For Manual Application

1. Secure an Application Form from the DOLE Regional/

Provincial Offices.
2. Fill-up the necessary information and submit the
accomplished form to the DOLE Regional/Provincial
Offices.
3. Secure a proof of application confirmation (with Control
Number) from DOLE Regional/Provincial Offices.
The selection of the 1,000 poorest municipalities shall
be based on the City and Municipal Poverty Incidence
based on Small Area Poverty Estimates (SAE), 2003 of the
National Statistics and Coordination Board/World Bank.
This same SAE is being used by the DSWD in their
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and also for
prioritizing target households for their National Household
Targeting System for Poverty Reduction.


For Online Application
1. Any nurse who wants to apply for the NARS Program
of the government will need to visit the website
www.nars.dole.gov.ph.
2. Click the link Apply Online to begin transaction.
3. Fill up the appropriate information in the Application
Form then click the Next button.
4. Type the necessary information to complete the
application process then click the Submit application
button. NOTE: under the Municipality box, list is provided
for the applicant. Entry on contact information is a must,
otherwise application will not be processed.
5. Click the Ok button to confirm your application for
the NARS Program.
6. Print the Online Application Confirmation slip and
wait for advice from the nearest DOLE Regional/
Provincial Office for your initial screening and
interview, if needed.
7. To verify the application status, click the link Check
status of application here.
8. Enter your application control number in the box
provided then click the link Check application status.
9. Print the Application Status to secure a copy.
Nurses Assigned in Rural Service
www.nars.dole.gov.ph
J o i n i n g H a n d s A g a i n s t t h e G l o b a l C r i s i s
Department of Labor
and Employment
Professional Regulation
Commission
Department of Health
Covered Municipalities
How to Apply?
Office/
Region
Contact
Number
Office Address
Central
Office
(02) 527-5498
Undersecretary Carmelita M. Pineda
7/F DOLE Bldg., Intramuros, Manila
NCR
(02) 400-6242;
338-6575
DOLE NCR Bldg., 967 Maligaya St.,
Malate, Manila
CAR (074) 424-0824 Cabinet Hills, Baguio City
RO1
(072) 700-2520;
700-4371
ARNEL Bldg., Mabini St., Catbangen.,
San Fernando City, La Union
RO2 (078) 844-2728
Turingan Bldg., Caritan Centro,
Tuguegarao, Cagayan
RO3 (045) 961-1305
3/F ASCOP Bldg., Mc Arthur Highway,
Dolores, San Fernando, Pampanga
RO4A (049) 545-7362
3/F & 4/F Andenson Bldg. II,
Brgy. Parian, Calamba, Laguna
RO4B
(02) 374-7974;
374-7972
7/F Ben-Lor Bldg., 1184 Quezon Ave.,
Quezon City
RO5 (052) 480-5831
Dona Aurora St., Old Albay,
Legaspi City
RO6 (033) 320-8026
Swan-Rose Bldg., Commission
Civil St., Jaro, Iloilo
RO7 (032) 253-0638
2/F GMC Plaza, MJ Cuenco Ave.
corner Legaspi St., Cebu City
RO8
(053) 255-2436;
325-5236
Trece Martirez St., Tacloban City
RO9 (062) 993-1877
Wee Agro Bldg., Veterans Ave.,
Zamboanga City
RO10
(08822)
712-241
2/F Gonzalo Go Bldg., Corrales
Ave., Cagayan de Oro City
RO11 (082) 286-1272 LDL Bldg., Bangoy St., Davao City
RO12 (083) 520-0129
102 ACEPAL Bldg., Mabini Ext.,
Koronadal City
CARAGA
(085) 342-9606;
342-9503
Nimfa Tiu Bldg., J.P. Rosales Ave.,
Butuan City
eMail Address
pinedacm@dole.gov.ph
dolencr_planning@yahoo.com
dolecar88@pldtdsl.net;
dole-car@pldtdsl.net
dolero1@digitelone.com
ad_services_ro2@yahoo.com
dolero3@mail.irnet.net.ph
dole4imsd@yahoo.com
doleregion4b@pacific.net.ph;
dolemimaropa@pacific.net.ph
dolero5@yahoo.com
doleregion6@yahoo.com.ph
dolero7@cvis.net.ph
dolero8@mail.evis.net.ph
dole_region_9@yahoo.com;
dole9zam@pldtdsl.net
dole10@websprinter.net
dole11davao@yahoo.com
dolexii@cotabato.mozcom.com
dolexiii@sky.net
List of successful applicants with their area of assignments
shall be posted online at www.nars.dole.gov.ph
on March 26-31, 2009
D I R E C T O R Y O F D O L E O F F I C E S

Nurse Assigned
in Rural Service
(NARS)

General Objectives
1. Project NARS aims to improve delivery of health care
services to our population and create a pool of registered
nurses with enhanced clinical and preventive health management
competencies for national public and private sector employment.

