Central Philippine University College of Nursing
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The CPU College of Nursing is one of the academic units of Central Philippine University
(CPU) housed at the Loreto D. Tupaz Building. Founded in 1906 as Iloilo Mission Hospital School of Nursing, the college is the first Nursing School in the Philippines. The college is also one of the leading nursing schools in the country, ranking seventh (7th) based on the school's performance in the Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination.
), Iloilo City, Philippines, set the stage for nursing as a profession in this country. Nursing education in the Philippines was pioneered by Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Hall, Presbyterian missionaries. Like other professions, nursing in the Philippines evolved from the apprenticeship system. This system laid the foundation upon which the Iloilo Mission Hospital School of Nursing (then Central Philippine College College of Nursing and now Central Philippine University College of Nursing) was built and after which other schools of nursing were later patterned.
The school grew under the able leadership of the following American and Filipino principals/deans:
Miss Elizabeth Brinton, 1906–1916; Miss Teodora Sumbalon 1916; Miss Rose Nicolet, 1916–1923; Miss Hazel Mann, 1923–1931; Miss Flora G. Ernst, 1931–1932; Miss Dorothy Stevens; 1932–1934; Miss Flora G. Ernst, 1934–1942. The operations of the school stopped during the Japanese occupation, 1941-1945.
When the war ended, Miss Loreto D. Tupaz initiated the reopening of the school. Dr. Henry S. Waters as director of Iloilo Mission Hospital was also the principal of the IMH School of Nursing in 1946-1947. He pressed for the offering, with Central Philippine College, a collegiate course leading to the BSN degree. The director of the Bureau of Private Schools and the members of the board of examiners for nurses authorized the opening of the BSN four-year course in 1947. Dr. Henry S. Waters served as acting dean of the new College of Nursing at Central Philippine College (1947–1948). When Dr. Waters returned to the United States, Dr. Teofilo Marte served as the executive secretary (1948–1949); and Miss Loreto D. Tupaz who finished the BSN degree at CPU, was the acting dean from 1949 to 1950 and served in this capacity until the arrival of Miss Esther Salzman, MSN, ABFMS missionary nurse, who held the deanship from 1950 to 1961. During her term, the college offered three curricular programs: the BSN four-year course, the GN-BSN Supplemental Course and the BSN five-year course.
Miss Tupaz and Miss Salzman worked together to develop Central Philippine College of Nursing (later-the Central Philippine University College of Nursing) into a college of distinction, recognized both in the Philippines and abroad. Miss Salzman served as dean until 1961 when she retired in the United States. Miss Lily Plagata, MSN, was appointed to the deanship (1961–1974). When the latter resigned and went abroad, she was replaced by Miss Carmen Centeno, MS, during the remaining months of 1963. Miss Centeno, however, also left for the United States and Miss Loreto D. Tupaz, who finished her MA degree at CPU, resumed the deanship (1963–1970), assisted by Miss Maria Pablico, MSN (1969–1970). Miss Pablico also resigned to work in the U.S.A. From 1963-1973 Miss Tupaz continued to administer the three course programs of the college---the BSN five year course, the CCT (Clinical Teaching) course, and the BSN Supplemental Course.
On May 1, 1972, Mrs. Natividad C. Caipang, GN, BSN, MA, (CPU); CPH (UP), was appointed assistant dean in preparation for the retirement of Miss Tupaz in 1974. In 1973, Mrs. Caipang went on the Exchange Visitor’s Study Tour Program in the United States and Southeast Asia to visit nursing schools. This tour was jointly sponsored by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and CPU. Miss Tupaz was appointed as nursing consultant to Mrs. Caipang until her retirement in February 1974.
Mrs. Caipang served as dean from 1973 to 1989. Under her administration, the college curricula underwent several changes in response to the trends in the nursing education at the national level. It was also during her term that the College was accredited with Level II deregulated status (MECS Order No. 36 s. 1984) and later with Level III (DECS Order No. 32s. 1987).
