EDN QUIZ 1 a.

Disaster
A nurse told the physician about the patient’s infidelity to b. Bioterrorism
his wife. The nurse violated the patient’s* c. Calamity
a. Confidentiality d. Natural disaster
b. Nurse - Patient Contract  
c. Consent to Care They are considered to be more vulnerable and
d. Patient Privacy therefore require special consideration both in disaster
  planning and response?*
It encompasses the norms people adopt to direct right a. Special needs population
and wrong conduct?* b. Older people
a. Law c. Children and youth
b. Morality d. Ethnic people
c. Ethics e. All of the above
d. Confidentiality f. None of the above
   
Which of the following may facilitate the process of Nurse Jane commits a mistake and is accused of
mourning for the bereaved?* providing negligent care that does not follow hospital
a. Telling them to move on protocol. Based on the situation, Nurse Jane may be
b. Acting as if nothing happened accountable for:*
c. Facilitate rituals, ceremonies, or memorials a. Criminal Liability
d. Give them all the space they can have b. Civil Liability
  c. Professional Liability
This is usually considered to be the restriction of the d. Negligent Liability
activities of a healthy person who has been exposed to a  
communicable disease?* A patient from an MVA comes to the ER with life -
a. Isolation threatening injuries, as the nurse, what immediate
b. Quarantine assessment is performed:*
c. Screening a. IPPAO
d. Vaccination b. Health History
  c. Primary Survery
A disaster survivor started to have trouble sleeping at d. Injury Survey
night days after the disaster. What could be the  
explanation for this?* An anxious 24-year-old college student complains of
a. It is a normal reaction. tingling sensations, palpitations, and chest tightness.
b. It is not a normal reaction to the situation Deep,rapid breathing and carpal spasms are noted.
c. Her sleep deprivation is caused by overstimulation What priority nursing action should you take?*
d. She was just not tired. a. Notify the physician immediately.
  b. Administer supplemental oxygen.
Who are considered to belong in those who have special c. Have the student breathe into a paper bag.
needs population?* d. Obtain an order for an anxiolytic medication.
a. Children and youth  
b. Older people This critical component ensures rescuers have a
c. Cultural and ethnic people structure in place to deal with multiple disasters, injuries
and casualties:*
d. None of the above
a. Command Post
e. All of the above
b. Disaster Management Plan
 
This refers to the study of what it means to live a moral c. Incident Management System
life.* d. Disaster Emergency Plan
a. Law  
b. Morality The leading agency for Disaster Prevention and
Mitigation.*
c. Ethics
a. DOST
d. Confidentiality
b. DILG
 
It is an act of human malice intended to injure and kill c. DOH
civilians and is associated with higher rate of psychiatric d. DSWD
morbidity than are ‘Acts of God’”*  
Nurse Kelly is acquiring information from a client in the c. Patient breathing is on and off for a few seconds
emergency department. Which is an example of d. You can hear the ambulance already near
biographic information that may be obtained during a  
health history?* Which of the following is not a category in determining
a. The chief complaint disasters?*
b. Past health status a. Man-made
c. History immunizations b. Natural
d. Location of an advance c. Anthropogenic
  d. Supernatural
It is a purposeful exchange of information about the  
existence, nature and severity or acceptability of health
A client with a swollen ankle, cannot stand and was
risk between policymakers, health care providers and
involved in an MVA would be categorized as:*
media.*
a. Non - urgent
a. Emergency response
b. Urgent
b. Incident Action Plan
c. Emergent
c. Incident management system
d. None of the above
d. Risk Communication
 
 
It is used to determine which events are most likely to
It is a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and
affect a community and to make decisions about whom
implementing strategies and plans that aims to
or what to protect as the basis of establishing measures
reduce,the probability of a hazard event.*
for prevention, mitigation, and response.*
a. Disaster risk reduction management
a. Hazard Identification
b. Rehabilitation and recovery
b. Vulnerability analysis
c. Disaster prevention
c. Risk Assessment
d. Emergency and Disaster Nursing process
d. Disaster Planning
 
