Cristin Bagang Pangan (University of the Philippines-Manila) is the Top 1 passer of the May 2023 Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination with the highest rating (%) 91.60. A total of 10,764 out of 14,364 passed the Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in N. C. R, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last May 2023.

The successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places in the May 2023 Philippines Nurses Licensure Examination are the following:

COVERAGE OF EXAMINATION

The two-day exam covered competencies in relation to the 11 key areas of responsibility contained in the Competency Standards of Nursing Practice in the Philippines. These areas are categorized as follows: patient care, empowering, enabling and enhancing competencies.

The five (5) parts of the NLE are the following:
Nursing Practice I (Community Health Nursing)
Nursing Practice II (Care of Healthy/At Risk Mother and Child)
Nursing Practice III (Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alternations – Part A)
Nursing Practice IV (Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alternations – Part B)
Nursing Practice V (Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alternations – Part C)

REGISTRATION AND OATHTAKING

Registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will be done on-line. Please go to online.prc.gov.ph and follow instructions for initial registration.

Date of Registration: July 31, August 1-4, August 7-11, August 14-18, August 22-25 and August 29-31, 2023

Those who will register are required to bring the following:
downloaded duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal
notice of admission (for identification only)
2 pieces passport sized pictures (colored with white background and complete name tag)
2 sets of documentary stamps
1 piece short brown envelope

Pursuant to Section 16, of Republic Act No. 9173, “all successful candidates in the examination shall be required to take an oath of professional before the Board or any government official authorized to administer oaths prior to entering upon the nursing practice.”