After 16 years of deanship, Mrs. Caipang retired on May, 1989. During the search for a qualified educational leader for the college, an administrative committee chaired by Mrs. Wilma S. Punzalan with Mrs. Lydia F. Robles and Mrs. Genera S. Maglaya as members, was appointed to administer the College until May 1990.
On May 1, 1990, upon her return from the U.S.A. as a recipient of a doctoral enrichment program in nursing education at the George Mason University in Virginia, U.S.A., Dr. Betty T. Polido (BSN, MA Ed, MAN, Ed D) was appointed Dean, a position she held until May, 2000. During her nine-year stint as a dean she accomplished the following: Implementation of Associate in Health Science Education as a preparatory course in Nursing (AHSE); Level III Re-accreditation granted in 1994 and 1999 each for five years; transcultural Nursing Program with Truman State University; inclusion of the College among the Outstanding Schools with Highest Performance in the Nurses’ Licensure Examination; the strengthening of the outreach program of the College of Nursing with the setting up of the KABALAKA Reproductive Health Center as training institution, implementer of various health programs and services and recipients of grants and funds from local and international support agencies; and upgrading of the New Level 2 Skills Laboratory.
On June 1, 2000, Mrs. Lily Lynn V. Somo (MAN) was appointed Officer-In Charge of the College of Nursing for school year 2000-2001 and has served as the Dean of the college until 2009. During her term, the college has grown to become one of the biggest college in the university with more than 2000 student nurses enrolled. In spite the increase in the population, the college has high passing percentage in the nursing licensure examination. As a proof of this, the Commission on Higher Education acknowledged the college as one of top performing nursing schools in the Philippines ranking seventh (7th) among schools with 1000+ examinees. It was also during her tenure that the college transferred to its present location the Loreto D. Tupaz building.
Last June 2009, Prof. Faith Leila Querol (MAN) was appointed Officer-In-Charge of the college of nursing. And starting that month, the college implemented the new BSN curriculum.
As early as 1936, Dr. Waters was head of the College of Nursing based in IMH, there was a dream already to put up a separate school of nursing with a building of its own. This was reiterated in late 1980s, but the reconstruction of the Henry Luce III library was given focus hence it was set aside then. During that time, the College of Nursing was occupying the ground floor of the Franklin Hall.
Groundbreaking for the new home of the college of nursing was held on January 19, 2002 and was dedicated the following year. The original name Centennial Nursing Building was later changed to Loreto Tupaz Building on 21 May 2006 in memory of Dean Loreto D. Tupaz, pioneer and pillar of the nursing profession in CPU and even in the Philippines.
and with the letters, CPU, in blue
, the two being the colors of the university.
Upon graduation, the Centralian Nurse Pin is bestowed upon the graduating student nurses in a Pinning Ceremony
. This symbolizes that the student nurse has satisfactorily completed her training and is now ready to work as a professional nurse. The Directors of the Nursing Service of the different affiliated hospitals as well as the College's faculty members present the pin to the graduating nurses.
For their Community Health Nursing, each year level have selected a rural barangay to adopt as their training area.
The CCINAA sponsors the yearly Loreto D. Tupaz Memorial Lecture and CCINAA ball held on the last week of March. The association is also responsible for gathering funds for the construction of the current home of the College of Nursing, the LORETO D. TUPAZ Building. The current CCINAA president is Mrs. Evamer Ruegg.
Central Philippine University
Central Philippine University is a non-stock, non-profit Christian institution of higher learning in Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines. It was founded in 1905 by American Baptist missionaries as an elementary school for poor boys which eventually opened up a high school in 1920. It converted into...
(CPU) housed at the Loreto D. Tupaz Building. Founded in 1906 as Iloilo Mission Hospital School of Nursing, the college is the first Nursing School in the Philippines. The college is also one of the leading nursing schools in the country, ranking seventh (7th) based on the school's performance in the Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination.
History
In 1906, the Union Mission Hospital (now Iloilo Mission HospitalIloilo Mission Hospital
Iloilo Mission Hospital is a tertiary training hospital in Iloilo City, Philippines. The hospital has the distinction as the first mission hospital in the Philippines. It serves as a teaching hospital for Medicine, Nursing, Medical Technology, Physical Therapy, Medical Social Work, Pharmacy,...
