Court of Appeals asked to stop nurses’ oath taking – INQ7.net:
By Veronica Uy
INQ7.net
Last updated 12:22pm (Mla time) 08/17/2006A PETITION for a temporary restraining order has been filed at the Court of Appeals which seeks to stop the oath taking of nursing students who passed the 2006 licensure exam, an official of a group of Philippine nursing colleges told INQ7.net Thursday.
If these people *really* want to clean up the mess created by the alleged “leakage”(pun intended), I strongly suggest that they only allow those who passed to re-take the examination. Allowing those who failed the first time will only make a bigger mess. Why? Well, they failed even with the alleged leakage and there’s no reason for them to re-take the exams. As for those who passed, if they pass the re-examination, then they truly deserve their licenses.
Now, who should shoulder the expense of the re-test? I think the people who are clamoring for it should put money where their mouth is. Making these nursing graduates re-take the examination will entaiil millions of pesos in cost and that does not include the cost of them reviewing all over again. These graduates MUST NOT be made to pay for the re-test.
The Court of Appeals consented to the unscrupulous petition of those who failed so that a retake will be conducted soonest. Another chance for passing the board. Unfair and really agonizing to those who passed with sacrifices and thorough preparations for the exams. The court of appeals has abused its discretion and even grossly ignored the laws basing its actions through conjectures.
I am begging the Court of Appeals and the Justice who issued such TRO to please . . . please . . . please lift it to give justice to the honest passers of the NBE.
Due process should be observed.
There’s no need to summarily judge the passers just because a few tactless ones have been caught cheating.
We want reforms and amends.
Comment by Reynaldo T. Villagantol — August 24, 2006 @ 3:09 pm |
Undoubtedly, the issue of “cheating” raises the question of ethics and morality. To quote the Dalai Lama: “Our every action has a universal dimension, a potential impact on others’ happiness, ethics are necessary as a means to ensure that we do not harm others. Secondly, it tells us that genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others’ happiness.”
At this point, we seek to right a wrong. But the question is, at what cost? Do we punish those who “crossed their t’s” and “dotted their i’s,” those who prevailed with hard work, just so that those who did commit this egregious crime can be punished? Of course it is unconscionable—in both measures. The problem is—whatever decisions and judgments are made—not everyone will be happy.
We have many scenarios to consider: In retaking the nursing exam, those who did not pass will get a second chance, but at the same time, it’s not fair to those who did pass and studied for it religiously. And of those who do retake the exam, undeniably, there are a few who might not be so successful a second time around. Then what do we do? We’re back to where we started.
But there’s not even a question of “retaking” the exam. Those who passed have already been announced. It is beyond unethical to authorize the release of their results and then take it back, simply because of more uncertainty and more confusion. It’s simply unacceptable.
Let them take their oath and serve to be what they can be to society. Allow them to give back in service in good conscience—to make a better life for themselves and save a life or two down the road.
The Dalai Lama has a point. Our actions are contingent on the choices others make—the person sitting next to you, the strangers on the bus, and down to the judges who sit behind a bench deciding your fate. Life can be a bitch.
At our current state, we already have those who would be unhappy. You passed the exam or not—the cards have been dealt, but your fate hasn’t been sealed. The bottom line is: there may have been cheaters (and their actions are not at all inexcusable), but everyone took the exact same exam. If you wanted success (having cheated or not), that motivation alone would have propelled you through it. My sympathies and, of course, my “tsk tsk” to those who bamboozled their way into nursing. It’s not a good starting point, is it, especially if you take the oath to serve humanity?
But as all else in life, I do believe in karma. It might not be tomorrow, 10 years later, or even in this lifetime or yours, but karma does pay its respects. There has been enough harm and confabulation, it’s time to rise up and accept the choices, no matter how shameless. There is a time for change, for reorganization, for restructuring, and to re-instill values and morality. Good intentions are never left unpaid. It’s time to end the continuous charade of bad mojo.
I challenge everyone to take a step back and finally aim to give a positive impact. It’s time to move forward and see how far these nurses can go.
Comment by Joanna — August 31, 2006 @ 8:00 am |