Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 267)
The organization of the Philippine Army Nurse Corps Reserve is based on Section 25(e) of the National Defense Act, as amended by Commonwealth Act No. 385, which creates the Nurse Corps as a component part of the Medical Service, Philippine Army.
The Chief of Staff of the Army is responsible for requesting a list of qualified nurses from the Board of Examiners for Nurses.
Qualified nurses must accomplish or fill out and submit questionnaires and registration forms to the Chief of Staff as required by the Board of Examiners for Nurses.
If there are more voluntary applicants than needed, the Secretary of National Defense may direct the Chief of Staff to hold competitive examinations to determine the relative merit of applicants.
Compulsory draft is used only if the number of voluntary applications falls short of mobilization requirements. In such cases, assignment is made by drawing lots from the register of qualified nurses.
The applicant must be a female citizen of the Philippines, not less than 21 nor more than 45 years old.
The applicant must have graduated from a duly accredited three-year course of training in a general hospital with a daily average of 50 patients or more, including men, women, and children, and must have passed the board examination for nursing in the Philippines with a valid certificate of registration.
Appointments to and promotions in the Nurse Corps Reserve follow the same general policy as in other branches of the Medical Service.
The rates per annum are: Nurse - P1,200.00; Head Nurse - P1,500.00; Chief Nurse - P1,600.00; Superintendent - P2,100.00.
Nurses will be furnished with quarters in kind whenever available or in cash, corresponding to their relative ranks according to Army Regulations approved by the President.
Members may be assigned to general, evacuation, and surgical hospitals with a proportion of three nurses for every fifty-patient capacity or major fraction thereof and must be ready to serve at the onset of mobilization.