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Republic of the Philippines
Professional Regulation Commission
BOARD
OF NURSING
P. Paredes
St., Corner N. Reyes St., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines 1008
Web
Address: www.prc.gov.ph Telephone
No. (+632) 735 1534 Fax No. (+632)
735 4476
PRC BON Memorandum No. 03 Series 2008
To : All Registrars and Deans,
Colleges of Nursing PRC
Application Division, Central and Regional Offices
Subject : AMENDED GUIDELINES IN
PROCESSING ALL APPLICATIONS TO THE NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS
Date : MAY
30, 2008
Pursuant to Sec. 9 (h) of R.A. 9173, effective this filing
season for the November 2008 Nurse Licensure Examination, the foregoing AMENDED
Guidelines for the Processing of ALL Applications in the Nurse Licensure
Examinations (NLE) shall apply and SHALL BE MADE EFFECTIVE FOR nursing
graduates of Academic Years October of 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Guidelines for graduates under CMO No. 5 shall be released in an
appropriate time and subject to results of the BoN-ORNAP-MCNAP-APDCN
Collaborative Research.
Other/additional requirements imposed by any PRC Regional Office
shall need prior approval from the Board of Nursing.
Better functional support and cooperative mechanisms from all
concerned especially at the level of the PRC Regional Offices is hereby
enjoined.
For full
dissemination and guidance of all concerned.
AMENDED GUIDELINES IN
THE FILING AND PROCESSING OF ALL APPLICATIONS FOR THE NURSE
LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS (NLE) (FOR GRADUTES OF OCTOBER 2008, 2009, AND 2010)
A. Checklist of Requirements for Incoming Second, Third, and
Fourth Year Nursing Students, Schoolyear 2008-2009
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Documentary Requirements
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Original
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Photocopy
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o NSO Birth
Certificate
|
ü
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|
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o NSO Marriage
Contract (for female married applicants)
|
|
ü
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|
o Transcript of
Records (for Board Examination Purpose only)
|
ü
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o Summary of Related
Learning Experience (with
total number of hours)
|
ü
|
|
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o Records of O.R.,
D.R. and Initial Cord Care Cases
|
ü
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o Properly Notarized
Certification of Authenticity of O.R. / D.R. / Initial Cord Care Cases to
accompany the application for NLE (for New/First Timer applicants only). FORM
AVAILABLE AT ANY PRC Application Office)
|
ü
|
|
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o CHED Recognition
Certificate for all New Schools/Programs including
State
Universities
and Colleges (SUCs) and
Local
Universities
and Colleges (LUCs)
|
|
ü
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o 4 pieces passport
size pictures ( in white background and with complete name tag)
|
ü
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o 1 piece window
mailing envelope with PRC metered postage stamp
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ü
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o Examination Fee of
Php 900.00 (complete)/Php450.00 (conditioned)
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PAID DIRECTLY & RECEIPTED BY THE PRC CASHIER
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o Current Community
Tax Certificate (Cedula)
|
|
ü
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o Duly accomplished “Pre-Numbered”
Nurse Application Form (NAF) No. 001-A, September 2007 obtained from PRC ONLY
and NOT FOR
SALE
.
|
ü
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|
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Applicants may reproduce and wish to keep a second copy of all
the above documents for future reference.
|
B. Evaluation
of Records B-1.
Transcript of Records
o With scanned picture of the applicant
o With remark ”FOR BOARD EXAMINATION PURPOSES ONLY”
o With degree/courses and exact date of graduation
o With Special Order (S.O. No.) with date of issuance (except for
State Universities and Colleges, Local Universities
and Colleges, and Private Higher Education Institution with Accredited,
Deregulated, or
Autonomous Status properly inscribed in the TOR).
Clarification: The exact Date of Graduation refers to the date S.O. was granted or the
Date of Approval by the Board of Trustees for SUCs/LUCs, and similarly for
Colleges who are Autonomous or Deregulated and/or Accredited Level II and
higher.
