Health Secretary Ted Herbosa on Friday met with the Philippine Regulation Commission (PRC) and the Board of Nursing after his plan to situation momentary licenses to nursing graduates who’ve but to go the Nursing Licensure Examination was met with criticism from the well being group.
According to Herbosa, PRC Commissioners and the Board have expressed their assist to find authorized methods to unravel issues of manpower within the well being trade.
“I met with the PRC Commissioners and the Board of Nursing and they understand my view and they are there to help me find solutions. There are still many options despite legal limitations which I understand,” Herbosa stated in a press release.
“I additionally spoke with the Board of Nursing who thanked me for the Support for nurses, they usually too have ideas of how we are able to clear up the issue of outward migration of Philippine nurses,’ he added.
Herbosa earlier stated he desires to absorb nursing graduates who scored 70% to 74% within the board examination to fill within the 4,500 vacant plantilla gadgets for nurses in over 70 hospitals of the Department of Health (DOH) nationwide.
However, the PRC stated there is no such thing as a provision within the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 that may legally permit the issuance of momentary licenses to nursing graduates who’ve but to go the Nursing Licensure Examination.
The Philippine Nurses Association and the Filipino Nurses United have additionally expressed disapproval of the proposal, saying the DOH ought to concentrate on hiring registered nurses as a substitute on condition that round 120,000 of them aren’t at the moment working within the area of nursing.
To go the Nursing Licensure Examination, an examinee should receive a basic common of no less than 75% with a score of not beneath 60% in any topic. —VAL, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
