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Saturday, March 17, 2007

DOLE, schools sign deal for nursing test review

The Department of Labor and Employment and various nursing schools signed on Saturday a memorandum of agreement designating the centers where those who wish to retake the leakage-marred June 2006 board examination can conduct their reviews, ABS-CBN News reported.

In the agreement, DOLE officials and deans of the nursing schools listed eight coordinating schools and more than 20 review centers nationwide.

Continue reading...

Posted by Thor at 10:10 PM | | Comments

Free review for June ’06 nursing board passers

MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing (ADPCN) on Saturday agreed to provide free one-week special review sessions to any of the 17,000 June 2006 nursing board passers who would choose to take tests 3 and 5.

The partial retake was suggested by the United States’ Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) after it decided that it won’t issue VisaScreen certificates to those who took and passed what it called the “compromised” June 2006 nursing licensure exam.

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Posted by Thor at 10:01 PM | | Comments

Friday, March 16, 2007

DOLE leaves ANA issue to local counterparts; partial retake to proceed as scheduled

DOLE leaves ANA issue to local counterparts; partial retake to proceed as scheduled
Thursday, March 15, 2007

Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo D. Brion today said that the American Nurses Association's (ANA) resolution for the full retake of the June 2006 Nursing Board Examinations is a matter for its local counterpart, the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) and the Philippine Board of Nursing (BON) to address at this point.

continue reading on: http://www.dole.gov.ph/news/details.asp?id=N000002033

credit to: *sweet*

Posted by sweet_periwinkle at 6:43 PM | | Comments

Nursing graduates told to prepare for voluntary test retake

By RAYMUND F. ANTONIO

Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo Brion allayed fears of nursing graduates about the "full retake" resolution of the American Nurses’ Association (ANA) and advised them instead to prepare for the government-sponsored "voluntary retake" scheduled on June 11 and 12.

continue reading on: http://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN2007031689593.html

credit to: *sweet*

Posted by sweet_periwinkle at 6:41 PM | | Comments

Scope of the Nursing Licensure Examination

PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION – BOARD OF NURSING

NURSING PRACTICE 1

Test Description:

Theories concepts, principles and process basic to the practice of nursing with emphasis on health promotion and health maintenance. It includes basic nursing skills in the care of clients across age groups in any setting.

Moreover, it compasses the varied roles, functions and responsibilities of the professional nurse in varied health care settings.

Test Scope:

I. Personal and Professional Growth and Development

a. Historical perspective in nursing
b. Nursing as a profession
c. Theoretical foundation of nursing applied in health care situations
d. Continuing professional education
e. Professional organizations in nursing
f. The nurse in health care

1. Eleven key areas of responsibilities
2. Fields of nursing
3. Roles and functions

II. Safe and Quality Care

a. The nursing process
b. Basic nursing skills

1. Admission and discharge
2. Vital signs
3. Physical examination and health assessment
4. Administration of medications
5. Asepsis and infection control
6. First aid measures
7. Wound care
8. Peri-operative care
9. Post-mortem care

c. Measures to meet physiological needs

i. Oxygenation
ii. Nutrition
iii. Activity, rest and sleep
iv. Fluid and electrolyte balance
v. Urinary elimination
vi. Bowel elimination
vii. Safety, comfort and hygiene
viii.Mobility and immobility

III. Health education

a. Teaching and learning principles in the care of clients
b. Health education in all levels of care
c. Discharge planning

IV. Ethico-Moral Responsibility

a. Bioethical principles

i. Beneficence
ii. Non-malefescence
iii. Justice
iv. Autonomy
v. Stewardship
vi. Truth telling
vii. Confidentiality
viii.Privacy
ix. Informed consent

b. Patient’s bill of rights
c. Code of ethics in nursing

V. Legal Responsibility

a. Legal aspects in the practice of nursing
b. The Philippine Nursing Law of 2002 (R.A. 9173)
c. Related laws affecting the practice of nursing

VI. Management of Environment and Resources

a. Theories and principles and management
b. Nursing administration and management
c. Theories, principles and styles of leadership
d. Concepts and principles of organization
e. Patient care classification
f. Nursing care systems
g. Delegation and accountability

VII. Records Management

a. Anecdotal report
b. Incident report
c. Memorandum
d. Hospital manual
e. Documentation
f. Endorsement and end-shift report
g. Referral

VIII. Quality Improvement

a. Standards of nursing practice
b. Nursing audit
c. Accreditation/certification in nursing practice
d. Quality assurance

IX. Research

a. Problem identification
b. Ethics and science of research
c. The scientific approach
d. Research process
e. Research designs and methodology
i. Qualitative
ii. Quantitative

X. Communication

a. Dynamics of communication
b. Nurse-client relationship
c. Professional-professional relationship
d. Therapeutic use of self
e. Use of information technology

XI. Collaboration and teamwork

a. Networking
b. Inter-agency partnership
c. Teamwork strategies
d. Nursing and partnership with other professions and agencies



NURSING PRACTICE II

Test descriptions:

Theories, principles and processes in the care of individuals, families, groups and communities to promote health and illness and alleviate pain and discomfort, utilizing the nursing process as framework. This include care of high risk and at-risk mothers, children and families during the various stages of the life cycle.

