フィリピンでは、昨日２月１６日、昨年２０１１年の１２月１８日・１９日に行われたフィリピン看護師国家試験の結果が発表されました。↓
December 2011 Nurse Licensure Examination results released in forty two (42) working days
Posted on 2/16/2012
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 22,760 out of 67,095 passed the Nurse Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dagupan, Davao, Iloilo, La Union, Legazpi, Lucena, Nueva Ecija, Pagadian, Pampanga, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last December 18 and 19, 2011.
Official Website of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
６７，０９５人の受験者のうち、２２，７６０人だけが合格。合格率は、過去最低のわずか３４％（！）でした。
その前の２０１１年７月の看護師国家試験では、７８，１３５人の受験者のうち、３７，５１３人が合格。合格率は４８％でしたから、今回は１５ポイントも下がった、ということになります。
フィリピンの看護師国家試験は、毎年７月（以前は６月だった）と１２月の２回行われますが、５００問の試験問題の合格ボーダーラインは「７５％」です。つまり、３７５問以上正解だと合格です。
以下、２００５年１２月以降のフィリピン看護師国家試験の合格者数、受験者数、合格率をまとめてみました。↓
Dec. 2005 - 13,108 passed out of 24,287 examinees 53.97 % passing rate
Dec. 2006 - 19,712 passed out of 40,147 examinees 49.10 % passing rate
Jun. 2007 - 31,275 passed out of 64,909 examinees 48.18 % passing rate
Jun. 2008 - 27,765 passed out of 64,459 examinees 43.07 % passing rate
Dec. 2008 - 39,455 passed out of 88,649 examinees 44.50 % passing rate
Jun. 2009 - 32,187 passed out of 77,091 examinees 42.12 % passing rate
Dec. 2009 - 37,527 passed out of 94,462 examinees 39.72 % passing rate
Jul. 2010 - 37,679 passed out of 91,008 examinees 41.40 % passing rate
Dec. 2010 - 29,711 passed out of 84,287 examinees 35.25 % passing rate
Jul. 2011 - 37,513 passed out of 78,135 examinees 48.01 % passing rate
Dec. 2011 - 22,760 passed out of 67,095 examinees 33.92 % passing rate
合格率が下がっている背景には、ここ３～４年、職に就けない正看護師・Registered Nurseが急激に増えている、というフィリピン国内の事情も反映しているかのようです。
過剰な正看護師、授業料の高い（４年間で１００～１５０万円）看護課程を卒業し、リビュー・センター・Review Centerと言われる予備校での試験勉強を経て、ようやく難しい国家試験にパスして「正看護師」になれたとしても、看護師として働く場がない、というのが実情です。厳しい求職事情、長い失業期間…、看護職に就きたいという気持ちが萎えていっても仕方ありません。学費を提供してくれた家族・親戚からのプレッシャーと闘いながら…。
試験問題の内容も年々難しくなってきているとも聞きます。
その辺りの事情は、約１年前の記事にも書きました。↓
フィリピンの看護師事情。「正看護師」（Registered Nurse・RN）が…。
(2011-03-02 11:51:55 | フィリピン人看護師・ケアギヴァー)
今日付けのこんなコラムを見つけました。その中に、休職中の正看護師へのアドバイスも書かれています。↓
Philippines: Options for Unemployed Nurses
Patrick Simon S. Soria Says:
Every year, nursing schools produce thousands of nurses in the Philippines; recent reports put the number of new nursing graduates at 40,000, however thousands of RNs are jobless due to the surplus in supply. Hospitals are full and nurses don’t know where to go, so what can you do to increase your chances of finding a job?
以下は、昨年２０１１年１２月２６日付の記事ですが、この時点でPRCは、約２３万人の国家試験をパスした正看護師が、失業中、専門職で働けないのが現状だと述べています。↓
PRC sees more jobless nurses
By Mayen Jaymalin, The Philippine Star
Posted at 12/26/2011
MANILA, Philippines - More nurses will be unemployed next year, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said yesterday.
Marco Sto. Tomas, of the PRC’s Board of Nursing (BON), said the current number of 230,000 jobless and underemployed nurses nationwide is rising.
“Although enrollment in nursing courses is going down, there are still many in the pipeline, considering that 68,000 graduates just took the licensure examination this month,” he said.
Many registered nurses are now willing to work for free or even pay hospitals so they could work and gain the necessary experience to qualify them for employment abroad, he added.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has ordered the PRC, an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment to coordinate with other concerned government agencies and look into the condition of unemployed Filipino nurses.
The DOLE is also looking into coming out with new rules to regulate the “hiring” of nurse volunteers in hospitals and other medical facilities nationwide, she added.
No regulation exists to stop or penalize government and private hospitals from using the services of licensed nurses for free, Baldoz said.
Sto. Tomas said the PRC is now pushing for the implementation of the so-called Hastening Options for Productivity and Employment (HOPE) for Filipino nurses, he added.
“The program aims to promote entrepreneurship putting up their own business for Filipinos nurses who are now having difficulty finding employment,” he said.
The PRC and other concerned government agencies are exerting efforts to improve the lives of nurses, including the unemployed, he added.
（PRC sees more jobless nurses –Dec.26,2011| ABS-CBN News）
さて、今回合格して晴れて「正看護師」となった２２，７６０人のうち、どれだけの人が看護職に就けるでしょうか…。
約２５万人もの「正看護師」が看護職には就けない…というのが、現在のフィリピンの意外な国内事情…です。
