FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 9, 2007
NCSBN SELECTS THE PHILIPPINES AS AN INTERNATIONAL TESTING SITE FOR
NCLEX® EXAMINATIONS
CHICAGO – The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN®) has selected Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, as a new site for the administration of the NCLEX® examinations. NCSBN's Board of Directors made the decision to expand the number of sites at its Feb. 8, 2007, meeting.
Faith Fields, MSN, RN, president, NCSBN Board of Directors, comments, “The Philippine government has shown a deep commitment to ensuring a secure test center in Manila and has been very responsive to NCSBN concerns. Placing a test site in the Philippines will allow for greater customer service to nurses without compromising the goal of safeguarding the public health, safety and welfare of patients in the U.S.”
Offered abroad since January 2005, the current international sites for NCLEX examinations are in London, England; Seoul, South Korea; Hong Kong; Sydney, Australia; Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, Canada; Frankfurt, Germany; Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Chennai, India; Mexico City, Mexico; Taipei, Taiwan; and Chiyoda-ku and Yokohama, Japan.
Intended for the purposes of domestic nurse licensure in U.S. states and territories, all security policies and procedures currently used to administer the NCLEX examination domestically will be fully implemented at this new site. At this time, no schedule of implementation has been set.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN) is a not-for-profit organization whose membership comprises the boards of nursing in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and four U.S. territories.
Mission: The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), composed of Member Boards, provides leadership to advance regulatory excellence for public protection.
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Feb. 8th, 2007 Chicago, IL - CFO Chairman Dr. Dante Ang along with Philippine Presidential Task Force for NCLEX and the Philipine Nurses Association of America attended NCSBN meeting
PNAA President May Mayor with Kathy Apple - NCSBN Chief Executive Director
Faith Fields, NCSBN President, and Dr. Dante Ang toast to the approval of Philippines as NCLEX exam site
PNAA President May Mayor with Rino Paez, assistant of Dr. Ang (CFO Chair)
The PNAA Task Force for NCLEX Administration in the Philippines incudes: Filipinas J Lowery (NY), Chairperson, Remedios Solarte (MI), Brenda Cohen (CA), Lolita Compas (NY), Leo Felix Jurado (NJ), Seny Lipat (NJ), Reynaldo Rivera (NY), Ernesto Rosas (KC), Linda Simunek (FL), Mila Velasquez (CA), May Mayor, ex-officio member (NY)
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