1 NURSING CORE COMPETENCY REVISITING PROJECT CURRENT NURSING CORE COMPETENCIES REVISED NURSING CORE COMPETENCIES Among the mandated functions of the Board of Nursing is to ensure that the Nursing Core Competencies needed for nursing standard development for both nursing education and practice/service are in place and are implemented well through a monitoring and evaluation scheme. Legal Basis of Core Competency Standards Development: Cognizant of the important role of the 2 million professionals all over the country, Republic 8981 was created. Section 2 of the said law states: “The state recognizes the important role of professionals in nation building and towards this endpromotes the sustained development of a reservoir of professionals whose competence has been determined by honest and credible licensure examinations and whose standards of professionalservice and practice are internationally recognized and considered world-class brought about byregulatory measures, programs and activities that foster professional growth and advancement.”Likewise, Art. 3 Sec. 9 of R.A. 9173 known as the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 states, “The Board shall monitor and enforce quality standards of nursing practice necessary to ensure the maintenance of efficient, ethical and technical, moral and professional standards in the practice of nursing taking into account the health needs of the nation…”On the regional and international arena, competency standards are already in place for more than a decade. The Regulatory Authorities of the Western Pacific and Southeast Asian regions forwhich the Philippine Board of Nursing is a member has well-defined regional competency standards that were promulgated in 2004. Moreover, t he International Council of Nurses has competency standards for the generalist nurse. These local, regional and international standards prompted the development of the core competency standards for nursing practice in the Philippines. Legal Basis of Core Competency Standards Development: Cognizant of the important role of Filipino professiona ls all over the country, Republic 8981 Republic Act No. 8981 (The PRCModernization Act of 2000). was created. Section 2 Statement of Policy–of the said law states: “The state recognizes the important role of professionals in nation building and towards this endpromotes the sustained development of a reservoir of professionals whose competence has been determined by honest and credible licensure examinations and whose standards of professional service and practice are internationally recognized and considered world-class brought about by regulatorymeasures, programs and activities that foster professional growth and advancement.”Art. 3 Sec. 9 (c) of R.A. 9173 known as the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 states, “The Board shall monitor and enforce quality st andards of nursing practice necessary to ensure the maintenance of efficient, ethical and technical, moral and professional standards in the practice ofnursing taking into account the health needs of the nation…”Developments (Local & International) In The Nursing Profession That Contribu ted To The Decision To Revisit The Core Competencies 1. During the development of the revised BSN Curriculum– the following were noted: There was a need to incorporate competencies focusing in Health Promotion For CHN– competencies on the care of the family, population group and community as a client, and PHC were not included There was also a need to emphasize care of the older person, disaster preparedness etc. Some indicators had broader scope compared to t he competencies 2. Regarding the NLE RESULTS– decrease in national passing percentage has been noted. The e various contributory factors needed to be explored. 3.For Nursing Educators– there was a need to strengthen implementatio n of curriculum and improve knowledge of the core competencies and teaching methodology used in the competency based approach 4. Many Nursing Pr actitioner - not aware of the expected core competencies 5. International Developments in Nursing– Emphasis in the development of nursing competencies was noted. To name a few: ASEAN Nursing Core Competencies WHO Nursing of Curriculum Guidelines , Public Safety Guidelines and Patient Safety Guidelines WP/SEAR Core Competency Standards ICN Core Competency Standards 6. Another significant milestone in Philippine Nursing was the development of the Nursing Profession Roadmap towards Good Governance. The vision, mission, core values, objectives and the various
