Best Test Taking Strategies for the June 2009 Nursing Board Exam - from PinoyRN

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In keeping with Pinoy R.N.'s continuing commitment in assisting examinees prepare for the June 2009 Nursing Board Exam, here are some basic yet very useful test-taking techniques:

1. Cover the choices when reading the question. This way, your thought process will not be influenced by the choices.

2. Before looking at the choices, try formulating your answer then look at the available choices. Choose the choice closest to your own answer.

3. Always read all of the choices before choosing your final answer.

4. Use the process of elimination. Write an X mark beside choices that are obviously wrong

5. Answer the easier questions first. However, mark the numbers that you skipped to make sure you don't miss answering them later.

6. Only change your answer when you are absolutely sure of your new answer

7. Between positive and negative answers, the positive choice is more likely the correct answer.

8. The choice that is grammatically consistent with the question is more likely the correct answer.

9. The answer containing the most information is more likely the correct answer

10.When "All of the Above" is included in the choices and you find two more correct choices, "All of the above" is more likely the correct answer.

11. When you find two choices that completely negate each other, chances are one of them is the correct answer.

12. If you find all choices to be correct, remember that you are looking for the best answer.

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78k will take the June 2009 Nursing Board Exam

Source: http://nursingcrib.com

A total of 78,574 nursing graduates will take the Nursing Board Exam this June 6 and 7, 2009.

According to a board of nursing ember Dean Marco Sto. Tomas, Manila has the biggest number of examinees at 42,338 followed by Baguio - 11,336 and Cebu - 6,948.

Davao, has 4,069 examinees, Legaspi with 2,978, Lucena with 2,517, Cagayan De Oro with 2,313, Iloilo with 2,158, Tuguegarao with 1,314, Zamboanga with 1,375, Pagadian with 635, Tacloban with 458, and Jolo with 134.

Board members will go on quarantine from May 27 to June 8 to safeguard the integrity of the examination.

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RP nurses appeal for fairness in NZ

RP nurses appeal for fairness in NZ

Source: abs-cbnnews.com

An online campaign letter is now circulating to generate more support for Philippine nurses’ appeal to get a fair assessment from the nursing council in New Zealand.

“We are nurses from the Philippines who came to New Zealand in search of better employment opportunities so that we can use our professional training to meet the needs of New Zealand , at the same time, to build a better future for our families in the Philippines,” the network Philippine Nurses Speak Out stated in their online petition found on http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/philnursespeakout/.

The “Philippine Nurses Speak Out” and Migrante Aotearoa are campaigning for the Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ) to recognize the knowledge and skills of Filipinos who hold nursing as a second degree. The network aims to unite Filipino nurses to speak out for their rights and build support from the New Zealand public and concerned agencies “order to guarantee the rights of Filipino nurses to equal employment opportunity in New Zealand”.

“Much to our dismay, many of us who have taken up nursing as a second course have been rejected. We note that some second coursers who applied before 2008 were approved by the NCNZ. Since 2008, second coursers who were declined are frustrated that their competence was questioned when they hold essentially the same qualifications as those who were approved in the first quarter of 2008, 2007 and previous years,” the group said.

The campaign was launched after the registration problem of Filipino nurses was brought to public attention.

“Despite our track record in serving this country’s healthcare institutions adeptly, many of us were declined approval. The NCNZ doubted our competence and the quality of our educational background, reportedly because the Philippines is producing too many nursing graduates and has too many nursing schools,” said the group.

While the group understands that the economic crisis and the need to protect local nurses could be factors in the move of NCNZ to restrict the entry of Pinoy nurses seeking work in the country, it still appeals for consideration especially for distressed and stranded Pinoy second coursers in New Zealand.

“We request the NCNZ to give consideration to Filipino nurses who have already gained relevant work experience in New Zealand and applied for registration before recent changes in the application process were put in place,” it stated.

It explained that second coursers are those who completed degrees in Biology, Psychology, Dentistry, Medicine and others before taking up Nursing. Thus, they already gained credits and finished Nursing in less than four years in the Philippines.

The group further urged the NCNZ to consider the registration of second coursers currently in New Zealand who graduated from Philippine institutions that have a good track record in producing qualified nurses; and offer one-year training for second coursers currently in New Zealand as student nurses and consider the registration of those who are shown by this process to be competent to practice.

“We are hoping that a letter campaign across and beyond New Zealand will impact on the Nursing Council of New Zealand to consider our appeal,” the group said.