by Cyrus A. Natividad

The Philippine Nurses Association of America, Inc., Philippine Nurses Association, Inc. and the Association of Deans of the Philippine Colleges of Nursing – in collaboration with Central Philippine University (CPD Provider), and Schools of Nursing in the Philippines held the First Virtual PNAA-Balik Turo 2022 – via Zoom from January 30–31 (Sunday & 7:00 PM USA NY EST) and Monday (8:00 PM, PH Manila).

This year’s Theme is “Connecting the Spark from West to East in Enhancing Nursing Education, Research & Practice.” The Virtual PNAA Balik-Turo was supported by C& E Adoptive Learning Solutions.

The Balik-Turo program highlighted PNAA as an organization consistently advocating its mission and goals for its membership. The program showcased inspiring leaders and speakers described their advocacy ingenuities in clinical practice, nursing administration, nursing leadership, and nursing research. The participants were able to identify and gain various pathways on how to advocate effectively for themselves, patients, families, colleagues and the community.

According to the webinar, “The rapidly changing and advancing science in medicine and nursing continuously bring many challenges in clinical practice. Improvement in the delivery of care is impacted by the influences of technology and evidence-based practice. Research and innovations are the major drivers in enhancing the knowledge base that is vital to the nursing profession for delivery of quality and safe patient care. Nurses continue to provide optimum care despite the demands of the nursing profession. Nurses of today and the future will benefit from an enhanced clinical knowledge and skills leading the way to excellence in the nursing profession and advocacy.”

The one-day education seminar has informed, updated, and enhanced advocacy, nursing knowledge and skills through the global sharing of nurse experts in their field of expertise.
One of the planners and organizers of the event is Atty. Salex Alibogha, Dean of the CPU College of Nursing.

The Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNAA) Inc., is a US-based national organization comprised of 55 chapters with 4000 + members nationwide.