Specific Objectives

1. Provide registered nurses with necessary competencies that en-
compass both community health practice as well as clinical skills;
2. Address the shortage of skilled and experienced nurses,
both domestic and overseas, through structured competency
development program;
3. Provide deployment opportunities for nurses in rural areas and
underserved communities;
4. Augment the nursing workforce of hospitals and rural health units
in identified poor municipalities of needed clinical and public
health nurses.



Nurses will be deployed at an average of 5 per town in the
1,000 poorest municipalities, for a six-months tour of duty. Another
batch will be deployed for the second half of the year. These nurses
will undergo training and development for competency enhancement
in accordance with the training program designed by the PRC-BON
in collaboration with DOH.

The training program will cover both the clinical and public
health functions. Nurses trainees will rotate in their assigned hospital
or rural unit for a period of three (3) months. At the end of the third
month, nurses who have completed their rotation in the hospital will
be re-assigned to a rural unit and vice-versa.

A Certificate of Completion/Competency shall be issued jointly
by the DOLE, DOH and PRC after an assessment of the gained
competencies of nurse trainees.

While on training, nurses will be given a stipend/allowance of
P8,000.00 per month. This translates to about P366.00 per day for
forty (40) hours training/workweek. As these nurses are already in
their hometowns, transportation expenses will no longer be a
problem.

NARS is a Training cum Deployment Project, jointly
implemented by the Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE), the Department of Health (DOH) and
the Professional Regulation Commission, Board of Nursing
(PRC-BON), designed to mobilize unemployed registered
nurses to the 1,000 poorest municipalities of the country to
improve the delivery of health care services.

Project NARS is built within the frameworks of the
Economic Resiliency Plan of the Arroyo Administration and
the Department of Healths Fourmula One for Health.
The Project aims to mitigate the impact of the global
financial crisis, to save and create as many jobs as
possible and expand social protection and help achieve
better health service and care for the people, especially
those in the poorest municipalities of the country.

Project NARS was launched by President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo on 9 February 2009 during the Multi-
Sectoral Summit on Joining Hands Against the Global
Crisis in Malacaan, Palace, Manila.

Nurses will be mobilized in their hometowns as warri-
ors for wellness to do the three Is:

1. Initiate primary health, school nutrition, maternal
health programs, first line diagnosis;
2. Inform about community water sanitation, practices
and also do health surveillance;
3. Immunize children and mothers.

They shall likewise serve as roving nurses for rural
schools.


The stipend of P8,000 may be increased if the host
LGUs will offer a counterpart of say P2,000. LGUs may
provide Philhealth coverage to nurse-trainees. Corporations
may chip in by providing shirts, insurance, vitamins, etc.,
making the project a national enterprise with private equity.

The NARS Project will:

1. Create a pool of 10,000 nurses who are adequately-
trained with enhanced clinical and public health
competencies and readily available for local and
overseas employment;
2. Provide income of P8,000 per month to 5,000
unemployed nurses for the first six months and to
another 5,000 for the second half of the year, to help
pump prime the economy;
3. Promote the health of the people through the
improvement of the delivery of nursing and health
care services, particularly in the 1,000 poorest
municipalities; and
4. Bring the government closer to the people.


Recruitment and selection shall be the responsibility of
DOLE, through its Regional Offices.

Registered nurses who are physically and mentally fit and
willing to serve in their hometowns and with the following
qualifications may apply online at www.nars.dole.gov.ph
from February 20 to March 22, 2009:

a. With valid nurse license issued by the PRC;
b. Not over 35 years old;
c. Resident of the identified municipalities / nearby
municipalities;
d. No nursing-related practice for the past 3 years.

Nurse applicants who are dependents of workers
affected by the Global Crisis (e.g. laid off/rotated, etc.,)
shall be given priority in the selection.
Objectives
Recruitment and Selection
Delivery Mechanism
Expected Outcomes