Coverage of Nurse Licensure Examination

posted Jul 1, 2011 4:15 AM by RNpedia.com Administration [ updated Jul 2, 2011 5:24 PM ] The Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination (PNLE) is a 500-item, multiple choice, 2-day exam conducted by PRC. The purpose of NLE is to test the competency of a nurse. The PNLE is divided into five (5) EXAM PARTS that contains one hundred (100) questions each.
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Nursing Practice I: Basic Foundation of Nursing and Professional Nursing Practice (100 items) Nursing Practice II: Community Health Nursing and Care of the Mother and Child (100 items) Nursing Practice III: Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alterations, Part A (100 items) Nursing Practice IV: Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alterations, Part B (100 items) Nursing Practice V: Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alterations, Part C (100 items)

These 5 Exam Parts are based on the Major Subjects mentioned below
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Fundamentals of Nursing including Professional Adjustment Maternal and Child Health Nursing Community Health and Communicable Disease Nursing Nursing of Adolescents, Adults and Aged Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing

PNLE will also test competencies in relation to the eleven (11) KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES contained in the National Core Competency Standards for Filipino Nurses by the Board of Nursing (BON). They are: 1. Safe and quality nursing care 2. Communication 3. Collaboration and teamwork 4. Health education 5. Legal responsibilities 6. Ethico-moral-spiritual responsibilities 7. Personal and professional development 8. Management of resources and environment 9. Records management 10. Research 11. Quality improvement