 
A nurse performing classification of patients based on
This is a potential threat to humans and their welfare*
who is most in need of immediate life - saving care is
performing:* a. Risk c. Hazard
a. Mass Casualty Incident Classification b. Disaster d. Warning
b. Emergency Patient Sorting  
It is a catastrophic event that results in casualties that
c. Patient Care Grouping
overwhelm the healthcare resources in that community
d. Patient Triage and may result in a sudden unanticipated surge of
  patients, a change in standards of care, and a need to
This part of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and allocate scarce resources?*
Management Plan focuses on repair and improvement of a. Disaster
infrastructure, governance, and livelihood of
b. Health Disaster
communities post - disaster:*
c. Pandemic
a. Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery Phase
d. Natural disaster
b. Disaster Response Phase
 
c. Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Phase
A client with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 4 will most
d. Disaster Preparedness Phase
likely need which life - saving immediate intervention:*
 
a. IV medications
A male client is admitted to the hospital with blunt chest
b. MRI/CT Scan
trauma after a motor vehicle accident. The first nursing
priority for this client would be to:* c. Surgery
a. Assess the client’ s airway d. Intubation
b. Provide pain relief  
The nurse finds the client unresponsive on the floor of
c. Encourage deep breathing and coughing
the bathroom. Which action should the nurse implement
d. Splint the chest wall with a pillow
first?*
 
a. Check the client for breathing.
When does a rescuer cease performing CPR on a
b. Assess the carotid artery for a pulse.
patient?*
c. Shake the client and shout.
a. Rescuer is tired but continues to perform CPR
d. Call a code via the bathroom call light.
b. No other health personnel has arrived within a
 
reasonable amount of time
It is a serious disruption of the functioning of a b. Conduct survey
community or a society at any scale due to hazardous c. Raise an alarm
events interacting with conditions of exposure, d. Provide medications
vulnerability and capacity, leading to one or more of the
 
following: human,material, economic and environmental
All are true about wildfires except:
losses and impacts*
a. It occurs in forests, grasslands, and wooded areas
a. Disaster c. Pandemic
b. Controlled fire often occurring wildland areas
b. Health Disaster d. Natural disaster
c. Most common causes are lightning and human
accidents
The nurse is triaging four clients injured in a train
derailment. Which client should receive priority d. A wildfire also known as a wildland fire
treatment?*  
a. A 42-year-old with dyspnea and chest asymmetry. It occurs when the ED is stressed by a large number of
patients due to an acute incident or an ongoing medical
b. A 17-year-oldwith fractured arm.
crisis such as pandemic influenza, but is still able to
c. A 4-year-old with facial lacerations. provide care to all patients utilizing existing agency
d. A 30-year-old with blunt abdominal trauma resources.
a. Daily Triage
b. Incident Triage
EDN QUIZ 2
c. Disaster Triage
A client who is admitted after a thermal burn injury has
the following vital signs: blood pressure, 70/40; heart d. Population-based Triage
rate,140 beats/min; respiratory rate, 25/min. He is pale in  
color and it is difficult to find pedal pulses. Which action What is the most important hygiene habit to teach young
will the nurse take first? children?
a. Wash hands frequently
a. Start intravenous fluid line b. Use tissue to cover nose when sneezing
c. Take a bath daily
b. Check the pulses with a Doppler device d. Don’t share glass or eating utensil
c. Obtain a complete blood count  
d. Obtain an electrocardiogram What is the priority nursing diagnosis during the first 24
  hours for a client with full-thickness chemical burns on
What should you do during a hurricane evacuation? the anterior neck, chest, and all surfaces of the left arm?
a. Walk through floodwaters a. Risk for ineffective breathing pattern
b. Unplug home appliances b. Decreased tissue perfusion
c. Leave with all your valuables c. Risk for disuse syndrome
d. All of the above d. Disturbed body image
   
