UERMMMC College of Nursing

The UERMMMC College of Nursing is one of the nursing school in the Philippines. The College of Nursing is one of the few nursing schools in the country with the highest accreditation status. The College of Nursing was granted PAASCU level IV accreditation, FAAP level IV accreditation, the first and only school with such in the country and is also accredited by the Commission on Higher Education as Center of Excellence. Has 98.13% passing rate as of July 2011 Licensure Exam

The Medical Center’s College of Nursing opened its door in 1959. Since then, it has been its tradition to periodically assess and re-assess the Curriculum as to its relevance to the guiding philosophy of the school, as well as to the national goals. Linkages with government and non-government agencies facilitated the effective implementation of the school’s programs. Among the general changes adopted were Conversion of the three-year graduate nurse (GN) program into a four- to five-year Baccalaureate program (BSN); Revision of the BSN curriculum; Community-Based, Community-Oriented Curriculum; and Integration of Selected Concepts in the Curriculum.

The groundwork for the establishment of the College of Nursing commenced as early as October 1958. It was Dean Purita F. Asperilla, Ed.D. who put together the essential components of the College. The faculty line up were Ms. Paz de Leon, Patricia Villacorta, Natividad Espiritu and Ms. Pricscilla Sabinay, all of whom were master's degree holders from esteemed institutions here and abroad. A five-year Bachelor of Science curriculum was implemented to frame a comprehensive nursing education that encompass almost all facets of health and focus on the whole person rather than the disease.

It was on AY 1959-1960 that students were admitted for the first time in the College. Forty-seven (47) students were accepted. Only the last three years of the five-year program was offered in the Medical Center. The first two years were allotted to the study of liberal arts, physical, biological, social sciences and humanities, which were taught at the UE Recto campus.

In January 1960, the first capping ceremony of the College was held and by April 1962, thirty (30) out of the forty-seven (47) nursing students graduated and became the first class to receive the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. This pioneer class engendered a 100% passing mark in the nurses’ board exam that same year.

When Dean Emeritus Evangelina M. Dumlao, took over in 1968, enrollment more than doubled thus requiring the college to expand. It was also under her headship when the five-year nursing program was revised to a four-year course. Class “Sulo” is its first batch of graduates in April,1980.

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