Carmencita abaquin biography of martin
Prepare Me Theory....
The Chairman Of The Board Of Nursing
Carmencita M. Abaquin is the current chair of the PRC Board of Nursing.
Carmencita Abaquin developed the PREPARE ME theory to provide holistic nursing care for advanced cancer patients through non-pharmacological interventions.
Dr. Abaquin is an expert in Medical-Surgical Nursing and Oncology Nursing. She developed the “PREPARE ME” theory that defines the holistic approach to nursing care for cancer patients. She finished her Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing at the University of the Philippines College of Nursing.
Abaquin is an expert in Medical Surgical Nursing with subspecialty in Oncologic Nursing, which made her known both here and abroad. She had served the University of the Philippines College of Nursing, as faculty and held the position as Secretary of the College of Nursing.
She is known as the proponent of the "Prepare Me" theory in Nursing. PREPARE ME (Holistic Nursing Interventions) are the nursing interventions provided to address the multidimensional problems of cancer patients that can be given in any setting where patients choose to be confined.
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