The Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination

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The Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE) consists of five (5) parts namely:

• NURSING PRACTICE I - Foundation of Professional Nursing Practice
• Theories, concepts, principles and processes basic to the practice of nursing with emphasis on health promotion and health maintenance. It includes basic nursing skills in the care of clients across age groups in any setting. Moreover, it encompasses the varied roles, functions and responsibilities of the professional nurse in varied health care settings.

• NURSING PRACTICE II - Community Health Nursing and Care of the Mother and Child
• Theories, concepts, principles and processes in the care of individuals, families, groups and communities to promote health and prevent illness, and alleviate pain and discomfort, utilizing the nursing process as framework. This includes care of high risk and at-risk mothers, children and families during the various stages of the life cycle.
• NURSING PRACTICE III (Part A), IV (Part B), and V(Part C) - Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alterations
• Theories, concepts, principles and processes in the care of clients with altered health patterns, utilizing the nursing process and integrating the key areas of nursing competencies
• The tests draw basic knowledge, skills and attitudes in the major subject areas e.g. Fundamentals of Nursing including Professional Adjustments, Maternal and Child Nursing, Community Health and Communicable Disease Nursing, Nursing of Adolescents, Adults and Aged, and Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing
• The following areas of knowledge will be integrated in each of the above-named tests: Anatomy and Physiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Nutrition and Diet Therapy, Microbiology and Nursing care of individuals, families, communities in various stages of development in four (4) major nursing goals: promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative in any health care setting
• The examination will test competencies in relation to the eleven (11) key areas of responsibility contained in the Competency Standards of Nursing Practice in the Philippines:
1. Safe and Quality Nursing Care
2. Management of Resources and Environment
3. Health Education
4. Legal Responsibility
5. Ethico-Moral Responsibility
6. Personal and Professional Development
7. Quality Improvement
8. Research
9. Record Management
10. Communication
11. Collaboration and Teamwork