This status is used for any patient who can wait more Which of the following is an indicator of a tsunami?
than 2 hours to be seen without the likelihood of a. thunderstorms
deterioration in the Emergency Department b. water receding from a great distance from the coast
a. Emergent c. excessive rain clouds
b. Urgent d. peaceful waves in the shore
c. Nonurgent  
d. Dead It is performed by nurses on a routine basis in the ED,
  often utilizing a standardized approach, augmented by
What should you do during a winter storm if you’re inside clinical judgment.
a vehicle? a. Daily Triage
a. Drive slowly b. Incident Triage
b. Find a warm shelter c. Disaster Triage
c. Keep the headlights on d. Population-based Triage
d. Use snow - specific tires  
e. None of the above What should you do during an earthquake if you are
f. All of the above staying outdoors?
  a. Lie on the ground and stay there until the shaking
After a blast incident, the primary responsibility of the stops
responder is to: b. Stay under cable or power lines
a. Search and rescue c. Immediately enter a building
d. Stay in a field around trees. Stand there until the TSUNAMI
shaking stops  
  Hurricanes have a minimum wind speed of at least:*
The patient has crushing injuries, fracture, traumatic 75 MPH
amputation, and open brain injury This classification of  
blast injury is: This space increases the penetration of primary blast
a. Primary blast injury injuries.*
b. Secondary blast injury ENCLOSED SPACE
c. Tertiary blast injury  
d. Quarternary blast injury This infectious disease is caused exposure to drinking
  water or food contaminated by feces of an infected
The nurse is caring for a client with a blast injury. Which individual
of the following nursing assessments would be most CHOLERA
appropriate for this client?  
a. Assess for vasovagal hypotension This body structure is the easiest and most frequently
b. Assess the client for confusion damages during an explosion.*
c. Assess for asphyxia 1/1
d. Assess for hypervolemia TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
   
The most effective way for healthcare providers to This natural disaster is characterized by a sudden onset
protect themselves, their family and their patients from of severe snow, accompanied by rains and wind often
influenza is to: leading to power outages and dangerous icing of
a. Wear a surgical mask at all times at work. highways.*
b. Stay at home if they have respiratory symptoms. WINTER STORM
c. Get an annual shot and encourage their family, co-  
workers and patients to get the flu-vaccine annually. What volcanic alert level is characterized by massive
d. Not to go to work at all. pyroclastic clouds and lava flowing outside the volcano
  crater.*
This infectious disease is characterized by prolonged, VOLCANO ALERT LEVEL 5
face-to-face contact with the infected person throughout  
the symptomatic period until all scabs have fallen off* Under the Philippine Storm Warning Signals by
SMALLPOX PAGASA, a storm with winds of 200 kilometers per hour
  (kph) is categorized as:
  SIGNAL #4
In this phase of disaster triage, hospital personnel  
determine if the facility can provide appropriate care or if What medication is the preferred management for fever
the patient will require stabilization and transfer to a in a Dengue Fever patient.*
facility capable of a higher level of care. ACETAMINOPHEN
TERTIARY TRIAGE  
   
These infections that have been known but demonstrate This class of blast injury often sees victims with wounds
a marked increase in incidence or geographical range which are grossly contaminated
REEMERGING SECONDARY BLAST INJURY
RESURGING
 
A process which places the right patient in the right
place at the right time to receive the right level of care.
TRIAGE
 
These medications have been found to be effective in
the prevention and treatment of Influenza*
Correct answers
OSELTAMIVIR
ZANAMIVIR
 
This natural disaster often results from an earthquake
occurring on the ocean floor*
 f. Number of years in the BS Nursing program
 
The compensation of the Board members is based on
what principle that means “as much as they deserve”?*
a. Subpoena ad testificandum
b. Subpoena duces tecum
c. Quantum meruit
d. Quantum merit
 
Professional Regulation Commission was created by*
a. Presidential Decree 223
b. Republic Act 8981
c. Presidential Decree 233
d. Republic Act 8189
 
In registration by reciprocity, how many years does the
applicant needs to reside in the Philippines?*
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
 
