QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 267)
The Chief of Staff shall request the Board of Examiners for Nurses for a list of qualified nurses, keep it up-to-date yearly, and furnish the Board with questionnaires and registration forms to be accomplished by successful female candidates.
Registrants must immediately notify the Chief of Staff of any change of address for proper notation in their registration papers.
The Chief of Staff obtains from the Red Cross and duly registered and recognized nursing associations the names and addresses of qualified nurses available for mobilization in each Military District and arranges for their enrollment and assignment to the Nurse Corps Reserve upon mobilization.
The Chief of Staff is to encourage voluntary applications for appointment in the Nurse Corps Reserve to fill the mobilization requirement.
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 resorted to, and assignment is made by drawing of lots from among the names listed in the register of qualified nurses.
She must be a citizen of the Philippines and not less than 21 nor more than 45 years of age.
She must be unmarried, of good moral character and excellent reputation, and physically fit for military service.
She 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) during her training period.
Yes, they may be eligible if their experience includes at least nine months of training in a general hospital for the care of men, women, and children, either during their course of training or subsequent thereto.
Subsequent post-graduate training or hospital experience that supplements deficiencies may be accepted as equivalent under rules and regulations prescribed by the Chief of Staff with the approval of the Secretary of National Defense.
She must have passed the examination prescribed by law for the practice of nursing in the Philippines and possess the corresponding certificate of registration issued by the Board of Examiners for Nurses.
They will follow the same general policy as in other branches of the Medical Service.
Nurse: P1,200.00; Head Nurse: P1,500.00; Chief Nurse: P1,600.00; Superintendent: P2,100.00.
They will be furnished with quarters in kind whenever available, or in cash, corresponding to their relative ranks in accordance with Army Regulations issued with the approval of the President.
Three nurses for every fifty-patient capacity or major fraction thereof, for service in general hospitals, evacuation hospitals, and surgical hospitals.
They must serve in time of threatened or actual hostilities and hold themselves in readiness to join for duty on the day the unit to which they are assigned begins to mobilize for active service.