Quality assurance of Nursing Education in the Philippines

@#The Philippines continues to produce globally competitive nursing graduates. However, it performs poorly in international standards for quality education in nursing. This paper investigates the objective parameters of quality assurance: Commission on Higher Education (CHED) accreditation, Philippine Regulation Commission (PRC) licensure examinations, and other international and local standards to measure the quality of nursing education inputs and outputs. Results showed an accreditation rate of 3% for nursing programs, less than the national average of 10% for all programs across all professions (CHED 2018; CHED n.d. -a; CHED n.d. -b). Some highly regarded programs have advanced to Level IV (seven baccalaureate programs and two master's programs). Although there is a link between graduates' performance and effective instruction and sound evaluation in university procedures (Amanonce & Maramag, 2020), written board exams cannot assess some performance indicators to determine if a student has met program objectives. Although the country has produced globally competitive nursing graduates, steps must be taken to improve the program's compatibility with the concept of globalization. Strategies should be aimed at performance indicators in a global nursing education and profession landscape.

Mental health promotion program to enhance maternal adjustment among postpartum women / The Health Sciences Journal

INTRODUCTION: A statistical extrapolation reported 126,826 cases of post partum depression in thePhilippines in 2004, prompting the proposal of the Postpartum Depression Research Act of 2007. Thisquasi-experimental research tested the Mental Health Promotion Program for Postpartum Women.The study elaborated the link between identified high-risk mothers for postnatal mood disturbancesand effect of the intervention two weeks postpartum.METHODS: This was conducted using Postnatal Depression Predictor Inventory Scale-Revised,administration of a two-week Mental Health Promotion Program for Postpartum Women consistingof self-mastery, social support and sleep; and evaluation of postnatal depression scores of mothersthrough Edinburg's Postnatal Depression Scale two weeks after g iving birth.RESULTS Mothers who are at risk of developing postpartum mood disorders were predominant. It alsodiscovered that majority of high-risk mothers reported depressive symptoms. There was no significantdifference in the postpartum mood between the study and control groups after the Mental HealthPromotion Program for Postpartum Women. The intervention was able to address three factors:blaming oneself, fear and panic without reason, and difficulty s leeping due to sadness.CONCLUSION: There is no significant difference in the postpartum mood between the control and studygroup after the intervention, however, the Mental Health Promotion Program for Postpartum Womenwas able to successfully target three factors: blaming oneself, fear and panic without reason, anddifficulty sleeping due to sadness.