78,574 nursing graduates to take the June 2009 board exam

According to Dean Marco Sto. Tomas, a Board of Nursing (BON) member, there are 78,574 nursing graduates that are scheduled to take the Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE) or the local boards on June 6 and 7.

The board members will go on quarantine from May 27 to June 8 as part of their procedure to safeguard the integrity of the exams.

Still according to Sto. Tomas, the biggest number of examinees came from Manila with a total of 42,338, followed by Baguio at 11,336 then Cebu at 6,948.

Davao has 4,069 examinees, Legaspi with 2,978, Lucena with 2,517, Cagayan de Oro with 2,313, Iloilo with 2,158, Tuguegarao with 1,314, Zamboanga with 1,375, Pagadian with 635, Tacloban with 458 and lastly Jolo with 134.