In the proccs:~,,r ru Hillfng 1hr: 11:rm·; 1,f :ip,r,!1:rnenl, m,Jm than fsfly (. 50/ c..l1i J,Jrrm wr;:r-e rested wi1 h I h,: ;,1 M f. JST. It wa,; mrr,t ;,,pprr,pri;,t<: tr J J>(:rform I hr:,<7t-1nin~1 in the community b~~:JLJh': tlii,. will,~n1,ure th:,1 th: ·,i·rvir:1 W'J', vi:ry :iu:1:~;ihl:. C. 'l1ildn:.-n wen: accr,mp;rni <. :-tl their parent. <, with m;,j,,nty er,min~ with rh<·ir mr1th1:r.. In c;;1~ when the p:,rcnt o,me v:ith more th:m r,n1: child, ;,rran~m;nl<; w:rt: mad: tr, make sure that only th<: tesll;r, child and parent ;:in,: in th: r<1<,m. Th;,t arrang <:rn E:11t w;i~ the respom,ibility of the NGO. To make sure that t J,c standard <Jftesting wa P. followed, th(:,,,..,ters utilii..cd the ki L,; and forms nf MMDS-r. The st. andard,i c,f rcrfnnmanc,. ; v,ai;;Jls J fr,Jlr Jwed as stipulated in the manual. Only the testing materia Js in th<: kit wr;re u,,;cd. Schober and /\farra (2006: 70) cite the importan c:t of interfacing with the organi7. a tion as an important stratc,zy in mle and practice developm<:nt. In this project, th!! interface came in thtc! form of meeting with key officials in the r,r;!pni7. ?li on and tc;ich-. :rs. The staff of the NGO took the rc:. sponsibility of er. plaining th<: activities tr J the fam iii es within tbe cat,chment area as part of building acceptance and making <;urc that the screening ,,.,;11 be successful. After the screening was done, there was a training-work'ihop ;;ith lhe teachers to give them a feedback on how the children performed <1od how to hr. :lp children with development al delay. Since the communit y is densely populated the children's concept on certain words and objects is based on lheir experience. For cx. imple, when asked about "'·hat a ·roof' is, most children responded by saying "rnay gulong ang bu bong" (A roof has automob ile tires). This stemme d from their visual expcricnc:t ~ that roofs in the community have auto tires as lnads to prevent them from bci. ng carried away by the strong \,ind. Their concept of a 'rive,~ is "puno ng tae at basura" ( a river is ;i dumping site garbage and human feces). This is due to their experience of seeing the nearby body of water full of garbage and human excreta, Their concept of a 'e11rtain" i-. ; 'pinw ng hahay-(A curtain is used a door of the house). This concept emanates from the experience of having the curtain as a 'divider' in lhe house which they usually share with ull1er famil. il:!S. This session with the teachers helped in creating learning experienc es that foster growth and development. Eventually, selected staff from the orgnni7..ation,,;ere trained by t J1c UP College of Nursing to perform the developmental screening to boost the NGOs se J f-refomcc. PROVIDING CONSUL TING SERVICES One of the avenues for nursing practice is· to provide consulting services. The ICN guidelines identify some personal qualities of a nurse entrepreneur as follows: independent, risk-taker, visionary, good org:mize r, planner and proactive. This must also be coupled with adequate professional experience, competence and knowledge. (ICN 2004: 24). Wit J1 a compreh ensive e..xperieo ce and backgrou nd in developing. implementing and evaluating curriculum using a competency-based framework. a proposa l was submitted too technicol hetilth school to strengthen the existing program and improve structures in the company for cost effectiveness and efficiency. Part of the program is doing a pe1·forrmmce audit lo ·find areas of strength and weaknesses. TI1is was done in partnership with ::t nurse who had extensive experience in nursing administration. Before any of the activities started, the tenns of agreement were laid down together with the cost, du. ration, expectations of the service. Meetings were held to finalize the 313 