B-2. Related
Learning Experience (RLE) Exhibits
o With attached certification of authenticity to accompany the
application for NLE (for new and First Time Applicants)
o Summary of Related Learning Experience indicating minimum of
2,142 RLE hours completed, signed by the
Dean
o 5 Major Operations (maximum of 2 similar cases, 2 students may
assist a complicated major surgery)
o 5 Minor Operations (maximum of 2 similar cases; 1 case per
student; major case cannot be used as substitute for minor scrubs)
o 5 Handled Delivery Cases – 1 student per case
o 5 Assisted Delivery Cases – 1 student per case
o 5 Initial Cord Care Cases - 1 student per case
The Certification of Authenticity of O.R. / D.R. / Initial
Cord Care Cases is subscribed and
sworn to for free by authorized PRC
officials per Office Order No. 7-259 dated September 24, 2007. There is no need to notarize each page of the
RLE exhibits. To meet however the exigencies of beating the deadline for filing or
towing a long line of applicants, Colleges of Nursing may opt to have
notarization done by any independent notary public prior to filing the same
documents to the PRC Application Division.
B-3. Signatories to the Scrubs and Deliveries and Cord Care in
Hospitals
o Prepared by : Name of
Student
o Supervised by : Name of
Faculty with Master’s Degree in Nursing or other Allied Medical and Health
Sciences.
o Noted by : Name of
Clinical Coordinator with Master’s Degree in Nursing or other Allied Medical and Health Sciences, PRC I.D
No. and Date of Validity, PNA No. and Date of Validity, and Date the document
is signed.
o Concurred by : Name of
Chief Nurse with Master’s Degree in Nursing (except for those serving in only
50-bed hospitals where only 9 Graduate Units in Management & Administration
is required), PRC I.D No. and Date of Validity, PNA No. and Date of Validity,
and Date the document is signed.
o Approved by : Name of Dean
with Master’s Degree in Nursing, PRC I.D No. and Date of Validity, PNA No. and
Date of Validity, ADPCN I.D. No and Date of Validity, and Date the document is
signed.
B-4. Signatories to Deliveries and Cord Care in
Lying-In Clinics and Home Deliveries
o Lying-In Clinics : clinical
instructor and clinical coordinator
o Home Deliveries : clinical
instructor and clinical coordinator
B-5. O.R. / D.R. /
Initial Cord Care Form (Please Follow Format as Attached)
Note: The
O.R. / D.R. / Initial Cord Care Form should bear the name of the
College
of
Nursing
, and the College Logo
(not the PRC and its logo)
Please follow attached forms.
B-6. Guidelines in the Preparation of the specific
requirement to the Nurse Licensure Examination
Major and minor scrubs classification shall follow PhilHealth
Categorization such
that 30 Relative Unit Value or R.U.V. and below are categorized as MINOR cases
and 31 R.U.V. and above are MAJOR cases. HOWEVER, when there is discrepancy
between the PhilHealth and Hospital classification, the HOSPITAL classification shall prevail.
While the PhilHealth Classification is used as guide, DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES ARE NOT TO BE
INCLUDED in determining major or minor scrubs.
Specifically:
1. For major operation, 2 students may actually assist a major
surgery or when the procedure takes two (2) hours or more, two (2) similar
cases maybe allowed.
2. For minor operation, two (2) similar cases maybe allowed but
only one student may claim the cases.
3. Deliveries in the community are to be supervised by a clinical
instructor with Master’s Degree in Nursing or Allied Medical or Health-Related
Sciences and signed by the same before the approval of the Dean.
Note: Emphasis must be given to competencies developed
during the intra-operative and intra-partal phase and a variety of cases is
preferred.
4. The
faculty member, clinical coordinator, chief nurse and dean WITH ACTUAL
ACCOUNTABILITIES in the RLE of the student must be the signatories to the
forms.
5.
Student must accomplish as many forms
depending on the number of institutions/agencies where the RLE have been
conducted. OR-DR-Cord Care Cases
completed in two or more hospitals or agencies must bear the signature of the
Chief Nurses of the particular institutions or agencies.
6. The Delivery Room and Initial Cord Care requirements of
Registered Midwives who are nursing graduates applying for the Nurse Licensure
Examination are hereby WAIVED, provided they submit a “photo copy” of their
updated PRC Identification Card.
For nursing graduates who
have completed midwifery courses but have not practiced and/or are “under board”
beyond five (5) years from date of midwifery graduation, a supervised case of
one (1) actually handled delivery and cord care shall be required for the Nurse
Licensure Examination properly documented and reported through the required
Delivery/Initial Cord Care Forms.
A. “Pre-Numbered” Nurse’s Application Form (NAF) may be obtained only at the
Information Desk, PRC
Central and Regional Offices only and which are NOT FOR
SALE
.
