Nursing in Philippines

The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) established in 1922 was responsible in lobbying our government for the adoption of the recommendations made by the International Labor Organization in 1977 with regard the status of the economic and social welfare of our nursing personnel.
The Professional Regulation Commission of the Philippines duly recognizes the PNA as the leading Association of nurses in the country. In 1924, it published a standardized curriculum for schools of nursing to adopt.
The following were the first groups interested and registered with the Philippine Nurses’ Association (PNA), to wit:

1. Academy of Nursing of the Philippines, Inc. (ANPHI)
2. Association of Deans & Principals of Schools and Colleges of Nursing of the Philippines (ADPSCNP)
3. Association of Nursing Administrators of the Philippines ( ANSAP)
4. Association of Private Duty Nurse Practitioners of the Philippines (APDNPP)
5. Critical Care Nurses’ Association of the Philippines (CCNAP)
6. Catholic Nurses Guild of the Philippines (CGNP)
7. Golden Age Nurses Association (GANA)
8. Ministry of Health National League of Nurses (MHNLN)
9. Occupational Health Nurses Association of the Philippines (OHNAP)
10. Operating Room Nurses Association of the Philippines (ORNAP)
11. Philippine Nurse Midwifery Society
12. Philippine Nursing Students Association (PNSA)
13. Philippine Orthopedic Nurses Society
14. Psychiatric Nursing Specialists Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. (PNSI)
15. Philippine School Nurses Association (PSNA)


The following are the later members of the PNA:

1. Association of Diabetes Nurse Educators of the Philippines (ADNEP)
2. Graduate Nurses Christian Fellowship (GNCF)
3. Integrated Nurses Association of the Philippines (IRNUP)
4. National League of Philippine Government Nurses (NLPGN)
5. Maternal and Child Nurses Association of the Philippines (MCNAP)
6. Military Nurses Association of the Philippines (MNAP)
7. Philippine Oncology Nurses Association (PONA)
8. Philippine Orthopedic Nurses Society (PONS)