Saudi Arabia has
allowed a limited
number of nurses
to work in certain
hospitals even
though they have
yet to take the
nursing board
exam.
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Manila sets Saudi nursing board exams
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First licensure test under new program eyed for November
RIYADH
The Philippines will administer annual board examinations for nurses in Saudi
Arabia starting in November this year.
The move is in line with similar efforts to introduce the tests in other areas with
large populations of overseas Filipino workers.
President Gloria Arroyo directed ambassador Antonio Villamor to start the
process that would make it easier for candidates to gain professional
certification.
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Arroyo said
there will be a
nursing board
examination in
the last week of
November this
year
Several nursing examinations have been
conducted in Saudi Arabia since 2006,
enabling thousands of Filipino graduates
who previously could not practice their
professions to be admitted into Saudi
hospitals as full-fledged nurses.
Arroyo thanked Saudi officials for allowing
Filipino Muslim nursing graduates who
haven’t taken the licensure examinations to
work in hospitals.in Mecca and Medina
However, Filipino nurses who want to work in hospitals outside of these two
areas still have to pass the required nursing board examinations.
Arroyo said there will be a nursing board examination in the last week of
November this year.
Earlier, Arroyo swore into office the new set of officers of the newly organized
Philippine Nursing Association in Jeddah.
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