Test Scope:

PART I: CHN

I. Safe and Quality Care, Health Education and Communication, Collaboration and Teamwork

a. Principles and standards of CHN
b. Levels of care
c. Type is clientele
d. Health care delivery system
e. PHC as a strategy
f. Family-based nursing services/community health nursing process
g. Population group-based nursing services
h. Community organizing
i. Public health programs

II. Research ad Quality Improvement

a. Research in the community
b. National health situation
c. Vital statistics
d. Epidemiology
e. Demography

III. Management Of Resources And Environment And Records Management

a. Field health services and information system
b. Target-setting
c. Environmental sanitation

IV. Ethico-Moral Legal Responsibility

a. Socio-cultural values, beliefs and practices of individuals, families, groups and communities
b. Code of ethics for government workers
c. WHO, DOH, LGU policies on health
d. Local government code
e. Issues

IV. Personal and Professional Development

a. Self-assessment of CHN competencies, importance, methods and tools
b. Strategies and methods of updating one’s self, enhancing competence in community health nursing and related areas

PART II: MCN

I. Safe and Quality Care, Health Education and Communication, Collaboration and Teamwork

a. Principles and theories of growth and development
b. Nursing care in the different stages of growth and development including

i. Nutrition
ii. Safety
iii. Language development
iv. Discipline
v. Play
vi. Immunization
vii. Anticipatory guidance
viii. Values formation

c. Human sexuality and reproduction including family planning
d. Nursing care of women during normal labor, delivery and postpartum
e. Nursing care of the newborn

i. APGAR scoring
ii. Newborn screening
iii. Maintenance of body processes (oxygenation, temperature, etc.)

f. Nursing care of women with complications of pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum period (high-risk conditions)
g. Nursing care of high-risk newborn

i. Prematurity
ii. Congenital defects
iii. Infections
h. Nursing care of women with disturbances in reproduction and gynecology

II. Research and Quality Improvement

a. Fertility statistics
b. Infant morbidity and mortality
c. Maternal mortality
d. Standards of maternal and child nursing practice

III. Ethico-Moral-Legal Responsibility

a. Socio-cultural values, beliefs and practices of individuals, families related to MCN
b. WHO, DOH, LGU policies on health women and children
c. Family code
d. Child and youth welfare code
e. Issues related to MCN

IV. Personal and Professional Development

a. Self-assessment of MCN competencies, importance, methods and tools
b. Strategies and methods of updating one’s self, enhancing competencies in MCN and related areas


NURSING PRACTICE III, IV, V

Test Description:

Theories, concepts, principles and processes in the care of clients with altered health patterns, utilizing the nursing process and integrating the key areas of nursing competencies.

Test Scope:

I. Safe and Quality Care, Health Education, Management of Environment and Resources and Quality Improvement


TEST III

a. Client in pain
b. Perioperative care
c. Alterations in human functioning
1. Disturbances in oxygenation
2. Disturbances in metabolic and endocrine functioning
3. Disturbances in elimination


TEST IV

a. Alterations in human functioning

1. Disturbance in fluids and electrolytes
2. Inflammatory and infectious disturbances
3. Disturbances in immunologic functioning
4. Disturbances in cellular functioning

b. Client in biologic crisis
c. Emergency and disaster nursing


TEST V

a. Disturbances in perception and coordination

i. Neurologic disorders
ii. Sensory disorders
iii. Musculo-skeletal disorders
iv. Degenerative disorders

b. Maladaptive patterns of behavior

i. Anxiety response and anxiety related disorders
ii. Psychophysiologic responses, somatoform and sleep disorders
iii. Abuse and violence
iv. Emotional responses and mood disorders
v. Schizophrenia and other psychotic and mood disorders
vi. Social responses and personality disorders
vii. Substance related disorders
viii. Eating disorders
ix. Sexual disorders
x. Emotional disorders of infants, children and adolescents


II. Personal and Professional Development

a. Nurse-client relationship
b. Continuing education

III. Communication, Collaboration and Teamwork

a. Team approach
b. Referral
c. Network/linkage
d. Therapeutic communication

IV. Ethico-Moral-Legal Responsibility

a. Confidentiality
b. Client’s rights

1. Informed consent
2. Refusal to take medications, treatment and admission procedures

c. Nursing accountability
d. Documentation/charting
e. Culture sensitivity

Budek comments : Study hard and goodluck sa mga mag eexam this june 2007. Aral mabuti isipin ang napakaraming dahilan kung bakit kailangan ninyong mag aral ng mabuti para magkaroon ng mataas na board rating. There will be atleast 70,000 that will be taking the June board exam and competition has never been this stiff. Just remember that your client's safety is always your priority. The board exam is conducted to test how safe you are not how intelligent you are. It is created to ensure that only the safe and competent nurses are allowed to practice the profession.

