BSN PROGRAM POLICIES AND STANDARDS FOR 2009 by ANNA KATHARINA on MAY 30, 2009 in NURSE QUAD,SCHOOL

The newly published Commission of Higher Education (CHED) CMO No. 14 Series of 2009 (April 28, 2009) is concern with Policies And Standards For Bachelor Of Science In Nursing (BSN) Program, it emphasizes the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) curriculum is a competency-based and communityoriented curriculum in the Philippines.

The nurse must be competent in the following Key Areas of Responsibility for which a nurse should demonstrate competence in Safe and quality nursing care, Management of resources and environment, Health education, Legal responsibility, Ethico-moral responsibility, Personal and professional development, Quality improvement, Research, Record Management, Communication, Collaboration and teamwork.

This CHED CMO No. 14 has again some difference with CMO No. 5 s. 2008 in terms of third and fourth year subjects. With CHED CMO No. 14, students shall choose at least two Electives [Elective 1 and 2] to complete the BS Nursing Program.

Elective 1 is taken in the 3rd Year 2nd Semester. Choices for Elective I are Parent-Child Nursing, Spiritual Care Nursing, and Hospice Palliative Care.

Elective 2 is taken in the 4th Year, 1st Semester. Choices for Elective II are Acute/Critical Care Nursing, Quality Health Care and Nursing, and Care of the Chronically ill and the Older Person. In addition, an Intensive Nursing Practicum subject during the 4th year corresponds to 8 units of clinical work.

CHED CMO No. 14 still mandates a 4-year curriculum for nursing.

Effectivity of CHED CMO No. 14 states that Higher Education Institutions [HEIS] that opted to implement CMO no. 30 s. 2001 shall allow their students to the finish BSN curriculum under CMO no. 30 s. 2001. Those HEIS that opted to implement CMO no. 5 s. 2008 during the SY 2008-2009 shall allow their students to graduate under CMO no. 14 s. 2009. CHED CMO No. 14 shall take effect starting school year 2009-2010, fifteen (15) days after its publication in the official gazette or in a newspaper of national circulation. http://www.annakatharinamd.com/2009/05/30/bsn-program-policies-andstandards-for-2009/

Community Health Nursing BSN CMO #14 by ANNA KATHARINA on AUGUST 16, 2011 in COMMUNITY,NURSE QUAD,SCHOOL

Community Immersion with Documentation Format

This course based on the BSN CMO #14 curriculum, focuses on the care of population groups and community as clients utilizing concepts and principles in community health development. It also describes problems, trends and issues in the Philippine and global health care systems affecting community health nursing practice.

Community immersion is an activity wherein nursing students live in the community and feel like what it is to be there. A chosen community ,preferably rural ,is focal point of this experience. Students will apply knowledge and skills from nursing and public health sciences to expand their understanding of caring for a communitys health. By situating academic learning within an intensive 2-3 weekcommunity immersion program this course offers students a truly unique and memorable learning experience.

Learning activities are:

 Community assessment (what does it feel like to live in this community) observations, interviews, data collecting, select a particular aspect of the community for a community project. Health teaching project. Select a specific group (school children, teen parents, young mothers) and present an appropriate teachin learning experience for them. Include the principles of health teaching, references, a plan and an evaluation. Attending selected community meetings that are related to your high risk population, your family, your health teaching project or any other facet of your community work. Students will keep a weekly clinical journal describing their learning activities, progress and plans. The journal will also include a critique/synopsis of selected readings related to your community health nursing practice. The journal may include questions for the instructor or other students.

Specific activities to be performed by students as reflected in the daily plan in actual community immersion are ( in order): 1. initiating contact with the community 2. establishing contact with local / barangay officials and health personnel 3. assessing the health status of the barangay 4. identifying problems in the community 5. interpreting and analyzing data gathered 6. formulating an action plan 7. implementing action plan 8. implementing strategies and activities 9. evaluating activities 10. disengaging from the community

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