PROPER ATTIRE: May 2025 Philippine Nurses Licensure Exam (PNLE)

The May 2025 Philippine Nurses Licensure Exam (PNLE) will be conducted in the following testing centers nationwide: NCR, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga.

This year’s first PNLE will be conducted on May 5 & 6, 2025.

Dress Code on Examination Day

Here are the specified dress codes from PRC:

Male Examinees – Clinical Uniform with white shoes and white socks but without nameplate, school insignia/logo and pin; or School Uniform.
Female Examinees – Clinical Uniform with white shoes and white stockings but without nameplate, school insignia/logo and pin; or School Uniform.
Pregnant Female – White Clinical Scrub Suit

General Instructions from PRC

Things to Bring Examination day

Here are the things to bring during the examination proper:

Notice of Admission
Official Receipt
One (1) piece of metered-stamped window mailing envelope
Two (2) or more pencils (NO. 2)
Ball pens (black ink only)
One (1) piece long brown envelope
One (1) piece long transparent/plastic envelope (for keeping your valuables and other allowed items)

Prohibited Items Inside the Exam Rooms:

Books, notes, review materials, and other printed materials containing coded information or formulas
Calculators which are programmable or with embedded functions, especially CASIO FX991ES and CASIO FX-991ES plus
Apple, Samsung and other smart watches, cellular phones, ear plugs, transmitters, portable computers, Bluetooth and other electronic devices which may be used for communication purposes;
Bags of any kind (place your documents inside the transparent/plastic envelope)
Other examination aides not stated in this program

All personal belongings of the examinees shall be surrendered to the proctor and shall be placed in a secured space within the examination room.

The rules on the conduct of bodily search, an inspection of personal belongings of the examinees, and the seizure/confiscation of prohibited items during the licensure exam (Annex A of PRC Memorandum Order No. 57, s. 2020) shall be strictly observed.

Exam Coverage

The May 2025 Philippine Nurses Licensure Exam (PNLE) will cover the following topics:

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

LERIS Account Assistance

If you have technical concerns with your Licensure Examination and Registration Information System (LERIS) account, including resetting your password, editing mismatched record, and other related concerns, you may email the Licensure Exam Division through the following emails:

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