Papers by Dr. Portia Zoleta-Vitug
Background: Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) is a concept which has the potential to address healt... more Background: Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) is a concept which has the potential to address health inequities and disparities. In the Philippines, although there have been amendments in the existing nursing law to include APN, the progress remained slow because of numerous barriers and challenges. Objective: To explore the challenges in developing advanced practice nursing in the Philippines Methods: Employing a qualitative design, 15 purposively-selected nurses with experience in APN from the Philippine Nurses Association were interviewed through a round table discussion. Audio-recorded narrative were transcribed, spot-checked, and analyzed thematically. Findings: Analysis culled four themes highlighting the challenges affecting the development of APN in the Philippines: Advanced Practice Nursing vis-à-vis Educational Regulations; Advanced Practice Nursing vis-à-vis Social Responsibility; Advanced Practice Nursing vis-à-vis Organizational Framework; and, Advanced Practice Nursing vis-à-vis Legal Responsibility. Conclusion: The challenges in developing APN in the Philippines is multifactorial and encompass educational, structural, professional, and legal impediments. There is a need for an APN curriculum and licensure or certification program and a well-thought, robust conceptual model contextualized within the Philippine healthcare setting to assist health policy makers develop the necessary guidelines in the implementation of APN in the country.
Conference Presentations by Dr. Portia Zoleta-Vitug
Background: Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) is a concept which has the potential to address healt... more Background: Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) is a concept which has the potential to address health inequities and disparities. In the Philippines, although there have been amendments in the existing nursing law to include APN, the progress remained slow because of numerous barriers and challenges. Objective: To explore the challenges in developing advanced practice nursing in the Philippines Methods: Employing a qualitative design, 15 purposively-selected nurses with experience in APN from the Philippine Nurses Association were interviewed through a round table discussion. Audio-recorded narrative were transcribed, spot-checked, and analyzed thematically. Findings: Analysis culled four themes highlighting the challenges affecting the development of APN in the Philippines: Advanced Practice Nursing vis-à-vis Educational Regulations; Advanced Practice Nursing vis-à-vis Social Responsibility; Advanced Practice Nursing vis-à-vis Organizational Framework; and, Advanced Practice Nursing vis-à-vis Legal Responsibility. Conclusion: The challenges in developing APN in the Philippines is multifactorial and encompass educational, structural, professional, and legal impediments. There is a need for an APN curriculum and licensure or certification program and a well-thought, robust conceptual model contextualized within the Philippine healthcare setting to assist health policy makers develop the necessary guidelines in the implementation of APN in the country.
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Papers by Dr. Portia Zoleta-Vitug
Conference Presentations by Dr. Portia Zoleta-Vitug