VIDEO 7 - Chapter 7: Standards of
Nursing Practice
67. The use of the Standards of Nursing Practice is
important in the hospital. Which of the following
statements best describes what it is?
A. These are statements that describe the
maximum or highest level of acceptable
performance in nursing practice
B. It refers to the scope of nursing practice as
defined in Republic Act 9173
C. It is a license issued by the Professional
Regulation Commission to protect the public
from substandard nursing practice
D. The Standards of Care includes the various
types of the nursing process and the
standards of professional performance
● BON resolution No. 110, series of 1998
● Posted from BON website:
● Heightened by the escalating complexity of
globalization, dynamics of information technology,
demographic changes, health care reforms and
increasing demands for quality nursing care from
consumers, expectations for contemporary
nursing practice competencies emerged
● Thus, in 2005, as an output of a key project, Board
of Nursing Resolution no. 112 Series of 2005,
adopted and promulgated the Core Competency
Standards of Nursing Practice in the Philippines.
● As mandated, The Board of Nursing ensured,
through a monitoring and evaluation scheme, that
the core competency standards are implemented
and utilized effectively in nursing education
● In the development of test questions for Nurse
Licensure Examination (NLE) and in nursing
service as a basis for orientation, training and
performance appraisal
● LEGAL BASIS for Nursing Competitive
Standards: Section 9 (c) , RA 9173
● “ SEC. 9. Powers and Duties of Board. -- The
Board shall supervise and regulate the practice of
the nursing profession and shall have the
following powers, duties and functions:
● © Monitor and enforce quality standards of nursing
practice in the Philippines and exercise the
powers necessary to ensure the maintenance of
efficient, ethical and technical, moral and
professional standards in the practice of nursing
taking into account the health needs of the
nation;”
● Core Competency Standards of Nursing Practice
- Made by BON, in collaboration with Commission on
Higher Education Technical Committee on Nursing
Education
- Last one was in 2005; new one in 2012
- Was prepared for the PRC (Professional
Regulation Commission)
● 2012 NATIONAL NURSING CORE COMPETENCY
STANDARDS (2012 NNCCS)
I.BEGINNING NURSE’S ROLE ON CLIENT CARE
Responsibility 1: Practice in accordance with legal
principles and the code of ethics in making
personal and professional judgement
- Clarifies unclear or questionable orders,
decisions or actions made by other inter
professional health care team members (p1,
2012 Nursing Core Competency Standards)
- Articulates the vision, mission and values of
the institution where one belongs (p1)
- Advocates for clients rights (Pt’s bill of rights
and obligations
- Questions informed consent when the
requirements are not met
* This requirement reflects general principle
nurses should be client advocate.
42. The nurse must see to it that the written consent of
mentally ill patients must be taken from:
A. Doctor
B. Social Worker
C. Parents or Legal Guardian
D. Law enforcement authorities
● Situation 2- You are now working as a staff nurse in
a general hospital. You have to be prepared to
handle situations with ethico-legal and moral
implications.
6. You are on night duty in the surgical ward. One of
your patients Martin is a prisoner who sustained an
abdominal gunshot wound. He is being guarded by
policeman from the local police unit. During your
rounds, you heard a commotion. You saw the
policeman trying to hit Martin. You asked why he
was trying to hit Martin. He denied the matter.
Which among the following activities will you do
first?
A. Write an accident report
B. Call security officer and report the incident
C. Call your nurse supervisor and report the
incident
D. Call the physician on duty
Responsibility 2: Utilizes the nursing process in
the interdisciplinary care of clients that empowers
the clients and promotes safe quality care
- Conducts a comprehensive and systematic
nursing assessment of clients within an
interdisciplinary framework (p2)
- Performs evidence- based nursing
procedures safely and effectively (p4)
- Request change in assignment when
his/her competence level does not meet the
clients care needs (p7)
- Promotes healthy lifestyle/adaptation (p7)
25. Which of these behaviors of Anita signal her
readiness to proceed to the working phase of the
nurse- patient relationship?
