78,574 nursing graduates takes board exam on June 2009

INQUIRER.net
First Posted 12:55:00 05/21/2009

Filed Under: Nursing matters

 MANILA, Philippines—A total of 78,574 nursing graduates are scheduled to take the board exam on June 6 and 7, Board of Nursing member Dean Marco Sto. Tomas told INQUIRER.net Thursday.

He said that as part of their procedure to safeguard the integrity of the exams, board members will go on quarantine from May 27 to June 8.

According to Sto. Tomas, Manila has the biggest number of examinees at 42,338, followed by Baguio at 11,336, then Cebu at 6,948.

The rest of nursing board examinees are spread out to Davao, which 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.

 

ref:

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20090521-206322/78574-to-take-nursing-board-exam-in-June

RC Bacolod City Batch 2009 Graduates!

CONGRATULATIONS!

to All BS Nursing Batch 2009 Graduates of Tabing Ilog!

November 2008 Top Examinees Nursing Board Philippines

1) Jovie Ann Alawas Decoyna of Baguio Central University, 89 %

2) John Patrick Morales Dimarucot , Central Luzon Doctor’s Hospital Educational Institute, 88.40%

3) Gian Karlo Timog Cusi, Baguio Central University 88%; Erycar Del Mundo Manaois-Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 88%

4) Florina Conde Corpuz, Saint Dominic Savio College 87.60%; Angelica Aubrey Pantig Morla, Far Eastern University Manila 87.60%; and Jamie Anne Tolentino Tinio, Angeles University Foundation 87.60%

5) Roberto Madrona Asuncion, Arellano University, Pasay City, 87.40; Irisa Kriya Turaja Biag, San Pedro College, Davao City, 87.40; Miguela Macuto Gabisan, Cebu Normal University, 87.40%; Edita Te Lim-Arriesgado College Foundation, Inc, 87.40%; Rosario Lei Mosqueda Pasimio, Xavier University, 87.40%; and Elaine Grace Esperancilla Praile
Saint Paul University, Iloilo 87.4%; Catherine Duran Reyes, Our Lady of Fatima College QC, 87.4%

6) Geronimo Carillo Burce Jr., Mabini College, 87.20%; Joanna Mae Francisco Evangelista, San Beda College, 87.20%; Christopher Alvarez Irorita, San Pedro College, Davao City, 87.20%, Paul Delfin Reyes Jamero, Father Saturnino Urios University (Urios College), 87.20%; Hazel Joy Amarillo Jimenez, University of Batangas, 87.20%; Ma. Concepcion Ashley Delizo Mapagu, Saint Louis University, 87.20%; Maria Cecilia Castillo Navata, Canossa College, 87.20%; Francis Ian Sabanal Pascual, Universidad de Zamboanga (ZAEC), 87.20%; and George Garcia Vega Jr., University of Saint Louis, Tuguegarao, 87.20%

7)Katrina Andrea Pagdanganan Arceo, Nueva Ecija College, 87.00%; Rose Jean Dumaboc Capidlac, Silliman University, 87.00; Carla Mae Tenorio Cuisia, Silliman University, 87.00; Mary Ann Alvarez Garing, Lyceum of Batangas, 87.00; Ma. Joya Jimenea Genzola, Colegio de San Agustin, Bacolod City, 87.00%; and Rose Anne Miranda Mungcal, Angeles University Foundation, 87.00%; Pretzel Estremos Vicencio, (Butuan Doctors College (Butuan Dr. HSP. Sch. of Nursing), 87.00%; and Faye Stephanie Yao Yu, Remedios T. Romualdez Medical Foundation, 87.00%

