The Far Eastern University Institute of Nursing is one of the top performing nursing schools in the Philippines in terms of Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination performance and employment into various nursing settings. It currently offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree that qualifies the graduate to take the Philippine Board Licensure Examination. Its Virtual Integrated Nursing Education Simulation (VINES) Laboratory was the first nursing virtual laboratory in the Philippines and second the in Asia.

The Institute of Nursing offers programs leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and a Master of Arts degree in Nursing.

With the VINES Laboratory (Virtual Integrated Nursing Education Simulation) in full operation, IN aims to teach nursing skills iteratively and sequentially without harming patients. It seeks to become the Center for Excellence in Nursing Simulation in the Philippines and Asia.

History of the Institute of Nursing

The Institute of Nursing in 1955. Initially it offered a three-year diploma program leading to a non-degree Graduate in Nursing (GN), with Teofista G. Villarica as its first principal.

By second semester a two year Advance professional Program (supplemental program) was offered, a post-basic program designed to provide graduates of the GN program opportunities to broaden their knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the profession. Lucrecia Llanera was the first directress of the new program.

In 1960, Felicidad D. Elegado was appointed principal of both programs. About this time, the School of Nursing was elevated to the status of an Institute with Elegado as first dean. To upgrade the curriculum, the three-year course was converted to a five-year baccalaureate program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Upon the retirement of Dean Egelado in 1978, the then Institute secretary, Lydia A. Palaypay, assumed deanship. The five-year baccalaureate program was converted to the revised four-year BSN curriculum. Under her administration, the nursing curriculum became more competency-based and community health-centered, closely attuned to the needs of contemporary Philippine society.

Upon the appointment of Dean Palaypay as the vice president for Academic Affairs in 1994, Prof. Norma M. Dumadag took over as dean of the Institute. Under her stewardship, the Institute has attained Level II PAASCU standards of CMO No. 27 series of 1998, the BSN curriculum was reconfigured effective SY 1998-1999, which required the student to undergo two years of Associate in Health Science Education (AHSE).

Because of the consistent and sterling performance of nursing graduates in the licensure exams over the years and after complying with the CHED's requirements on Graduate Education, the Institute of Graduate Studies was certified to offer a master's degree in Nursing effective SY 2002-2003.

Graduates of the Institute of Nursing occupy key positions in different health institutions in the country such as the UP PGH, St Luke's Medical Center, Makati Medical Center, National Kidney Center, and Philippine heart Center; as well as abroad (such as in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Middle East).

In December 2006, FEU-IN established virtual nursing laboratory in the Philippines through its Virtual Integrated Nursing Education Simulation (VINES) under the Deanship of Dean Borromeo.

Deans of the Institute of Nursing

• Dean Teofista G. Villarica (1955–1960) Principal of three-year diploma program leading to a non-degree Graduate in Nursing (GN)
• Dean Lucrecia Llanera (1955–1960) Directress of two year Advance professional Program
• Dean Felicidad D. Elegado (1960–1978) School of Nursing elevated to Institute status, first dean of the Institute of Nursing
• Dean Lydia A. Palaypay (1978–1995)
• Dean Norma M. Dumadag (1995–2006)
• Dean Annabelle R. Borromeo (2006–2009)
• Dean Glenda S. Arquiza (2009–2011)
• Dean Rosalinda P. Salustiano (2011-present)

Academic programs

*Bachelor of Science in Nursing

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program prepares graduates to provide and manage client care and to become members of the discipline of Nursing. Graduates are eligible to write the National Licensure Examination given by the Professional Regulan tion Commission Board of Nursing.

The BSN curriculum is organized around a clearly defined conceptual framework which combines general education and nursing education. The nursing education courses, which are held in the campus are enhanced by clinical instruction in both a Virtual Integrated Nursing Education Simulation (VINES) Laboratory and selected healthcare institutions in the community.

*Master of Arts in Nursing

The Master of Arts in Nursing (MAN) Program prepares nurses for leadership positions in the areas of clinical practice, administration, education, and research.

Courses from nursing and other disciplines enrich advanced theoretical knowledge in a selected specialization while using nursing theory and research as a scientific base for nursing practice.

Students who are focused can complete the course in 14 months. There is full support from faculty and administrators to prepare that the graduates of this program are able to take on leadership roles of administrator, teacher, and consultant.

Affiliated hospitals

Below is a list of some of the hospitals in the Philippines currently accredited and affiliated with the Far Eastern University - Institute of Nursing wherein students from the Institute are being trained and supervised by qualified Clinical Instructors from the university and nursing theories are applied as part of delivery of nursing care.

