CARMELITA DIVINAGRACIA

COMPOSURE
MODEL
DR. CARMELITA
DIVINAGRACIA
 AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Filipino nurse theorist
Association of the Deans Philippine Colleges of
Nursing (ADPCN) Former President
Dean of University of the East Ramon Magsaysay
Memorial Medical Center, Inc.(UERMMMC) College of
Nursing
Member of CHED‘s Technical committee on Nursing
Education.
Has been lauded for developing the art and competency of
teaching nursing.

Has been a clinic nurse, staff nurse, head nurse, instructor, assistant
dean and dean.

Expert in Research and Education 

Has lectured and written about her work as a nurse and has use her
hands-on experience to develop better ways to teach nursing.

Her love for nursing and her dedication to carve out learning tools
for nursing students has been a commendable and rare field of
discipline.
EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND
 BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN NURSING AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON
MAGSAYSAY MEMORIAL MEDICAL
CENTER IN 1962

 MASTER’S DEGREE IN NURSING AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES IN 1975

DOCTORATE’S DEGREE IN NURSING AT

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES IN
2001
AWARDS
 Recipient of the Anastacia Giron
Tupas Award given by the Philippine
Nursing Association (PNA) in 2008.
Objective of the
study
Significance of
the Study
Study
Population
DEFINITION
OF TERMS
Wellness Status

Advance Nurse
Practitioners

Composure
Behaviors
COMPOSURE IS AN ACRONYM STANDS
FOR:
COM – PETENCE
P – RESENCE AND PRAYER
O – PENMINDEDNESS
S – TIMULATION
U – NDERSTANDING
R – ESPECT AND RELAXATION
E – MPATHY
5 STAGES OF
GRIEF
 1. Denial

2. Anger

3. Bargaining
4. Depression

5. Acceptance