A. She states she trusted the nurse
B. She wants to tal to a lawyer
C. She inquires about personal information
about the nurse
D. She wants to be told what her rights are
52. You ensure the appropriateness and safety of
your nursing interventions while caring for various
client groups by:
A. Creating plans of care for particular clientele
B. Identifying the correct nursing diagnoses for
clients
C. Making a thorough assessment of client
needs and problems
D. Using standards of nursing care as your
criteria for evaluation
Situation 11- Mr. Jose’s chart is the permanent
legal recording of all information that relates to his
health care management. As such, he entries in the
chart must have accurate data
66. Mr. Jose’s chart contains all information about
his health care. The functions of records include all
except:
A. Means of communication that health team
members use to communicate their
contributions to the client’s health care
B. The client's record also shows a document
of how much the health care agencies will
be reimbursed for their services
C. Educational resource for students of nursing
and medicine
D. Recording of actions in advance to save
time
74. Erasures, alterations and additions in medical
records and the nurse’s notes can be avoided. The
following are some tips on how to do corrections
EXCEPT:
A. Cross out blank spaces
B. Cross out wrong word or phrase with one or
two lines making the crossed out word
discernible
C. Insert additions or corrections
D. State the reason for any deviation from
normal procedure/ practice
Responsibility 3: Maintains complete and up to
date recording and reporting system.
- Conforms to documentation standards (p9)
- Demonstrate competence in use of
informatics (p9)
73. Charting should be legible and include only
standard abbreviations. Which of the following is
NOT a standard abbreviation?
A. PRN
B. OD
C. NNO
D. NPO
Situation 11: The nurse is responsible to accurately
records and reports patient’s progress. She is able
to communicate to the other member of the team
by documenting the nursing care plan and the
appropriate nursing intervention.
51. A main function of the patient’s record is to:
A. Prepare the nurse for to the shift worked
B. Serve as record of financial charges
C. Serve as a vehicle for communication
D. Ensure that the message is received
52. When the nurse writes in the chart and
discovers an error has been made, which is the
BEST approach?
A. Erase the erroneous material
B. Carefully ink out the erroneous material
C. Place an asterisk next to the statement,
then footnote it
D. Draw a straight line through the error and
initial it.
Responsibility 4: Establishes collaborative
relationships with colleagues and other members of
the team to enhance nursing and other health care
services.
Responsibility 5: Promotes professional and
personal growth and development
 - Complies with continuing professional
education requirement (p10)
8. The standardized guidelines and procedures for
the implementation of Continuing Professional
education (CPE) for all professionals. Resolution
Number 2004-179 provides that the total CPE
credit units for registered professionals with
baccalaureate degree should be:
A. 20 credit units per year
B. 30 credit units for 3 years
C. 60 credit units for 3 years
D. 10 credit units required
II.BEGINNING NURSE”S ROLE ON
MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
Responsibility 1: Demonstrate management and
leadership skills to provide safe and quality care
- Delegates tasks and activities based on
staff competencies (p12)
- Listens to suggestions
- Suggest alternatives and consequences
Responsibility 2: Demonstrates accountability for
safe nursing practice
- Involves self actively in policy development
- Accomplishes assigned workload within a
given time frame
- Institutes appropriate corrective actions to
prevent or minimize harm (incident report)
85. The Code of Ethics refers to standards of
behavior or ideals of conduct. The ability to answer
for and stand by ones’s action refers to:
A. Accountability
B. Advocacy
C. Veracity
D. Responsibility
Responsibility 3: Demonstrates management and
leadership skills to deliver health programs and
services effectively to specific client groups in the
community settings
- Carries out appropriate methods and tools
in planning community health programs and
nursing services (p13)
Responsibility 4: Manages a community/ village
based health facility/ component of a health
program or a nursing service
Responsibility 5: Demonstrates ability to lead and
supervise nursing support staff
Responsibility 6: Utilizes appropriate mechanisms
for networking, linkage building and referrals
III. BEGINNING NURSE”S ROLE ON RESEARCH
Responsibility 1: Engages in nursing or health
related research with or under the Supervision of
an experienced researcher
Situation 20- A nursing professor assigns a group
of students to do data gathering by interviewing
their classmates as subjects.
