Facts About Remedios Trinidad Romualdez Medical Foundation Department of Nursing

• RTRMF College of Nursing have been 8 consecutive years of being a 100% top notcher
• Promotes caring, competence, compassion, value driven, responsive to social needs, and commitment to quality service
• It provides holistic and compassionate practitioner
• They practice nursing in accordance with the professional standards, legal, ethnic- moral principles
• Practice beginning management, leadership, and decision-making skills in delivery of quality care
• Adopt nursing core values in the delivery of nursing care
• Develop entrepreneurial skills in the delivery of nursing care

Nursing Facts

1. The nurse cap is patterned after a nun’s habit to keep the hair neatly in place. Although this clothing item has long been phased out as it is known to carry pathogens, some countries still use this as part of the female nurses’ outfit.

2. Did you know that Linda Richards was the first nurse to earn a Nursing diploma in the United States? She earned it in 1873 and the proof of her graduation is now displayed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

3. The top occupational health concern of nurses is back injury. A survey done in 2011 shows that 59% of nurses are afraid they might have this.

4. The term nosocomial which means “hospital acquired” originated from a Latin term “nosocomium” which refers to men who tended the sick in ancient Rome.

5. According to the World Health Organization, Nepal is one of the countries with the lowest nurse per capita. It only has 5 nurses per 100,000 people