08 July 2013, 2:32 p.m. – THE UNIVERSITY ranked fourth in the recent nursing licensure examinations, with 18 Thomasians entering the top 10 list.
UST posted a 99.04-percent passing rate this year, with 411 passers out of 415 examinees, data from the Professional Regulation Commission showed. This was slightly lower than last year’s 99.33 percent, wherein UST ranked third among the top-performing schools.
West Visayas State University-La Paz, Cebu Normal University and University of the Philippines-Manila were named top-performing schools this year after getting 100-percent passing rates.
Leading the new crop of Thomasian nurses is Jamila Jane Borlagdan, who landed in second place with a score of 86.80 percent, sharing the spot with Mylene Grace Gonzaga of the West Visayas State University-La Paz.
Other Thomasians in the top 10 were Lace Paulyn Rosaroso (86.20 percent), who placed third; Shera Lee Aquino and Kathleen Flores (86.00), who shared the fourth spot; James Thomas Salmon and Jerrica Mae Tan (85.80) in fifth place; Marian Rose Salazar (85.60 percent) in sixth place; Calvin Rei Macrohon, Richelle Jane Santos and Gwen Eunice Umali (85.20) in the eighth spot; Paula Jean Masangcay, Katrina Sarah Mae Paulino and Joanna Lissa Payuran (85.00) in ninth place; and Philipp Enrico Barrameda, Patrick Joseph Baseleres, Jennelyn Guanco, April Jung Bun Lee and Gemicah Nicole Rojas (84.80), who shared the 10th spot.
Last year, eight Thomasians landed in the top 10.
The national passing rate went down to 42.81 percent, or 16,219 passers out of 37,887 examinees, from last year’s 45.69 percent. Gena Myrtle P. Terre