), Iloilo City, Philippines, set the stage for nursing as a profession in this country. Nursing education in the Philippines was pioneered by Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Hall, Presbyterian missionaries. Like other professions, nursing in the Philippines evolved from the apprenticeship system. This system laid the foundation upon which the Iloilo Mission Hospital School of Nursing (then Central Philippine College College of Nursing and now Central Philippine University College of Nursing) was built and after which other schools of nursing were later patterned.
The school grew under the able leadership of the following American and Filipino principals/deans:
Miss Elizabeth Brinton, 1906–1916; Miss Teodora Sumbalon 1916; Miss Rose Nicolet, 1916–1923; Miss Hazel Mann, 1923–1931; Miss Flora G. Ernst, 1931–1932; Miss Dorothy Stevens; 1932–1934; Miss Flora G. Ernst, 1934–1942. The operations of the school stopped during the Japanese occupation, 1941-1945.
When the war ended, Miss Loreto D. Tupaz initiated the reopening of the school. Dr. Henry S. Waters as director of Iloilo Mission Hospital was also the principal of the IMH School of Nursing in 1946-1947. He pressed for the offering, with Central Philippine College, a collegiate course leading to the BSN degree. The director of the Bureau of Private Schools and the members of the board of examiners for nurses authorized the opening of the BSN four-year course in 1947. Dr. Henry S. Waters served as acting dean of the new College of Nursing at Central Philippine College (1947–1948). When Dr. Waters returned to the United States, Dr. Teofilo Marte served as the executive secretary (1948–1949); and Miss Loreto D. Tupaz who finished the BSN degree at CPU, was the acting dean from 1949 to 1950 and served in this capacity until the arrival of Miss Esther Salzman, MSN, ABFMS missionary nurse, who held the deanship from 1950 to 1961. During her term, the college offered three curricular programs: the BSN four-year course, the GN-BSN Supplemental Course and the BSN five-year course.
Miss Tupaz and Miss Salzman worked together to develop Central Philippine College of Nursing (later-the Central Philippine University College of Nursing) into a college of distinction, recognized both in the Philippines and abroad. Miss Salzman served as dean until 1961 when she retired in the United States. Miss Lily Plagata, MSN, was appointed to the deanship (1961–1974). When the latter resigned and went abroad, she was replaced by Miss Carmen Centeno, MS, during the remaining months of 1963. Miss Centeno, however, also left for the United States and Miss Loreto D. Tupaz, who finished her MA degree at CPU, resumed the deanship (1963–1970), assisted by Miss Maria Pablico, MSN (1969–1970). Miss Pablico also resigned to work in the U.S.A. From 1963-1973 Miss Tupaz continued to administer the three course programs of the college---the BSN five year course, the CCT (Clinical Teaching) course, and the BSN Supplemental Course.
On May 1, 1972, Mrs. Natividad C. Caipang, GN, BSN, MA, (CPU); CPH (UP), was appointed assistant dean in preparation for the retirement of Miss Tupaz in 1974. In 1973, Mrs. Caipang went on the Exchange Visitor’s Study Tour Program in the United States and Southeast Asia to visit nursing schools. This tour was jointly sponsored by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and CPU. Miss Tupaz was appointed as nursing consultant to Mrs. Caipang until her retirement in February 1974.
Mrs. Caipang served as dean from 1973 to 1989. Under her administration, the college curricula underwent several changes in response to the trends in the nursing education at the national level. It was also during her term that the College was accredited with Level II deregulated status (MECS Order No. 36 s. 1984) and later with Level III (DECS Order No. 32s. 1987).
After 16 years of deanship, Mrs. Caipang retired on May, 1989. During the search for a qualified educational leader for the college, an administrative committee chaired by Mrs. Wilma S. Punzalan with Mrs. Lydia F. Robles and Mrs. Genera S. Maglaya as members, was appointed to administer the College until May 1990.
