Behind the scenes, nursing research serves as the backbone of evidence-based practice, driving innovation and improving patient outcomes. However, the travails and realities faced by nurses and nursing researchers often go unnoticed.
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.
While nursing is a caring profession, nurses also need the resources to care for themselves and their families. A remuneration package that fairly compensates nurses for their service and for taking the risks that comes with the job will be an added motivation in the performance of their duties and responsibilities.
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 nobler a decision we have to make, the more people we need to hear for us to have a wider perspective on the issue and to have the needed sensitivity to the ethical implications of our decisions.
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.