8 ) Lylani Mutya Balote, University of Makati, 86.80; Jamaicca Rabulan Banting, Davao Doctors College, Inc., 86.80%; Garey Jay Avelino Delfin, Iloilo Doctors’ College, 86.80%; Josephine Celoso Elvas, 86.80%; Vanito Diocson Ilanga Jr., Sultan Kudarat Educational Institution, 86.80%; Maria Edna Charise Godoy Java, Misamis University, Ozamiz City, 86.80%; Hannah Lee Alde Padilla, University of San Agustin, 86.80%; Bryan Morella Peralta, Univesity of Makati, 86.80%; and Robinson Uy Kaw Sing, Iloilo Doctors’ College, 86.80%

9) Maria Jurem Quilar Alcarde, Central Philippine University, 86.60%; Ruel Bobadilla Arzadon, Saint Louis University, 86.60%; Karina Genciane Banayat, Our Lady of Fatima College, Quezon City, 86.60%; Ryan Daniel Rivera Dablo, University of San Carlos, 86.60%; Matthew Wayne Real Chang, Silliman University, 86.60%; Fritzie Quiatzon Dela Raga, Fellowhip Baptist College, 86.60%; Hiromi Balaguer Fernandez, Saint Paul University, Iloilo, 86.60%; Josephine Franz Pagulayan Gammad, Saint Paul University, Tuguegarao, 86.60%; Paul Fabian Robosa Gumabao, Arellano University, Manila, 86.60%; Maila Carl Majam Morantte, Colegio De Sta. Lourdes of Leyte Foundation Inc., 86.60%; Michael Dorothy Frances Gaer Montojo, Ateneo de Davao University, 86.60%; Cindy Mae Alvarez Nañoz, Ateneo de Zamboanga, 86.60%; Glenda Mae Macapal Omaña, Riverside College, 86.60%; Rhea Jhoy Padinay Pantaleon, Saint Louis University, 86.60%; Rolly Mendoza Policarpio, Angeles University Foundation, 86.60%; Arlette Castillo Quinan, University of St. Louis, Tuguegarao, 86.60%; Crystal Mae Abejuela Sabela, Xavier University, 86.60%; Katrina Isabel Hugo Santos, Philippine Women’s University, Quezon City, 86.60%; and Shiella Marie Gamboa Simplina, Saint Louis University, 86.60%

10 )  James Altura Baguio, Saint Mary’s University, 86.40%; Miljoyce Daligdig Cabat, Lyceum Northwestern, 86.40%; Sarah Mae Clemente Capulong, Angeles University Foundation, 86.40%; Johcy Angeleme Fausto De La Fuente, Central Philippine University, 86.40; Renante Lazarte Dig-Aoan, Baguio Central University, 86.40%; Jake Desor Diputado, Silliman University, 86.40%; Marjory Boquia Emperio, Misamis University , Ozamiz City, 86.40%, Marissa Raposas Ferrer, Lyceum Northwestern, 86.40%; Erika Bautista Galang, Central Luzon Doctor’s Hospital Educational Institute, 86.40%; Francis Gerwin Uy Jalipa, San Pedro College, Davao City, 86.40%; Angela Gilda Baltazar Mencias, Unciano Colleges & General Hospital, Manila, 86.40%; Carina Yabut Pacete, Our Lady of Fatima University, Valenzuela, 86.40%; Joy Jenelynn Chua Tan, University of Sto. Tomas, 86.40%; Francis Dollente Villanueva, Saint Paul University, Tuguegarao, 86.40%

The Nursing Regulatory Board (NRB) is headed by Carmencita Abaquin. Members of the NRB include Yolanda Arugay, Betty Merritt, Leonila Faire, Perla Po, Marco Antonio Sto.Tomas, and Amelia Rosales.

Canadian Agencies in the Philippines

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Prayer for Students

A Student’s Prayer

Loving Father,
I stand before you in the midst of confusion and complexities of life.
My future sometimes seems distant and unknown.Give me, O Lord, the vision to see the path you set before me.
Grant me the courage to follow your way,
that through the gifts and talents you have given me,
I may bring your life and your love to others.
I ask this through Jesus, your Son and my Brother.

Amen.

