Proctoring the Nursing Board Exam

It was last December 18-19, 2011 when aspiring Nurses took their Board Exam. I was invited to proctor at SAC Bldg Liceo de Cagayan together with my friends Brogy and Ganz.

Last Wednesday, December 14, 2011 was our schedule for Briefing at PRC. The SOPs were very tedious. Lots of things to remember and lots to fill up. I got “information overload” one the first half of the briefing. The other half, just pretended I understood so we can go out the room and have some air. The briefing lasted for almost an hour. We ended beyond 6pm.

Saturday before the board exams, Bagyong Sendong (Washi) hit CdeO and some board takers were affected by the flashflood. Some of them took the exam, while the others didn’t.

The first day was tiresome. Many blanks to fill up and you have to guide the examinees correctly. Everybody started on together and on time.

8:00am marks the start of the exam up until 10:00am. 2 hours of nothing to do but to stare at the door/window, at the prettiest girl in the room and a lil chitchat with you partner proctor.

What bothered me while proctoring were those examinees that were flooded. Even without uniforms, and other papers (OR, NOA, etc) they came to take the exam. This sight bothered me the whole day.

The schedules were 8:00-10:00, 11:30-1:30 then 2:30-4:30.

We used the break time as eating time – late breakfast at 10, then late lunch at 1:30.

The second day was easy. We just have to check very minimal things (as compared to the first day), then wait for the exam booklets to arrive.

The schedules were 8:00-10:00 and 11:30-1:30 only.

Second day means new room to proctor. Still there were examinees who were victims if the flood.

After the last subject and receiving our pay, we didn’t get out the campus. Instead we greeted some of our nursing friends, had a lil talk, some fist-bumps, high-fives, and picture taking.

Paula B, Me, Brogy, Ganz, Cals, Pao Ang

The experience was great! Examinees (obviously) older than me [us] call me [us] “Sir[s].”

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