In view of the emerging trend in the nursing profession geared towards the promotion of evidence-based nursing practice, the University of the Philippines – College of Nursing in cooperation with the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene hosted the 1st Asia Pacific Conference on Nursing Research. The conference with the theme, “Moving Towards Evidence-Based Nursing Practice”, was held at the Manila Hotel lasr September 4 to 5, 2008.

Participants included nursing school administrators, nursing educators and researchers all over the Asia-Pacific region (Hawaii, Philippines, Australia, Singapore, India, Hongkong, China, etc.). Representatives of health agencies (WHO, DOH), government officials and examiners of the PRC Board of Nursing also graced the conference.

The school was represented in the laudable academic endeavor by the Director of the Research and Accreditation Center, Nimfa C. Catbagan, also a nursing research instructor and the Clinical Coordinator of the School of Nursing, Mary C. Balintona. With the valuable inputs gathered from the plenary and parallel sessions together with the poster exhibits, it is hoped that the school will be able to share in the rich harvest of nursing researches conducted in both the hospital and community settings and respond to the call for quality health care.

In response to the call for the promotion of the research culture in the Nursing profession, plans are being finalized for the holding of the 1st Nursing Research Forum in the school to showcase the nursing students’ researches. Also set for completion before the end of the year is the 1st edition of the Nursing Research Journal.

Posted on: 09/25/08