This doctrine states that the nationality of a person is
determined by the law of his descent or parentage?*
a. Jus soli
LMR QUIZ 1 b. Jos suli
Which of the following defines a license?* c. Jus sanguinis
a. Record of names of persons d. Jus sanguini
b. Recorded in a registry  
c. A legal document given by the government The following are grounds for revocation/suspension of a
professional’s license. Select all that apply.*
d. Mutuality in the grant and enjoyment of privileges
a. For any of the causes mentioned in Section 22 of RA
between persons or nations
7164;
 
Who is the appropriate authority to administer, b. For unprofessional and unethical conduct;
implement, and enforce the regulatory policies of c. For gross incompetence or serious ignorance;
government with respect to the regulation and licensing d. For malpractice or negligence in the practice of
of the various professions?* nursing;
a. Congress  
b. President of the Philippines e. For interference in the performance of the position
c. Board of Nursing f. For insulting/belittling the performance of nurses in
d. PRC the field.
e. DILG h. For wanton disregard of legal procedures, processes
f. DND and precedents.
   
Nurses’ names are recorded in a registry or registration What PRC resolutions requires professionals to have a
book which contains the following information. Select all total of 60 CPE credits before renewal of license?*
that apply.* a. Article IV Section 1-5
a. Name of parents b. PRC Resolution Number 2004-179 series of 2004
b. Place of business; c. PRC Resolution Number 179-2004 series of 2004
c. Post office address; d. PRC Resolution Number 2002-179 series of 2002
d. Name of school, college or university from which he or  
she graduated or in which he or she has studied; If the member of the Board was appointed to fill in a
e. Date of such graduation or term of study, together vacancy or perform the duties of an office during the
with the time spent in the study of the profession absence of a regular incumbent, he/she was appointed
elsewhere, by*
a. Regular appointment Which of the following defines profession?*
b. Ad Interim Appointment a. an occupation or calling
c. Doctrine of Hold-over b. not requiring advanced training and experience in
d. None of the above some specific body of knowledge
  c. completion of basic nursing education program
The PRC Modernization Act of 2000 is also known as* d. provides service to society in all fields
a. Republic Act 7164  
b. Republic Act 8189 A member of the Nursing Board is permitted to continue
c. Republic Act 8981 to exercise the functions of the office after the end of
d. Republic Act 9173 his/her lawful term until replaced. This type of
appointment is*
 
Who appoints the chairperson and members of the a. Regular Appointment
Nursing Board?* b. Hold - over Appointment
a. The President c. Recess Appointment
b. The Senate d. Ad - Interim Appointment
c. The House of Representatives  
d. The PRC Chairperson Which of the following is/are included in the criteria of a
profession? Select all that apply.*
 
a. It must demand the possession of a body of
The two-year program curriculum is also known as:*
specialized and systematized training.
a. Bachelor of Science in Nursing
b. A profession has a clear standard of educational
b. Graduate in Nursing
preparation for entry into practice.
c. Associate in Health Science Education (ASHE)
c. It must have developed a scientific technique which is
d. Practical Nursing Program
the result of tested experience.
 
Who among the following cited and described the d. A profession must satisfy an dispensable social need
qualities of a profession?* and must be based upon well established and socially
a. Genevieve K. accepted scientific principles
b. Flexner
QUIZ 2
c. Bixler
Which of the following pointers is the least helpful to give
d. Webster
an applicant who will undergo interview?*
 
a. Make a personal appointment
What refers to involvement of husband/wife, children,
brothers/sisters, mother/father in any activity that will b. Be at the place at the appointed time
conflict with his/her position in the Board, particularly c. Be at your best
money matters?* d. Ask questions about the job
a. Peculiary Interest  
b. Pecuniary Interest Which of the following is not a factor to consider in
c. Peconiary Interest making self-evaluation?*
d. Pecumiary Interest a. Qualifications
  b. Years of experience
The professional nurse must: Select all that apply.* c. Attitude
a. Have a license to practice nursing in the country; d. Age
b. Have a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing; and  
c. Be physically and mentally fit. Which of the following should a dean in a college of
nursing have?*
d. A warm personality and concern for people
a. 1 year of clinical practice in a field of specialization
e. Must have a caring and compassionate attitude
b. Post-Master’s Degree
f. Obtained all required Operating/Delivery Room cases
c. Doctoral Degree in Nursing
g. Possess critical analysis and decision - making skills
d. 5 years teaching experience
 
