QuestionsQuestions (PNP CIRCULAR NO. 2008-006)
It prescribes the guidelines and procedures governing and regulating the conduct of specialty training of PNP nurses.
It embraces the training of PNP nurses in any of the various fields of nursing care enumerated in paragraph 5.1 of the circular.
PNCO, PNCO and NUP Nurses assigned with the Health Service (as stated in paragraph IV of the circular).
To institutionalize a uniform and standard system of selecting candidates to ensure opportunities for all nurses based in the seniority lineal list and their potential for professional growth.
The Chief, Nursing Service Division through the Director, PNP Health Service.
No. The circular expressly states specialty training shall not be considered equivalent of any PNP mandatory career courses.
A PNP Nurses Specialty Training Board, chaired by the incumbent Chief, Nursing Service Division.
One (1) year.
Flight Nursing: one (1) year. Most other listed clinical areas: six (6) months.
As On-the-Job Training (OJT) in different private and government hospitals with approved and accredited training programs.
Another six (6) months of OJT at the Philippine National Police General Hospital (PNPGH).
Specialty training shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total nurses’ strength.
Examples: (1) Must have a permanent appointment as attested by the Civil Service Commission (CSC); (2) must not have any pending case filed in any court or administrative body; (3) must have been in the service at least three (3) years; (4) must be physically and mentally fit; (5) must be willing to be assigned where needed; (6) must have no outstanding financial obligation in previous specialty training grants; (7) must have no pending application/recommendation for scholarship or training grants.
An additional daily training subsistence allowance (TSA) of P30.00 and a monthly allowance of P100.00 for instructional materials, chargeable against Health Service Training Funds, subject to availability of funds and auditing rules.
Based on the circular’s table: 24 months of training requires 4 years return service; 6 months to 1 year training requires 2 years; 3 to 6 months requires 1 year; below 3 months requires 6 months return service.
The trainee must refund all expenses incurred by the PNP incidental to the specialty training; payment will be charged against benefits due, particularly salary and allowances, without prejudice to further legal action.
Once selected, deferment is generally not entertained except for: (a) sickness/incapacitation preventing class attendance (certified by PNPGH/Regional Health Officer); (b) criminal/administrative case filed before or during schooling that prevents attendance or affects schooling; (c) death of immediate family members requiring presence; (d) disaster/calamities affecting the trainee or immediate family such that regular attendance is prevented.
Academic break/leave is not a “special leave.” The approved academic break/leave is deductible from the cumulative leave credits of the concerned PNP personnel.
Fifteen (15) days from the filing of a copy at the University of the Philippines Law Center, consistent with Section 3 and 4, Chapter 2, Book VII of Executive Order No. 292 (Revised Administrative Code of 1987), as amended.