Nursing board passers take oath

First posted 11:02am (Mla time)
Oct 27, 2006
INQ7.net, GMA7

THE OATH-taking of more than 15,000 nursing board passers for 2006 started this Friday, according to GMA Network’s “Flash Report,” a day after the Court of Appeals ruled that the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) could administer the oath.

The report said some of the successful examinees were at the PRC office as early as 3 a.m.
The appeals court allowed the oath-taking after holding conciliation talks with all concerned parties that have agreed to allow the passers to acquire their licenses.

These involve more than 1,000 nursing students who passed the board before the PRC recomputed the scores of the examinees following the discovery of a leakage on some portions of the test.

Over 1,000 others who passed after the PRC recomputation had been ordered by the court to retake the exam that has been scheduled in December.