96. She instructed the interviewees not to tell the
interviewees that the data gathered are for her own
research project for publication. This teacher has
violated the student’s right to:
A. Not be harmed
B. Disclosure
C. Privacy
D. Self- determination
42. Myrna need to review relevant literature and
studies. The following processes are undertaken in
reviewing literature EXCEPT:
A. Locating and Identifying resources
B. Reading and recording notes
C. Clarifying a research topic
D. Using the library
Responsibility 2: Evaluates research study/ report
utilizing guidelines in the conduct of a written
research critique
- Shows how the study framework is linked
with the research purpose, objectives and or
study hypotheses
- Evidences are offered in support of the
interpretation (p13)
Responsibility 3: Applies the research process in
improving client care in partnership with a quality
improvement/ quality assurance/ nursing audit
team.
- Selects an appropriate model that would be
appropriate to change and improve the
system or process (e.g. the Plan-Do-Check-
Act- cycle (PDCA) (p14)
Situation 14- Your director of nursing wants to
improve the quality of health care offered in the
hospital. As a staff nurse in that hospital you know
that this entails quality assurance programs.
66. The following mechanism can be utilized as
part of the quality assurance program of your
hospital EXCEPT:
A. Patient satisfaction surveys
B. Peer review to assess care provided
C. Review of clinical records of care of client
D. Use of Nursing Interventions Classification
70. Part of standards of care has to do with the use
of restraints. Which of the following statements is
NOT true?
A. Doctors order for restraints should be
signed within 24 hours
B. Remove and reapply restraints every 2
hours
C. Check client’s pulse, blood pressure and
circulation every 4 hours
D. Offer food and toileting every 2 hours
2. The OR team performs distinct roles for one
surgical procedure to be accomplished within a
prescribed time frame and deliver a standard
patient outcome. While the surgeon performs the
surgical procedure, who monitors that status of the
client like urine output, blood loss?
A. Scrub Nurse
B. Surgeon
C. Anesthesiologist
D. Circulating Nurse
57. As a nurse, you can help improve the
effectiveness of communication among healthcare
givers by:
A. Use of reminders of ‘what to do’
B. Using standardized list of abbreviations,
acronyms and symbols
C. One on one oral endorsement
D. Text messaging and email
*Now which brings me to a point, the AMA (Against
Medical Advice) abbrev. Is actually legitimate but
the HAMA (Home Against Medical Advice fondly
use in nurses in Iligan City that’s not a legitimate
abbreviation
10. To ensure reliability of the study, the
investigator’s analysis and interpretations were:
A. Subjected to statistical treatment
B. Correlated with a list of coping behaviors
C. Subjected to an interobserver agreement
D. Scored and compared standard criteria
94. Precaution recommends the use of standard
personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent
cross contamination. Which is NOT considered a
piece of PPE?
A. Cover gown
B. Eyewear
C. Gloves
D. Face shield
119. You are the nurse manager of the Medical
Unit. Which of the following is a priority for you to
consider when planning for the care of a group of
clients utilizing evidence-based practice?
A. Client’s care is planned based on the
nurse’s clinical expertise and latest research
findings
B. Standardized care plans are used on all of
the nurse’s clients
C. Standards of care are developed by the
hospital nursing service and should be
followed
D. Client’s needs are assessed and
individualized care plan are developed for
each client
23. To check if the nurses under her supervision
use critical thinking, Mrs. David observes if the
nurses act responsibly when at work. Which of the
following actions of the nurse demonstrates the
attitude of responsibility?
A. Thinking of alternative methods of nursing
care
B. Sharing ideas regarding patient care
C. Following standards of practice
D. Planning other approaches for patient care
63. The hospital has an on going quality assurance
program. Which of the following indicates
implementation of process standards?