On May 1, 1990, upon her return from the U.S.A. as a recipient of a doctoral enrichment program in nursing education at the George Mason University in Virginia, U.S.A., Dr. Betty T. Polido (BSN, MA Ed, MAN, Ed D) was appointed Dean, a position she held until May, 2000. During her nine-year stint as a dean she accomplished the following: Implementation of Associate in Health Science Education as a preparatory course in Nursing (AHSE); Level III Re-accreditation granted in 1994 and 1999 each for five years; transcultural Nursing Program with Truman State University; inclusion of the College among the Outstanding Schools with Highest Performance in the Nurses’ Licensure Examination; the strengthening of the outreach program of the College of Nursing with the setting up of the KABALAKA Reproductive Health Center as training institution, implementer of various health programs and services and recipients of grants and funds from local and international support agencies; and upgrading of the New Level 2 Skills Laboratory.
On June 1, 2000, Mrs. Lily Lynn V. Somo (MAN) was appointed Officer-In Charge of the College of Nursing for school year 2000-2001 and has served as the Dean of the college until 2009. During her term, the college has grown to become one of the biggest college in the university with more than 2000 student nurses enrolled. In spite the increase in the population, the college has high passing percentage in the nursing licensure examination. As a proof of this, the Commission on Higher Education acknowledged the college as one of top performing nursing schools in the Philippines ranking seventh (7th) among schools with 1000+ examinees. It was also during her tenure that the college transferred to its present location the Loreto D. Tupaz building.
Last June 2009, Prof. Faith Leila Querol (MAN) was appointed Officer-In-Charge of the college of nursing. And starting that month, the college implemented the new BSN curriculum.
Loreto D. Tupaz Building
A modern piece of architecture, the Loreto D. Tupaz building houses the College of Nursing and temporarily, the College of Medicine and other medical facilities.As early as 1936, Dr. Waters was head of the College of Nursing based in IMH, there was a dream already to put up a separate school of nursing with a building of its own. This was reiterated in late 1980s, but the reconstruction of the Henry Luce III library was given focus hence it was set aside then. During that time, the College of Nursing was occupying the ground floor of the Franklin Hall.
Groundbreaking for the new home of the college of nursing was held on January 19, 2002 and was dedicated the following year. The original name Centennial Nursing Building was later changed to Loreto Tupaz Building on 21 May 2006 in memory of Dean Loreto D. Tupaz, pioneer and pillar of the nursing profession in CPU and even in the Philippines.
First Three Graduate Nurses of the Philippines
Having the distinction as the first nursing school in the Philippines, the college produced the first trained nurses in the country in 1909. They are:- Nicasia Cada
- Dorotea Caldito
- Felipa De la Pena (Gumabong)
Deans and Principals
- Miss Elizabeth Brinton, 1906–1916
- Miss Teodora Sumbalon 1916
- Miss Rose Nicolet, 1916–1923
- Miss Hazel Mann, 1923–1931
- Miss Flora G. Ernst, 1931–1932
- Miss Dorothy Stevens, 1932–1934
- Miss Flora G. Ernst, 1934–1942
- Dr. Henry S. Waters, acting dean, 1947–1948
- Dr. Teofilo Marte, executive secretary, 1948–1949
- Miss Esther Salzman, 1950–1961
- Miss Lily Plagata, MSN, 1961–1963
- Miss Carmen Centeno, MS, 1963
- Miss Loreto D. Tupaz, acting dean (1949–1950) dean (1963–1973)
- Mrs. Natividad C. Caipang, 1973–1989
- Dr. Betty T. Polido, 1990–2000
- Prof. Lily Lyn V. Somo, MAN, 2000–2009
- Prof. Faith Leila Querol, MAN, Officer-in-Charge 2009–present
The Logo and Centralian Nurse Pin
The use of the Centralian Nurse Pin identifies the wearer as a graduate of Central Philippine University College of Nursing. The design of the pin bears the logo of the college. The pin is a circle enclosed in laurel leaves which symbolizes EXCELLENCE and the university's vision of EXCEL or Exemplary Christian Education for Life. Each Centralian nurse is called to serve the profession with excellence and to embody the Christian ideals taught by the Alma Mater. The upper half of the other circle burst the word "Iloilo Mission Hospital" to signify the roots of the college - the Iloilo Mission Hospital School of Nursing, the first nursing school in the Philippines. The lower half of the circle bursts the word "Nursing" to signify the profession. The inner circle has the acronym CPU which stands for Central Philippine University, the Alma Mater. The pin is made in goldGold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
and with the letters, CPU, in blue
Blue
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, the two being the colors of the university.
