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Series of 2017
SUBJECT: POLICIES, STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE BACHELOR
OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (BSN) PROGRAM
In accordance with the pertinent provisions of Republic Act (RA) No.7722, otherwise
known as the "Higher Education Act of 1994", in pursuance of an outcomes-based
quality assurance system as advocated under CMO No. 46 s. 2012 entitled “Policy
Standards to Enhance Quality Assurance (QA) in Philippine Higher Education
Through an Outcomes-Based and Typology-Based QA, and by virtue of
Commission en banc Resolution No. 231-2017 dated March 28, 2017 the following
policies, standards, and guidelines (PSGs) are hereby adopted and promulgated by
the Commission,
ARTICLE|
INTRODUCTION
Section 1. Rationale
Based on the Guidelines for the Implementation of CMO No. 46 s. 2012,
this PSG implements the “shift from competency-based standards to
cutcomes-based education." It specifies the “core competencies”
expected of BS Nursing graduates “regardless of the type of HEI they
graduate from." However, in “recognition of the spirit of outcomes-based
education and the typology of HEls,” this PSG also provides “ample
‘space for HEIs offering BS Nursing program to innovate in the curriculum
in line with the assessment of how best to achieve learning outcomes in
their particular contexts and their respective missions.
ARTICLE I
AUTHORITY TO OPERATE
Section 2. Government Auth
All private Higher Education Institutions (PHE!s) intending to offer BS
Nursing program must first secure proper authority from the Commission
in accordance with this PSG. All PHEIs with an existing BS Nursing
program are required to shift to an outcomes-based approach based on
this PSG and must secure approval for such a shifi. State Universities,
and Colleges (SUCs), and Local Universities and Colleges (LCUs)
should likewise strictly adhere to the provisions of these policies and
standards.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
Per Section 13 of RA No. 7722, the higher education institutions shall exercise
academic freedom in its curricular offerings but must comply with the minimum
requirements for specific academic programs, the general education distribution
requirements and the specific professional courses.
Section 3.
The Articles that follow give minimum standards and other requirements
for the implementation of outcomes-based education (OBE) of the BSN
program, Outcomes-based education is an approach that focuses and
organizes the educational system around what is essential for all
learners to know, value, and be able to do, to achieve a desired level of
competence.
The minimum standards are expressed as a minimum set of desired
program outcomes which are stated in Article IV Section 6. CHED
designed a curriculum to attain such outcomes. This curriculum is shown
in Article V Section 9 as a sample curriculum. The number of units of this
Curriculum is hereby prescribed as the “minimum unit requirement” under
Section 13 of RA 7722. In designing the curriculum the CHED employed
a curriculum map which is showin in Article V Section 11
Using a learer-centered/outcomes-based approach, the CHED also
determined appropriate curriculum delivery methods as shown in Article
\V Section 11.4 Instructional Design.
Based on the curriculum and means of its delivery, the CHED
determined the physical resource requirements for the library,
laboratories and other facilities and the human resource requirements in
terms of administration and faculty. See Article VI
Section 4. The HEIs are allowed to design curricula suited to their own contexts and
Section 5.
missions provided that they can demonstrate that the same leads to the
attainment of the required minimum professional nursing outcomes,
albeit by a different route, provided that the curriculum delivery facilitates
the attainment of the program outcomes.
The HEls can use the CHED Implementation Handbook for Outcomes-
Based Education (OBE) and the Institutional Sustainability Assessment
(ISA) as a guide in making their submissions for Sections 16, 17 and 18
of Article Vil
ARTICLE IV
PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS
Program Description
5.1 Degree Name
The degree shall be Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). To
ensure the quality of the nursing graduate, the degree is conferred
upon completion of at least four-year BSN program offered by a
college, professional institution or university duly recognized by the
Commission on Higher Education. In the Philippines, the BSN
degree is equivalent to Level 6 of the Philippine Qualifications
Framework.
Page 2 of 635.2 Nature of the Field of Study
The BSN is a four-year program consisting of general education and
professional courses. Professional courses are threaded through
from the first year thru the fourth year with emphasis on the nursing
concepts with corresponding Related Learning Experiences (RLE).
The BSN program provides an intensive nursing practicum that will
refine further the nursing competencies to ensure achievement of
the BSN program outcomes required of an entry level nurse.
5.3. Program Goals
The BSN program aims to develop a professional nurse who is able
to assume entry level positions in health facilities or community
settings. The professional nurse is capable of providing safe,
humane, quality and holistic care to individuals in varying age,
gender and healti-iliness status: healthy or at risk families:
Population groups; and community; singly or in collaboration with
other health care providers to promote health, prevent illness,
restore health, alleviate suffering and provide end of life care.
5.4 Specific Roles and Careers for Graduates
The National Nursing Core Competencies Standards of 2012
includes the three (3) major roles of the professional nurse. As a
nurse generalist, they can assume the following roles on:
4. Client Care
Utilize the nursing process in the care of: Mothers, newborns,
children, adolescents, adults and older persons; Family.
‘community, population groups, and persons with special needs
2. Leadership and Management
Serve as Managers and Leaders of Nursing service units and
health services and programs
3. Research
Engage in nursing and health-related research; Evaluate
research studies; Apply research process in improving client
care
Beyond the beginning professional roles, the nurse can pursue
any of the following career options
1. Advanced Practice Nursing
1.1. Include the following roles but not limited to:
Ambulatory Care, Cardiovascular Nursing, Critical Care
Nursing, Diabetes Educator, Emergency Care Nursing,
Enterostomal and Wound Care Nursing,
Entrepreneurial Nursing, Gerontology Nursing,
Hospice/Palliative Nursing, Nephrology Nursing,
Neurologic Nursing, Nursing Informatics, Oncology
Nursing, Orthopedic Nursing, Renal Nursing and
Telehealth Nursing.
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