MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco is appealing to the Department of Health (DOH) and the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to tap unregistered nurses to serve as health workers to boost manpower amid the country’s fight against COVID-19.
Velasco said the nurses can work under the supervision of a registered nurse or doctor through a special arrangement with the PRC.
“Since na-postpone din recently ‘yung nursing board exam, we can actually tap ‘yung mga supposedly magbo-board exam and use them as health workers,” Velasco said in a radio interview on Tuesday.
“They are resources that we can actually use to help fight the pandemic,” he ad…
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