Under House Bill No. 7281 or the proposed “Advanced Nursing Education Act of 2020”, the House leader cited the need to improve the country’s nursing education by giving room for advanced programs.
Villafuerte said his bill calls for the inclusion of community integration and immersion in the basic program for nursing education “to encourage more graduates to work in a community setting.” HB 7281 provides that there shall be a graduate program for nursing education which shall be post baccalaureate nursing program, which builds on the experiences, and skills of a nurse towards mastery, expertise, and leadership in practice, research, and education.
It provides that graduate program for nursing education shall be offered only in higher educational institutions as prescribed by the prevailing CHED policies, standards and guidelines for graduate education.