Module 1.

Post-Test
Laurente, Ana Luisa C.

Timeline of Historical Background

1898 Department of Health was first established as Department of
Public Works, Education and Hygiene.

1901 Act No. 157 — Board of Health of the Philippines

Act No. 309 — Provincial and Municipal Boards of Health

1905 Board of Health was abolished; functions were transferred to

the Bureau of Health

1912 Act No. 2156 Fajardo Act created the Sanitary Divisions, the
forerunners of present MHOs

male nurses performs the functions of doctors

1914 School nursing was rendered by a nurse employed by the

Bureau of Health in Tacloban, Leyte

Reorganization Act. No. 2462 Office of General Inspection

Dr. Rosario Pastor — head, Office of District Nursing

Mrs. Casilang Estaquia and Mrs. Matilde Azurin were employed

for Maternal and Child Heal and Sanitation in Manila under,
Mrs. G.D. Schudder

1919 Act No. 2808 Nurses Law; Carmen del Rosario, 1st Filipino
Nurse supervisor under Bureau of Health; succeeded Miss
Mabel Dabbs

Oct, Filipino Nurses Organization Philippine Nurses' Organization)

22,
1922

1923 Zamboanga General Hospital School of Nursing & Baguio

General Hospital were established

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 1927 The Office of District Nursing under the Office of General
Inspection, Philippine Health Service was abolished and
supplanted by the Section of Public Health Nursing.

Mrs. Genara de Guzman — consultant to the Director of Health

on nursing matters

1928 1st Nursing Convention

1930 The Section of Public Health Nursing was converted into

Section of Nursing

The Section of Nursing was transferred from the Office of

General Services to the Division of Administration, this office
covered the supervision and guidance of nurses in the
provincial hospitals and the government schools of nursing

1933 Reorganization Act No. 4007 transferred the Division of

Maternal and Child Health of the Office of Public Welfare
Commission to the Bureau of Health

Mrs. Soledad A. Buenafe — Assistant Chief Nurse of the

Section of Nursing

1940 Manila Health Department

1941 Dr. Mariano Icasiano - first city health officer; Office of Nursing
was created through the effort of Vicenta Ponce (chief nurse)
and Rosario Ordiz (assistant chief nurse)

Dec. 8, Victims of World War II were treated by the nurses of Manila.

1941

July healthcare teams from Manila Health Department received sick

1942 persons of war in an internet camp in Capas, Tarlac

They were confined at San Lazaro Hospital; 68 public health

nurses were assigned

July Nursing Office was created

1942

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 Dr. Eusebio Aguilar helped in the release of 31 Filipino nurses in
Bilibid Prison as prisoners of war by the Japanese

Feb. Nurses decreased to 308 from 556

1946
Mrs. Genera M. de Guzman — Technical Assistant in Nursing of
the Department of Health recommended the creation of a
Nursing Office in the Department of Health

Oct. 7, EO No. 94 Division of Nursing under the Office of the

1947 Secretary of Health. Implemented on December 16, 1947

Mrs. Soledad Buenafe — Chief

Miss Marcela Gabatin — Assistant Chief

Mrs. Genara de Guzman — Chief of the Division

Miss Annie Sand — Nursing Education

Mrs. Patrocinio J. Montellano — Staff Education

Mrs. Magdalena C. Valenzuela — Public Health Nursing

1948 First training center of the Bureau of Health was organized by

the Pasay City Health Department.

Later renamed as Dona Marta Health Center

1950 Rural Health Demonstration and Training Center RHDTC was

created.

initiative Dr. Hilario Lara — Dean, Institute of Hygiene (now

College of Public Health, UP

Dr. Amansia S. Mangay Mrs. Andres Angara) — Doctor of

Public Health Graduate, Chief of RHDTC

Dr. Antonio V. Acosta — Medical Training Officer

1953 RA No. 1082 Rural Health Law. The first 81 rural health units
were organized.

Dr. Trinidad Gomez — Chief, The Office of Health Education

and Personnel Training

1957 RA 1891 amended sections of RA 1082 and created eight

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 categories of rural health unit causing an increase in the
demand for the community health personnel.

1958 RA 977 Division of Nursing was abolished and EO 288

1965 Reorganization Act

Miss Annie Sand — Nursing Consultant, Office of the Secretary

of Health

1961; The Department of Health National League of Nurses, Inc

founded by Miss Annie Sand, President and Adviser

1961 Annie Sand organized the National League of Nurses of DOH

1967 Zenaida Nisce became the nursing program supervisor and

consultant on the six special diseases: TB, leprosy, V.D, cancer,
filariasis and mental health illnesses

1974 The Project Management Staff was organize as part of

Population II of the Philippine Government with Dr. Francisco
Aguilar as Project Manager.

1975 Scope of responsibility of nurses and midwives became wider

due to restructuring of the health care delivery system.

2000 midwives were recruited and trained

1976 Rural Health Practice Program was implemented.

1986

1987 EO No. 119 reorganized the Department of Health and created

1989 several offices and services within the DOH

1990 Department Order No. 29 designated Mrs. Neila F. Hizon,

1992 Nurse VI, then President of the National League of Philippine
Government Nurses as Nursing Adviser

RA 7160 Local Government Code of 1991

1993 Office of Nursing did not materialize in spite of persistent

1998 recommendation of the officers, board members, and advisers
of the National League of Nurses Inc.

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 Jan. Nelia Hizon — nursing adviser at Office of Public Health
1999 Services through Department Order No. 29

May EO 102 — redirects the functions and operations of DOH,

24, signed by former President Joseph Estrada
1999

1999 The Health Sector Reform Agenda was developed to describe

2004 major strategies, organizational, and policy changes.

2005 - The development of the Rationalization Plan to streamline the

2006 bureaucracy further was started and is in the last stages of
finalization.

❓ What are the standards of public health nursing?

Legal basis for the standards of public health nursing is the Nursing Law of
2002. These standards are:

 Must be a professionally qualified and licensed to practice in the area of

public health nursing.

 Must possess personal qualities and "people skills" that would allow her
practice to make a difference in the lives of these people.

 Functions in accordance with the dominant values of public health nurses,

within the ethico-legal framework of the nursing profession, and in
accordance with the needs of the clients and available resources for health
care.

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