Prayer for my intellectLord, you are the Source of all Life, all Truth, and all Beauty,

I pray to you today, with all my heart, for my intelligence,
this light in me, this plant which demands years and years of care,

this thing in me, mysterious and moving, this activity which sometimes bounds up, sometimes slows down,

which sometimes lifts me up with enthusiasm and sometimes exasperates me,

I pray for this thing which runs after ideas, symbols and numbers,

this thing which all of a sudden has penetrated inside the thought of another and melds with it like the fusion of two lights
a fusion which bring about warmth and light.

I pray to you for my mind as you are the Supreme Intelligence which penetrates, illuminates, and embraces all our intelligences.

Lord, help make my intelligence amenable to all truths, able to understand the thoughts of others;

give to me the wisdom to know the meaning and purpose of my life and learning, so that my knowledge, understanding, and skills may help in some little ways to make this world a better place, for your greater glory.

Amen.

Prayer before Studyingby Saint Thomas Aquinas

Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator,
true source of light and fountain of wisdom!

Pour forth your brilliance upon my dense intellect,
dissipate the darkness which covers me,
that of sin and of ignorance.

Grant me
a penetrating mind to understand,
a retentive memory,
method and ease in learning,
the lucidity to comprehend, and
abundant grace in expressing myself.

Guide the beginning of my work,
direct its progress,
and bring it to successful completion.

This I ask through Jesus Christ,
true God and true man,
living and reigning with you
and the Father, forever and ever. Amen.

The Philippines’ 40 Richest (2007)

Rank	Name	Net Worth ($mil)	Age
1	Jaime Zobel de Ayala & family	2,000	73
2	Henry Sy & family	1,700	82
3	Lucio Tan & family	1,600	73
4	Andrew Tan	1,100	55
5	Manuel Villar	940	57
6	George Ty	870	74
7	Andrew Gotianun	860	79
8	Enrique Razon Jr.	820	47
9	Tony Tan Caktiong & family	790	57
10	Oscar Lopez & family	775	77
11	Vivian Que Azcona & family	670	NA
12	Inigo & Mercedes Zobel	660	NA
13	Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.	540	72
14	Emilio Yap & family	445	81
15	John Gokongwei Jr. & family	430	81
16	Enrique Aboitiz & family	375	85
17	Alfonso Yuchengco & family	365	84
18	Beatrice Campos	220	NA
19	David Consunji & family	210	86
20	Luis Virata	200	53

Rank	Name	Net Worth ($mil)	Age
21	Gilberto Duavit Jr. & family	191	43
22	Menardo Jimenez & family	190	NA
23	Felipe Gozon & family	165	67
24	Mariano Tan & family	140	NA
25	Ramon del Rosario Jr.	137	63
26	Ronaldo & Rosalinda Hortaleza	110	48/50
27	Manuel Zamora	105	68
28	Betty Ang	100	NA
29	Tomas Alcantara & family	90	61
30	Frederick Dy	70	51
31	Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Sr.	60	80
32	Salvador Zamora	55	61
33	Oscar Hilado & family	51	69
34	Philip T. Ang	50	66
35	Magdaleno Albarracin Jr.	49	71
36	Jesus Tambunting	47	70
37	Antonio Roxas	36	65
38	Manuel Pangilinan	35	61
39	Marixi Rufino-Prieto & family	33	67
40	Lourdes Montinola	30	79

ref:
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/86/biz_07philippines_The-Philippines-40-Richest_Rank.html

Fast-Growing Careers With High Salaries

by Gabby Hyman, career writer

Thinking of changing careers? Whether you’re just beginning your education or returning to college, there are fast-growing professions that show no signs of slowing down through the end of the decade — and they pay.

Let’s look over some fast-track career groups that offer strong salaries with room to grow:

Commercial Loan Officers
Commercial loan officers work for banks, credit unions, and other lenders to help them analyze loan applicants for their consumer credit history and financial status. You’ll need strong financial skills and a degree in business, economics, sales, or banking. Many online finance or management programs can get you up to speed in a hurry.

