IV.

NATIONAL NURSING CAREER

PROGRESSION PROGRAM
Baguio City
APRIL 25, 2014

HON. MARCO ANTONIO C. STO. TOMAS
ADPCN SUMMER CONFERENCE
OUR INTERNALLY DRIVEN MACHINERY
TOWARDS PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND
ADVANCEMENT :

the National Nursing Career Progression
Program (NNCPP)
aligned with the Philippine
Qualifications Framework (PQF)
OUR INITIAL PREPARATIONS
TOOK COGNIZANCE OF:

1. Patricia Benners Model of
Career Path Development;
and
2. The Dreyfus Model of
Progressive Skills Acquisition
THE PHILIPPINE NURSING CAREER PROGRESSION PROGRAM - INITIAL PREPARATION
THE DREYFUS MODEL AND PHILIPPINE QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK (PQF) APPLIED
NATIONAL
NURSING
CAREER
COMPETENCY
LEVELS
PQF DESCRIPTORS
ASEAN
QUALIFICATION
S
REFERENCING
FRAMEWORK
(AQRF)

KNOWLEDGE AND
SKILLS

APPLICATION
(STANDARD OF WORK)
DEGREE OF
INDEPENDENCE
(AUTONOMY IN
PRACTICE)
QUALIFICATION TYPE
(COPING WITH COMPLEXITY
and
PERCEPTION OF CONTEXT)

BEGINNING
NURSE
Applies broad KS,A and Vs
in Professional Practice.
Requires further
enhancement.
Applies Core Competency
Standards and completes
work to an acceptable
degree.
Achieves individual
functioning through
professional judgement BUT
still requires supervision for
over-all tasks.
BS NURSING GRADUATE;
May have minimal conception
of dealing with complexities
and may only achieve partial
resolution;
Sees action in isolation.

6 A

ADVANCED
BEGINNER
Works with background
knowledge of the area of
practice.
Tasks are likely completed
within acceptable
standards.
Able to perform tasks using
own judgement and requires
very minimum supervision.
BS NURSING GRADUATE;
Appreciates complex
situations but may only
achieve partial resolution;
Sees action as series of steps.

6 B


COMPETENT

Possess advanced K and S
for Professional Highly
Skilled Practice. Requires
further upgrading.
Product of job performed
fit for purpose although
may lack refinement at
times.
Able to perform tasks using
own judgement , NO
supervision required and
practices leadership and
management skills.

Post Baccalaureate Program;
Copes with complex situations
through deliberate analysis
and planning ;
Sees action in terms of longer
term goals.


7 A

PROFICIENT
Depth in the
understanding of the
discipline/profession and
the area of practice
Fully acceptable standards
achieved routinely.
Able to take FULL
responsibility of own work,
and others as well, where
applicable;
Doctoral Program;
Deals with complex situation
holistically. Decision-making
more confident;
Sees overall picture and how
actions fit within it.


7 B



EXPERT
Possess systematic and
critical understanding of
complex conditions. With
specialized research skills
and self directed
advancement of learning
Excellence achieved with
relative ease.
Able to take responsibility
for higher standards and
draws own interpretation of
phenomenon.
Post Doctoral Program;
Holistic grasp of complex
situations; Moves between
intuitive and analytical
approaches with ease;
Sees overall picture and
alternative approaches; Has
vision of what may be
possible.



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BUT TO EFFECT
ALIGNMENT WITH
THE PQF
THE PHILIPPINE NURSING CAREER PROGRESSION PROGRAM RECONFIGURED
THE DREYFUS MODEL AND PHILIPPINE QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK (PQF) APPLIED
NATIONAL
NURSING
CAREER
COMPETENCY
LEVELS ALIGNED
TO THE PQF
PQF DESCRIPTORS

KNOWLEDGE AND
SKILLS

APPLICATION
(STANDARD OF WORK)
DEGREE OF INDEPENDENCE
(AUTONOMY IN PRACTICE)
QUALIFICATION
TYPE

6
Has general background
knowledge of the area of
practice, performs with
moderate skills, engages in
health-related research with
a group and life-long
learning.
Applies Core Competency
Standards. Tasks are completed
within set standards in
professional field of practice,
creative work, research with a
group, and lifelong learning.
Able to perform tasks using
own judgement and
requires minimal
supervision.
BACCALAUREATE
DEGREE



7
Has advanced knowledge
and skills in a specialized or
multi-disciplinary field of
study for professional
practice, creative work, self-
directed research and/or
lifelong learning
Applies core competency
standards in a specialized or
multi-disciplinary field of study
for professional practice,
creative work, self-directed
research and/or lifelong
learning.
Independent . This involves
exercise of leadership and
initiative in individual work
and/or in a team of
multidisciplinary fields.
POST
BACCALAUREATE
PROGRAM




8
Has highly advanced,
systematic knowledge,
and skills in specialized or
complex multi-disciplinary
fields of learning for
complex research , creative
work for professional work
and/or professional practice
and leadership for the
advancement of learning.
Applies core competency
standards in highly
specialized or complex multi-
disciplinary field of professional
practice that requires creativity
, in leadership and
management, in self-directed
research in a specialized or
multi-disciplinary field.
Highly independent . This
involves a significant level
of expertise-based
autonomy and
accountability in the
exercise of leadership that
demands creativity in a
highly specialized or more
complex multidisciplinary
field.
DOCTORAL/
POST DOCTORAL
PROGRAM
AND
SYNCHRONICITY
WITH THE AQRF