Metro Manila Area

Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center	Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center The Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center is a 300-bed non-profit tertiary, general and training hospital in Malate, Manila, Philippines...	Valenzuela General Hospital
Far Eastern University Medical Center Far Eastern University - Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation The Far Eastern University - Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation or FEU-NRMF Institute of Medicine is a medical school in West Fairview, Quezon City, Philippines.-History:...	San Lazaro General Hospital	Mary Johnston Hospital
Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital is a maternal and newborn tertiary hospital found in Santa Cruz, Manila. It also houses the Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital School of Midwifery, one of the best performing institutions recognized by the Professional Regulation Commission in the Midwife Licensure...	Tondo Medical Center Tondo Medical Center The Tondo Medical Center in Manila, Philippines is 200-bed capacity tertiary public medical center established in 1971, under the supervision and control of the Philippine Department of Health...	Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital -The Former Sanitarium:The Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital , formerly known as Central Luzon Sanitarium, was established in 1940, to accommodate patients suffering from Hansen's Disease in the entire Luzon region in the Philippines...
Air Force General Hospital	Lung Center of the Philippines	Philippine Heart Center Philippine Heart Center The Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City was established through Presidential Decree No. 673 issued by president Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1975. Its original name was the Philippine Heart Center for Asia and was changed to its current form in 1975. It was inaugurated on Valentine's Day, February 14,...
St. Luke's Medical Center	Manila Naval Hospital	Fort Bonifacio General Hospital
Quezon Institute	National Children's Hospital	East Avenue Medical Center	Rizal Medical Center

Provincial hospitals

Mary Mediatrix Medical Center Lipa City Lipa City The Lipa City /Li-pâ/ is a first class city in the province of Batangas, Philippines. It is one of the three component cities of Batangas province...	Batangas Batangas Batangas is a first class province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. Its capital is Batangas City and it is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the...  Regional Hospital	Occidental Mindoro Occidental Mindoro Occidental Mindoro is a province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region in Luzon. "Home of the Indigenous Mangyans". Its capital is Mamburao and occupies the western half of the island of Mindoro, on the west by Apo East Pass, and on the south by the Mindoro Strait; Oriental Mindoro is...  Provincial Hospital
Ospital ng Palawan Palawan Palawan is an island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region or Region 4. Its capital is Puerto Princesa City, and it is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of jurisdiction. The islands of Palawan stretch from Mindoro in the northeast to Borneo in the...	Bulacan Provincial Hospital Malolos City Malolos City City of Malolos is a 3rd class urban component city in the Republic of the Philippines. Malolos is considered as the 115th city in the country. It is the capital city of the province of Bulacan as the seat of the provincial government...	Norzagaray Provincial Hospital
Ramos General Hospital Tarlac Tarlac Tarlac is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Luzon Island. Its capital is Tarlac City. Tarlac borders Pampanga to the south, Nueva Ecija to the east, Pangasinan to the north, and Zambales to the west...	Urdaneta Sacred Heart Hospital Pangasinan Pangasinan Pangasinan is a province of the Republic of the Philippines. The provincial capital is Lingayen. Pangasinan is located on the west central and peripheral area of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf, with the total land area being 5,368.82 square kilometers . According to the latest census,...	Cagayan Valley Cagayan Valley Cagayan Valley is a region of the Philippines, also designated as Region II or Region 02. It is composed of five provinces, namely: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino...  Medical Center	Antipolo District Hospital - Antipolo Antipolo Antipolo is a city in the Philippines located in the province of Rizal; about 25 kilometers east of Manila. It is the largest city in the Calabarzon Region in terms of population...
Antipolo Antipolo Antipolo is a city in the Philippines located in the province of Rizal; about 25 kilometers east of Manila. It is the largest city in the Calabarzon Region in terms of population...  Doctor's Hospital	Jose C. Payumo Memorial Hospital Bataan Bataan Bataan is a province of the Philippines occupying the whole of the Bataan Peninsula on Luzon. The province is part of the Central Luzon region. The capital of Bataan is Balanga City and it is bordered by the provinces of Zambales and Pampanga to the north...	Tarlac Tarlac Tarlac is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Luzon Island. Its capital is Tarlac City. Tarlac borders Pampanga to the south, Nueva Ecija to the east, Pangasinan to the north, and Zambales to the west...  Provincial Hospital
Pres. Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital Zambales Zambales Zambales is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Iba. Zambales borders Pangasinan to the north, Tarlac and Pampanga to the east, and Bataan to the south. The province lies between the South China Sea and the Zambales Mountains. With a land area of...	Pangasinan Pangasinan Pangasinan is a province of the Republic of the Philippines. The provincial capital is Lingayen. Pangasinan is located on the west central and peripheral area of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf, with the total land area being 5,368.82 square kilometers . According to the latest census,...  Provincial Hospital	Laguna Provincial Hospital
Rizal Rizal Rizal is a province located in the CALABARZON , just 16 kilometers east of Manila. The province was named after the country's national hero, José Rizal. Rizal Governor Casimiro A. Ynares III on June 17, 2008 announced the transfer of the Capitol from Pasig. Its P 270-million capitol building,...  Provincial Hospital	Morong Doctor's Hospital Rizal Rizal Rizal is a province located in the CALABARZON , just 16 kilometers east of Manila. The province was named after the country's national hero, José Rizal. Rizal Governor Casimiro A. Ynares III on June 17, 2008 announced the transfer of the Capitol from Pasig. Its P 270-million capitol building,...	Oriental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro is a province of the Philippines located in the island of Mindoro under MIMAROPA region in Luzon, about 140 km southwest of Manila...  Provincial Hospital