According to Salary.com, the national average of entry level earnings for commercial loan officers ranges from $55,475 to $71,382 with $3,000-$7,000 in bonuses. After six to eight years of experience, commercial loan officers can earn between $95,015 and $116,670, to a top salary of $128,034.

Financial Analyst
Financial analysts develop critical revenue projections and investment analyses for individuals or companies. There are online MBA or undergraduate business degree programs offering courses in statistics, accounting, economics, and business law that can prepare you for this fast-growing field.

The national annual salary range for entry level analysts is between $40,632 and $51,982, but with seven years experience, you’ll leap into the $90,690 to $99,972 range.

Senior Database Administrator
A senior database administrator can design, maintain, and crunch a company’s database to dramatically affect the operational bottom line. An online computer science degree or computer programming degree can provide fundamental skills necessary to thrive in this IT career. You’ll need at least a bachelor-level IT degree to play on this rewarding field.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reports that senior database administrator jobs will grow faster than the average rate for all career groups through 2014. And you’ll look forward to your paycheck. Top salaries range from $90,690 to $113,849, with a top tier around $125,379.

Network Security Administrators
Like their database cousins, network security administrators are among the fastest-growing career groups in the nation. In this role, you’ll be the architect and security watchdog for an organization’s voice systems, LAN/WAN, and telecommunications networks.

You’ll need at least an IT bachelor’s degree to compete, and you can better your prospects through online IT network certification and graduate degree programs. But it’s worth it. Top annual salaries range from $61,117 to $100,685, with a high end around $123,585.

Registered Nurses
There’s no shortage of nursing jobs. According to the U.S. DOL, nurses make up the second-largest career group in the country. There are registered nurses and registered nurses with bachelor’s degrees. The difference in earnings and the ceiling on your career can depend on your willingness to enroll in an online RN to BSN degree program.

Consider the evidence: entry level wages for an RN floor nurse range $53,398 to $68,263. Nurses who want to move into supervisory positions better their chances for advancement with a BSN degree. For example, head nurses average between $74,965 to $97,276, and head operating room nurses average from $80,084 to $112,090.

Web Interface Design Directors
Among all the graphics design professions, the U.S. DOL predicts that Web designers with animation experience will have the best job prospects through the decade. And, among these, Web interface design directors are the best earners. You can enroll in online graphics design degree programs and software courses to bone up on the latest graphical user interfaces (GUIs), usability trends, and code management techniques.

In return, look for the national earnings average of $47,551 to $66,277 for entry level designers to ramp up to a muscular $121,310 to $141,662 range — with top salaries at $148,374 — for senior interface design directors.

Restaurant General Managers
Restaurant general managers work for major restaurant chains, private bistros, hotels, resorts, and casinos. The Department of Labor predicts best opportunities will be for salaried managers than self-employed restaurateurs. You’ll prosper from completing online hotel and restaurant management programs.

National average wages for restaurant GMs range from $53,255 to $60,765, with an average at $70,546 for managers of fine restaurants.

Paralegals
Paralegals provide critical support to attorneys, law offices, corporate legal departments, courts, and government agencies. The Department of Labor predicts brisk growth in the field, especially for graduates of paralegal courses offered through online paralegal degree programs.

The national salary range for entry level paralegals is from $36,641 to $49,754, however, paralegals with eight years experience may earn upwards of $86,666.

Gabby Hyman has created online strategies and written content for Fortune 500 companies including eToys, GoTo.com, Siebel Systems, Microsoft Encarta, Avaya, and Nissan UK.

Copyright 2007 HQ Publications, LLC. All rights reserved.

ref:
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-fast_growing_careers_with_high_salaries-425

NASA’s Phoenix Spacecraft Lands at Martian Arctic Site

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars today to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander’s robotic arm.