Upon graduation, the Centralian Nurse Pin is bestowed upon the graduating student nurses in a Pinning Ceremony
Pinning ceremony
A pinning ceremony is a symbolic welcoming of newly graduated nurses into the nursing profession. The new nurses are presented with nursing pins by the faculty of the nursing school. Often the nurses recite the Nightingale Pledge. Some nursing schools have stopped holding the pinning ceremony,...
. This symbolizes that the student nurse has satisfactorily completed her training and is now ready to work as a professional nurse. The Directors of the Nursing Service of the different affiliated hospitals as well as the College's faculty members present the pin to the graduating nurses.
Related Learning Experience
The student nurses are exposed to various nursing areas in their related learning experience. The following are the affiliated hospitals and health facilities:- Aleosan District Hospital - Alimodian, Iloilo
- Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital - San Jose, Antique
- Asilo de Molo - Molo, Iloilo City
- CPU Birthing Center - Iloilo City
- CPU KABALAKA Reproductive Health Center - Iloilo City
- Dr. Ricardo S. Provido Sr. Memorial District Hospital - Calinog, Iloilo
- Dr. Ricardo Y. Ladrido Memorial Hospital - Lambunao, Iloilo
- Federico Roman Tirador Sr. Memorial District Hospital - Janiuay, Iloilo
- Iloilo City Social Hygiene Clinic - Iloilo City
- Iloilo Mental Health Unit - Pototan, Iloilo
- Iloilo Mission HospitalIloilo Mission HospitalIloilo Mission Hospital is a tertiary training hospital in Iloilo City, Philippines. The hospital has the distinction as the first mission hospital in the Philippines. It serves as a teaching hospital for Medicine, Nursing, Medical Technology, Physical Therapy, Medical Social Work, Pharmacy,...
- Jaro, Iloilo City - Iloilo Provincial Hospital - Pototan, Iloilo
- Ramon Tabiana Memorial District Hospital - Cabatuan, Iloilo
- Rep. Pedro G. Trono Memorial Hospital - Guimbal, Iloilo
- Western Visayas Medical Center - Mandurriao, Iloilo City
- Zarraga Rural Health Unit - Zarraga, Iloilo
For their Community Health Nursing, each year level have selected a rural barangay to adopt as their training area.
Student organizations
- Nursing Student Council spear heads the different activities of the student nurses. The council is headed by the Governor elected through popular vote in the yearly CPU Republic elections held every March of each academic year.
- Nurses' Notes is the official student publication of the CPU College of Nursing.
- Dancing Nurses Association (DNA) was created in 2007 to hone the dancing skills of the student nurses. One of the major contributions of the group was leading the College's cheer dance team which won the back-to-back championships in the CPU University Day 2008 & 2009.
- Student Nurses Association of the Philippines (SNAP) CPU Council is a local chapter of the national organization of student nurses. SNAP CPU takes the lead in reaching out, touching hearts and transforming lives as inspired by the organization's motto. The council envisions to provide holistic nursing service in response to the needs of the community and the larger society through various health services and the promotion of the highest quality of education though Exemplary Christian Education for Life (EXCEL).
- Nurses Christian Fellowship - Philippines is a national organization and a ministry of and for nurses and nursing students.
