1. CALAYAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC.
Lucena City, Philippines
Chapter I
INTRODUCTION
Competence does not mean expertise. There exist various levels of competence but
each of these has a minimum acceptable level or standard. Beginners are rarely expert, but
they can be competent. Competency encompasses more than just a psychomotor skill. The
team competency describes the attributes of knowledge, skills and attitudes that underlie
competent performance.(www.nursingedu.com)
The newly published Commission of Higher Education (CHED) CMO No. 14 Series
of 2009 (April 28, 2009) is concern with Policies And Standards For Bachelor Of Science In
Nursing (BSN) Program which emphasizes the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
curriculum is a competency-based and community-oriented curriculum in the Philippines. A
new nursing curriculum is implemented in all colleges of nursing in the Philippines which took
effect in the Academic Year 2008-2009 while the old curriculum which is CMO No. 30 Series
of 2001 took effect in the Academic Year 2001-2002.
The Core Competency Standards is developed by the Board of Nursing (BON) with the
Technical Committee on Nursing Education (TCNE) of the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED), served as a basis in the curriculum reform. By focusing on the Eleven (11) Core
Competencies, the new curriculum will ensure quality education for nursing students if it is
implemented well (Tamse, July-Dec 2004).
The newly published commission on higher education (CHED) CMO No.14 Series of
2009 is concerned with policies standards for bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program,
it emphasizes the bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) curriculum is a competency-based and
community-oriented curriculum in the Philippines. The nurse