A. The nurses check client’s identification band
before giving medications
B. The nurse reports adverse reaction to drugs
C. Average waiting time for medication
administration is measured
D. The nunit has well ventilated medication
room
69. Nursing audit aims to:
A. Provide research data to hospital personnel
B. Study client’s illness and treatment regimen
closely
C. Compare actual nursing done to established
standards
D. Provide information to health care providers
83. Standards of care provided the legal basis for
evaluation of nursing practice or malpractice. Its
functions include all EXCEPT:
A. Used by nurse experts to define what
appropriate nursing practice is in a given
situation
B. Used to measure or evaluate nursing
conduct to determine if the nurse acted
reasonably as any prudent nurse would
under similar circumstances
C. Used to delineate the scope, function and
role of the nurse
D. Use to measure or evaluate the conduct of
nurse specialist who are certified in their
own specialty fields
84. As a standard in ethics, this represents an
understanding and agreement to respect another
person’s right to decide a course his or her own
destiny:
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence
C. Justice
D. Nonmaleficence

75. A student nurse is observed putting a standard

size cuff on an obese client. The action would
probably result in BP reading that is:
A. False high
B. False low
C. Normal
D. Undetectable

42. Which document addresses the

patient’s right to information, informed
consent and treatment refusal?
A. Code for Nurses
B. Nursing Practice Act
C. Patient’s Bill of Rights
D. Standard of Nursing Practice

VIDEO 8 - Chapter 8: Legal

Requirement in Practice of Nursing

A.License
- Is not a right but a privilege. It is given
primarily not for the benefit of the nurse but
the public, in order to assure safe nursing
care
53. The use of interpersonal decision making, - 1 chairman
psychomotor skills and application of knowledge - 6 members
expected in the role of a licensed healthcare - = 7 board members
professional in the context of public health welfare ● Represents 3 areas of nursing:
and safety is an example of: - Nursing education
A. Delegation - Nursing service
B. Suprevision - Community Health Nursing
C. Responsibility ● Stages of Appointment:
D. Competence A.Nomination:
License, being a mere privilege, it can be revoked - Submission of list of qualified
by the state. individuals
- PNA (APO: accredited professional
40. The professional license of an RN is: organization): 3 nominees/ vacancy
A. Transferable B. Recommendations:
B. Lifetime - Ranking of qualified individuals
C. Can be revoked for reasons stipulated in RA - PRC (Philippine Regulation
9173 Commission): 2 recommendees/
D. Personal vacancy
C. Appointment:
77. Negligence in the practice of nursing can be a - By President
ground for:
A. Revocation of license by the ombudsman B. Section 4: Qualifications of BON member
B. Revocation of license by the BON - Natural born Filipino citizen
C. Revocation of license by the DOH - Education: master degree in nursing,
D. Revocation of license by the Nursing education, or allied medical
Department profession ( but chairman and
License: is an exercise of the police power of the majority of members must have
state masters degree in nursing)
- To be a license or registered nurse, one - Work experience; 10 years of
must have studied BS Nursing (at least a 4 continuous nsg practice (last 5 years
year course, passed the nursing licensure in the Philippines)
examination and taken the nurse’s oath. - Should not be convicted of any
crime
6. What is the basic requirement of the state for a - Should be an active member of PNA
nurse to practice her profession? (Philippine Nursing Association)
A. Willingness to practice the profession
B. A BSN degree C.Section 5: Requirements upon
C. A nursing license qualification as BON member
D. An NCLEX and CGFNS passer - Resign from any teaching position in
any nursing school or local NLE
82. When Mrs. Guevarra, a nurse, delegates review center
aspects of the clients care to the nurse-aide who is D. Section 6: Term of office
an unlicensed staff, Mrs. Guevarra: - 1 term: 3 years
A. Makes the assignment to teach the staff - Max if reappointed: 2 terms: 6 years
member Types of Appointment:
B. Is assigning the responsibility to the aide but - Regular: NRA ( nomination,
not the accountability for the tasks recommendation, appointment)
