Module 9: Scopes and Standards

Scope of Practice

It is defined as the limits of nursing practice set forth in statutes.

Standards of Nursing Care

It refers to the minimum criteria for competent, proficient delivery of nursing care designed to protect the public and judge the quality of care provided.

RA 9173, Scope 28

What act stipulates the scope of nursing practice and includes provisions on nurse’s responsibility in maternal, newborn, and child care?

Article 13, Section 11

It aims to make essential goods, health, and other social services available to all the people at affordable costs, prioritizing the needs of the underprivileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women, and children.

Article 13, Section 14

It aims to protect working women by providing safe and healthful working conditions, taking into account their maternal functions.

RA 9710 (Magna Carta for Women)

It refers to a comprehensive women's human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination through the recognition, protection, fulfilment and promotion of the rights of Filipino women, especially those belonging in the marginalized sectors of the society.

2 months

According to RA 9710, women employees who undergo surgery caused by gynecological disorders are entitled to leave benefits for how many months?

RA 7322

What act increases maternity benefits in favor of women workers in the private sector?

RA 11210

What act increases maternity leave for all working mothers in the government and private sector?

105 days, 7 days

According to RA 11210, how many days of paid maternity leave credits are given to married women? How many days are transferable to fathers? (*2 answers)

15 days

According to RA 11210, how many additional days of paid maternity leave credits are granted to single mothers?

60, 78

Under the previous law, employed women are entitled to __ days of paid leave for NSD and __ days for cesarean delivery.

30, 45

According to the newly signed RA 11210, mothers are given the option to extend their leave for another __ days without pay, provided that the employer is given due notice in writing at least __ days before the end of the maternity leave.

60

According to RA 11210, how many days of paid maternity leave is given for cases of miscarriage or emergency termination of pregnancy?

RA 7600

What act provides incentives to all government and private hospitals with rooming-in and breastfeeding practices?

RA 10028

It refers to an act that was signed to support, protect, and encourage women who are breastfeeding moms by requiring the establishment of lactation stations.

40 minutes

According to RA 10028, not less than __ minutes of lactation break for every 8-hour working period is given.

True

True or False: Nurses have the right to refuse to assist with the procedure if abortion is contrary to their moral and ethical beliefs.

RA 3815

What Republic Act criminalizes any acts that constitute abortion?

Article 256

Under RA 3815, this Article takes into account intentional abortion.

Article 257

Under RA 3815, this Article takes into account unintentional abortion.

Article 258

Under RA 3815, this Article takes into account abortion practiced by the woman herself or by her parents for the purpose of concealing dishonor.

Article 259

Under RA 3815, this Article takes into account abortion practiced by a physician or midwife and dispensing of abortives.

Cord Blood Banking

According to different studies, it can be used to treat more than 70 types of disease due its regenerative stem cell content similar to that of bone marrow and embryonic tissue.

Inner cell mass

Particularly, the __ that forms during the first differentiation event after fertilization are harvested.

Before implantation

When are embryonic stem cells collected?

Section 1, Article 3

It provides that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the law.

Human Genome Project

It refers to an international, multidisciplinary effort to explore and map all human genetic material to understand the nature of hereditary diseases.

Disclosure, comprehension, competency, and voluntariness

Informed consent includes what four components?

Therapeutic insemination

It is accomplished by depositing sperm to a woman obtained from the husband, partner, or other donor.

In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

What are two of the best-known assisted reproductive technology techniques?

Surrogate

What do you call a woman who becomes pregnant with sperm from the male partner of the couple?

Gestational carrier

What do you call a woman who becomes pregnant with an egg from the female partner and the sperm from the male partner?