Scope of Nursing Licensure Examination (Professional Regulation Commission Board of Nursing) Nursing Practice 2

NURSING PRACTICE II

Test Description: Theories, concepts, principles and processes in the care of individuals, families, groups and communities to promote health and prevent illness, and alleviate pain and discomfort, utilizing the nursing process as framework. This includes care of high-risk and at-risk mothers, children and families during the various stages of life cycle.

Test Scope:
Comment: These topics can be found in DOH textbooks either from 9th edition (Community Health Nursing in the Philippines) or 10th editio (Public Health Nursing in the Philippines)

Part I : CHN - Community Health Nursing

I. Safe and Quality Care, Health education and Communication, Collaboration and Teamwork
a. Principles and standards of CHN
b. Levels of care
c. Types of clientele
d. Health care delivery system
e. PHC as a strategy
f. Family-based nursing services (Family Health Nursing Process)
g. Population group-based Nursing Services
h. Community-based Nursing Services / Community Health Nursing Process
i. Community organizing
j. Public health programs

II. Research and Quality Improvement
a. Research in the community
b. National Health Situation
c. Vital Statistics
d. Epidemiology
e. Demography

III. Management of Resources and Environment and Records Management
a. Field Health Services and Information System
b. Target-setting
c. Environmental Sanitation

IV. Ethico-Moral-Legal Responsibility
a. Socio-cultural values, beliefs and practices of individuals, families, groups and communities
b. Code of Ethics for Government workers
c. WHO, DOH, LGU policies on Health
d. Local Government Code
e. Issues

V. Personal and Professional Development
a. Self-assessment of CHN competencies, importance, methods, tools
b. Strategies and methods of updating one’s self, enhancing competence in community health nursing and related areas

Part II : MCN - Maternal and Child Nursing

I. Safe and Quality Care, Health Education and Communication, Collaboration and Teamwork
a. Principles and Theories of Growth and Development
b. Nursing Care in the different stages of Growth and Development including
1. Nutrition
2. Safety
3. Language development
4. Discipline
5. Play
6. Immunization
7. Anticipatory Guidance
8. Values formation
c. Human Sexuality and Reproduction including Family Planning
d. Nursing Care of Women during Normal Labor, Delivery and Postpartum
e. Nursing Care of the Newborn
1. APGAR Scoring
2. Newborn Scoring
3. Maintenance of body processes (Oxygenation, temperature..)
f. Nursing Care of Women with complications of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum period (High-risk conditions)
g. Nursing Care of High-risk Newborn
1. Prematurity
2. Congenital Defects
3. Infections
h. Nursing Care of Women with disturbances in reproduction and gynecology

II. Research and Quality Improvement
a. Fertility Statistics
b. Infant Morbidity and Mortality
c. Maternal Mortality
d. Standards of Maternal and child nursing practice

III. Ethico-Moral-Legal Responsibility
a. Socio-Cultural values, beliefs, and practices of individuals, families related to MCN
b. WHO, DOH, LGU policies on health of women and children
c. Family Code
d. Child and Youth Welfare Code
e. Issues related to MCN

IV. Personal and Professional Development
a. Self-assessment of MCN competencies, importance, methods, tools
b. Strategies and methods of updating one’s self, enhancing competence in MCN and relatede areas