Saint Paul University Philippines

Tuguegarao City, 3500 Cagayan North

SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Master of Science in Nursing

Registered Nurses
Alternative Employment Program

SUBMITTED BY:

CAMPOS, LORMIE A.
MACAVINTA, JOSEPH CELRIN III

MARIA GIRLIE D. JORDAN, MSN

Professor

Saint Paul University Philippines

Tuguegarao City
Cagayan Valley North

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 I. BACKGROUND/SITUATION ANALYSIS

To become a registered nurse requires hard-working, perseverance, endurance and

financial stability. Many graduates aspire to become registered nurse and serve the

countrymen hoping for right and lawful salary as well as employment stability. As the year

go by, this hope is continuously loosing due to lack of employment upon graduation and

oath-taking. Nowadays, number of jobs offering is not enough to provide increasing number

of registered nurses. It spread already via news and social media. There are 200,000

unemployed nurses in the country. Yet those who work in government and private hospitals

are overworked and underpaid (Umil, 6, & GrammarNazi, 2015). Gloria Amariego, chief

nurse at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), said the Philippine Nurses Association

(PNA) have been urging the Aquino administration through the Department of Budget and

Management (DBM) to increase the number of nurses not only in PGH but in all government

hospitals in the country so that the practicing nurses could work with quality on their

patients.Unfortunately, DBM Sec. Florencio Butch Abad never considered PNAs request,

Amariego said (Times, 2016).

Through these issues arising about nurses employment and exploitation we come up to

establish projects that can help nurses to have decent work and reasonable salary. One of the

projects we want to establish is the creation of primary care facilities such as birthing homes

and community health units where nurses can practice their profession and where they can

help the community. With these projects we cannot only solve the issue of unemployment but

we can solve also the problem of slow and inaccessible health care for the Filipinos. The pilot

of these projects will be implemented first in Quezon City and gradually increase to capture

cities around Metro Manila and eventually to the whole nation.

In Quezon City, we are proposing to have one birthing home and a community health unit

per district. We have six districts in Quezon City and the required budget per unit is five

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 million pesos where it composes a 5-bed capacity birthing home and a community health

center capable of delivering primary health care such as TB-DOTS, Primary Laboratory,

Adult and Pediatric Consultation and Dental Clinic.

II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

a. Project Title: Registered Nurses
Alternative Employment Program
b. Type of Project: Job and Employment
c. Project Proponent/s: Campos & Macavinta Inc.
d. Number of Beneficiaries: 50-100 Nurses
e. Project Beneficiaries: Unemployed Registered Nurses
f. Location of Beneficiaries: Quezon City and Nearby Cities
g. Date of Implementation/Duration: January 3, 2017/3 years
h. Area of Project Implementation: Quezon City
i. Budget Requirement: P 50, 000, 000
j. Budget Requested: P 50, 000, 000

III. PROJECT OBJECTIVES

OBJECTIVES STRATEGIES
The project primarily objective is to provide Establish linkages with the local government
alternative employment program for of Quezon City and the Department of Health
unemployed registered nurses around Quezon to have government support and funds.
City and nearby cities. Subsequently, it helps Establish connection with government
and supports also the Philippine Health Agenda hospitals, public health centers, and
of the Department of Health. accredited professional organizations like
Philippine Nurses Association for training of
nurses.
Encourage private stakeholders or investors
for additional financial support.

IV. DESIRED IMPACT AND OUTCOME OF THE PROJECT

Once the project will be implemented, the number of unemployed nurses will decrease

which can affect the improvement of our economy by increasing the employment rate and

reducing poverty. Strengthening partnership of private and public sectors, inviting investors,

and searching for additional funding such as school affiliations for student nurses are

measures to ensure its sustainability. The clinics will require also payments affordable to low

marginalized Filipinos. It will partner also with the Philippine Health Insurance for the

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 additional revenues. The project desired outcome is to reduce the number of unemployed

nurses in the urban setting.

V. RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN

1. What are the risks and factors that may hamper or hinder the successful

implementation of project activities and achievement of project outputs?

