{"id":259738,"date":"2017-09-07T06:06:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T20:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=259738"},"modified":"2017-09-07T06:06:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T20:06:15","slug":"two-nmc-nursing-graduates-pass-nclex-rn-exam-first-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/two-nmc-nursing-graduates-pass-nclex-rn-exam-first-try\/","title":{"rendered":"Two more NMC nursing graduates pass NCLEX-RN exam on first try"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-259738 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/two-nmc-nursing-graduates-pass-nclex-rn-exam-first-try\/joy-waldo\/'>Joy-Waldo<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-259741'>\n\t\t\t\tJoy Waldo\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/two-nmc-nursing-graduates-pass-nclex-rn-exam-first-try\/joshua-tanghal\/'>Joshua-Tanghal<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-259742'>\n\t\t\t\tJoshua Tanghal\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Two more graduates of the Northern Marianas College\u2019s Class of 2017 recently passed the challenging National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses on their first attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Joy Waldo and Joshua Tanghal, who graduated from NMC last May, have just passed the NCLEX, joining the ranks of other NMC graduates who passed the difficult exam before them. These students include Michael Hidalgo, Gemmilie Eugenio, Lovely Lopez, Mika Sablan, and Yuguen Oh, whose achievement in passing the NCLEX was announced recently.<\/p>\n<p>The NCLEX-RN is the exam that nursing graduates in the CNMI must pass in order to become a practicing nurse. The exam tests the knowledge, skills, and abilities of nursing graduates in order to certify that they are equipped and capable to apply entry level nursing practices correctly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWe are very proud of Joy\u2019s and Joshua\u2019s accomplishment as well as the other NMC students who have passed the NCLEX,\u201d said NMC president Dr. Carmen Fernandez. \u201cWe are even more excited to learn that they plan to apply at [the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.] where they can apply their training as nurses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rosa Tudela, chairperson of the NMC\u2019s Nursing Department, said, \u201cWe are so excited by our graduates&#8217; accomplishments. All of their hard work has paid off! Thank you also to my great faculty for doing such wonderful work with our students!\u201d<\/p>\n<p> To our students, it is our hope that you go on to advance your nursing education and give back to our community through your selfless service of care and devotion. We are confident that you are ready to meet any challenges before you and do your very best,\u201d Tudela added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Northern Marianas College Nursing Program prepared me very well to conquer this exam. The instructors were a big help; their constant push and advice made it possible for me to pass the NCLEX,\u201d said Waldo.<\/p>\n<p>Tanghal said many hours of studying and support from his family and friends helped him pass the test.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the NMC nursing program, contact the NMC Nursing Department at 237-6743 or visit the Nursing Department office in Building C at the NMC As Terlaje campus, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. <em>(NMC)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two more graduates of the Northern Marianas College\u2019s Class of 2017 recently passed the challenging&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":259741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4],"tags":[18217,1089,69,15020],"class_list":["post-259738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","category-local-news","tag-gemmilie-eugenio","tag-nclex","tag-nmc","tag-nursing-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}