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Fundamental Nursing Responsibilities (ICN)
1.
Promote health
2.
Prevent illness
3.
Restore health
4.
Alleviate suffering
2 universal
principles:
a.
The need for nursing is universal
b.
Respect for human right is inherent in nursing
Professional
Regulatory Board of Nursing (PRBON)
-
Primary agency responsible for the regulation of the admission, registration
and practice of the nursing profession in the Philippines.
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7-person board (1 chairperson and 6 members)
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Appointed by the President of the Philippines from 2 recommendees from the PRC
chosen from 3 nominees by the PNA
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Qualifications, requirements and duties (refer to RA 9173)
Philippine
Nurses Association
-
biggest and earliest national nursing professional organization which was
accredited by the government on September 15, 1975
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Initially called Filipino Nurses Association (FNA), formed in 1922
Standards of
Safe Nursing Practice – composed of the following professional nursing
organizations:
1.
ANSAP
2.
ADCPN
3.
NLGN
4.
PNA
Last week of
October – “Nurses Week”
Certificate
of Registration/Professional license – issued to an examinee who passes the
exam, paid the prescribed fees for license and take his/her oath set by the
PRC; renewed after 3 years.
Competency
Standards in Nursing Practice
-Prepared by
the Committee on Core Competency Standards Development for PRC-BON and the
CHED-TCNE
-Aims to
improve further the quality standards of nursing practice in the Philippines
and to ensure global competitive of Philippines RN’s.
Core
Competencies and Indicators
1.
Safe and Quality Nursing Care
2.
Management of Resources And Environment
3.
Health Education
4.
Legal Responsibility
5.
Ethico-Moral Responsibility
6.
Personal and Professional Development
7.
Quality Improvement
8.
Research
9.
Record Management
10.
Communication
11.
Collaboration and Teamwork
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