The risks and factors that may affect the implementation of the project are

unavailability of funds and also lack of assistance from the supporting groups like

the local government units, the department of health and some accredited nursing

organizations.

2. What are the measures that would mitigate the adverse effects resulting from such

risks?

Some of the measures that can lessen the adverse effects are informing the

possible support group about the objectives and goals of the program. In terms of

financial problems, borrowing money in banks can lessen the problem.

VI. PROJECT ORGANIZATION AND STAFFING

Office/Staff Responsibilities Contact Person Contact Details

Designated
Site Development 1. Responsible for searching site for Macavinta, 0917-627-2699
and Maintenance building. Joseph
Office 2. Responsible for the constructions of
building such as looking for contractors.
3. Responsible for budgeting the capital.
4. Responsible for initial procurement of
supplies and equipment.
5. Maintaining facilities and equipment.
Operational and 1. Responsible for the operation Campos, 0917-845-7933
Finance Office procedures once the facilities are Lormie
established.
2. Responsible for creating operation
manuals, policies and standards.
3. Responsible for the implementation of
policies and standards.
4. Ensure the financial stability of each
facility.

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Human Resource 1. Responsible for recruitment and training Macavinta, 0917-627-2699
Office of staff. Joseph and
2. Responsible for recruitment of partners Campos, 0917-845-7933
doctors and midwives. Lormie

VII. PROJECT WORK PLAN

PHASES OF ACTIVITIES OUTPUT / INDICATORS PERSON IN RESOURCES COST

THE PROJECT TARGET CHARGE NEEDED
Initial Phase 1. Site Establish 1.Site Macavinta, Land, P30,000,000
selection the physical accessible to Joseph Physical
2. Establish structures. community structures,
connection Establish 2.Permits Human
with the roster of secured Resources
public staff and before (contractors,
sector partner constructions nurses,
3. Look and doctors. 3.With enough doctors )
encourage human
investors resource to
4. Recruiting make it
staff and operationalize
partner
doctors or
midwives

Implementatio 1. Creating Establish 1. Policies and Campos, Human P15,000,000

n Phase operation the standards are Lormie Resources
manual operational tested and
2. Creating procedures evaluated.
services 2. Services
and should be
equivalent accessible and
fees affordable
3. Orientation 3. Staffs are
and ready and
training of equipped for
staff the operation.

Evaluation 1. Establish Establish 1. The project Macavinta, Human P 5,000,000

phase criteria to the impact should attain Joseph Resources
determine of the atleast 70% and
the success project to from the Campos,
of the the criteria set. Lormie
project community. 2. The project
2. Determine should
the impact improve
and socio-
outcome of economic and
the project culture,
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 3. Develop environmental
recommend friendly and
ations for technologicall
future y advanced.
references
4. Establishin
g
marketing
strategies

VIII. DETAILED BUDGET REQUIREMENT

Budget Line Item Description Amount Needed Proposed Source/s

Physical Structures and Building facilities, initial P 30,000,000 Private Investors and
Staff recruitment equipment and supplies, Government Fund(DOH)
hiring staff
Operational Expenses Expenses for licensing P 15,000,000 Fund from investors
and permits, utilities, Philhealth revenues
wages, supplies and Sales revenues
equipment maintenance
Marketing and evaluation These are expenses made P5,000,000 Fund from investors
for marketing programs, Philhealth revenues
ads and evaluation Sales revenues
measure to improve the
project

IX. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

May include any other information that will support the request for funding, such as:

A. Brief enumeration of other stakeholders who pledged support to the project

o Department of Health
o Quezon City Local Government
o Philippine Nurses Association Inc.
o PhilHealth
o Other private companies

X. REFERENCES

Times, T. M. (2016, May 15). 200, 000 registered nurses are jobless - the manila times
online. Retrieved January 29, 2017, from Nation,
http://www.manilatimes.net/200000-registered-nurses-are-jobless/262211/

Umil, A. M., 6, J., & GrammarNazi. (2015, March 31). The worsening toxic work
condition of Filipino nurses Retrieved from http://bulatlat.com/main/2015/03/31/the-
worsening-toxic-work-condition-of-filipino-nurses