NCH 1

• Early care of the sick in the Philippines


  Early life of Filipinos had been more or less mixed with superstitious belief, believed in the powers of witch, belief in the powers of "herbolarios" (albularyo)
• Hospitals in the Philippines

  • Existed as early as 15th Century, established by the religious and also by Spanish administration, Franciscan Order is more than any other religious group
• Early hospitals in the Philippines

  • Hospital Real de Manila (1577)
  • San Lazaro Hospital (1578)
  • Hospital de Indios (1586)
  • Hospital de Aguas Santas (1590)
  • San Juan de Dios Hospital (1596)
  • Hospital de Dulac (1602-1603)
  • Hospital de Nueva Caceres (1655)
  • Hospital de Convalenscecia (1656)
  • Hospital de Zamboanga (1842)
  • Hospital de Cavite (1842)
  • Hospital de San Gabriel (1866)
• Fray Juan Clemente


  • One of the 1st member's of the Mission of the Order of St. Francis in the Philippines in 1578, collected native herbs for medicine, set a little pharmacy, performed both the function of a physician and those of a nurse
• Nursing care in the early Philippines

  • Provided by religious group (called hospitallers) assisted by Filipino attendants, work of the nurse and those of the physician were not clearly defined
• Prominent women who volunteered nursing service during Philippine revolutions

  • Josephine Bracken
  • Mrs. Rosa Sevilla de Alvaro
  • Doña Hilaria de Aguinaldo
  • Melchora Aquino "Tandang Sora"
• Filipino Red Cross


  • Founded on February 17, 1899 with Doña Hilaria Aguinaldo as president and Doña Sabina Herrera as secretary, had its own constitution approved by the revolutionary government
• Rise of hospital schools of nursing in the Philippines

  1. Need for hospitals, dispensaries and laboratories led to the establishment of the Board of Health in July 1901

  2. Civil Hospital opened in Manila for civil officers and employees

  3. Employment of U.S. physicians and graduate nurses to help eradicate epidemics of cholera and smallpox

  4. Idea of training Filipino girls to become nurses initiated the growth of nursing schools
• Early nursing schools in the Philippines


  • Iloilo Mission Hospital School of Nursing (1906)
  • Philippine General Hospital School of Nursing (1907)
  • St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing (1907)
  • Mary Johnston Hospital and School of Nursing (1907)
  • San Juan de Dios Hospital School of Nursing (1913)
  • Emmanuel Hospital School of Nursing (1913)
  • Southern Islands Hospital (1913)
  • Zamboanga General Hospital School of Nursing (1921)
  • Chinese General Hospital School of Nursing (1921)
  • Baguio General Hospital School of Nursing (1923)
  • Manila Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing (1930)
  • Quezon Memorial Hospital School of Nursing (1957)
  • St. Paul's Hospital School of Nursing (1946)
  • North General Hospital School of Nursing (1946)
  • Siliman University School of Nursing (1947)
  • Occidental Negros Provincial Hospital School of Nursing (1946)
  • Cebu (Velez) General Hospital School of Nursing (1951)
  • Brokenshire School of Nursing (1960)
  • De Ocampo Memorial School of Nursing (1954)
  • Marian School of Nursing (1960)
  • St. Rita Hospital and Schools of Midwifery (1956) and Nursing (1960)
• Advantages of university hospitals over hospital schools of nursing

  • Students are treated as students and not as employees
  • Adequate financial support
  • The head of the school is responsible only for the education of students in nursing
  • The environment for the university school of nursing school education
• Early collegiate nursing schools in the Philippines


  • UST College of Nursing
  • U.P. College of Nursing (1946)
  • Southwestern Colleges College School of Nursing (1947)
  • Manila Central University College of Nursing (1947)
  • Philippine Union College of Nursing (1947)
  • Central Philippine College of Nursing(1947)
  • Siliman University College of Nursing (1947)
  • Philippines Women's University College of Nursing (1951)
  • FEU Institute of Nursing (1955)
  • UE College of Nursing (1958)
  • Saint Paul College of Nursing (1958)
• Highlights in the history of nursing in the Philippines