 
The Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 is also known as:*
When writing your resignation letter, observe the
a. Republic Act 9173
following points. Select all that apply.*
b. Republic Act 7146
a. Give the date of resignation
c. Republic Act 9713
b. State the reason for resigning
d. Republic Act 7164
 
c. Express gratitude for kindness and consideration f. All of the above
given during the period of employment g. None of the above
d. Attach clearance for money h. A & B
e. State concerns with interpersonal relationships in the i.A & C
organization j. B & C
f. Provide recommendations to improve the culture of k. A & D
the organization l. B & D
g. Report any issues of employees not relayed to higher  
management Causes of failure in a job may be due to the following,
  except:*
Which of the following is true about personal interview?* a. Incompetence
a. Face-to-face conference between two people only b. Dishonesty
b. Interview between an employer and an applicant c. Balance time for relaxation and recreation
c. Give chance to assess each other d. All of the above
d. All of the above e. None of the above
e. None of the above
f. A & B Private duty nurses should be an IV therapist certified
by:*
g.B & C
a. BON
h. A & C
b. ANSAP
Correct answer
c. MCNAP
 
If you are a female, which of the following is the most d. PRC
helpful tip when going for an interview?* e. PNA
a. Wear any kind of clothes f. CCNAPI
b. Apply moderate to heavy make - up  
c. Wear accessories to highlight yourself The following contracts are void or inexistent from the
beginning. Select all that apply.*
d. Wear heels to increase height
a. Those whose cause, object or purpose are contrary to
e. Basic, clean appearance and hairstyle
law, morals, good customs, public order or public policy.
 
Private duty nurses uses the following titles. Select all b. Those whose cause or object did not exist from the
that apply.* time of transaction.
a. Private Nurse Practitioner c. Those whose object is outside the commerce of man.
b. Special Duty Nurse d. Those which contemplate an impossible service.
c. Private Duty Nurse Specialist  
d. Special Duty Caregivers  
e. Private Care Specialists This is a meeting of minds between two persons
whereby one binds himself, with respect to the other, to
 
give something or to render some service.*
If you are a male, which of the following is the most
a. Agreement
helpful tip when going for an interview?*
b. Memorandum
a. Make sure your clothes are clean
c. Contract
b. Have a decent haircut
d. Law
c. Be well shaven
 
d. All of the above
The doctrine “facio ut des” means*
e. None of the above
a. I do that you may give
f. A & B
b. I give that you may do
g. B & C
c. I receive what I deserve
h. A & C
d. I deserve what I receive
 
Who led the nursing of the sick and wounded Katipunan  
revolutionaries in 1890?* A failure to perform an agreement*
a. Elipido Quirino a. Inexistent contract
b. Tandang Sora b. Voidable contract
c. Melchora Aquino c. Illegal contract
d. Gabriela Silang d. Breach of contract
e. Teodora Agoncillo  
The beneficiaries of the comprehensive nursing specialty b. Code of Ethics for Professional Nurses
program are obligated to serve for how long in any c. Code of Good Governance for Nurses
Philippine hospital?* d. Magna Carta for Healthcare Workers
a. 1 year c. 3 years  
b. 2 years d. 4 years Registered Nurses and Pra ctice is*
  a. Article I c. Article III
The following are the qualifications of Nursing b. Article II d. Article IV
Coordinator for Staff Development, except.*
 
