THE shortage of nurses could not be considered a "crisis" to support the plan to issue temporary licenses to nursing graduates who did not pass the board exam, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said Monday.
PRC Commissioner Jose Cueto Jr. said the Medical Act of 1959 is the only law with a provision that can back Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa's plan to release temporary licenses to fill the 4,500 nursing positions in public hospitals nationwide.
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