  • 1906 - 4 women started training in nursing at the Union Mission Hospital in Iloilo City
  • 1907 - 19 students admitted to a preliminary course in nursing at the Philippine Normal College
  • 1909 - A nursing school was established under the Bureau of Education
  • 1910 - The school continued as one of the activities of the newly opened Philippine General Hospital and became known as the Philippine General Hospital School of Nursing
  • 1915 - Act No. 2468 authorized the granting of the titles of graduate in nursing and graduate in midwifery
  • 1919 - Act No. 2808 (Nurses Law) was passed
  • 1920 - 1st Board examination for nurse was conducted
  • 1922 - Filipino Nurses Association was established
  • 1924 - A standard curriculum for school of nursing was published by the PNA
  • 1948 - UP college of Nursing was established
  • 1951 - Republic Act 649 provided for the standardization of nurses' salaries
  • 1953 - Republic Act No. 877 (Nursing Practice Law) was approved
  • 1955 - The UPCN offered a Master of Arts (Nursing) degree program
  • 1965 - The Academy of Nursing of the Philippines (ANPHI) approved its constitution
  • 1966 - R.A. 4704, amending R.A 877 was approved
  • 1968 - A movement towards accreditation of nursing schools in the Philippines was started
  • 1970 - WHO started an ongoing project in nursing education on family planning
  • 1972 - A national seminar on public health nursing education was held with WHO technical assistance
  • 1975 - A National Health Plan was formulated
• A one-year course leading to a certificate of public health nursing was opened at the UPCN. This program ended in 1969.
• The Academy of Nursing of the Philippines (ANPHI) approved its constitution


  1965
• Objectives of ANPHI


  • Initiate, promote, sponsor, encourage, and/or conduct nursing studies & research
  • Serve as a medium of exchange through conference, seminar, institutes & workshops
• R.A. 4704, amending R.A 877 was approved


  1966
• A movement towards accreditation of nursing schools in the Philippines was started in 1968
• WHO started an ongoing project in nursing education on family planning to prepare faculty members to introduce family planning in basic nursing curricula

  1970
• R.A. 6136 amending R.A. 877 & 4704 was approved

  1970
• A national seminar on public health nursing education was held with WHO technical assistance

  1972
• A National Health Plan was formulated

  1975
• National Health Plan


  • It redefined the functions and responsibilities of nurses & other health workers with implication for nursing education and community health nursing
• The Psychiatric-nursing Specialists, Inc. (PNSI), the 1st independent nurse practitioners groups, was established in 1975
• A National Workshop on the Proposed Nurse-Midwife Curriculum of Schools of Nursing in the Ministry of health was sponsored by the ministry. The workshop drafted an experimental 4-year nurse-midwifery curriculum

  1976
• ILO convention 149 & recommendations 157, concerning the employment of nursing personnel & the conditions of their life & work, were adopted in Geneva


  1977
• The Declaration of the Economic & School Welfare of Filipino Nurses was passed by the PNA


  1978
• The 1st national Nurses Congress was held, its theme "Nursing Issues in the 80's"


  1979
• The 1st National Tripartite Conference on employment & Conditions of Life & work of Nursing & other Health Personnel was held

  1979
• Labor, management & government were involved in the 1st National Tripartite Conference on employment & Conditions of Life & work of Nursing & other Health Personnel
• Famous personalities in nursing history in the Philippines

  • Melchora Aquino (Tandang Sora)
  • Captain Salomen
  • Agueda Kahabagan
• RA 2493 which amends Medical Law (Act No. 310) allowing the regulation of nursing practice transpired during the period of 1911-1921
• In 1919, the First True Nursing Law was enacted through Act 2808
• During the period of 1911-1921, the Board Examiners for Nursing was also created
• Health


  A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
• Wellness


  Includes social connectedness, exercise, nutrition, sleep and mindfulness. Each one has an impact on your physical and mental health. By making simple and healthy choices on a daily basis, you will be well on your way towards reducing stress, having positive social interactions and achieving optimal wellness
• Wellness


  An integrated method of functioning oriented towards maximizing the potential of individual
• Illness


  Separate short or long events that may challenge a person's desire for health
• Health behaviors


  • Influenced by a person's belief, culture and perceptions, as well as competing demands in the person's life
• Nursing assessment that includes the patient's individual situation and experiences will assist in the development if focused health promotional activities
• Concept of Man


  The first foundational component of Nursing. To be able to provide a holistic, humane and quality nursing care, it is a primary consideration to understand MAN