MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) here recently oriented new nurses hired under the Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement and Local Service (RN Heals) project.
Dr. Amanollah Bantuas, chief of the Training Division of the Department of Health in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DOH-ARMM), facilitated the training.
A background on the RN Heals project, family planning program, and maternal health programs were among the topics discussed during the orientation.
IPHO said 50 registered nurses in the province qualified for the project.
Health Secretary Enrique Ona said RN Heals aims to improve access of the country’s poor to quality healthcare with social services by creating a pool of registered nurses with enhanced clinical and preventive health management competencies that will increase the nurses’ employability.
The nurses, whether assigned in a hospital or health center, will receive a monthly allowance of P8,000 from the national government.
Hospital or rural health units where the nurses will be assigned are also encouraged to provide additional monetary or non-monetary incentives to nurses such as meal allowance, transportation allowance, communication allowance, and modest board and lodging allowance.
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