PONA is an accredited nursing specialty organization
Of professional nurses by the Professional Regulatory Commission Board of Nursing (PRC BON).
The organization, which is a non-profit, non-political, and non-sectarian in nature, composed of nurses involved and/or interested in the care of clients with cancer. PONA was formally recognized in 1993 during the term as President of Dr. Antonio Villalon in the Philippine Society of Oncologists. He called on a group of nurses working in different hospitals within Metro Manila through the Directors of Nursing Service. It was his plan to organize a group of oncology nurses to act as partners in care with the Philippine Society of Oncologists.