Academic performance

The Institute's graduate student nurses are required to undergo the examination administered by the Philippine Government in order to attain Registered Nurse status in order to legally practice the prescribed nursing profession according to nursing standards as established by the Philippine Board of Nursing

Philippine Board of Nursing

The Philippine Board of Nursing is an administrative body under the Professional Regulation Commission that regulates the practice of nursing in the Philippines.Its three primary purpose is to:...

 of the Professional Regulation Commission

Professional Regulation Commission

The Professional Regulation Commission , otherwise known as the PRC, is a three-man commission attached to the office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines. Its mandate is to regulate and supervise the practice of the professionals who constitute the highly skilled manpower of the...

 which is held twice every year.

Passing rates

Month & Year of Examination	Percentage Passed	Number of Students Passed
June 2004	77%	-
December 2004	82%	-
June 2005	88%	-
December 2005	82%	-
June 2006	56%	541 out of 961
December 2006	75%	273 out of 362
June 2007	62%	1513 out of 2424
December 2007	62%	737 out of 1193
June 2008	72%	1729 out of 2396
November 2008	61%	511 out of 832
June 2009	79%	1626 out of 2057
December 2009	59%	356 out of 599
July 2010	66.39%	1497 out of 2255
December 2010	57.03%	422 out of 740
July 2011	77.50%	1560 out of 2013

• Overall performance, includes passing rates of both first timers and retakers.

• Top Performing Nursing School for 2009 (with 1000 and up takers)

FEU-IN Virtual Integrated Nursing Education Simulation Laboratory (VINES)

The hospital set-up closely approximates the standards of the Joint Commission, the leading health care accrediting body in the USA, and other international hospital and infection standards in terms of bed-to-sink ratios, hospital door widths, functionality and work and patient flow.


The VINES Laboratory (Virtual Integrated Nursing Education Simulation) is the leading virtual simulation laboratory in the Philippines. It aims to teach nursing skills iteratively and sequentially without harming patients. It seeks to become the Center for Excellence in Nursing Simulation in the Philippines and Asia.

Student Organizations

Institute of Nursing Student Council (INSC)

STANDING COMMITTEES:

1. Academic Committee
2. Discipline Committee
3. Publicity Committee
4. Spiritual-Civic Committee
5. Socio-Cultural and Creative Productions Committee
6. Sports Committee
7. Committee on Student Affairs

FLAGSHIPS:

1. Institute of Nursing Music Ministry (INMM)
2. Institute of Nursing Theater Arts Committee (INTAC)
3. The Lamp - Official Student Publication of the Institute of Nursing
4. Far Eastern University Institute of Nursing - Red Cross Youth Collegiate Council (FEUIN-RCYCC)

Prominent alumni

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| Dean Leonora N. Reyes, RN, MN || BSN FEU Graduate;

Current VICE-PRESIDENT of the ADPCN (ASSOCIATION OF DEANS OF THE PHILIPPINE COLLEGES OF NURSING);

Dean of LYCEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY

Lyceum of the Philippines University

The Lyceum of the Philippines University is an institute of higher education located in Intramuros in the City of Manila. It was founded in 1952 by Dr. José P. Laurel, who became the third and one of the most acclaimed presidents of the Philippines...

 - College of Nursing, Intramuros, Manila;

Owner and Founder of EAST WEST EDUCATIONAL SPECIALISTS, INC. (1960), a LEADING nursing review center and the FIRST nursing review center established in the Philippines;

AUTHOR of the BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) CURRICULUM utilized by ALL nursing schools nationwide.
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| Cecil Peña, RN || BSN FEU Graduate, Chief Nurse; Philippine General Hospital. President, PHILIPPINE ONCOLOGIC NURSING ASSOCIATION (PONA)
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|Lydia A Cabigao || organized the PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER FOR ASIA and Subsequently became the DIRECTOR for nursing from 1975-1986 -appointed WHO Nursing Consultant to Pakistan 1986, recipient of the A.G. Tupas award, the highest award given by the PNA. FEU Outstanding alumni in 1998
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| Anesia Buenafe Dionisio || Cum Laude (BSN), 1st assistant director of Nursing of the Philippine General Hospital, 1st President of the Philippine Nurses Association to become President again after a period of 10 years, 1st chair of the House of Delegates of the Philippine Nurses Association and was re-elected to the same post after 10 years, 1st to simultaneously hold the position of Assistant Director of Nursing-PGH, President PNA and Member of Board of Nursing,PRC

