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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 7289

Introduced by HON. JOY MYRA S. TAMBUNTING

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Philippines is known to be one of the largest exporters of labor worldwide. Nursing degree holders
are among the largest labor-exports of the country. Nursing education has since transformed as
degree for foreign employment. Nursing graduates are produced and marketed to wealthier
countries who buys cheaper labor for their understaffed healthcare systems; and Filipino nurses
thrive in these health care systems as they are branded to be skilled, compassionate, and
hospitable practitioners.

Local employment however remains to be a problem. There are simply not enough career
opportunities for Filipino nurses to practice in their own country. In addition, nursing education
in the country caters to the country’s labor export model by gearing towards producing more
nurses and neglecting the need for development of nurses in different advanced programs.

This measure seeks to address this problem by introducing advanced nursing education to the
local nursing education program which in turn shall provide different career opportunities to
nursing graduates across the country. With the introduction of the advanced nursing education,
comes the opportunity of nursing degree holders to assume leadership roles, pursue fields of
specialization and join the academe as faculty members or researchers.

On behalf of the people of Parafiaque City’s Second District, and for the common good of the
Filipino people, the approval of the said measure is earnestly sought.

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\ YRA S. TAMBUNTING
/ 2fd District, Parafiaque City


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUsE BILL No. _7289

Introduced by HON. JOY MYRA S, TAMBUNTING

AN ACT
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT 9173 OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE NURSING ACT OF 2002, PROVIDING FOR AN
ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAM

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1, Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the "Advanced Nursing Education Act”.
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. ~ It is hereby declared the policy of the State to assume
responsibility for the protection and improvement of the nursing profession by instituting

measures that will result in relevant nursing education, humane working conditions, better career
prospects and a dignified existence for all nurses.

Sec. 3. Section 25 of Republic Act No. 9173, otherwise known as the Philippine Nursing Act of
2002 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 25. [Nu

: cohitas-promuig von-on- Higher-Ea
licies—and—standards of nursing education] NURSING EDUCATION.
NURSING EDUCATION SHALL REFER TO THE FORMAL LEARNING ‘AND
TRAINING IN THE SCIENCE AND ART OF NURSING PROVIDED BY
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS DULY RECOGNIZED AND
ACCREDITED BY THE CHED.

THERE SHALL BE STANDARD BASIC AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS FOR
NURSING EDUCATION WHICH SHALL BE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7722, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "CHED LAW".

Sec. 4. A new Section 26 is hereby inserted after Section 25 of RA 9173, to read as follows:


"SECTION 26. BASIC AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS FOR NURSING
EDUCATION. - THERE SHALL BE A BASIC PROGRAM FOR NURSING
EDUCATION WHICH SHALL PROVIDE SOUND LIBERAL AND
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, AND SHALL EQUIP BASIC NURSING
STUDENTS WITH THE NECESSARY COMPETENCIES FOR ENTRY-LEVEL
SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING PRACTICE. THE CURRICULUM AND
RELATED LEARNING EXPERIENCES SHOULD INCLUDE COMMUNITY
INTEGRATION AND IMMERSION TO ENCOURAGE MORE GRADUATES TO.
WORK IN A COMMUNITY SETTING, ADMISSION TO THE BASIC
PROGRAM FOR NURSING EDUCATION SHALL REQUIRE PASSING A
NATIONAL NURSING ADMISSION TEST (NNAT). THE CURRICULUM AND.
THE RELATED LEARNING EXPERIENCES MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE NATIONAL NURSING CORE COMPETENCY STANDARDS TO
PROMULGATED BY THE BOARD AND IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE
POLICIES, STANDARDS, AND GUIDELINES OF THE CHED.

THERE SHALL ALSO BE A GRADUATE PROGRAM FOR NURSING
EDUCATION WHICH SHALL BE A POST BACCALAUREATE NURSING
PROGRAM, WHICH BUILDS ON THE EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS OF A
NURSE TOWARDS MASTERY, EXPERTISE, AND LEADERSHIP IN
PRACTICE, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION. SUCH PROGRAMS WILL
DEVELOP HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SKILLS NEEDED FOR NURSING
PRACTICE IN THE VARIOUS FIELDS OF ADVANCED NURSING,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING,
AMBULATORY CARE NURSING, CRITICAL CARE NURSING, PALLIATIVE
CARE NURSING, REHABILITATION NURSING, AND OTHER SPECIALIZED
FIELDS OF ADVANCED NURSING. IT SHALL INCLUDE A MASTER'S
DEGREE AND DOCTORATE DEGREE IN NURSING FOUNDED ON THE
PHILOSOPHIES, AND THE SCIENTIFIC BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AND
PRACTICE. GRADUATE PROGRAM FOR NURSING EDUCATION SHALL BE
OFFERED ONLY IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AS
PRESCRIBED BY THE PREVAILING CHED POLICIES, STANDARDS AND
GUIDELINES FOR GRADUATE EDUCATION.

THE FACULTY-TO-STUDENT RATIO MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
STANDARD TO BE DETERMINED AND PRESCRIBED BY THE CHED".

Sec. 5. Section 26 of RA 9173 is hereby renumbered to Section 27. Sec. 6. Section 27 of RA 9173
is hereby renumbered and amended, to read as follows:

“Section 2[7]8. Qualifications of the Faculty. - [Arember-of the faculty ia college
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(1) BASIC PROGRAM FOR NURSING EDUCATION. - A MEMBER OF THE

FACULTY IN A COLLEGE OF NURSING TEACHING PROFESSIONAL
‘COURSES:

(A) MUST BE A REGISTERED NURSE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND
HOLDER OF A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AND A CURRENT
PROFESSIONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED BY THE
COMMISSION;

(B) MUST HAVE AT LEAST THREE (3) YEARS OF NURSING
PRACTICE; AND

(C) | MUST HAVE THE APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATE OF NURSING
PROFICIENCY, OR ITS EQUIVALENT, TO BE ISSUED BY THE
BOARD OF NURSING.

(2) GRADUATE PROGRAM FOR NURSING EDUCATION. — A MEMBER OF
THE FACULTY TEACHING GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL COURSES:

(A) _MUST FOLLOW PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) ABOVE ON BASIC
NURSING EDUCATION; AND

(B) _ MUST BE A HOLDER OF A DOCTORAL DEGREE IN NURSING
CONFERRED BY A UNIVERSITY DULY RECOGNIZED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES."

Sec. 8. Implementing Guidelines. - Within thirty (30) days alter the effectivity of this Act, the
Board and the Professional Regulatory Commission, in coordination with the Commission on
Higher Education and other concerned government agencies, shall formulate such rules and
regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. The implementing rules and
regulations shall be published in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.

Sec. 9. Separability Clause. - Should any provision of this Act be declared invalid or
unconstitutional, the other provisions unaffected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting.

Sec 10, Repealing Clause. ~Section 28 of RA 9173 is hereby renumbered as Section 29, and
all succeeding sections of the same Act are hereby renumbered accordingly. All other laws,
decrees, executive orders, proclamations and other executive issuances, which are not consistent
with or contrary to the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed or amended.

Sec. 11. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,