Radio signals received at 4:53:44 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53:44 p.m. Eastern Time) confirmed the Phoenix Mars Lander had survived its difficult final descent and touchdown 15 minutes earlier. The signals took that long to travel from Mars to Earth at the speed of light.

Mission team members at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver; and the University of Arizona, Tucson, cheered confirmation of the landing and eagerly awaited further information from Phoenix later tonight.

Among those in the JPL control room was NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, who noted this was the first successful Mars landing without airbags since Viking 2 in 1976.

“For the first time in 32 years, and only the third time in history, a JPL team has carried out a soft landing on Mars,” Griffin said. “I couldn’t be happier to be here to witness this incredible achievement.”

 

Team members celebrate Phoenix landing on Mars.
Larger view During its 422-million-mile flight from Earth to Mars after launching on Aug. 4, 2007, Phoenix relied on electricity from solar panels during the spacecraft’s cruise stage. The cruise stage was jettisoned seven minutes before the lander, encased in a protective shell, entered the Martian atmosphere. Batteries provide electricity until the lander’s own pair of solar arrays spread open.

“We’ve passed the hardest part and we’re breathing again, but we still need to see that Phoenix has opened its solar arrays and begun generating power,” said JPL’s Barry Goldstein, the Phoenix project manager. If all goes well, engineers will learn the status of the solar arrays between 7 and 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time (10 and 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time) from a Phoenix transmission relayed via NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter.

The team will also be watching for the Sunday night transmission to confirm that masts for the stereo camera and the weather station have swung to their vertical positions.

“What a thrilling landing! But the team is waiting impatiently for the next set of signals that will verify a healthy spacecraft,” said Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, principal investigator for the Phoenix mission. “I can hardly contain my enthusiasm. The first landed images of the Martian polar terrain will set the stage for our mission.”

Another critical deployment will be the first use of the 7.7-foot-long robotic arm on Phoenix, which will not be attempted for at least two days. Researchers will use the arm during future weeks to get samples of soil and ice into laboratory instruments on the lander deck.

The signal confirming that Phoenix had survived touchdown was relayed via Mars Odyssey and received on Earth at the Goldstone, Calif., antenna station of NASA’s Deep Space Network.

Phoenix uses hardware from a spacecraft built for a 2001 launch that was canceled in response to the loss of a similar Mars spacecraft during a 1999 landing attempt. Researchers who proposed the Phoenix mission in 2002 saw the unused spacecraft as a resource for pursuing a new science opportunity. Earlier in 2002, Mars Odyssey discovered that plentiful water ice lies just beneath the surface throughout much of high-latitude Mars. NASA chose the Phoenix proposal over 24 other proposals to become the first endeavor in the Mars Scout program of competitively selected missions.

The Phoenix mission is led by Smith at the University of Arizona with project management at JPL and development partnership at Lockheed Martin, Denver. International contributions come from the Canadian Space Agency; the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland; the universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark; Max Planck Institute, Germany; and the Finnish Meteorological Institute. For more about Phoenix, visit http://www.nasa.gov/phoenix .

 

 

Media contacts: Guy Webster 818-354-6278
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov

Dwayne Brown 202-358-1726
NASA Headquarters, Washington
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov

Sara Hammond 520-626-1974
University of Arizona, Tucson
shammond@lpl.arizona.edu

2008-81

Ref:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080525b.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/25/mars.lander/index.html

Careers with Associate Degree

A No-Fail Career in just Two Years

by Chloë Dowley

If your goal is to move from the classroom into the workforce as quickly as possible, choose a degree that will prepare you for a profession that is expected to experience rapid growth. The following careers are expected to boom over the next eight years and require only an associate degree.

