PROMULGATION OF STANDARDS OF SAFE NURSING PRACTICE FOR THE OBSERVANCE/COMPLIANCE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE NURSING PROFESSION

WHEREAS, being concerned with the promotion, protection and maintenance of the health of the people, the Board of Nursing created a Task Force to study a proposal on the “Standards of Nursing Practice,” whose members are leaders of the various associations of the Nursing profession, namely: the Association of Nursing Service Administrators of the Philippines (ANSAP), the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA), the Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing (ADPCN) and the National League of Government Nurses (NLGN).

WHEREAS, after a series of public hearings, consultations and dialogues conducted by the Task Force with the concerned sectors/groups, the Board and the leaders of the above-named Nursing associations prepared and finalized a document denominated as the “Standards of Safe Nursing Practice.”

WHEREAS, Section 4(a) and (h) of R.A. No. 7164, otherwise known as the Philippine Nursing Act of 1991, empower the Board to supervise and regulate the practice of the Nursing profession and adopt measures as may be necessary for the improvement of the Nursing practice.

WHEREFORE, the Board RESOLVED, as it hereby RESOLVES, to set, adopt and promulgate the standards of safe nursing practice embodied in the document denominated as “Standards of Safe Nursing Practice” appended hereto as Annex ‘A”* and made an integral part of this Resolution, as part of the Rules and Regulations Governing the Practice of Nursing in the Philippines for the compliance of Nursing practitioners.

This Resolution shall, upon approval of the Commission, become effective after fifteen (15) days following its publication in full in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation, whichever comes earlier.

Let copies of this Resolution be furnished to the ANSAP, PNA, NLGN, ADPCN for dissemination to their members as well as medical centers, hospitals, clinics, infirmaries or similar institutions for dissemination to their Nursing staff.

Adopted: 30 Sept. 1998

(SGD.) AURORA S. YAPCHIONGCO
Chairman

(SGD.) GLICERIA Y. ALINSONORIN
(SGD.) REMY B. DEQUINA
(SGD.) CORAZON B. DELA PENA
(SGD.) LUCIA B. SIMON
Members

Attested:

(SGD.) CARLOS G. ALMELOR
Secretary, Professional Regulatory Boards

Approved:

(SGD.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE
Commission Chairman
(SGD.) ALFONSO G. ABAD
(SGD.) AVELINA DE LA REA-TAN
Commission Members