5.

Standards of
Public Health
Nursing in the
Philippines
Data collection/Assessment

• PHN collects comprehensive data

pertinent to the health status of
populations (individualized to
population, assess health literacy,
determine barriers and limitations,
prioritize risks, evidence-based practice).
Population Diagnosis and Priorities

• PHN analyzes the assessment data to

determine the diagnoses or issues
(derives comprehensive population
diagnoses/priorities, validates the
diagnoses or concerns agencies and/or
organizations, identifies actual or
potential risks, documents).
Outcomes Identification
• PHN identifies expected outcomes for a plan
specific to the problem or situation (involves
population/other professionals/organizations/
stakeholders, culturally appropriate, consider
beliefs and values/benefits and risks,
costs/social policies, incorporate knowledge of
available resources/environmental
factors/ethical, legal, privacy considerations,
reflect long term commitment to population,
modify as needed and document).
Planning
• PHN develops a plan that prescribes strategies
and alternatives to attain expect outcomes
(population-focused plans and prioritization of
determinants of health/health assets/concerns/
needs/risks, address promotion, improvement,
and restoration of health/prevention of illness,
injury, or disease/alleviation of suffering/
emergency preparedness and response, wellness
across lifespan, partnerships, applying current
regulations, ecological consideration,
document, integrate trends).
Implementation
• PHN implements the identified plan (partner
with individuals/families/groups/communities,
applies evidence-based strategies/activities/
outcome measures, provide holistic care,
incorporate systems and population resources,
consider cultural diversity and major health
problems when implementing, integrate ecological
perspective, monitor implementation, collaborate
with others, accommodate different styles of
communication, integrate traditional and
complementary health practices, document, use
technology to measure, record, and retrieve data).
Evaluation
• PHN evaluates progress toward attainment
of outcomes (systematic/ongoing/criterion-
based evaluation of programs, collaborate
with target population/stakeholders, apply
epidemiological and scientific methods to
determine effectiveness, use info technology,
ongoing assessment data usage, disseminate
the evaluation results, monitor and assure
appropriate use of programs, document
results).
• Evaluates responses of clients to
interventions to note progress toward
goal achievement, revise data base,
diagnoses and plan.

• Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility,

and quality of personal and population-
based health services.
Coordination of Care

• PHN coordinates care delivery

(promotes policies/programs/
services, facilitate communication,
conducts surveillance, connects
populations with needed services,
implements follow-up referrals,
documents coordination of care).
Health Teaching and Health Promotion
• PHN employs multiple strategies to promote and
a safe environment (appropriate health education
related to available resources/developmental
needs/healthy lifestyle choices and behaviors/
health promotion, disease prevention, risk-
reduction strategies/multiple determinants of
health; evidence-based health promotion
appropriate to situation, anticipatory guidance,
intended effects and potential adverse effects of
proposed policies/programs/services, obtaining
feedback and evaluation, use of appropriate
technology).
Regulatory Activities
• PHN participates in applications of
public health laws, regulations, and
policies (describes the
structure/function/jurisdictional authority
of organizational units, educate affected
populations, support public health policies/
programs/resources, monitors and inspects
regulated entities, collect information,
assist with addressing noncompliance with
laws, emergency preparedness).
Ethics
• PHN practices ethically (adheres to ethics codes,
deliver programs/services in a manner that
preserves, promotes, and protects the autonomy,
beliefs, dignity, values, and rights of people;
applies ethical standards, maintains
confidentiality, assists in developing skills in self-
determination and informed decision-making,
maintain professional relationships/
boundaries, resolves social/environmental/ethical
issues, reports illegal/unethical behaviors,
challenges practices that jeopardize safety or
quality improvement).
Assumes Professional Development/Education
Development/
• PHN attains knowledge and competence that
reflect current nursing practice (ongoing
educational activities, commitment to lifelong
learning, seeks experiences that reflect current
practice, knows historical foundation of public
health, seeks formal and independent learning
experiences, identifies changes in statutory
requirements for the practice of nursing, involved in
formal and informal consultations addressing public
health/education, shares experiences/findings/ ideas
with peers, contributes to work environment of
education, maintains professional record).
Evidenced-based Practice and Research

• PHN integrates evidence and research

findings into practice (utilize the best current
evidence, engage in research, implement
research protocols, critically analyze/
interpret results, share research activities).
• Indulges in research to contribute to theory
and practice in community health nursing
• Research for new insights and innovate
solutions to health problems.
Quality of Practice
• PHN contributes to the quality nursing
practice (documenting, implement new
knowledge and quality improvements,
identify aspects for quality monitoring, collect
data to monitor practice, formulate
recommendations, participate in events to
evaluate policies, programs, and services;
reduce cost/
unnecessary duplication, improvement in day-
to-day work routines, analyze factors of
accessibility, analyze organizations).
Leadership
• PHN demonstrates leadership in the professional
practice setting and the profession (oversee nursing
care given, abides by the vision and associated goals
and plan to implement and measure progress, act in
accordance with organizational goals, facilitates
development of organizational plans, participates in
teams, mentors colleagues, treat colleagues with
respect/trust/dignity, conflict resolution, promote
culturally responsive work environment, participates
in professional organizations, articulates nursing and
public health knowledge/skills to others, influences
health care policy).
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• Collaboration with other professions,
populations, organizations, and stakeholder
groups is the most effective way to promote and
protect health of the people.
• Collaborates with other members of the health
team, professionals and community
representatives in assessing, planning,
implementing and evaluating programs for
community health.
• Mobilize community partnerships and action
to identify and solve health problems.
THANK YOU