Knowledge and skills

Application and Responsibility

LEVEL 6
is technical and theoretical within
a specific field
involve critical and analytical
thinking
are complex and changing

require initiative and adaptability as well as
strategies to improve activities and to solve complex
and abstract issues




LEVEL
7
is at the forefront of a field and
show mastery of a body of
knowledge
involve critical and independent
thinking as the basis for research
to extend or redefine knowledge
or practice
are complex and unpredictable and involve the
development and testing of innovative solutions to
resolve issues
require expert judgement and significant
responsibility for professional knowledge, practice and
management




LEVEL
8
is at the most advanced
and specialised level
and at the frontier of a
field
involve independent
and original thinking and research,
resulting in the creation of new
knowledge or practice
are highly specialised and complex
involving the development and testing
of new theories and new solutions to
resolve complex, abstract issues
require authoritative and expert
judgement with a sustained commitment to
management of research and significant responsibility
for extending professional knowledge and practice and
creation of new ideas and or processes.
high levels of management and leadership

WORK TO BE DONE
IS TO IMPLEMENT
THE RECONFIGURED/ALIGNED
NATIONAL NURSING CAREER
PROGRESSION PROGRAM
(NNCPP)

BOARD OF NURSING
NNCPC
National Nursing
Career Progression Council
(BoN Resolution No. 22, S. 2009 - REVISED)
1. Policy-Development Initiatives -
recommendatory to the BoN
2. Oversight
FUNCTIONS
1. Recognize Organized Nursing Group
2. Accredit Specialty Programs
3. Credential - Nurse Practitioners
TASKS
1. Set Standards
2. Establish Mechanisms
3. Develop Criteria
SPECIALTY/ADVANCE PRACTICE
Certification Boards (SAPCB)
1. Leadership/Governance 2. General Practice/Clinical 3. Education
Appeals Panel
3. Recognizes Specialty Nursing
Organizations
(Accdg to set Standards)
Nominations Committee
creates the
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SEEKS
NOMINEES
FOR MEMBERSHIP
TO THE SPECIALTY/ADVANCE
PRACTICE CERTIFICATION BOARDS
(SAPCB)

ACCEPTS NOMINEES FOR THE
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION BOARDS
(SCB)
COMMUNITY
HEALTH NURSING
SPECIALTY
MOTHER AND
CHILD NURSING
SPECIALTY
ADULT HEALTH
NURSING SPECIALTY
MENTAL HEALTH
AND PSYCHIATRIC
NURSING SPECIALTY
creates the
IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS FOR THE NATIONAL NURSING CAREER PROGRESSION PROGRAM
NNCPP.2014 REVISED (In accord with R.A. No. 9173)
Basic
Nursing
Education
Post
Baccalaureate
Programs
Others: Specialty
& Advanced
Nursing
Education
NURSING EDUCATION
NURSING SERVICE
NURSING ENTERPRISE
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NURSING CAREER PROGRESSION PATHWAYS PROGRESSION LEVELS
General Nursing Practice Track 6 7 8
Clinical Nursing Track 6
Training
and Devt.
7 8
Nursing Education Track 6
Training
and Devt.

7 8
Leadership & Governance Track 6
Training
and Devt.
7 8
NNCP Council
OPERATIONAL PLAN
Regulatory
Board
of Nursing
National Nursing
Career Progression
Council (NNCPC)
Sub-Council for
Leadership and
Governance in Nursing


Certification Board for Leadership and
Governance in Nursing for:
1. Nursing Admin in Private Hospitals
2. Nursing Admin in Government Hospital
and Public Health Facilities
3. Nursing Admin in Nursing Educational
Settings
4. Nursing Admin in Military and Para-
Military Settings
5. Nursing Admin in other Practice
Settings


Sub-Council for Nursing
Practice in the Academe

Certification Board for Nursing
Education
1. Faculty-Members
2. Deans
Sub-Council on Clinical
Nursing Specialty and
Advance Practice
Nursing
Specialty Boards on Various BON
Recognized Clinical Specialties
1. Community Health Nursing
2. Mother and Child Nursing
3. Adult Health Nursing
4. Mental Health and Psychiatric
Nursing
Sub-Council for the
General Nursing
Practice
Certification Board for:
* Level 6 -8

R.A. No. 9173
BON Resolution No. 22,
Series 2009 (to be
amended to incorporate
and align Executive Order
No. 83, S. 2012 (PQF)
BON NNCP COUNCIL Secretariat
1. Executive Director
2. Secretary for NCP Levels (Generalists)
3. Secretary for NCP on Leadership and Governance
4. Secretary for NCP on Nursing Education
5. Secretary for Clinical Specialty and Advance
Nursing Practitioners
NNCPP PROCESSING CENTERS
BON Recognized Specialty Nursing
Organizations
BON NNCP Council Designated Processing
Centers
(All Processing Centers shall have respective MOCs
for operational controls and supervision)
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