Pinoy R.N.

The Professional Regulation Commission - Board of Nursing (PRC - BoN) has issued a memorandum to nursing colleges for the implementation of the new Intra-Partal, Immediate Care of the Newborn, and Intra-Operative Forms which will be applicable to nursing graduates covered by CHED Memorandum Order No. 14, series of 2009.

According the memo obtained by Pinoy R.N. from the Board of Nursing website, nursing colleges must submit the following forms to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in order to secure "special orders" for graduation:

Summary Performance Evaluation for Intra-Partal Care Competency
Summary Performance Evaluation for Immediate Care of the Newborn Competency
Summary Performance Evaluation for Intra-Operative Care Competency

This new requirement is in accordance with the PRC - BON Memorandum No. 1 Series of 2009 issued in April of this year. Copies of all pertinent memorandums mentioned are posted below.

Prc Bonmemo No 1 b s 2009 Ip Icnb Io Performance Evaluation Forms for Cmo No 14 Graduates Annex

PRC - BON Memorandum Order No 1 Series of 2009

CHED MEMORANDUM ORDER (CMO) No. 14 Series of 2009 - PinoyRN.net

The PRC-Board of Nursing has issued an advisory reiterating that OR/DR case requirements for graduating nursing students remain at five (5) cases each.

According to the advisory released Friday, the board is still in the process of hearing the outputs from the Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing (ADPCN) gathered from the ADPCN convention last October 2008.

The board further stressed that should it implement any policy shift in the future, changes will not be retroactive and will only apply to student nurses enrolling in June of this year.

The clarification was made after the board learned that a number of nursing schools mistakenly announced the reduction of cases from five (5) to three (3) resulting to confusion among nursing students.

A copy of the PRC-Board of Nursing Advisory is posted below.

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