Goodluck!

Posted by Budek at 10:17 AM | | Comments

Thursday, March 15, 2007

DESPITE THE ANA RESOLUTION - DOLE: Partial retake of nursing exams to proceed

DOLE: Partial retake of nursing exams to proceed
By Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 06:23pm (Mla time) 03/15/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- The partial retake of the leakage-tainted nursing tests will proceed as scheduled in June and December even as the American Nurses Association (ANA) has asked for a complete retake of the licensure examination, the Department of Labor and Employment said Thursday.

Continue reading on: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view_article.php?article_id=55051

Posted by brewed at 11:30 PM | | Comments

P20 million allocated for nursing test retake

P20 million allocated for nursing test retake

By Sam Mediavilla, Reporter

President Arroyo on Wednesday formally ordered Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo Brion to administer the voluntary retake of Tests 3 and 5 of the June 2006 nursing examinations.

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/mar/15/yehey/top_stories/20070315top6.html

Posted by Budek at 7:15 PM | | Comments

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Let ANA be, nurse groups warned

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Let ANA be, nurse groups warned

Dr. Dante Ang, chairman of the Commission on the Filipino Overseas, on Tuesday appealed to nursing institutions in the Philippines not to challenge the decision of the American Nursing Association urging the June 2006 nurses to retake the entire licensure exam and not just portions of it.

Continue reading on : http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/mar/14/yehey/top_stories/20070314top5.html

Posted by Budek at 11:47 AM | | Comments

Monday, March 12, 2007

Commentary: Re-take requirement of CGFNS

Commentary: Re-take requirement of CGFNS
By Renee F. De Guzman

San Fernando City, La Union (12 March) -- Why did the US Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) require the passers of the June 2006 nursing exams to re-take tests 3 and 5 when our own ........

Continue reading on : http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p070312.htm&no=14

Posted by Budek at 7:10 PM | | Comments

'US nurses' call for full retake being studied' -- Brion

MANILA, Philippines -- The recommendation of the American Nurses Association (ANA) for a complete retake of the compromised June 2006 Philippine nursing board examination is still being studied, Labor Secretary Arturo Brion said Monday.

Continue reading on : http://www.asianjournal.com/?c=187&a=18723

Posted by Budek at 7:09 PM | | Comments

Nursing exam retake set on June 11-12

Nursing exam retake set on June 11-12

The Department of Labor has scheduled the voluntary retake of last year's leakage-ridden nursing board exam on June 11 and 12, dzBB radio said.

Continue reading on : http://www.gmanews.tv/story/33967/Nursing-exam-retake-set-on-June-11-12

Posted by Budek at 7:08 PM | | Comments

DOLE drafts guidelines for voluntary nursing exam retake

DOLE drafts guidelines for voluntary nursing exam retake

Labor Secretary Arturo D. Brion on Wednesday re-submitted to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo a draft Executive Order that will officially direct the Labor Department to administer the special voluntary examination for the passers of June 2006 nursing board exam.

Continue reading on : http://ofw.balita.ph/html/article.php/20070307190536161

Posted by Budek at 10:40 AM | | Comments

Commentary: A bitter pill for nursing

Commentary: A bitter pill for nursing
By Bong Pedalino

Tacloban City (11 March) -- The nursing profession has been undergoing ups and downs. In particular the individuals who passed the June 2006 board licensure examinations have suffered long enough. For the past nine months it was an excruciating waiting game and, finally, a tug-of-war of.........

Continue reading on http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&fi=p070311.htm&no=03

Posted by Budek at 10:37 AM | | Comments

Philippines Poised To Enact Laws With Stiffer Penalties For Professional Board Exam Cheats

Philippines Poised To Enact Laws With Stiffer Penalties For Professional Board Exam Cheats

March 11, 2007 1:00 p.m. EST

Komfie Manalo - All Headline News Correspondent
Manila, Philippines (AHN) - The Philippines moved closer to avoiding another problem with licensure examinations leakages as the government called on Congress to enact new laws. Those laws would impose stiffer penalties against those who taint the integrity of any licensure examinations in the country.

Continue reading on : http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006709819


Posted by Budek at 10:32 AM | | Comments



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