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| Remedios Alvares-Solarte || received a distinguished Alumnus from FEU for her career in Nursing, finished her post-graduate degree of Master of Science in Nursing (Primary Care Nursing Adult and Teaching in Nursing) form WAYNE UNIVERSITY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, USA, served as member of the BOARD OF NURSING, STATE OF MICHIGAN, USA
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| Teresita Sipriaso Manuel || established the FEUNAA FEU Nursing Association of America, was Secretary to the WOMEN'S BOARD OF NORWEGIAN HOSPITAL, was adviser of the FEU nursing Alumni Association of America, Founder and first president of FEU NAA, Charter President of FEU Nursing Alumni Foundation
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| Ophelia Gloria Balcos || was named outstanding Filipina, MINNESOTA'S CIVIL RIGHTS protector, become the FIRST CHAIRWOMAN OF MINNEAPOLIS COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS in 1958, has been elected as the FIRST ASIAN PRESIDENT OF THREE MINNESOTA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ALLIANCE and served as a BOARD GOVERNOR to the AUXILIARY TO THE PHILIPPINE PHYSICIAN IN AMERICA, serve as VICE CHAIR TO THE COUNCIL ON ASIAN PACIFIC MINNESOTANS, a position appointed by the governor, received a PROCLOMATION FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL for her CONTRIBUTION TO THE MINNEAPOLIS CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AND A PORCLAMATION FOR "OPHELIA BALCOS DAY" August 17 in Minneapolis City
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| Fortune Kennedy || BS Nursing 1964 Cum Laude, Director of the Nurses of Veterans Affairs Foundation, Program Chief of the Central Office and the Department of Veteran Affairs, serve as member of the CONSULTANTS COUNCIL OF THE PNA and has chaired its RESEARCH COMMITTEE
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| Nelson V. Go || an anaesthetist at the NEW YORK EAR AND EYE INFIRMARY(NYEEI)and is an active member of FEU Alumni Association and served as president on 1969, also active in community service, having been involved in the NYEEI Medical Mission in the Philippines
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|Pendililang L. Morohombsar-Alonto || has been recognized for her inexorable effort in obtaining a doctorate degree in Educational Management for Mindanao State University after graduating from FEU, has distinguished herself in her professional career of Public Health Nursing as a dedicated Public Nurse in Mindanao
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| Arturo "Arthur" Dilanco Cantos, RN, MAN || BSN FEU Class 1979, former Nurse Manager, Cardio-thoracic Unit, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. San Francisco, CA.; President and CEO, Bayani Consulting Network, Inc. and Bayani Nurse Center, served as Secretary of PNA of AMERICA and frequently speaker of PNA conferences and nursing seminars, was CHAIRMAN OF THE AMERICAN HEART COUNCIL AND SERVED AS MEMBER OF AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, SAN FRANCISCO, worked as anchor/associate producer of Filipino-American Report in San Francisco, Author of "Interpersonal Communication Skills in Nursing (workbook)" published in 2009 by C&E Publishing
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| Benedicta G. Medrana, RN, MAN || Owner and Founder of RCAP (1983), National Reviewer for Medical Surgical Nursing and CGFNS/NCLEX (One of the Best in the Philippines)
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| Merlina V. Locquiao, RN MAN || BS Nursing Class 1981 , Dean Centro Escolar University College of Nursing
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|Estrella Diasen, RM, RN, MAN || BSN FEU Former Dean And Chief Nurse of Mary Chilles Hospital and Mary Chilles College of Nursing, Founder of a Midwifery and Nursing School in Northern Luzon
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| Remedios Solarte, RN || BS Nursing, President of the Philippine Nurses Association in America
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| Christineli Tandoc, RN || BS Nursing, FEU Faculty, One of the Best Public Health Nurse in the Philippines
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| Tita Yap Cruz, RN MAN || Dean FEU NRMF School of Nursing, former ANSAP officer, former Chief Nurse FEU-NRMF, Chairman of Department of Nursing for PNA, co-char of the Mother-Baby Friendly Committee FEU NRMF Hospital, adviser for the CATHOLIC NURSES GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES
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| Belinda Buenafe, RN MAN PhD || Former Dean Saint Jude College of Nursing, Associate Dean FEU Institute of Nursing
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| Melinda Gablan, RN MAN || Dean Perpetual Help College-Manila, School Director PHCM

External links

• http://www.nursinglibrary.org/Portal/main.aspx?pageid=4024&pid=20234
• http://stti.confex.com/stti/congrs08/techprogram/paper_40233.htm