a. 5 years clinical experience Nurse being equipped with the needed knowledge and
b. 4 years clinical experience skills to perform their tasks for patients follows which
c. Master’s Degree general principle in the Code of Good Governance*
d. 2 years clinical experience a. Solidarity and Teamwork
e. All of the above b. Global Competitiveness
f. None of the above c. Professional competence
  d. Service to Others
What contract is concluded as the result of a written  
document or correspondence where the law does not The principle that nurses owe their loyalty to the
require the same to be in writing?* profession is contained under which part of the Code of
a. Formal contract Ethics for Nurses*
b. Informal contract a. Registered Nurses and Co-workers
c. Express contract b. Registered Nurses and Practice
d. Implied contract c. Registered Nurses and the Profession
  d. Registered Nurses, Society and Environment
A contract that is concluded as a result of acts of  
conduct of the parties to which the law ascribes an When the patient and the healthcare providers are
objective intention to enter into a contract.* bound to tell the truth to maximize the efficiency of
a. Formal contract healthcare, this principle is.*
b. Informal contract a. Autonomy
c. Express contract b. Veracity
d. Implied contract c. Justice
  d. Beneficence
Nursing in hospitals and related health facilities such as  
extended care facilities, nursing homes, and This principle involves self-determination and freedom to
neighborhood clinics, comprises all of the basic choose and implement one's decision, free from
components of comprehensive patient care and family deceit,duress, constraint or coercion.*
health. This field of nursing is*
a. Autonomy
a. Institutional Nursing
b. Veracity
b. Public Health Nursing or Community Health Nursing
c. Justice
c. Industrial or Occupational Health Nursing
d. Beneficence
d. Nursing Education
 
The Code of Good Governance promulgated by the
QUIZ 3 Professional Regulation Commission on*
a. June 23, 2003
It is incumbent upon nurses to practice the profession in
b. July 23, 2003
tandem with fellow health care professionals in the field.
This follows which important principle in the Code of c. October 25, 1990
Good Governance* d. July 14, 2004
a. Solidarity and Teamwork  
b. Integrity and Objectivity These are systematic guides for developing ethical
c. Professional Competence behavior.*
d. Social and Civic Responsibility a. Code of morality
  b. Code of ethics
This document lays the foundation for nurses to act with c. Moral principles
sound judgement within socially acceptable norms, d. Ethical principles
practices and customs*  
a. Philippine Nursing Act of 2002
During the pandemic, nurses caring for COVID - 19
patients despite the risks is an example based on what
ethical approach?*
a. Teleological approach
b. Deontological approach
c. Virtue Ethics approach
d. Divine Command Ethics
When a nurse is faced with a situation which may have
both good and bad effects, how should she choose
which one to follow? The basis of action may be the
following: Select all that apply*
a. that the action can be morally good;
b. that the good effect must be merely allowed and
willed bad effect ;
c. that the good effect may come from an evil action but
from the initial action itself directly; and
d. that the good effect must be greater than the bad
effect
 
A nurse - researcher must ensure the safety and
protection of the subject is adhering to which basic right
among human test subjects*
a. Right to be Protected from Harm
b. Right to Privacy
c. Right to Refuse/Withdraw
d. Right to Informed Consent
 
Patients with a harelip or cleft palate may have their
defects corrected by plastic surgery. This is stated in
what moral principle?*
a. One who acts through an agent is himself/herself
responsible.
b. No one is obliged to betray himself/herself.
c. The end does not justify the means.
d. Defects of nature may be corrected.
 
During an epidemic, immunization against
communicable diseases is administered to the people.
This is based on the moral principle*
a. The greatest good for the greatest number.
b. A little more or less does not change the substance of
an act.
c. The morality of cooperation
d. Principle relating to the origin and destruction of life.
 
In testifying before a court, no one can force any person
to answer a question if such will incriminate him/her.
This is supported by the moral principle.*
a. One who acts through an agent is himself/herself
responsible.
b. No one is obliged to betray himself/herself.
c. The end does not justify the means.
d. Defects of nature may be corrected.
 
Nurses being kind, compassionate and helpful to the
patient is following which universal ethical principle*
a. Justice c. Nonmaleficence
b. Autonomy d. Beneficence
Immoral operations such as abortion shall not be
participated upon by a nurse even if the doctor
commands it. This is stated on the moral principle*
a. The greatest good for the greatest number.
b. A little more or less does not change the substance of
an act.
c. The morality of cooperation
d. Principle relating to the origin and destruction of life.
 
