PNLE reviewer guide
How to review for the PNLE.
What the exam covers, how to plan your review, and where to start free
- 5tests
- 100items each
- 75%general average to pass
- 60%lowest allowed in any test
The five tests
Nursing Practice I
Community Health Nursing
Families, population groups and the community: primary health care, DOH programs, epidemiology and health laws.
Nursing Practice II
Mother, Child and Adolescent
Pregnancy, labor, the postpartum period and the newborn, growth and development, and the sick child.
Nursing Practice III
Medical-Surgical, Part 1
Oxygenation, fluids and electrolytes, infection and immunity, and cancer care.
Nursing Practice IV
Medical-Surgical, Part 2
Nutrition and the gut, metabolism and the endocrine glands, and the brain, nerves and senses.
Nursing Practice V
Medical-Surgical, Part 3
Psychiatric nursing, life-threatening and multi-organ problems, and emergencies.
Across all five Nursing Practice areas
In every test
Fundamentals, pharmacology, leadership and management, research, and nursing ethics and law.
How to plan your review
- 1
Find your weak areas first. Answer a short set from each of the five tests before you plan anything.
- 2
Cover every area, weakest first. Put each topic on a calendar that leaves the last weeks for full practice tests.
- 3
Practice every day and read every rationale. Read why each wrong choice is wrong, even on the questions you got right.
- 4
Go back to what you missed. Redo missed questions a few days later until you get them right without help.
- 5
Take full timed practice tests. 100 items per test under the clock, then review every miss.
What a good PNLE reviewer has
- An explanation for every choice, not only the answer key
- All five tests, matched to the official topic list
- Board-style items: situations and select-all-that-apply
- Philippine context: DOH programs and Philippine laws
- Full-length timed practice tests
- Missed questions that come back until you get them right
- Short illustrated summaries for quick review
- Progress you can see by topic and by test
Free questions by topic
- Community Health NursingNursing Practice I
- Communicable Disease NursingNursing Practice I
- Maternal and Obstetric NursingNursing Practice II
- Pediatric NursingNursing Practice II
- Perioperative NursingNursing Practice III
- Respiratory NursingNursing Practice III
- Cardiovascular NursingNursing Practice III
- Fluids, Electrolytes and Renal NursingNursing Practice III
- Oncology NursingNursing Practice III
- Gastrointestinal NursingNursing Practice IV
- Endocrine NursingNursing Practice IV
- Neurologic NursingNursing Practice IV
- Psychiatric NursingNursing Practice V
- Critical Care NursingNursing Practice V
- PharmacologyAcross all five Nursing Practice areas
- Fundamentals of NursingAcross all five Nursing Practice areas
- Leadership, Management and ResearchAcross all five Nursing Practice areas
Illustrated cram sheets
46 high-yield reviewers, one topic each.
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