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The Commission on Higher Education has released its latest mandate on the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
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Chairman Emmanuel Angeles on 28 April 2009. CMO 14, s. 2009 replaces CMO Nos. 5, s. 2008. The latest CHED
Memorandum Order will take effect starting this coming schoolyear, 2009-2010, fifteen days after its publication in
the official Gazette or in a newspaper of national circulation.

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CMO 14, s. 2009 still retains the same number of units in general education with 87 units. There is a significant
difference in the number of units in the latest CMO for Professional Courses: Wherein CMO 5 has 125 units, CMO
14 has only 115. The new curriculum also has 3 less units in terms of RLE. From 49 in CMO 5, it now has 46 with a
specific segregation as the number of RLE units are divided between Lab Skills and Clinic.

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The Professional Courses in the latest CMO have become more general. One example is (eaching Strategies in
Health Education becoming Health Education only (with a corresponding decrease in its number unitsͶ from 12 to
8).

Another example is NCM 104: Care of Clients Across the Lifespan with Problems in Perception and Coordination,
Adjustment and Maladaptive Behaviors. The new CMO now modifies and divides it into two courses. NCM 104 is
now Care for clients with Problems in Inflammatory and Immunologic Response, Perception and Coordination while
NCM 105, which has been previously an RLE subject, is now Care of Clients with Maladaptive Patterns of Behavior.

Electives I and II are also added in the new curriculum. Elective I offers Parent Child Nursing, Spiritual Care Nursing,
andHospice Palliative Care while Elective II offers Acute/Critical Care Nursing, Quality Health Care Nursing,
and Care for the Chronically Ill and the Older Person.

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The formulation of CMO 14, s. 2009 is the result of the recommendations of the Technical Working Group on
Nursing Education of the CHED. An early draft has been also presented to the schools from various regions through
a series of consultations. The previous memorandum, CMO 5, s. 2008 has received great criticism from different
educational institutions due to its heavy demand on the number of units and RLE. CMO 14, s. 2009 is said to be a
balanced solution to the previous CMO.

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