A lawmaker has urged the University of the Philippines (UP) to introduce a Nursing course in its Mindanao campus to “further democratize student admission” in state-run universities and colleges (SUCs).
“Now that UP has decided to launch a Doctor of Medicine program in its Mindanao campus, the university might as well also offer a BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) program there,” Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. said in a statement on Sunday.
“We are prepared to support UP with additional funding, if necessary, should it choose to put up a nursing school in Mindanao,” said Campos, vice chairperson of the House Committee on Appropriation.
Campos said he is counting on UP and other SUCs “to invest aggressively in the country’s future nursing workforce” amid the looming national and global shortage of practitioners.
Campos has filed House Resolution No. 1510 seeking a P- billion special education fund to enable SUCs that still do not offer the BSN program to start their own nursing schools.
In his resolution, Campos noted that of the 117 SUCs countrywide, only 44 have nursing schools.
