100% passing rate of Dumaguete schools
Abigail Ramirez, who graduated magna cum laude, scored 90 percent, landing in the top spot.
Of the examinees, only 18,529 passed the NLE, or a national passing average of 74.40 percent.
All four nursing schools in Dumaguete City have scored a 100 percent passing rate in the national licensure examination for nurses administered in November.
St. Paul University-Dumaguete reported 50 passers.
Ramirez said taking up Nursing was not her first choice, but that she gradually learned to love it as she began to have classes and clinical duties.
In an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Ramirez said she prayed to land in the Top 20, but that becoming the topnotcher was totally unexpected.
Ramirez said she wants to teach at St. Paul Dumaguete as a clinical instructor, and said she hopes the government will give more attention to the plight of nurses so they won’t have to entertain hopes of working abroad.
Silliman University, with 126 takers, produced three topnotchers: Angela Claire Nicolau Kitane placed 5th, Von Joseph Serna placed 9th, and Amari Joy Samson placed 10th.
In her Facebook post, Kitane expressed surprise when she learned that she placed 5th. “Who would’ve thought that an average student like me, who could barely join the top students in class since elementary, who had to study at home while babysitting/cleaning, who kept slacking around during review season would actually top the mock and real board exam,” she said.
As for Serna, he told his Facebook audience that he prayed the same prayer before answering each test: “Lord, may you give me guidance and strength to help me save every patient in this exam.”
Samson, meanwhile, posted that she had a difficult time choosing the words for her thank you note and had to keep revising her message several times, only to end with two words: Thank you!
With their outstanding performance, both St. Paul University and Silliman University are in the list of the country’s top performing nursing schools.
Negros Oriental State University produced 49 nurses, and Foundation University has 14 new nurses.
