation Commission forged a partnership agreement with three well known hospitals in Metro Manila. The newly built St. Luke Medical Center-Global City, the Chinese General Hospital and the Cardinal Santos Medical Center-Colinas Verdes Hospital signed the agreement. Chairman Nicolas P. Lapeña Jr. led the formal signing ceremony during the PRC 37th anniversary on June 18. Commissioners Nilo L. Rosas and Antonio S. Adriano together with the top officials of the hospitals witnessed the event. The agreement embodies the strong commitment of the PRC to promote good governance as a catalyst for service excellence as it ensures the public of the competence and social responsibility of medical and health allied professionals working in the hospital. A few years back, Makati Medical Center, Medical City and St. Lukes Medical Center in Quezon City signed the same pact with the Commission. More and more hospitals are getting interested to join the partnership as it mutually benefits the parties. "We are honored that the management of these hospitals, particularly Dr. James Dy of Chinese Genral Hospital, Mr. Jose Ledesma of St Lukes Global City and Ms. Corazon Consunji of Cardinal Santos is helping the government promote our good governance initiatives. We are doing this in our efforts to protect the public and see to it that the people who take care of their health and wellness are really competent and truly professionals." Chairman Lapeña said. "We are also glad that in our simple way, the fees collected from the transactions increased in numbers while we are able to help the students from these hospitals regularly get updates on PRC examination policies." The Chairman added. The MOA addresses the difficulties of doctors, nurses and other health professionals employed in the hospitals in going to PRC to update their professional IDs and records. Thus, even at work, their documentation requirements are attended through batch filing. Source: http://www.prc.gov.ph/articles.asp?sid=4&aid=3698
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| PRC Imposes Stricter Confidential Room Policy Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:27 AM PDT 
The following is a press release dated July 21, 2010 by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC): PRC Imposes Stricter Confidential Room Policy Effective July 14, 2010, the Professional Regulation Commission thru Resolution No. 560 series of 2010 is re-imposing stricter rules and procedure in the Confidential Printing Room (CPR). The issuance states that the Professional Regulatory Board Chairmen and members who own the licensure subject for the day shall enter the confidential printing room together with the assigned PRC personnel; that they will only be released after one hour from the start of the only subject or the last subject for the day; that the CPR supervisor shall give copies of the test questionnaires (one copy each of Set A and Set B) to the head of the rating division in a sealed envelope at the end of every examination day who in turn shall give the copies of the subject to the Board member who owns it, the following day after his/her subject is given. The policy also restricts PRBs from answering their respective test questions while in the CPR without facing disciplinary action under the Civil Service Law or RA No. 8981 and/or its implementing rules and regulations. The PRC confidential printing room (CPR) is one of the most important and secured places within the building of the Professional Regulation Commission. It is the place where the test questions in the different professions except the nurses and teachers are reviewed, corrected, prepared and printed by the respective chairmen and board members themselves with the assistance of some PRC personnel doing the printing, sorting and packaging of the test questionnaires. The quarantine system in the CPR is the first line of protection and safety net to ensure the integrity of the licensure examinations from possible leakage. In fact, Resolution No. 560 series of 2010 cited that there were incidents in the past that encouraged the Commission to promulgate stricter rules inside the confidential printing room to erase doubts of collusion or leaking out of test questions and answers to examinees in Board licensure examinations. The vulnerability of the pre-examination processes necessitate the assignment of some National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) personnel to watch and observe the activities in and out of the confidential printing room to ensure that no test questions goes out into the hands of examinees or fixers before the examination day begins.
Source: http://www.prc.gov.ph/articles.asp?sid=4&aid=3697
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| Significant Drop in Pinoy Nurses Taking the NCLEX Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:13 AM PDT 
There’s a significant dip in the number of Pinoy nurses taking the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). NCLEX is just one of the many hurdles that Filipino nurses have to go through to be able to work as an RN in the United States. According to the mid-year report of the United States National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), as of June this year, less than 6,000 Pinoy nurses took the NCLEX-RN. This number of test takers is 30% less compared to last year during the same period. Despite this sudden plunge, the Philippines still has the most number of examinees taking the NCLEX just like last year. Trailing behind are India, South Korea, Canada and Puerto Rico. Read related story: Filipino nurses taking US licensure exam down by 30% (gmanews.tv)  |
