NARS and RN HEALS NARS

Nurses Assigned in Rural Service

RN heals
Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement and Local Service Project

competencies for national public and private sector employment

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Specific Objectives 1. Provides registered nurses with necessary competencies that encompass both community health practice as well as clinical skills; Address the shortage of skilled and experienced nurses, both domestic and overseas, through structured competency development program; Provide deployment opportunities for nurses in rural areas and underserved communities; Augment the nursing workforce of hospitals and rural health units in identified poor municipalities of needed clinical and public health nurses.

Specific Objectives 1. Improve access of poor communities to quality healthcare and social services Increase nurses employability with enhanced clinical and preventive health management competencies. Provide income generating opportunities for currently unemployed registered nurses Address the shortages of skilled and experienced nurses through a competency based learning and development project. Address the inadequate nursing workforce in rural and unserved communities and health facilities. Address the proliferation of the so-called volunteer nurses

Launced February 9, 2009 Multi Sectoral summit on Joining Hands Against the Global Crisis Aims to mitigate the impact of the global financial crisis, to save and create as many jobs as possible and expand social protection and help achieve better health service and care for the people, especially those in the poorest municipalities of the country. Warrior of wellness to do the three Is 1. Initiate primary health, school nutrition, maternal health programs, first line diagnosis; 2. Inform about community water sanitation, practices and also do health surveillance; 3. Immunize children and mothers Is built within the frameworks of the Economic Resiliency Plan of the Arroyo Administration and the Department of Healths Fourmula One for Health. Selection of the 1,000 poorest municipalities shall be based on the City and Municipal Poverty Incidence based on Small Area Poverty Estimates (SAE), 2003 of the National Statistics and Coordination Board/World Bank. This same SAE is being used by the DSWD in their Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and also for prioritizing target households for their National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction. General Objective Project NARS aims to improve delivery of health care services to our population and create a pool of registered nurses with enhanced clinical and preventive health management General Objective Aims to improve the delivery health care and social services and create a pool of registered nurses with enhanced clinical and preventive health management competencies for the national public and private 4. Rationale: To make essential health goods and social services available to Filipinos, especially the poor. 2.

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DSWDs 4Ps (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or Conditional Cast Transfer (CCT) Nurse will be deployed at an average of 5 per town in the 1,000 poorest municipalities, for a six months tour of duty. Another batch will be deployed for the second half of the year. These nurses will under go training and development for competency enhancement in accordance with the training program designed by the PRC-BON in collaboration with DOH. The training program will cover both the clinical and public health functions. Nurses trainees will rotate in their assigned hospital or rural unit for a period of three (3) months. At the end of the third month, nurses who have completed their rotation in the hospital will be re-assigned to rural unit and vice versa. The DOLE, DOH and PRC

Beneficiaries: 10,000 RNs 2.3 Million Households Families of 10,000 volunteer Nurses As it provides nurses to 1,221 identified municipalities in the country, nurses under this project will be given a: a. b. c. 1. 2. 3. 4. P8,000 stipend per month GSIS group accident insurance PhilHealth Medical Insurance Certificate of Competency and Employment 2,000 additional allowances and benefits from LGUs

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shall issue A Certificate of Completion/Competency Jointly after an assessment of the gained competencies of nurse trainees. While on training, nurses will be given a stipend/allowance of P8,000.00 per month. This translates to about P366.00 per day for forty (40) hours training/workweek. As these nurses are already in their hometowns, transportation expenses will no longer be a problem. Recruitment and selection shall be the responsibility of DOLE, through its Regional Offices. Registered nurses who are physically and mentally fit and willing to serve in their hometowns and with the following qualifications may apply online at www.nars.dole.gov. from February 20 to March 22, 2009: 1. With valid nurse license issued by the PRC; 2. Not over 35 years old; 3. Resident of the identified municipalities / nearby municipalities; 4. No nursing related practice for the past 3 years. Nurse applicants who are dependents of workers affected by the Global Crisis (e.g. laid off/rotated, etc.,) shall be given priority in the selection. Recruitment and selection of nurse applicants to Project RHheals? Applicants shall apply to the project visa the internet @ www.dole.gov.ph 1. 2. With valid nurses license issued by the PRC; Resident of identified municipality is a reference; Preferably no nursing related practice for the past 3 years; Project NARS dropout will not be considered Physically and mentally fit

overseas employment; Provide income of P8,000 per month to 5,000 unemployed nurses for the six months and to another 5,000 for the second half of the year, to help pump prime the economy; 3. Promote the health of the people through the improvement of the delivery of nursing and health care services, particularly in the 1,000 poorest municipalities and 4. Bring the government closer to people. 2.

cash transfer; 4Ps Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program areas) DOLE lead in the recruitment activities for the project PRC-BON validates the license of nurse applicants PNA collaborate with partner agencies in the development of modules Regional/Provincial Offices of DSWD, DOLE, DOH, PRCBON LGU ensure safety and security of the community based volunteer nurses.

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Selection of health facilities for RNheals deployment includes: Must be or will be upgraded as BEmoNc facility 2. For hospital facilities, level II hospital 3. Authorized bed capacity of at least 50 4. Provides OB and Pediatric services 5. Has the capacity to handle additional nurses DOH lead in the implementation of the learning, development and deployment of nurses DSWD identify participating communities and health facilities (CCT conditional 1.

The NARS Project will: 1. Create a pool of 10,000 nurses who are adequately trained with enhanced clinical and public health competencies and readily available for local and