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1. What is the significance of Nursing theory in the area of discipline and profession ?
The significance of theory for the discipline of nursing is that the discipline is
dependent upon theory for its continued existence, that is,we can be a
vocation, or we can be adiscipline with a professional style o ftheory-based
practice.The theoretical works have taken nursing to higher levels of
education and practice as nurses have moved from the functional focus, or
what nurses do,to a knowledge focus, or what nurses know and how they use
what they know for thinking and decision making while concentrating on the
patient.
2. Make a research reading on the updates of the first three (3) schol of nursing. Are they still in
existence? Include their location . What are the changes/progress as to how far they have been.
THROUGH the years Iloilo Mission Hospital continues to provide medical care to the
Ilonggos. Established in 1901, known as Mission Hospital Dispensary, it started as a bamboo
clinic and was built through the efforts of Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Andrew Hall, Presbyterian
Missionary Doctor and Nurse.
From its humble beginning at Ledesma Street to Iznart Street, and now Mission Road, IMH
continues to uphold its mission as a Christian hospital committed to serve the community in
love through holistic healing, training and preaching ministries.
In pursuit of Iloilo Mission Hospital’s vision, mission and desire to continue providing
excellent patient care, improvements are being done continually to cater the needs of its
clientele. These have sustained the IMH’s vision of delivering quality patient care through
committed, well-trained and caring hospital staff that touch lives with the love of God.
Iloilo Mission Hospital is a member institution of the Convention of the Philippine Baptist
Churches. It has 261-bed capacity and serves as the clinical area for students in Medicine,
Nursing, Medical Technology, Physical Therapy, Medical Social Work, Pharmacy, Nutrition
and Dietetics and Chaplaincy Program. It has an accredited residency training program for
Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Family & Community Medicine
and Surgery. It also accepts practicum training for Business and Information Technology.
As the first nursing school in the Philippines which started in 1906, it is home to thousands of
nurses whose values and competencies have been moulded according to the virtues of
Christianity. It is the basis by IMH is known as a haven of caring people.
1957- The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) was opened with five-year BSN,
four-year BSN, two-year Supplemental Course.
2005- recognized the need for diversity in its continuing growth and development
as an academic institution and as a university.
Allied programs were clustered into colleges
2006- SPU Manila sent a delegation of faculty and students (College of Nursing and
Allied Health Sciences and College of Business and Management) to China for an
exchange program with Zhaoqing Medical College and Zhaoqing Business College,
respectively.