• Registered Nurse (RN) – Spend two years earning your Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) and you’re practically guaranteed a job upon graduation, since 587,000 new RNs will be needed through 2016. Earnings of RNs are close to $60,000, and when you’re ready for a promotion you can take advantage of tuition reimbursement programs to help finance your Bachelor of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Massage Therapist – The healing powers of massage are widely recognized, which means there will be a demand for 24,000 massage therapists over the next eight years. An associate degree in massage therapy offers courses in anatomy, massage techniques, and business practices. Over half of all massage therapists were self-employed in 2006, and most earned between $35,000 and $50,000.
• Dental Hygienist – The flexibility, bright employment prospects, and hourly earnings of around $30 for this career will keep you smiling as you polish your patients’ pearly whites. Most of the accredited dental hygiene programs grant associate degrees to prepare graduates for one of the 50,000 anticipated new positions opening through 2016.
• Preschool Teacher – You may already have mastered the art of play, but to be a successful preschool teacher you’ll need to understand child psychology and development. In two years you could be one of the 115,000 new teachers of our youngest students.
• Computer Support Specialist – In just a couple of years you could learn the skills necessary to make an office full of computer-users eternally appreciative of your existence. Employment of computer support specialists is expected to grow 18 percent, and many of these jobs will pay upwards of $40,000 annually.
• Paralegal – An associate degree in paralegal studies can help prepare you to research cases, prepare reports, and draft contracts. Law firms and corporate law offices are expected to hire some of the anticipated 53,000 new paralegals needed over the next eight years. Median earnings for these professionals were over $43,000 in 2006.
• Radiologic Technologist – A two-year degree can prepare you to work as a radiologic technologist, allowing you to administer X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans in hospitals or imaging laboratories. Thirty thousand radiologic technologists will be needed over the next eight years, and yearly earnings can often top $50,000.
• Automotive Technician – Your tinkering under the hood could become more than a hobby when coupled with an associate degree in automotive technology. Choose a program that emphasizes hands-on practice to prepare you to work for a car dealership, repair shop, or even for yourself. In 2006 the median earnings of automotive technicians were over $16 an hour.

Where Will You Be in 2010?

It’s not that far off. If you have aspirations to make more money, advance in your current job, or try something new, imagine how amazing it could feel if, only two years from now, you could have a degree and great career options.

ref:
http://education.yahoo.net/degrees/articles/featured_a_no_fail_career_in_just_two_years.html

Tech’s 10 worst entry-level jobs (USA)

• Tech’s ten worst entry-level jobs
• Online sales and operations account manager, Google
• Support engineer, Washington-Seattle, Amazon.com
• Content Acquisition Intern, IODA
• Customer support specialist, Fox Interactive, MySpace division
• Database administrator (temporary), Google, contracted through WorkforceLogic
• Support professional, product: Windows, Microsoft
• Executive admin to Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore
• Analyst, user operations, Facebook
• Operations finance, analyst intern, Yahoo
• Part-time guide, Mahalo

  Soon America’s most bright-eyed graduates will enter the workforce and make their workaday homes in cubes at Google, MySpace, or Amazon.com. And they will suffer not just the indignity of having to work for a living, but also the dispiriting realization that a job at a cool company isn’t always that hot. These employers, and the others hiring for tech’s 10 worst entry-level jobs, listed below, will look spiffy on a resume someday, but for now the only good these jobs promise the world is the pleasant feeling you and I can share knowing we’re not the ones stuck in them.In the spirit of full disclosure, I should note that I wouldn’t have been able to get any of these jobs out of college. I didn’t finish with a 3.8, do a year of service in Nicaragua or file any patents during my sophomore year. But the worst part of this list is the fact that the people taking these jobs did. To paraphrase Dan Lyons, there’s something distinctly evil about the way Google and the other companies listed below hoard the world’s best and brightest and put them to work on creating more efficient text ads or, worse, tasking them with taking phone calls from angry customers.

  Follow the link for each job to see a picture of their locations, a list of key responsibilities, first hand accounts of why each job is so bad and how much they pay.

  ref:
  http://valleywag.com/389746/techs-10-worst-entry+level-jobs