As the demand for competent and skilled nurses continues to grow, it becomes imperative to develop nursing practice and education through evidence-based practice (EBP).
While the primary focus of nursing is patient care, nurses also play a vital role in conducting research to improve healthcare outcomes and promote evidence-based practice.
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Nursing focuses on meeting the healthcare needs of the people and due to multiple factors, these health needs continue to evolve. To ensure that we meet these needs, nursing must constantly adapt to these changes
In the Philippines, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) serves as the governing body for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the country. The provisions of R.A. 7722, otherwise known as the “Higher Education Act of 1994” gave the commission the power and authority to set the minimum requirement for specific academic programs, general education distribution requirements, and specific professional courses.
The Philippines’ recommended ratio of nurses to patients is 1:12, but the actual ratio of nurses to patients varies from 1:50 to 1:80, depending on the region of the country. While the nursing workforce continues to deplete, the workloads of those nurses remaining in service continue to increase.
On R.A. 9173’s Declaration of Policy (Article II), it was declared that the state is responsible for the protection and improvement of the nursing profession and it is also the state’s responsibility to provide the Filipino people quality basic health services through an adequate nursing personnel system throughout the country.
In pursuit of a “globally-competitive” curriculum, foreign hospital policies shaped the Philippine Nursing Curriculum (Ortiga, 2018). The curriculum was constantly revised in such a way that the competencies of Filipino nurses are not limited to the Philippine Healthcare system.
Nurses were expecting that Senate Bill 270/House Bill 6411 also known as the Comprehensive Nursing Law of 2016 will be passed into law because its provisions align with the government’s vision for the future of the country’s health care system with nurses serving as one of its backbones.