The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Friday that 9,114 out of 18,500 passed the Nurse Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Bacolod, Baguio, Cabanatuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dagupan, Davao, Iloilo, Laoag, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last November 2015.

The members of the Board of Nursing who gave the licensure examination are Carmencita M. Abaquin, Chairman; Perla G. Po, Gloria B. Arcos, Carmelita C. Divinagracia, Carfredda P. Dumlao, Glenda S. Arquiza and Florence C. Cawaon, members.

Pursuant to Section 16, of Republic Act No. 9173, “all successful candidates in the examination shall be required to take an oath of professional before the Board or any government official authorized to administer oaths prior to entering upon the nursing practice”.

Registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will be announced later. Those who will register are required to bring the following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), 1 piece passport size picture (colored with white background and complete name tag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps and 1 short brown envelope with name and profession and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2016-2019. Successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals.

The top performing schools in the November 2015 Nurse Licensure Examination, with 50 or more examinees and with at least 80% passing percentage

1 UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS 402 402 100.00%

MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY-BATAC 74 74 100.00%

XAVIER UNIVERSITY 65 65 100.00%

2 CEBU DOCTORS UNIVERSITY 68 67 98.53%

3 SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY 258 253 98.06%

4 SAN PEDRO COLLEGE-DAVAO CITY 88 86 97.73%

5 MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY-ILIGAN

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 78 76 97.44%

6 CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY 96 89 92.71%

7 MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE 74 68 91.89%

8 SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY-TUGUEGARAO 51 46 90.20%

9 UNIVERSITY OF SAN AGUSTIN 54 47 87.04%

List of successful examinees who garnered the 10 highest places

List of Successful Examinees