Nursing in Contemporary Period

• According to Kozier et al., nursing refers to the art and science of caring.
• Nursing is a holistic phenomena.
• You need to be artistic while taking care of a patient – you have to follow the rules & protocols supported/guided by scientific reasoning.
• Philippine Nurses Association (PNA)
• Philippine Nurses Association

  • The Mother Organization
  • Umbrella Organization
• Board of Nursing (BON)
• Board of Nursing (BON)

  • Mother Unit
• American Nurses Association (ANA)
• According to PNA (Adapted by ANA), profession is “a calling” where its “members” profess to have acquired a “unique body of knowledge and skills” to guide and serve “others”.
• PNA defines professional nursing as a performance for a fee/salary/other rewards and compensation in exchange of any professional services. (Old definition)
• Calling is a vocation & profession.

  • “Service Orientation”
• Three Domains (Area of Specialization & Field of Opportunities) of Professional Nursing

  1. Nursing Practice
  2. Nursing Academe
  3. Nursing Research
• Nursing Practice “Clinical Nurses”

  • Field of opportunity or area of specialization where nurses completed their duty rotation in different hospitals/institutions, private or public.
• Regular Area:

  1. Medical Ward
  2. Surgical Ward
  3. Medical Surgical Ward
• Special Unit:

  1. Emergency Room
  2. Operating Room
  3. Intensive Care Unit
  4. Obstretics
  5. Orthopedics
  6. Oncology
  7. Chemo Dialysis Center
  8. Post Anesthesia Care Unit
• Nursing Academe & Education

  • The nurse has the ability to facilitate teaching & learning experiences with “college” students.
• Outcome-based Education (OBE)
• As mandated by CHED memorandum no. 15 series of 2017, there will be requirements to teach:

  • Holder of a BSN program
  • Licensed (Registered Nurse)
  • Of legal age (21 years old & above)
  • Should be a bonafide member of PNA
  • At least 1-2 years of continuous clinical experience in both government & private
  • Holder of Masters of Arts in Nursing (MAN) & Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN).
  • Principle of reciprocity (International)
  • Mutual grant of both nationalities
• Nursing Research

  • Part of main practice in the Academe
• Nursing Research - Field of opportunities where nurses act as a scientific investigator to fill in knowledge gaps to promote professional growth in the field of nursing.
• In order  to practice this (Nursing Research), you need to be:

  • A registered nurse
  • Holder of BSN
  • A bonafide member of PNA
  • Of legal age
  • Should have a creative mind as a researcher
• Nursing Research - should be evidence-based (scientific result)
• Own Nursing Law - “Nursing Act” Republic Act of 9173 (R.A 9173) The Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 defines the full scope of nursing practice in the Philippines.
• Staffing

  • Nurse-Patient ratio (Government & Private)
  • Government:
  • 500+ patients
  • 1500+ patients during the pandemic.
  • 1 nurse = 60 patients
  • 1 nurse =120 patients (pandemic)
  • Private:
  • 1 nurse = 45 - 50 patients
  • 1 nurse = 100 patients (pandemic)
• Fever is a condition characterized by abnormal increases of body temperature.
• In nursing, patients are our main recipient of care.
• Caring should be inborn within ourselves
• Duty Area - COVID patients
• Clean Area - Non-COVID patients
• Nursing is an art because it provides management to the patients with an art form
• Nursing Process is a continuous rationale interacting process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Nursing Process demonstrate basic nursing skills in rendering safe and appropriate care utilizing the nursing process
• Nursing provides non-pharmacological remedies (not medicine-reliant). For example, if a patient has a fever, the nurse will perform, a tepid sponge bath instead of giving them medicine.
• Once you have acquired the license - you are now entitled to practice your professional services.
• Domains are areas of specialization or fields of opportunity.
• Requirements in order to practice nursing practice.

  • License holder or a registered nurse
  • Of legal age
  • Finisher of a BSN program
  • Bonafide member of PNA