Discipleship is a lifestyle

Not just a biblical truth

Nor a Christian ideal but a way of life
For the Son of Man also came not to be served
But to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.
COVERAGE FOR LOCAL BOARD EXAM : CHN
I. Safe and Quality Care, Health Education, and Communication, Collaboration and
Teamwork
1. Principles and Standard of CHN
2. Levels of care
3. Types of Clientele
4. Health Care Delivery System
5. PHC as a Strategy
6. Family-based Nursing Services(Family Health Nursing Process)
7. Population Group-based Nursing Services
8. Community-based Nursing Services/Community Health Nursing Process
9. Community Organizing
10. Public Health Programs
II. Research and Quality Improvement
1. Research in the Community
2. National Health Situation
3. Vital Statistics
4. Epidemiology
5. Demography
III. Management of Resources & Environment and Records Management
1. Field Health Services And Information System
2. Target-setting
3. Environmental Sanitation
IV. Ethico-Moral-Legal Responsibility
1. Socio-cultural values, beliefs, and practices of individuals, families, groups and
communities
2. Code of Ethics for Government Workers
3. WHO, DOH, LGU policies on health
4. Local Government Code
5. Issues
V. Personal And Professional Development
1. Self-assessment of CHN competencies, importance, methods and tools
2. Strategies and methods of updating ones self, enhancing competence in
community health nursing and related areas.
HISTORY OF CHN
Date Event
1901 - Act # 157 ( Board of Health of the Philippines) ; Act # 309 ( Provincial
and Municipal Boards of Health) were created.
1905 - Board of Health was abolished; functions were transferred to the Bureau of
Health.
1912 Act # 2156 or Fajardo Act created the Sanitary Divisions, the forerunners of
present MHOs; male nurses performs the functions of doctors
1919 Act # 2808 (Nurses Law was created)
- Carmen del Rosario , 1
st
Fil. Nurse supervisor under Bureau of Health
Oct. 22, 1922 Filipino Nurses Organization (Philippine Nurses Organization) was
organized.
1923 Zamboanga General Hospital School of Nursing & Baguio General
Hospital were established; other government schools of nursing were organized
several years after.
1928- 1
st
Nursing convention was held
1940 Manila Health Department was created.
1941 Dr. Mariano Icasiano became the first city health officer; Office of
Nursing was created through the effort of Vicenta Ponce (chief nurse) and
Rosario Ordiz (assistant chief nurse)
Dec. 8, 1941 Victims of World War II were treated by the nurses of
Manila.
July 1942 Nursing Office was created; Dr. Eusebio Aguilar helped in
the release of 31 Filipino nurses in Bilibid Prison as prisoners of war
by the Japanese.
Feb. 1946 Number of nurses decreased from 556 308.
1948 First training center of the Bureau of Health was organized by the Pasay
City Health Department. Trinidad Gomez, Marcela Gabatin, Costancia
Tuazon, Ms. Bugarin, Ms. Ramos, and Zenaida Nisce composed the training
staff.
1950 Rural Health Demonstration and Training Center was created.
1953 The first 81 rural health units were organized.
1957 RA 1891 amended some sections of RA 1082 and created the eight
categories of rural health unit causing an increase in the demand for the
community health personnel.
1958-1965 Division of Nursing was abolished (RA 977) and Reorganization Act
(EO 288)
1961 Annie Sand organized the National League of Nurses of DOH.
1967 Zenaida Nisce became the nursing program supervisor and consultant
on the six special diseases (TB, leprosy, V.D., cancer, filariasis, and mental
health illness).
1975 Scope of responsibility of nurses and midwives became wider due to
restructuring of the health care delivery system.