Riverside College on the list of Top Nursing Schools

RIVERSIDE College in Bacolod City is among the top nursing schools throughout the country per record from the Commission Higher Education (Ched).

This is in line with announcement made by Ched of the top performing schools offering the Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs in the country for 2009.

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These schools rated higher than 40.70 percent national passing average set by the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) and the school's number of exam takers in the recent results of the licensure examinations for nursing.

Ched Chairman Emmanuel Angeles said the initiative is part of the commission's commitment to monitor and evaluate the performance of nursing schools nationwide and to ensure the quality of nursing education in the country.

Angeles said the move of monitoring and releasing the names of low-performing nursing schools is also made to answer the clamor of the public and education stakeholders of a more informative background on higher education institutions in the country.

"It also aims to aide parents and students in deciding which schools could provide them quality education and their money's worth," he said.

The top nursing schools for 2009 for Range 1 (with 1,000 and up takers) are: Far Eastern University-Manila (National Capital Region [NCR]) with 1,982 passers out of 2,656 takers or 74.62 percent passing rate; Centro Escolar University-Manila (NCR) with 720 out of 1,002 or 71.86 percent; Manila Doctors College (NCR) with 704 out of 1,011 or 69.63 percent; Manila Central University-Caloocan City (NCR) with 598 out of 1,048 or 57.06 percent; University of the Cordilleras (Cordillera Administrative Region) with 978 out of 1,743 or 56.11 percent; University of Cebu (Central Visayas) with 829 out of 1,529 or 54.22 percent; University of Pangasinan with 627 out of 1,217 or 51.52 percent; University of San Carlos (Central Visayas) with 508 out of 1005 or 50.55 percent; Western Mindanao State University (Zamboanga Peninsula) with 587 out of 1,179 or 49.79 percent; University of the Visayas-Mandaue City (Central Visayas) with 679 or 45.72 percent; Arellano University-Manila (NCR) with 967 out of 2,116 or 45.70 percent; Brokenshire College (Davao Region) with 649 out of 1,456 or 44.57 percent; Riverside College (Western Visayas) with 785 out of 1,763 or 44.53 percent; Davao Doctors College Inc. (Davao Region) with 784 out of 1,805 or 43.43 percent; Iloilo Doctors' College (Western Visayas) with 687 out of 1,590 or 43.21 percent; and Wesleyan University of the Philippines-Cabanatuan City (Central Luzon) 639 out of 1,524 or 41.93 percent.

For the Range 2 (with 100 to 999 takers), the Top Nursing Schools include Saint Paul University-Iloilo (Western Visayas) with 100 percent passing rate; West Visayas State University-La Paz (Western Visayas) with 99.48 percent; Saint Louis University (CAR) with 99.04 percent; Trinity University of Asia (NCR) with 98.80 percent; University of Santo Tomas (NCR) with 98.36 percent; Chinese General Hospital College of Nursing & Liberal Arts (NCR) with 98.02 percent; University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center (NCR) with 97.69 percent; Pamantasan ng Lungsod Ng Maynila (NCR) with 97.51 percent; Saint Paul University-Dumaguete (Central Visayas) with 97.28 percent; Cebu Normal University (Central Visayas) with 96.54 percent; Velez College (Central Visayas) with 95.65 percent; Xavier University (Northern Mindanao) with 95.56 percent; Silliman University (Central Visayas) with 95.22 percent; De La Salle University-Dasmarinas Health Science Campus (Region 4) with 95.14 percent; Saint Paul University-Tuguegarao (Cagayan Valley) with 94.97 percent; Central Philippine University (Western Visayas) with 94.30 percent; Remedios T. Romualdez Medical Foundation (Eastern Visayas) with 93.31 percent; Mindanao State University-Marawi City (Armm) with 91.71 percent; Cebu Technological University-Main (Central Visayas) with 90.84 percent; and Benguet State University-La Trinidad (CAR) with 88.89 percent.

For Range 3 (with 10 to 99 takers), the Top Performing Nursing Schools include Negros Oriental State University-Dumaguete (Central Visayas) with 100 percent; Bukidnon State College-Malaybalay (Northern Mindanao) with 100 percent; University of the Philippines-Manila (NCR) with 100 percent; University of Saint Louis-Tuguegarao (Cagayan Valley) with 97.37 percent; Central Mindanao University (Northern Mindanao) with 95.83 percent; Philippine Christian University-Manila (NCR) with 88.89 percent; Saint Paul University-Quezon City (NCR) with 84.85 percent; New Era University (NCR) with 84.13 percent; Colegio De Sta. Lourdes of Leyte Foundation Inc. (Eastern Visayas) with 83.33 percent; Lyceum of the Philippines-Manila (NCR) with 82.35 percent; Aklan State University (Western Visayas) with 81.48 percent; Saint Tonis College (CAR) with 78.57 percent; Foundation University (Central Visayas) with 78.31 percent; STI College Cebu Inc. (Central Visayas) with 75.00 percent; Samar State University (Eastern Visayas) with 74.07 percent; Jose Rizal Memorial State College-Dapitan (Zamboanga Peninsula) with 74.07 percent; First City Providential College (Central Luzon) with 73.53 percent; Aklan Polytechnic Institute (Western Visayas) with 72.97 percent; University of the Philippines School of Health & Sciences-Leyte (Eastern Visayas) with 72.00 percent; Palawan State University (Mimaropa) with 69.49 percent; College of Maasin (Eastern Visayas) with 69.39 percent; and Pangasinan State University-Bayambang (Ilocos Region) with 66.67 percent. (Teresa Ellera-Dulla)