C. Does not have to supervise or evaluate the - Ad interim: a board member is appointed for
aide the mean time just to fill the vacancy in the
D. Most known how to perform task delegated board (shall fill the vacancy for the
unexpired portion only)
RA 9173 ( Philippine Nurses Act of 2002) * This happens when one of the member
● Article 1: Sec 1: Title 9Philippine Nursing dies
Act of 2002) *Ad interim is a latin word meaning “for the
● Article 2: Sec 2: Declaration of Policy meantime”
- Policy of the state to protect and - Doctrine of hold over: a board member is
improve the nursing profession permitted to continue his service until his
● Article 3: Board of Nursing Organization replacement had been appointed by the
A. Section 3: composition president
 *The doctrine of hold over applies when
your terms has ended but then for some
reason beyond your control, the process
for the replacement has not yet began so
who will manage the home of BON, so for
the mean time hold over ka muna
E. Section 7: Compensation
- Quantum meruit (as much as they
deserve): like the compensation of
the chairperson and members of
other professional regulatory boards
- chairman : salary grade 30 (25000-
29000)
- Members: salary grade 28 (21000-
25000)
- A.Section 12: NLE
F. Section 8: Administrative Supervision
- BON under administrative
supervision of PRC
G. Section 9: Power and duties of the Board of
Nursing
-S: Supervise and regulate the practice of
nursing (#1 power of BON)
- H: Hearings and Investigations (quasi-
judicial power)
- Issue subpoena
- s. ad. testificandum: testify (person)
- s. duces tecum: documents + person
- E: Ensure quality of nursing education
- BON examines school facilities
- BON recommend closure of schools
*For example if the school continuously
flanked in the nsg licensure examination,
the scores are too low below 60%, the BON
will recommend its closure along with the
CHED
- CHED: agency responsible for closure/
reopening of a school
- S: specialty organizations, recognize (ex.
ANSAP: IV skills training)
- ANSAP: Association of Nursing Service
Administrators of the Philippines
- M: Monitor and enforce quality standards
of nursing practice in the Philippines and
exercise the powers necessary to ensure
the maintenance of efficient, ethical and
technical, moral and professional standards
in the practice of nursing taking into account
the health needs of the nation; (section 9
[c], RA 9173; the basis of Nursing Core
Competency Standards)
- I: Issue, suspend and revoke license
- L: Licensure examination for nurses (place
and date determined by PRC)
- E: Ethics (Primary body that enforces
ethical standards for nurses
H. Section 10: Annual Report
- BON annual report to President via
PRC
- proceeding s and accomplishments
- Recommendations to improve
nursing profession
I. Section 11: removal or suspension of board
members
- Continued neglect of duty/
incompetence
- Unprofessional/ immoral
- Tolerated irregularities in the board
exam
● Article 4: Examination and registration
- In accordance with RA 8981 ( PRC
modernization act of 2000)
B.Section 13: Qualifications for admission to
the NLE
- Filipino citizen (or foreigner by
reciprocity: same requirements for
registration of licensure of RN’s as
Philippines)
- Good moral character
- Holder of BSN degree
C. Section 14: Scope of Examination
- NP1: funda, LMR, prof ad
- NP2: chn, ob/ pedia
- NP3: Medsurg
- NP4: Medsurg
- NP5: Psyche/ Neuro
D. Section 15: ratings
- General average: 75% (with no
ratings below 60% in any subject)
- *Removal exam (for gen average of
>75% but <60% in 1 or more
subjects): taken within 2 years and
rating must be >75% in the subjects/
of removal
E. Section 16: Oath
- Oath : A form of attestation by which
a person signifies that he is bound
by his conscience to practice and act
faithfully/ truthfully to profession
- 15 days after the release of the
result
- Administered by BON or by any
authorized public official
F. Section 17: Issuance of certificate of
registration (COR)/ Proof of license and
PRC ID card
 - COR ( certificate of registration)/ J. Section 21: Practice thru special/ temporary
professional license permit
- N: Name of registrant -* Special/ temporary permit
- S: seal of commission (PRC) - Issued by: BON
- S: Signature (8): PRC chairperson/ 7 - Approved by: PRC
BON members - Given to:
- Characteristics: evidence of basic - Medical Missions: foreign MDs and RNs
