Ma. Irma C.

Bustamante, RN, PhD

 Dr. Irma Bustamante finished her BSN and her Master of Arts in Nursing, Major in
Maternal and Child Health, both at the University of Santo Tomas, with the highest
honors.
 She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing at the University of the
Philippines.
 She is an educator, a counselor, a writer, a consultant, and a researcher, both
nationally and internationally.
 She is a faculty of the UST Graduate School and College of Nursing. She has
spoken in various international conference in the USA, Amsterdam, Malaysia,
Bangkok, Hong Kong, Beirut, Bahrain, South Africa, among others.
 She was an associate Professor at the Aga Khan International University, with eight
international satellite campuses for several years.

Findings and Recommendations:

1. The essence of womanhood is being a good mother and a good wife;

2. Roles that women play can either be working mother or non-working mother,
however, whether women are working or not, they should still perform their
responsibilities as mother and wife.
3. Respondents felt that it is still the male who has the higher status in the society,
although they were others who felt that men and women are equal.
4. Abused was perceived wrong, however, respondents felt they could do little about
the situation.
5. A number of respondents felt that women are to blame for the occurrence of abuse.
6. As measured by the self-esteem scale, the respondent self-esteem was found to be
moderate.
7. There was no relationship between the roles that women play and their status in
society to their levels of self esteem.
8. A significant difference in the self esteem existed: a. Among the study group before
and after the intervention measure, the Nursing SelfEsteem Enhancement Program,
which had been used for four consecutive weeks. b. Between the study and the control
group after the intervention measure has been used.
9. There was no significant difference in Self esteem: a. Among the control group
before and after four weeks time duration b. Between the control and study group
before an intervention measure has been used.
10. When the study and control group were taken together, the presence of the
intervention measure could predict an increase in self esteem. When taken singly
among the study group, no demographic variable could predict increase self esteem.
Sister Letty G. Kuan
 Sister Letty G. Kuan is a nurse with Master’s Degree in Nursing and Guidance
Counseling.
 She also holds a Doctoral Degree in Education. For her vast contributions to the
University of the Philippines College of Nursing faculty and academic achievements,
she is now Professor Emeritus, a title awarded only to a few who met the strict
criteria.
 She had two Master’s Degrees, MA in Nursing and MS Education, Major in
Guidance Counseling, culminating in Doctor of Education (Guidance and
Counseling).
 She has clinical fellowship and specialization in Neuropsychology in University of
Paris, France (Salpetriere Hospital). Neurogerontology in Waterson, New York (Good
Samaritan Hospital) and Syracuse University, New York. She also had Bioethics
formal training at Institute of Religion, Ethics and Law at Baylor College of Medicine
in Houston, Texas.
 She authored several books giving her insight in the areas of Gerontology, Care of
Older Persons and Bioethics.
 She is a recipient of the Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Teachers Award in
1995 and an Award for Continuing Integrity and Excellence in Service (ACIES) in
2004. Her religious community is the Notre Dame de Vie founded in France in 1932.
 As a former member of the Board of Nursing, her legacy to the Nursing Community
is without a doubt, indisputable.

About her Theory:

“Retirement and Role Discontinuities”

Basic Assumptions and Concepts:

Physiological Age is the endurance of cells and tissues to withstand the wear-and-tear
phenomenon of the human body. Some individuals are gifted with strong genetic
affinity to stay young for a long time.

Role refers to the set of shared expectations focused upon a particular position. These
may include beliefs about what goals or values the position incumbent is to pursue
and the norms that will govern his behavior. It is also the set of shared expectations
from the retiree’s socialization experiences and the values internalized while
preparing for the position as well as the adaptations to the expectations socially
defined for the position itself. For every social role, there is complementary set of
roles in the social structure among which interaction constantly occurs.

Change of Life is the period between near retirement and post retirement years. In
medicophysiologic terms, this equates with the climacteric period of adjustment and
readjustment to another tempo of life.
Retiree is an individual who has left the position occupied for the past years of
productive life because he/she has reached the prescribed retirement age of has
completed the required years of service.

Role Discontinuity is the interruption in the line of status enjoyed or role performed.
The interruption may be brought about by an accident, emergency, and change of
position or retirement.
Coping Approaches refer to the interventions or measures applied to solve a
problematic situation or state in order to restore or maintain equilibrium and normal
functioning.

Determinants of positive perceptions in retirement and positive reactions toward role

discontinuities:

1. Health Status – refer to physiological and mental state of the respondents,

classified as either sickly or healthy.
2. Income – (economic level) refers to the financial affluence of the respondent which
can be classified as poor, moderate or rich.
3. Work Status
4. Family Constellation – means the type of family composition described either
close knit or extended family where three more generations of family members live
under one roof; or distanced family, whose member live in separate dwelling units; or
nuclear type of family where only husband, wife and children live together.
5. Self-Preparation

Carmencita M. Abaquin
 Carmencita M. Abaquin is a nurse with Master’s Degree in Nursing obtained from
the University of the Philippines College of Nursing.
 An expert in Medical Surgical Nursing with subspecialty in Oncologic Nursing,
which made her known both here and abroad.
 She had served the University of the Philippines College of Nursing, as faculty and
held the position as Secretary of the College of Nursing.
 Her latest appointment as Chairman of the Board of Nursing speaks of her
competence and integrity in the field she has chosen.

About her Theory:

“PREPARE ME” Interventions and the Quality of Life Advance

Progressive Cancer Patients.

Basic Assumptions and Concepts:

PREPARE ME (Holistic Nursing Interventions) are the nursing interventions

provided to address the multi-dimensional problems of cancer patients that can be
given in any setting where patients choose to be confined. This program emphasizes a
holistic approach to nursing care. PREPARE ME has the following components:

 Presence – being with another person during the times of need. This includes
therapeutic communication, active listening, and touch.
 Reminisce Therapy – recall of past experiences, feelings and thoughts to facilitate
adaptation to present circumstances.
 Prayer
 Relaxation-Breathing – techniques to encourage and elicit relaxation for the
purpose of decreasing undesirable signs and symptoms such as pain, muscle tension,
and anxiety.
 Meditation – encourages an elicit form of relaxation for the purpose of altering
patient’s level of awareness by focusing on an image or thought to facilitate inner
sight which helps establish connection and relationship with God. It may be done
through the use of music and other relaxation techniques.
 Values Clarification – assisting another individual to clarify his own values about
health and illness in order to facilitate effective decision making skills. Through this,
the patient develops an open mind that will facilitate acceptance of disease state or
may help deepen or enhance values. The process of values clarification helps one
become internally consistent by achieving closer between what we do and what we
feel.

Carolina S. Agravante:
CASAGRA transformative leadership model. She focus on the type of leadership in
nursing that can challenge that values of the changing world.

Carmelita Divinagracia:
~Cadiologist Nurse
~Advanced nurse practitioner'
~Composure behavior and patients'
~Wellness outcome
~Can be considered as a part of nursing measure since it contributes to the well being
of the patients
~Science and humanistic aspects of nursing