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Nursing (NLE)
Nurse Licensure Examination
5 subjects · 16 topics · 280 verified questions
Exam format
- Day 1 · 08:00NP12 h · 100 items
- Day 1 · 11:30NP22 h · 100 items
- Day 1 · 14:30NP32 h · 100 items
- Day 2 · 08:00NP42 h · 100 items
- Day 2 · 11:30NP52 h · 100 items
Passing rule: Pass with a weighted average of at least 75% and no subject below 60%.
Format in effect from Nov 4, 2025.
A few details are still being confirmed with official sources, so we show them as "To be confirmed" rather than guess.
Subjects
Nursing Practice I: Care of Individuals, Families, Population Groups and Community (Community Health Nursing)Weight to be confirmed
4 topics · 50 verified questionsNursing Practice II: Care of Mother, Adolescent (Well Clients), At Risk or With Problems (Acute and Chronic); Human Growth and DevelopmentWeight to be confirmed
2 topics · 48 verified questionsNursing Practice III: Care of Clients with Problems in Surgery, Oxygenation, Fluid and Electrolytes, Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Response, Cellular AberrationsWeight to be confirmed
5 topics · 112 verified questionsNursing Practice IV: Care of Clients with Problems in Nutrition and Gastro-Intestinal, Metabolism and Endocrine, Perception and CoordinationWeight to be confirmed
3 topics · 40 verified questionsNursing Practice V: Care of Clients with Maladaptive Patterns of Behavior; Care of Clients with Life Threatening Conditions, Acutely Ill/Multi-organ Problems, High Acuity and Emergency SituationsWeight to be confirmed
2 topics · 30 verified questionsSources (9)
- PRC Professional Regulatory Board of Nursing: Program of the Nurse Licensure Examination, 29 and 30 August 2026 (signed) (accessed Oct 18, 2026)
- PRC Lucena: Examination Advisory, Nurses Licensure Examination, 29 and 30 August 2026 (accessed Oct 18, 2026)
- PRC Region I: Room assignment and advisory, Nurses Licensure Examination, 29 and 30 August 2026, Candon, Ilocos Sur (accessed Oct 18, 2026)
- PRC Professional Regulatory Board of Nursing: Program of the Nurses Licensure Examination, 4 and 5 November 2025 (revised) (accessed Oct 18, 2026)
- Professional Regulatory Board of Nursing Resolution No. 10, Series of 2025: Adoption, Issuance and Promulgation of the Enhanced Tables of Specifications for the subjects in the Nurses Licensure Examination (accessed Oct 18, 2026)
- Professional Regulatory Board of Nursing: Enhanced Table of Specifications, PQF Level 6 (Annex A) (accessed Oct 18, 2026)
- Republic Act No. 9173, Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 (Lawphil text) (accessed Oct 18, 2026)
- BrainEd: PNLE 2026 Complete Guide to the Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination (secondary source) (accessed Oct 18, 2026)
- OpenExamPrep: PNLE TOS 2026, Official PRC Study Map (secondary source) (accessed Oct 18, 2026)