Question & AnswerQ&A (PRC BOARD OF NURSING Resolution NO. 112, S. 2005)
The Board of Nursing is empowered under Section 9(c), Article III of R.A. No. 9173 (Philippine Nursing Act of 2002) to monitor and enforce quality standards of nursing practice in the Philippines.
Under Section 9(h), Article III of R.A. No. 9173, the Board of Nursing is mandated to prescribe, adopt, issue, and promulgate guidelines, regulations, measures, and decisions necessary for the improvement of nursing practice and enforcement of the law, subject to the review and approval by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
It adopts and promulgates the Competency Standards for Nursing Practice in the Philippines as a regulatory measure to improve the quality and global competitiveness of Philippine Registered Nurses.
The Board of Nursing collaborated with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Accredited Professional Organization of Registered Nurses (Philippine Nurses Association, Inc.), and various nursing interest groups.
It embodies the skills, attitudes, and competencies expected of a beginning professional nurse.
It serves as the framework for the development of instructional standards in the curriculum, formulation of course syllabi and examination questions for the Integrated Comprehensive Nurse Licensure Examinations (ICNLE), and development of standards and performance evaluation in nursing practice.
It took effect fifteen (15) days following the full and complete publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation.
The Board of Nursing, Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Philippine Nurses Association, Inc. (PNA), and other nursing interest groups.
They were presented at the Annual Convention of the Western Pacific-Southeast Asian Regions (WP-SEAR) Regulatory Authorities in Hong Kong (2002), the Summer Convention of the Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing in Baguio City (2003), and the Annual Convention of the Philippine Nurses Association, Inc. in Manila (2004).
The resolution was attested by Carlos G. Almelor, Secretary of the Professional Regulatory Boards, and approved by Leonor Tripon-Rosero, Chairperson, and Avelina A. De La Rea, Commissioner of the PRC.