10,977 passers in December 2013 Nurse Board Exam

10, 977 out of 35, 475 passed the December 2013 Nurse Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Wednesday. For the list of the passers in the December 2013 Nurse Board Exam, kindly visit this website for the Dec 2013 NLE or Nursing Licensure Exam.

Congratulations to everyone who passed! May you be good health care providers of the Filipino people!

Date a medical student this Valentines Day

This article marks my first post of the year. After all the ups and downs of 2013, I felt it's not right and justifiable to just let this blog (Spotlight Philippines) go derelict of posts. So, here I am taking a break after having started burning the midnight oil.

When we talk about medical students, what comes into mind are pressured, sleepless men and women in their early to mid-20s taking in too heavy academic overload for four years or so in order to achieve this highly regarded profession. Hence, this serves as a tribute to all med students out there. Why date a medical student?