nursing skills (only if mission is for free)
- Purpose: To protect the health of the - A well known expert (whose business here
public is for fee or free)
- The most important tool for the legal - Exchange professors
control and enforcement of nursing
practice 24. Licensed nurses from foreign countries can
- Only temporary; a privilege (not a practice nursing in the Philippines in the following
right) condition:
- RA 1080: civil service eligibility A. Employed in state colleges and universities
- *PRC ID CARD: B. Special projects with hospitals with a fixed
1. Name fee
2. Registration Date C. Employees by private hospitals
3. Issuance Date D. Medical Mission whose services are free
4. License/ registration number
5. Expiration date
6. Signature (2): PRC chairperson/ K. Section 22: Non- registration and non
nurse’s signature registration of COR (certificate of registration)
- Renewal: q 3 years (birth - Convicted of a crime (“criminal”)
date/birth month) - Unsound mind ( “mental)
- PRC resolution # 2004-179 - Immoral
series of 2004
- Baccalaureate: 60 CPE units The Board hall furnish the applicant a written
(continuing professional statement setting forth the reason for its actions,
education)/ 3years (nurse) which shall be incorporated in the records of the
- Non baccalaureate: 30 CPE/ Board” (Due Process)
3 years (midwives)
- Reissuance of suspended/ L.Section 23: Revocation and suspension of
revoked licensed: after 4 COR/ license and cancellation of special /
years temporary permit:
- When cause of revocation A. For any of the causes mentioned in the
has disappeared/ payment of preceding section;
required fees/ for equity and B. For unprofessional and unethical conduct
justice C. For gross incompetence or serious
ignorance
G. Section 18: Fees of examination and D. For malpractice or negligence in the
registration practice of nursing
H. Section 19: Automatic registration of E. For the use of fraud deceit or false
nurses statements in obtaining a certificate of
- All RNs under RA 7164 registration/ professional license or a
automatically or ipso facto becomes temporary/ special permit;
RNs under this act F. For violation of this Act, the rules and
regulations, Code of Ethics for nurses and
I. Section 20: Registration by reciprocity technical standards for nursing practice,
- *Reciprocity: mutual/same policies of the Board and the Commission or
requirements of registration and the conditions and limitations for the
licensure of nurses between 2 issuance of the temporary/ special permit;
countries or
- Principle: “du ut des” (I give that my G. For practicing his/ her profession during his/
you may give her suspension from such practice;
- (fyi: “I do that you may do”) (facio ut - Provided however, that the
facia) suspension of the certificate of
registration/ professional license
 shall be for a period not to exceed
four years
- Gross incompetence/ practicing
under suspension
- > considered “criminal”, “immoral”,
“mental”
9. The board of Nursing is vested with power to
issue, suspend or revoke for cause the:
A. Certificate of Good Moral Character
B. Certificate of Practice
C. Certificate of Registration
D. Certificate of Employment
M. Section 24: re-issuance of revoked
certificate of registration/ license
- 4 years have passed
- Cause of revocation has disappeared
- Upon payment of required fees
● Article 5: Nursing Education
A. Section 25: Nursing Education
Program
-Follow prescribed curriculum by
CHED
B. Section 26: Requirement for inactive
nurses returning to practice
- Not practicing for 5 years or
more:
- Attend: 1 month didactic
(lecture)/ 3 months practicum
- By BON - accredited
hospitals
C. Section 27: Faculty qualifications
- Faculty: RN, PNA (APO), MA
(nursing, education, or other
allied health professions), 1
year clinical experience
- Dean: RN, PNA (APO),
MAN, 1 year clinical
experience, 5 years
experience in nursing
education
● Article 6: Nursing Practice
A. Section 28: Scope of Nursing
- Assessment/ teachings/
evaluation/complex (sterile
techs, meds admin, ngs dx)
- Have special training before
suturing perineal lacerations
(training by MCNAP:
maternal and child nursing
association of the
Philippines)
* Now as you can see,
nursing students are not yet
nsg professionals so they are
not allowed to perform any of
these techniques without
permission of RN
-IV treatment: required: 3 day
training by ANSAP)
-Requirement to take board
exam:
- 6 IV insertion,
