Recently, I talked with the consultancy firm regarding a possible nursing jobs in New Zealand, and Australia. They said that these countries are now requiring the applicants to submit lots of documents regarding their nursing course if the school being attended by the applicants were not accredited yet by their Nursing Council. They are encouraging also those upcoming nursing students to take a nursing course with the recognition from those countries being mentioned above otherwise the applicants may go through lots of paper works and requirement for their validity.
In our country today, there are lots of schools that are offering nursing courses without following the normal procedures in administering the course. I have learned that there are two prominent universities in Davao City, Philippines, that they do not own a hospital as their permanent based hospital. I heard from their students that they even claimed that Davao Medical Center (DMC) and Davao Regional Hospital (DRH) as their permanent based hospital but sad to say DMC and DRH are owned by the Republic of the Philippines. They are a government hospital and not owned by a private schools. Most of them (I am referring to schools) that they liked shortcuts and did the easiest ways. Most of the nursing schools in our country specifically in Davao City, Philippines did not care about affiliations and accreditation to international agencies in order for them to be recognized
If you like to be a nurse then choose the recognized (both local and abroad) nursing schools. After all, if you like to work abroad then you do not have problems of fulfilling lots of documents. There is one and only nursing school in Davao City was being recognized by New Zealand. It is the San Pedro College (SPC). The SPC is currently operated by nuns, a Dominican Sisters. SPC has its owned ISO accredited hospital. Their nursing school is not so expensive compared with the other school, like the one being operated by the priest. Luckily, my wife (a nurse) was a product of SPC and she enjoyed the privileges acquired by the school.
A piece of information from the consultants that they do not care about where the applicants came from or from a school being highly recognized by Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) as TOP 10 performing nursing schools in the Philippines in terms of Board Examination results, as long as they are qualified and recognized by the New Zealand and Australia in their respective Nursing Councils.
August 12, 2008 at 12:47 pm |
I am an SPC graduate myself. But your interpretation of a based hospital as owned is rather erroneous.
Do you think SPC would cover all students and all areas in one rotation? You must be mistaken.
Even SPC students have to get to nearby hospitals to get affiliated. If you insist on comparing the university owned by the priest with SPC without clear bases.
I’d rather you better not speak on something you know nothing about, especially if you don’t get your facts straight. Because, what is fact is a number of Nurses coming from different schools in Davao have already been employed in New Zealand.
And please check your title. the grammar doesn’t match
August 13, 2008 at 2:55 am |
Hi Bruskoe, thank you for your comments here. What you are saying was a fact. It is good that you emphasized about the affiliations of other hospitals in order that the exponential number of nursing students of respective colleges or universities will acquire needed number of cases. I don’t have questions about it. I knew it from my wife who happens to be a Clinical Instructor in NON-SCPcians school.
However, I wrote this article based on my correspondence with the consultancy firm. I / we knew the fact that there were lots of NON-SPCians Nurses who are now in New Zealand and Australia, working as a nurse in the hospitals. But the present regulations (if you are updated about it) of their (I am referring to NZ and Oz) respective Nursing Councils, that the new applicants who would like to work in those above mentioned countries must provides lots of valid documents in order to justify their academic achievements and to be recognized also.
If you feel awkward that your Alma Mater being compared to the other school(s), I am so sorry that I am telling the fact also. If you do not know, why don’t you make a survey…….if you are still in Davao City.
Generally, I am trying to convey that SPC did well in the international recognition aside from being prominent school in the City of Davao because of the requirement set by the ISO. FYI, there are schools right now in Davao City are applying for ISO. I guessed that I am inviting you to study the ISO matters as well. I am requesting you also to go over the content of my article. If you have doubts, why don’t you ask your former CIs so that they can explain well to you the differences of Based Hospital and Affiliate Hospital.
Why you said this statement that……“But your interpretation of a based hospital as owned is rather erroneous.” Do you have doubts that SPC don’t have shares of stocks in SPH? Maybe, you can give me more clarifications about it…if you are willing to.
Lastly, you told me that there was a title mismatch in this article, I am inviting you to proposed a title so that you will be recognized as well. What do you reckon?