Students studying nursing still have to take the board exam after graduation to become fully pledged nurses. The Professional Regulation Commission along with the Professional Regulatory Board for Nursing conducts the Nursing Licensure Exam (NLE) twice a year.
This is in accordance with Republic Act No. 9173 or the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002. All applicants need to pass a written examination for a license to practice nursing.
Also Read: Nursing Board Exam Result November 2022
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Nursing Board Exam 2023
The PRC releases the schedule of board exams for the year 2023. The Nursing Licensure Exam (NLE) is scheduled on May 28 & 29, 2023 for the first batch and November 11 & 12, 2023 for the second batch.
Refer to the table below for the complete details.
| Batch | Schedule of Exam | Places | Opening of Filing | Deadline of Filing | Expected date of Results |
| First batch | May 28 and 29, 2023 | NCR, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Calapan, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, Zamboanga, and Palawan | February 28, 2023 | April 28, 2023 | June 9, 2023 |
| Second Batch | November 11 & 12, 2023 | NCR, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Calapan, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, Zamboanga, Kidapawan, and Palawan | August 11, 2023 | October 12, 2023 | December 1, 2023 |
Also, Read PRC Board Exams Schedule for 2023
What are the Qualifications?
In order to be admitted to the examination for nurses, an applicant must, at the time of filing his/her application, establish to the satisfaction of the Board that:
(a) He/she is a citizen of the Philippines,
(b) He/she is of good moral character, and
(c) He/she is a holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from a college or university that complies with the standards of nursing education duly recognized by the proper government agency.
How to apply for NLE online?
The PRC requires you to set an appointment online through LERIS before going to any PRC office. The LERIS stands for Licensure Examination and Registration Information System. You can set an appointment and pay the application fee through this link http://online.prc.gov.ph/.
If ever you still don’t have an account in LERIS, you can read our guide or tutorial on how to make leris account.
What are the requirements?
Prepare your requirements as early as possible so you can apply early as well. According to the PRC website, you need these documents:
First-time takers
- PSA/NSO Birth Certificate (original and photocopy).
- For married female applicants, provide a copy of the PSA/NSO Marriage Contract.
- Transcript of Records with scanned photo and remarks “For board exam purposes”
- Duly Notarized copies of RLE, OR & DR cases (Minor Scrubs-3, Deliver Room Handled-3, Assisted-3, Cord Dressing-3, If under CMO 30- Certificate of Undertaking
- Notarized Certificate of undertaking (CMO#14 series of 2009)
- Payment of 900 for complete while 450 for conditioned/ removal.
Retakers
If you are a repeater, you need the exact requirement above except for the RLE and OR & DR Cases. The payment for the repeater is P450.
Nursing Board Exam Coverage
The Board determines the scope of the examination for the practice of nursing in the Philippines
The Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination consists of five parts: Nursing Practice 1 up to 5.
- I – Community Health Nursing
- II – Care of Healthy/At Risk Mother and Child
- III – Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alterations (Part A)
- IV – Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alterations (Part B)
- V – Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alterations (Part C)
Ratings
In order to pass the examination, an examinee must obtain a general average of at least seventy-five percent (785%) with a rating of not below sixty percent (60%) in any subject.
If ever, an examinee obtains an average rating of seventy-five percent (75%) or higher but gets a rating below sixty percent (60%) in any subject, he/she must take the examination again but only in the subject or subjects where he/she is rated below sixty percent (60%). In order to pass the succeeding examination, an examinee must obtain a rating of at least seventy-five percent (75%) in the subject or subjects repeated.
Good luck to our future Nurses!
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Hi, tanung q lng po may bago po bang requirements to filing nle exam. 2nd take q po last 2010, gusto q po sana mag exam ulit. Salamat po
hello po sana may makasagot po. kasi mag retake po ako ulit nakalimutan ko po if anu po Notarized Certificate of undertaking (CMO#14 series of 2009). at chaka married na po ako now paanu po un bago po muna ako mag file po need po una magpa change status or after filling na po for board exam po?? thank u po sa mkasagot.
Hello po, nasa Spain po kase ako, pde po kung one of my siblings ang mgpapasa ng requirement in my behalf?
Greetings!I forget my last exams but my first nov.1998,i want to take again for d last time,thank you!
Paano Po b mag aplay para mag take Ng nursing board exam 2006 p ako nag graduate?