Legal basis and operative mandate
- The resolution is adopted pursuant to Section 13 of Republic Act 877, the Philippine Nursing Law.
- Section 13 of Republic Act 877 provides that a graduate nurse must undergo clinical experience requirements to be admitted to the nurse licensure examination.
- The resolution prescribes the revised manner in which the clinical experience requirements, including Operating Room and Delivery Room scrubs/cases and a case study, shall be recorded and submitted for licensure admission.
Purpose and policy direction
- The resolution focuses on ensuring that clinical exposure supports competent, safe nursing practice in Operating Room (OR) and Delivery Room (DR) settings.
- The resolution affirms that greater clinical exposures enhance a student’s ability to comprehend, internalize, and integrate required competencies.
- The resolution recognizes concerns about the ability of some nursing colleges to maintain quality education, including clinical resources for OR and DR experiences.
- The resolution supports a competency-validation approach that includes supplemental demonstration through a Family Case Study.
Revised OR and DR clinical requirements
- The resolution sets reduced, standardized requirements for the clinical experience to qualify for admission to the nurse licensure examination.
- Operating Room Scrubs/Cases are required as follows:
- Major: 5
- Minor: 5
- Delivery Room Scrubs/Cases are required as follows:
- Handled: 5
- Assisted: 5
- Cord Dressing requires:
- 5
- A Family Case Study requires:
- 1
Documentation, certification, and submission rules
- Deans and clinical instructors must certify completion of the required scrubs/cases and provide identifying details for each case.
- Certifications must include the names of the patient, Case No., date of operation or delivery, and the doctor or attendant at birth.
- The original of the certification/case documentation must be submitted to the Board of Nursing.
- The duplicate must be filed in the school for record reference and verification, together with supporting documents.
- The resolution requires these procedures to align with the form provided for by the Board and submitted together with other credentials.
Form, dissemination, and effectivity timing
- The clinical experience requirements, including OR/DR scrubs/cases, cord dressing, and the case study, must be recorded in the form provided by the Board.
- The resolution becomes effective for the June 1990 nurse licensure examination after approval by the Commission.
- Copies of the resolution must be sent to all Deans of Colleges of Nursing for dissemination and compliance.
- The resolution directs uniform implementation starting with the June 1990 examination cycle.
Governing basis for prior OR/DR requirements
- The resolution acknowledges that Section 13 of Republic Act 877 previously required more extensive OR and DR scrubs/cases, including specific counts of major/minor scrubs, handled/assisted/observed scrubs, and cord dressing.
- The resolution establishes new numeric thresholds for OR/DR and cord dressing for purposes of licensure admission, plus the required case study.
- The resolution explicitly links the revised requirements to admission for licensure examination qualification through the combination of clinical cases and case study demonstration.