God said, "Do unto others what you would like others do
unto you." This moral principle is*
a. Epikia
b. The Golden Rule
c. The two-fold effect
d. The principle of totality
This is based on the biblical story of a man who aided an
injured person who was waylaid by thieves and was left
half-dead.*
a. Good Samaritan Act
b. Euthanasia
c. Dying patient’s bill of rights
d. Christian Nurse’s duty
 
A patient who wishes to stop availing of treatments
provided by the physician or any healthcare professional
has the responsibility to:*
a. provide information
b. comply with instructions
c. pay hospital charges
d. inform staff of refusal of treatment
QUIZ 4
implements the rules and regulations governing the
operation of review centers pursuant to Executive Order
266.*
CHED MEMORANDUM ORDER NO 49 SERIES OF 2006
 
The law authored by Sen. Alvarez which became known
as the Philippine Nursing Act of 1991*
REPUBLIC ACT NO 7164
This law transfers responsibility for delivery of basic
services and facilities of the national government to local
government units. This involves devolution of powers,
functions and responsibilities to the local government
both provincial and municipal.*
REPUBLIC ACT NO 7160
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
 
The law entitles the elderly to a twenty percent (20%)
discount in all public establishments such as restaurants,
pharmacies, public utility vehicles and hospitals. It also
entitles the elderly to free medical and dental check-up
and hospitalization in all government hospitals.*
REPUBLIC ACT 7432
SENIOR'S CITIZEN ACT
 
Provides workers the right to self-organization and
collective bargaining. It promotes the rights and welfare
of workers.*
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 442
LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Requires all hospitals in the Philippines to be licensed
before they can offer to serve the community.*
REPUBLIC ACT NO 4426
HOSPITAL LICENSURE ACT
THE HOSPITAL LICENSURE ACT
 
This law is to ensure the production of an adequate
supply, distribution, use and acceptance of drugs and
medicines identified by their generic names.*
REPUBLIC ACT 6675
GENERICS ACT OF 1988
 
The first true Nursing Law in the Philippines passed in
1919.*
REPUBLIC ACT NO.2808
 
This law requires public officials and employees shall
discharge their duties with utmost responsibility,integrity,
competence and loyalty, and shall act with patriotism
and justice. They must lead modest lives and uphold
public interest over personal interest.*
REPUBLIC ACT 6713
CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR
PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES
The law that created the Professional Regulation
Commission and prescribed its powers and functions.*
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 223
This doctrine means that the injury could not have
happened if someone was not negligent that no further
proof is required.*
DOCTRINE OF RES IPSA LOQUITUR
This law stated that a privilege tax shall be paid before
any business or occupation can be lawfully begun or
pursued.*
REPUBLIC ACT NO.1612
A commission or omission of an act, pursuant to a duty,
that a reasonably prudent person in the same or similar
circumstance would or would not do, and acting or the
non-acting of which is the proximate cause of injury to
another person or his property.*
PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE
 
This law prescribes permanent residence and reciprocity
as qualifications for any examination or registration for
the practice of any profession in the Philippines.*
REPUBLIC ACT 5181
R.A. 5181
RA 5181
 
Under this doctrine, the liability is expanded to include
the master as well as the employee and not a shift of
liability from the subordinate to the master.*
RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR
This law allows former Filipino professionals to practice
their respective professions in the Philippines.
Balikbayans, therefore, although not residents of the
Philippines anymore, may practice their profession
during the period of their stay in the country provided
they register with the Professional Regulation
Commission and pay their income tax on all earnings
while in the country.*
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 541
This term refers to an irresistible force or an unseen
event that has occurred and affected the situation.*
FORCE MAJEURE
 
 
This law mandated that all passers of the bar and board
examination automatically become eligible in the civil
service.*
REPUBLIC ACT 1080
R.A. 1080
RA 1080
A nurse who is unable to perform her duties due to
inability is liable for:*
INCOMPETENCE
This law states that sale,administration, delivery,
distribution, and transportation of prohibited drugs are
punishable by law.*
REPUBLIC ACT 6425
DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT
THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT