The goal of Community Health Nursing is to assist the individual, family and community in

attaining their highest level of holistic health. To provide and promote health lifestyle choices
through education, public awareness and community activities.

The main objectives of Community Health Nursing are optimum individual, and community
health.

Come and utilize your Community Health Services.

Such services as.......

Prevention Education and Resources. On Diabetes, heart health, men's and women's health issues
(i.e. cancers), asthma & HIV/AIDS; through home visits, specialty clinics, and group or one on
one sessions.

Immunization Clinics & updates for all ages. Immunizations do not stop in childhood. For
lifelong protection regular updates are necessary. Flu clinics are offered each fall to the elderly,
chronically ill and people who care for them.

Pre Natal Visits and Classes - Having a baby is a natural event, so is the anxiety. Anxiety can be
lessened with information, prenatal home visits, early and late prenatal classes (one on one or
group). Introduction of breastfeeding as a healthy option.

Post Natal Visits- Once mom and baby are home, new questions and concerns may arise. A
community health nurse visits within one week of notification of birth with information on infant
care, breast or bottle feeding, safety and maternal post partum issues.

Vision and Hearing Testing - Done for children during the school year, while adult testing done
on request and at special clinics.

Networking - With other SD & HD programs, schools, and surrounding health service agencies
providing and sharing resources.
Assist- With Health Insurance registration, renewals and inquiries.

HIV/AIDS Testing - Done confidentially, along with pre and post test counselling from certified
counselors.

Health Promotion and disease prevention through one to one counseling, group sessions,
specialty clinics, inservice, school programs, media and announcements.

Source: http://www.cnwl.igs.net/~hmi/CHN.html

Early Beliefs, Practices and Care of the sick

 Early Filipinos subscribed to superstitious belief and practices in relation to health

and sickness
  Diseases, their causes and treatment were associated with mysticism and
superstitions
 Cause of disease was caused by another person (an enemy of witch) or evil spirits
 Persons suffering from diseases without any identified cause were believed
bewitched by “mangkukulam”
 childbirth were attributed to “nonos”
 Evil spirits could be driven away by persons with powers to expel demons
 Belief in special Gods of healing: priest-physician, word doctors, herbolarios/herb
doctors

Early Hospitals during the Spanish Regime – religious orders exerted efforts to care for
the sick by building hospitals in different parts of the Philippines:

Hospital Real de Manila San Juan de Dios Hospital

San Lazaro Hospital Hospital de Aguas Santas

Hospital de Indios

Prominent personages involved during the Philippine Revolution

1. Josephine Bracken – wife of Jose Rizal installed a field hospital in an estate in Tejeros
that provided nursing care to the wounded night and day.
2. Rose Sevilla de Alvaro – converted their house into quanters for Filipino soldiers
during the Phil-American War in 1899.
3. Hilaria de Aguinaldo –wife of Emlio Aginaldo organized the Filipino Red Cross.
4. Melchora Aquino – (Tandang Sora) nursed the wounded Filipino soldiers, gave them
shelter and food.
5. Captain Salomen – a revolutionary leader in Nueva Ecija provided nursing care to the
wounded when not in combat.
6. Agueda Kahabagan – revolutionary leader in Laguna also provided nursing services
to her troops.
7. Trinidad Tecson (Ina ng Biak na Bato) – stayed in the hospital at Biac na Bato to care
for the wounded soldiers.

School Of Nursing

1. St. Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing, Intramuros Manila – 1900

2. Iloilo Mission Hospital Training School of Nursing – 1906

1909 – distinction of graduating the 1st trained nurses in the Phils. With no standard
requirements for admission of applicants except their “willingness to work”

April 1946 – a board exam was held outside of Manila. It was held in the Iloilo
Mission Hospital thru the request of Ms. Loreto Tupas, principal of the school.

1. St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing – 1907;opened after four years as a dispensary
clinic.
 1. Mary Johnston Hospital School of Nursing – 1907
2. Philippines General Hospital school of Nursing – 1910

College of Nursing

1. UST College of Nursing – 1st College of Nursing in the Phils: 1877

2. MCU College of Nursing – June 1947 (1st College who offered BSN – 4 year program)
3. UP College of Nursing – June 1948
4. FEU Institute of Nursing – June 1955
5. UE College of Nursing – Oct 1958

1909

3 female graduated as “qualified medical-surgical nurses”

1919

The 1st Nurses Law (Act#2808) was enacted regulating the practice of the nursing
profession in the Philippines Islands. It also provided the holding of exam for the practice of
nursing on the 2nd Monday of June and December of each year.

1920

1st board examination for nurses was conducted by the Board of Examiners, 93 candidates
took the exam, 68 passed with the highest rating of 93.5%-Anna Dahlgren

theoretical exam was held at the UP Amphitheater of the College of Medicine and Surgery.
Practical exam at the PGH Library.

1921

Filipino Nurses Association was established (now PNA) as the National Organization Of
Filipino Nurses

PNA: 1st President – Rosario Delgado

Founder – Anastacia Giron-Tupas

1953

Republic Act 877, known as the “Nursing Practice Law” was approved.

http://nursingcrib.com/nursing-notes-reviewer/history-of-nursing-in-the-philippines/