The Department of Health (DOH) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Wednesday formally partnered to launch an upskilling program in a bid to enhance the variety of nurses within the nation.
Health Secretary Ted Herbosa and CHED chairman Prospero de Vera III signed a joint administrative order to pave the way in which for the entry of Clinical Care Associates (CCAs) into the healthcare system and a nursing overview program that will likely be delivered by recognized increased training establishments.
Herbosa stated that DOH would be the lead company in implementing the Nurse Workforce Complementation and Upskilling Program for CCAs in response to the rising calls for for healthcare employees within the Philippines.
“I want to help nurses who haven’t passed nursing to be able to pass in their second and third attempt and be part of the solid workforce,” he stated.
Herbosa has raised concern concerning the lack of nurses in authorities hospitals, noting that 4,500 plantilla gadgets for nurses are presently vacant in over 70 DOH hospitals nationwide.
Private hospitals, however, are additionally experiencing the identical drawback, with Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) president Dr. Jose Rene de Grano admitting that they want 50% extra of their nursing employees as many have resigned and opted for better-paying jobs elsewhere.
De Vera, for his half, harassed that extra interventions are wanted to supply extra nurses, contemplating that solely about 50% of nursing college students go the licensure examination.
“We have to look for the other 50 percent. How can we help them pass the licensure exam? We have to give them opportunities for re-skilling and upskilling, and assist them pass the licensure test. If we are able to do this, we can immediately produce new nurses, we don’t have to wait for 4-5 years to increase the nursing manpower. We can have more nurses within the year,” he defined.
He additionally reiterated that CHED has already lifted the moratorium on the opening of latest nursing applications and 54 HEIs have utilized to date.
However, solely round 2,000 extra nursing graduates could also be produced by 2028 even when the purposes of all 54 HEIs are accredited.
De Vera earlier stated CHED is about to launch a short-term masteral program to handle the shortage of instructors in nursing faculties, contemplating {that a} Master’s Degree in nursing is a requirement earlier than being allowed to show in such.
Meanwhile, Herbosa beforehand introduced that he’s planning to determine a National Nursing Advisory Council that may deal with addressing the issues of Filipino nurses, notably their departure for better-paying jobs overseas.
He stated he would situation a division administrative order for the creation of the council with a de facto chief nursing officer who will operate in a stage of an undersecretary. —VAL, GMA Integrated News
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