- Philippine National Red Cross CPU Chapter
Performance in the Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination (NLE)
The CPU College of Nursing has a long record of high passing percentage and a long list of topnotchers in the Nursing Licensure Examination. To note, the first ever nursing licensure examination outside of Manila in 1946 was held at Iloilo Mission Hospital. All of the examinees from CPU passed the said exam. Below is the partial list of the performance of the college in the nursing licensure examination:- 1997
- 2nd Place - Greg Zamora
- 7th Place - Vivere Jabonillo
- 15th Place - Precy Rose Oberiano
- 17th Place - Anthony P. Villanueva
- 19th Place - Jay J. Declarador
- 19th Place - Nanneth P. Castellano
- 19th Place - Alekh C. Delicana
- 1998
- 6th Place - Cyril A. Amiado
- 11th Place - Kristine Joy Sales
- 12th Place - Freddie Hechanova
- 14th Place - Delia P. Sabando
- 2000
- 4th Place - Melanie Quilla
- 7th Place - Von Linnuel Jover
- 14th Place - Joy Bustamante
- 2005
- December 2005
- 9th Place - June Lois Ann Binas
- 9th Place - Luis Gonzalo Pelayo
- 10th Place - Liza Yap
- December 2005
- 2006
- June 2006
- 8th Place - Carielle Joy Rio
- December 2006
- 9th Place - Carielle Joy Rio
With June 2006 NLE leakage, Rio surrendered her license and retook the board examination. She was the only topnotcher in the previous examination to still land a place after taking the December 2006 NLE
- 9th Place - Carielle Joy Rio
- June 2006
- 2007
- December 2007 - 93%
- 5th Place - Leslie Yap Coo
- 7th Place - January Ivy Haspela
- December 2007 - 93%
- 2008
- November 2008 3rd Best Performing School 100 and up examinees - 97%
- 9th Place - Mary Jurem Alcarde
- 10th Place - Johcyn Angeleme De La Fuente
- November 2008 3rd Best Performing School 100 and up examinees - 97%
- 2009
- November 2009 7th Best Performing School 100 and up examinees - 96%
- 8th Place - Joanna Marie Alvaro
- 10th Place - Steve Oliver Yap Coo
- November 2009 7th Best Performing School 100 and up examinees - 96%
Alumni
The CPU College of Nursing alumni is organized as the Central Philippine University Capiz Emmanuel Hospital and Iloilo Mission Hospital Nurses Alumni Association or CCINAA. The association is composed of nursing graduates from the named institution. The association was established in 1925 as Union Mission Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association. On November 9, 1935, the association was renamed Iloilo Mission Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association. Finally, in 1960, it was renamed to its present name.The CCINAA sponsors the yearly Loreto D. Tupaz Memorial Lecture and CCINAA ball held on the last week of March. The association is also responsible for gathering funds for the construction of the current home of the College of Nursing, the LORETO D. TUPAZ Building. The current CCINAA president is Mrs. Evamer Ruegg.
Anastacia Giron Tupas Awardees
The following Centralian Nurses were awarded the highest award for the nursing profession in the Philippines:- Dean Loreto D. Tupas - 1976
- Mrs. Raquel O. Castillo - 1992
- Dean Natividad Caipang (Class 1954) - 1997
- Prof. Lily Ann R. Baldago - 2002
Government Service & Military
- Mrs. Raquel O. Castillo - Chairman, PRC Board of Nursing
- Retired Brigadier General Elvegia Ruiz Mendoza (Class 1956) - First Woman Nurse General Armed Forces of the Philippines
- Prof. Lily Ann Baldago - Professional Regulation Commission Region 6 Director
- Dr. Perla Zulueta - Iloilo City Councilor
Outstanding Nurses
- Jonathan Anotado Gapilango (Class 1993) - 2009 Nurse Administrator of the Year PNANJ C.A.R.E. Awards
- Eden Cadiang-Gopal (Class 1992) - 2007 Outstanding Nurse of the Year by the Philippine Nurses Association of Metropolitan Houston, 2006 Nurse of the Year by the Texas Children Hospital
Distinguished Centralian Awardees
- Mrs. Ann Catedrilla-Seisa (Class 1977) - Nursing and Healthcare Facilities Management
- Mrs. Emelda Frange–Valcarcel - 2000 Awardee in Nursing and Healthcare Administration