Required CODES:
A. Urban/City/Town or Provincial CODES of Residences and Places of Birth as well as Postal
address and ZIP CODES as required
stipulation in the respective Application Forms are posted in a Master List at
the premises of the filing center at any PRC Branch.
B. The
master list of SCHOOL CODES is
likewise printed at the filing center of any PRC Branch and the same is
EXPECTEDLY AVAILABLE from the respective Colleges or Universities.
C. The
master list of COURSE CODES is
likewise found at the filing center of any PRC Branch and the same is also
EXPECTEDLY AVAILABLE from the respective Colleges or Universities.
Specifications pertaining to the “Examination
Type Code and the Code signifying the number of times the NLE have been taken”
IS FOUND AT THE BACK OF THE NURSES’ APPLICATION FORM for everyone’s guidance.
Note: All the above stipulations are in keeping
with: BON
RESOLUTION No. 9, Series of 2007 BON
RESOLUTION No. 357, Series of 2004 BON
Memorandum April 17, 2006 and May 27,
2006 Office
Order No. 7-259 dates September 24, 2007
B-7. Additional
Guidelines Specific to Second Degree Nurse-Examinees
A. Pre-requisite subjects must be completed prior to enrolling
other succeeding higher professional nursing courses. These are:
· Anatomy & Physiology (3
units lecture, 2 units laboratory = 5 units); and
· Microbiology &
Parasitology (3 units lecture & 1 unit laboratory = 4 units), and
· Health Care I (4 units
lecture & 3 units RLE), and
· Primary Health Care II (3
units lecture & 2 units RLE) and
· Foundations of Nursing (2
units lecture & 1 unit RLE)
B. PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CMO No. 5, only NCM 100 –
Foundation of Nursing Practice (2 units lecture
& 1 unit RLE) and NCM 103 – RELATED
LEARNING EXPERIENCES (4 units) are the Professional Nursing Courses which can
be enrolled in summer (in accord with the CHED Policies, Standards, and
Guidelines)
In strict adherence to the CHED Nursing Policies, Standards, and
Guidelines (PSG), Professional Nursing Courses with RLE e.g. those with
16 unit academic credits (8 units lecture & 8 units RLE), cannot/must not
be enrolled during summers.
C. Regular Semester load must be observed, and only one (1)
Professional Nursing Course with 16 unit academic credit is allowed during
regular semesters.
D. Must have taken the last curricular year in the College that
granted the degree.
E. Requirements in the preparation of Operating Room Scrubs,
Deliveries, and Cord Care Is applied.
References: CHED
Memorandum Order No. 16 S. 2006
Enforcement of Republic Act 9173
It should
be emphasized that R.A. 7164 passed by congress and duly promulgated in
1991-1992 carries the same provisions as well as similar “grace period” for
compliance, therefore R.A. 9173 as of this writing can and is FULLY ENFORCIBLE.
Nurses hired for managerial/supervisory/administrative posts e.g. Deans and
Chief Nurses/Directors of Nursing Services, as well as Faculty Members in
College
of
Nursing MUST
be QUALIFIED and full
burden of responsibility rests upon the specific agency administration.
Article V Sec. 27 – Qualification
of the Faculty – A member of the faculty in a college of
nursing teaching professional courses must:
(a) Be an RN in the
Philippines
;
(b) Have at least one (1) year experience of
clinical practice in a field of specialization;
(c) Be a member of good standing in the
accredited professional organization of nurses; and
(d) Be a holder of a master’s degree in
nursing, education, or other allied medical and health sciences conferred by a
college or university duly recognized by the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines
.
In
addition xxx, the dean of a college must have a master’s degree in nursing.
He/she must have at least five (5) years of experience in nursing.
Article VI Sec. 29 – Qualifications of Nursing Service
Administrators. – A person occupying supervisory or managerial
positions requiring knowledge of nursing must:
(a) Be an RN in the
Philippines
;
(b) Have at least two (2) years experience in
general nursing service administration;
(c) Possess a degree of Bachelor of Science in
Nursing, with at least nine (9) units in management and administration courses
at the graduate level; and
(d) Be a
member of good standing of the accredited professional organization of nurses;
Provided, That a person
occupying the position of chief nurse or director of nursing service shall, in
addition to the foregoing qualifications, possess:
(1) At least five (5) years of experience in a
supervisory or managerial position in nursing; and
(2) A master’s degree in nursing;
Provided,
further, That for
primary hospitals, the maximum academic qualifications and experiences for a
chief nurse shall be as specified in subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this
section:
Provided,
furthermore, That for
chief nurses in the public health agencies, those who have a master’s degree in
public health/community health nursing shall be given priority.
