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For schools with 100 to 999 exam takers, the following are the top 20 nursing schools in the Philippines University of the Philippines Manila, 99.41%; Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan, 97.82%; West Visayas State University, 96.75%; St. Paul University-Iloilo, 96.16%; University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, 95.80%
In 1919 during the American colonial era, the Philippine Women's University was established as the Philippine Women's College (PWC) by a group of Filipino women consisting of Clara Aragon, Concepcion Aragon, Francisca Tirona Benitez, Paz Marquez Benitez, Carolina Ocampo Palma, Mercedes Rivera and Socorro Marquez Zaballero with the assistance of Filipino lawyer José Abad Santos, who drafted ...
Cebu Technological University (CTU) - Cebu City Medical Center College of Nursing Central Philippine University - The first nursing school - started in 1906 and produced the first 3 graduates in 1909.
In 1972, the University Administration purchased the Philippine Women’s College in Jaro. This was converted into the Don Benito Lopez Hospital. In the main campus two buildings were later constructed to accommodate the initial enrollment for the College of Nursing. Courses like the Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and the Bachelor of Science ...
Maria Kristelle M. Lazaro, R.N. (Class 2007) - Miss Philippines-Earth Fire 2008 winner. Principals / Deans of St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing and Trinity University of Asia - St. Luke's College of Nursing. Ellen Hicks (1907–1917) Deaconess Charlotte Massey (1917–1921) Eliza Davis (1921–1923) Lillian Weiser (1923–1941)
Women's colleges in the Philippines generally offer programs in all levels (from elementary up to graduate school). Most programs are available only for women. However, a few colleges allow male admissions, but only at the postgraduate level (i.e., master's and doctorate, continuing education courses, etc.)
Like other professions, nursing in the Philippines evolved from the apprenticeship system. This system laid the foundation upon which the Union Mission Hospital Training School for Nurses (now Central Philippine University College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences) was built and after which other schools of nursing were later patterned.
The Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (JASMS) is the outcome of the many years of work that Doreen Barber Gamboa had with children. She was greatly inspired by Francisca Tirona Benitez who was a co-founder and then President of the Philippine Women's University (PWU), the first college for Women in Asia (est. 1919). 1933