- 6 medication infusion,
- 2 blood transfusion
- Ideal RN: pt Ratio: 1:4
B. Section 29: Qualifcations of nursing
service administrators
- (head nurse-1st/ nurse
supervisor-2nd)
- RN, PNA (APO), .9 units in
ngs service administration in
the graduate school (actual:
MAN)
- 2 yrs experience in general
nursing service
administration
- Chief nurse 3rd
- RN, PNA (APO), MAN
- 5 yrs in
supervision/managerial
position
● Article 7: health human resource production,
utilization and development
A. Section 30: Studies on health human
resource production, utilization and
development
- By BON (in coordination with APO,
government or private agencies)
B. Section 31: Comprehensive nursing
specialty program
- Oncology, geriatrics, dialysis
- Participation of this program are
obliged to work in the Philippines for
> 2 years of continuous service
C. Section 33: Funding for the
comprehensive nursing specialty
program
-At least salary grade 15 15 (RA
6758)
D. Section 33: Funding for the
comprehensive nursing specialty
program
-Annual financial requirement to train
at least 10% of the nursing staff of
participating government hospitals
must be equally charged to:
-PCSO (Phil Charity Sweepstake
Office)
-PAGCOR (Phil Amusement and
Gaming Corporation)
-Release funding to DOH (set
criteria for the availment of this
program
 E. Section 34: Incentives and benefits
-BON+DOH+Hospitals+APO> free
hospital care for nurse and their
dependents
● Article 8: Penal and Miscellaneous
Provisions
A. Section 35: Prohibitions in the
practice of nursing
- 1-6 years imprisonment
+50k-100k for:
- False evidence as a nurse
- Falsely advertising as a
nurse
- Put BSN, RN to one’s name
without such degree
PENAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Section 35. Prohibitions in the Practice of
Nursing.-- A fine of not less than fifty
thousand pesos (50,000) nor or more than
one hundred thousand pesos (100,000) or
imprisonment of not less than one year nor
more than six years or both upon the
discretion of the court shall be imposed
upon:
A. Any personal practicing nursing in
the Philippines within the meaning of
this Act:
1. Without a certificate of
registration/ professional
license and professional
identification card or special
temporary permit or without
having been declared
exempt from examination in
accordance with the
provision of this Act; or
2. Who uses as his/her own
certificates of registration/
professional licence and
professional identification
card or special temporary
permit of another;or
3. Who uses an invalid
certificate of registration/
professional license, a D. Section 39: Separability Clause
suspended or revoked
certificate of registration/
professional license or an
expired or cancelled special/
temporary permit; or
4. Who gives any false
evidence to the Board in
order to obtain a certificate of
registration/ professional
license, a professional
identification card or special
permit ot
5. Who falsely poses or
advertises as a registered
and licensed nurse or uses
any other means that tend to
convey the impression that
he/ she is a registered and
licensed nurse; or
6. Who appends BSN/ RN or
any similar appendage to his/
her name without having
been conferred said degree r
registration; or
7. Who as a registered and
license nurse, abets or
assists the illegal practice of
a person who is not lawfully
qualified to practice nursing
B. Any Person or the chief executive officer
of a juridical entity who undertakes in
service educational programs or who
conducts review classes for both local and
foreign examination without permit/
clearance from the Board and the
Commission; or
C.Any person or employer of nurses who
violate the minimum base pay of nurses and
the incentives and benefits that should be
accorded them as specified in Section 32
and 34; or
D. Any person or chief executive officer of a
juridical entity violating any provision of this
Act and its rules and regulations
● Article 9: Final Provisions
A. Section 36: Enforcement
- PRC
- BON
- Assistance of duly law
enforcement agencies/
officers (local or national)
B. Section 37: Appropriations (Money)
- PRC
C. Section 38: Rules and Regulations
- BON, PRC, PNA, DOH,DBM
- If any part is declared
unconstitutional, the
remaining part is valid and
operational
E. Section 40: Repealing Clause (PNA
of 1991)
- Repealed RA 7164
F. Section 41: Effectivity
- 15 days after publication in
the official gazetted or in any
2 newspapers of general
circulation