The Negros oriental State University registered a 100 percent passing rate in the November 2009 Nursing Licensure Examination, a press release said.

All 17 passers belong to the pioneer batch of nursing graduates, NORSU president Dr. Henry Sojor said. The new nurses are Jan Amor, Ali Baba, Jr., Mailyn Belotindos, Phebe Maris Buella, Ma. Lynne Carmona-Marcos, Anapres Ceriales, Rocelyne Mae Estoconing, Darren Garsula, Kathlyn Mae Gonzalez, Francis Ray Gutib, Rufa Hontanosa, Peter janquin, Putli Khira Lim, Joseph Arnold Oracion, Pat Patrimonio, Josette Rosales, and Angelie Rubio, the press release said.

The Professional Regulation Commission had said that the national passing rate of 39.73 percent is the lowest in the history of the nursing licensure examination. Out of the 94,462 nursing examinees nationwide, only 37,527 passed, it said.

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at NORSU is under the College of Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences chaired by Dr. Dalisay Dumalag, the press release added.