Provided,
even further, That for
chief nurses in military hospital, priority shall be given to those who have
finished a master’s degree in nursing and the completion of the General Staff
Course (GSC):
Provided
finally, That
those occupying such positions before the effectivity of this Act shall be
given period of give (5) years within which to qualify.
Article IX Sec. 36 – Enforcement of this Act. - It shall be the primary duty of the
Commission and the Board to effectively implement this Act. Any duly law enforcement agencies and
officers of national, provincial, city or municipal governments shall, upon the
call or request of the Commission or the Board, render assistance in enforcing the
provisions of this Act and to prosecute any persons violating the same.
Sec. 40 – Repealing Clause. – xxx All
other laws, decrees, orders, circulars, issuances, rules, and regulations and
parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended
or modified accordingly.
GENERAL
APPLICATION RULE
INSTRUCTIONS
to the PRC Central and Regional Offices: In cases where
there are problems in the processing that cannot be resolved at the level of
the application division, the application should be referred to the Board of Nursing
with the corresponding findings. There should be no alterations from the
requirements contained herein. All Matters forwarded to the Board of
Nursing and all decisions warranted by the same Board are FINAL AND
EXECUTORY.
INSTRUCTIONS
to the
College
of
Nursing Deans
:
Please see to it that the guidelines for the processing of Applications
for the NLE shall be strictly observed.
ADVISORY
FOR REPEATERS: In
order for REPEATERS, to be better equipped in taking any succeeding NLE, YOU
ARE ENCOURAGED to visit your Nursing College Dean for appropriate GUIDANCE so
that you may obtain the proper orientation / re-orientation: (1) into the
current NLE Test Framework and (2) get guidance prior to seeking another
application to the Nurse Licensure Examination. EVERY NURSING GRADUATE IS OUR
CONCERN IN NURSING!
PRC-NLE-APPLICATION
DEADLINE RULE
INSTRUCTIONS
to the
College
of
Nursing Deans
and Nursing
Graduates:
Please
see to it that PRC – Set DEADLINES for the filing of application to the NLEs
are strictly observed. FILING OF APPLICATION TO THE NLE IS STRICTLY
“INDIVIDUAL” (meaning the graduates themselves need to file their own
application to PRC similar to when professionals are filing for the renewal of
their respective Professional I.D.’s).
Only
application-documents filed completely or completed on the set deadline shall
be processed and given due course of action by the PRC Application
Division.
LIABILITIES
All
entries made in the academic records (Transcript of Records) of graduates shall
be the principal responsibility and accountability of the REGISTRAR;
Entries
made in the Summary of Related Learning Experiences, Operating Room / Delivery
Room / Initial Cord Care Record of Cases shall be the sole responsibility and
accountability of the DEAN OF THE
COLLEGE
OF
NURSING
.
Additionally
and a more encompassing reminder to everyone concerned is the explicit proviso
of Republic Act 9173, Article IV,
Section 13 on Qualifications for
Admission to the Licensure Examination, which state:
“In order to be admitted to the examination
for nurses, an applicant must, at the time of filing his/her application,
establish to the satisfaction of the Board that:
(a) He/she is a citizen of the Philippines, or
subject of a country which permits Filipino nurses to practice within its
territorial limits on the same basis as the subject or citizens of such
country: Provided, That the
requirements for the registration or licensing of nurses in said country are
substantially the same as those prescribed in this Act;
(b) He/she is of GOOD MORAL CHARACTER; and
(c) He/she is a holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in
Nursing from a College or University that complies with the standards of
nursing education duly recognized by the proper government agency.
Hon. Carmencita M. Abaquin
Chairperson
Hon. Leonila A.
Faire Hon.
Perla G. Po
Member Member
Hon. Betty F. Merritt Hon. Marco Antonio C. Sto Tomas
Member Member
Hon. Yolanda C. Arugay Hon. Amelia B. Rosales
Member Member
PRC.BON Resolutions
& Memos.05.31.08/mst/yca
(ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED)
