NLE May 2025 Nurse Licensure Exam

The Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) released the school of room assignments for the NLE May 2025 Nurse Licensure Exam. The exam will be on May 5 & 6, 2025, in the cities of NCR, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, Zamboanga, and Ilocos Sur.

Things to Prepare and Bring during the Examination Day

Notice of Admission
Official Receipt
Two (2) or more pencils (No. 2)
Ball pens with BLACK ink only
One (1) piece long brown envelope
One (1 ) piece Long Transparent (non-colored) Plastic Envelope (for keeping your valuables and other allowed items).
Negative RT-PRC Test Results or copy of vaccination card.

Proper Dress Code on Examination Day – NLE May 2025 Nurse Licensure Exam

The specific dress code for the male and female examinee is without any logo or plain tuck-in polo t-shirt and a white blouse or shirt with a collar. Both examinees are advised to wear comfortable slack or decent pants.

Things that are Prohibited Inside the Classroom

Calculators that have embedded programs, especially CASIO FX991ES and CASIO FX-991ES plus, or any kind of calculators.
Books, notes, review materials, and other printed materials containing coded data/information/formula (except Rules VII and VIII of the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096/1977 NBCP as qualified below)
Apple, Samsung, and other smartwatches, cellular phones, wireless earplugs, and other electronic devices that are used for communication.
Bags of any kind.
Other examination aides are not stated in the program.

Coverage of the NLE May 2025 Nurse Licensure Exam

The coverage of the exam is the following:

PATIENT CARE COMPETENCIES
SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING CARE
COMMUNICATION
COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK
HEALTH EDUCATION

EMPOWERING COMPETENCIES
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES
ETHICO-MORAL-SPIRITUAL RESPONSIBILITIES
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ENABLING COMPETENCIES
MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
RECORDS MANAGEMENT

ENHANCING COMPETENCIES
RESEARCH
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

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