MANILA, Philippines - GMANews.TV - The Philippine Nurses Association on Tuesday threw its support to the implementation of a Commission on Higher Education (CHED) memorandum that imposes a new curriculum on nursing schools.
Under CHED’s memorandum circular no. 5, or the enhanced Four-Year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, another 33 units will be [...]

By Moneth G. Deposa
Marianas Variety, Micronesia
HOUSE Health, Education and Welfare Committee Chairman Ralph DLG. Torres has commended a visiting nurse for her “tremendous hard work and sincere efforts” in serving the community.
The lawmaker, in his commendation letter, stated that in the short time that Christine Marie Badoy-Sanchez has been on island, she made a [...]

By Florence F. Hibionada
A moratorium stands and remains in effect throughout the country putting on hold any and all applications on new Philippine nursing programs and of new Philippine nursing schools here.
The reason? A government team tasked by no less than the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) discovered too many existing Bachelor of Science (BS) [...]

By Katherine Evangelista, INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Contrary to claims of a consortium of private of schools, the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) said Friday consultations had been held before it ordered the implementation of a new nursing curriculum.
Maria Teresita Sy-Sinda, chairperson of CHEd’s Technical Communication on Nursing Studies, said nursing school owners, parents and related [...]

By Margaux Ortiz, Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines — Around 500 nursing graduates on Friday asked the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to allow them to file applications for the June licensure examinations despite the earlier deadline declared by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
The graduates, students of the Northcap Review Center, made their appeal to [...]