LAWS

Question 1

Republic Act No. 7164 is also known as

Answer 1

PNA 1991

Question 2

R.A. 9173 is also known as

Answer 2

Philippine Nursing Act of 2002

Question 3

What year did PNA became a member of International Council for Nurses (ICN)

Answer 3

1929

Question 4

Revocation and Suspension of Certificate of Registration/professional License and Cancellation of Special/Temporary permit

Answer 4

Art. IV of RA 9173 - Examination and Registration

Question 5

May be defined as RULE OF CONDUCT pronounced by controlling authority

Answer 5

Law

Question 6

Department of law which comprises all legal rules and principles affecting the practice of nursing

Answer 6

NURSING JURISPRUDENCE

Question 7

The first law that had to do with the practice of nursing, which regulated the practice of medicine

Answer 7

Act No. 2493 in 1915

Question 8

This is known as the FIRST TRUE NURSING LAW

Answer 8

Act 2808 in 1919

Question 9

The first board examination in the Philippines

Answer 9

1920

Question 10

This act regulated the practice of nursing in the philippines

(Proclaimed Nurse’s week)

Answer 10

The Philippine Nursing Law or RA 877
(June 19, 1953)

Question 11

Under proclamation No. 593, the president designated the last week of October every year beginning in 1958 as nurse’s week

Answer 11

October 17, 1958

Question 12

Amended the certain portions of RA 877

Answer 12

June 18, 1966

Question 13

Introduces by senator Heherson Alvarez, codified and revised all the laws regulating practice of nursing in the Philippines

(Known as the PNA of 1991)

Answer 13

RA 7164

Question 14

An act punishing the MALPRACTICE of any medical Partitioner in the Philippines and for other purposes

Answer 14

House Bill No. 4955

Question 15

Refers to the execution of duties associated with a nurse’s particular role

Answer 15

RESPONSIBILITY

Question 16

Refers to the ability to answer for one’s own actions

Answer 16

ACCOUNTABILITY

Question 17

An OBLIGATION one has incurred or might incur through any act of failure to act.

Answer 17

LIABILITY

Question 18

The commission of omission of an act, pursuant to a duty

Answer 18

Professional Negligence

Question 19

Implies the proper unskillful care if a patient by a nurse

Answer 19

MALPRACTICE

Question 20

Nursing students are responsible for acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to become a safe practitioner

Answer 20

LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF STUDENTS