SENATOR Christopher ‘Bong’ Go on Wednesday lauded the decision of the Professional Regulation Commission to re-schedule the Nursing Licensure Examination to an earlier date.

The November 2021 exam date was moved to July 3-4, 2021.

The NLE was moved to November 2021 because of the surge in Covid19 cases.

“Nagpapasalamat po tayo sa naging desisyon ng PRC na agahan ang nursing licensure examinations sa bansa upang madagdagan ng mga bagong board passers ang kasalukuyang bilang ng healthcare professionals sa ating bansa,” Go said.

“Napakahalaga po nito ngayon, lalo na at may pandemya kung saan hindi lamang temporary medical facilities ang kailangan nating dagdagan kundi pati na rin ang bilang ng ating mga healthcare professionals na mangangalaga sa ating mga kababayan laban sa Covid19,” he added.

The senator said that the successful examinees can be immediately deployed to address the shortage of personnel on the medical sector.

Earlier, the National Task Force Recovery Cluster agreed to include PRC frontline personnel in the A4 priority group for vaccination.

Go also asked authorities to study the possible inclusion of future health professionals or pre-board nursing graduates in the vaccination priority list, particularly those who are scheduled to take their licensure exams this year.

“Hirap na hirap na po ang ating mga doktor, nars, at iba pang health workers. Kailangan na talagang madagdagan sila. Marami po diyan na nagsitapos na ng pag-aaral at kinakailangan na lang pumasa ng board exam para maging ganap na health professional,” the senator said.