AMENDED GUIDELINES IN THE FILING AND PROCESSING OF ALL APPLICATIONS FOR THE NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS (NLE)

FOR GRADUATES OF OCTOBER 2008, 2009, AND 2010

Checklist of Requirements for Incoming Second, Third, and Fourth Year Nursing Students, Schoolyear 2008-2009

DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

1. NSO Birth Certificate (Original Copy)


2. NSO Marriage Contract - for female married applicants (Photocopy)


3. Transcript of Records - for Board Examination Purpose only (Original Copy)


4. Summary of Related Learning Experience - with total number of hours (Original Copy)


5. Records of O.R., D.R. and Initial Cord Care Cases - (Original Copy)


6. Properly Notarized Certification of Authenticity of O.R. / D.R. / Initial Cord Care Cases to accompany the application for NLE (for New/First Timer applicants only). FORM AVAILABLE AT ANY PRC Application Office (Original Copy)


7. CHED Recognition Certificate for all New Schools/Programs including State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs) (Photocopy)


8. 4 pieces passport size pictures - in white background and with complete name tag (Original Copy)


9. 1 piece window mailing envelope with PRC metered postage stamp (Original Copy)


10. Examination Fee of Php 900.00 (complete)/Php450.00 (conditioned) PAID DIRECTLY & RECEIPTED BY THE PRC CASHIER


11. Current Community Tax Certificate (Cedula) (Photocopy)


12. Duly accomplished “Pre-Numbered” Nurse Application Form (NAF) No. 001-A, September 2007 obtained from PRC ONLY and NOT FOR SALE. (Original Copy)

Applicants may reproduce and wish to keep a second copy of all the above documents for future reference.

IMPORTANT DETAILS ON DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

Transcript of Records

• With scanned picture of the applicant
• With remark ”FOR BOARD EXAMINATION PURPOSES ONLY”
• With degree/courses and exact date of graduation
• With Special Order (S.O. No.) with date of issuance (except for State Universities and Colleges, Local Universities and Colleges, and Private Higher Education Institution with Accredited, Deregulated, or Autonomous Status properly inscribed in the TOR).

Clarification: The exact Date of Graduation refers to the date S.O. was granted or the Date of Approval by the Board of Trustees for SUCs/LUCs, and similarly for Colleges who are Autonomous or Deregulated and/or Accredited Level II and higher.

Related Learning Experience (RLE) Exhibits

• With attached certification of authenticity to accompany the application for NLE (for new and First Time Applicants)
• Summary of Related Learning Experience indicating minimum of 2,142 RLE hours completed, signed by the Dean
• 5 Major Operations (maximum of 2 similar cases, 2 students may assist a complicated major surgery)
• 5 Minor Operations (maximum of 2 similar cases; 1 case per student; major case cannot be used as substitute for minor scrubs)
• 5 Handled Delivery Cases – 1 student per case
• 5 Assisted Delivery Cases – 1 student per case
• 5 Initial Cord Care Cases - 1 student per case
  

The Certification of Authenticity of O.R. / D.R. / Initial Cord Care Cases is subscribed and sworn to for free by authorized PRC officials per Office Order No. 7-259 dated September 24, 2007. There is no need to notarize each page of the RLE exhibits. To meet however the exigencies of beating the deadline for filing or towing a long line of applicants, Colleges of Nursing may opt to have notarization done by any independent notary public prior to filing the same documents to the PRC Application Division.

Signatories to the Scrubs and Deliveries and Cord Care in Hospitals

• Prepared by : Name of Student
• Supervised by : Name of Faculty with Master’s Degree in Nursing or other Allied Medical and Health Sciences.
• Noted by : Name of Clinical Coordinator with Master’s Degree in Nursing or other Allied Medical and Health Sciences, PRC I.D No. and Date of Validity, PNA No. and Date of validity, and Date the document is signed.
• Concurred by : Name of Chief Nurse with Master’s Degree in Nursing (except for those serving in only 50-bed hospitals where only 9 Graduate Units in Management & Administration is required), PRC I.D No. and Date of Validity, PNA No. and Date of Validity, and Date the document is signed.
• Approved by : Name of Dean with Master’s Degree in Nursing, PRC I.D No. and Date of Validity, PNA No. and Date of Validity, ADPCN I.D. No and Date of Validity, and Date the document is signed.

Signatories to Deliveries and Cord Care in Lying-In Clinics and Home Deliveries

• Lying-In Clinics : clinical instructor and clinical coordinator
• Home Deliveries : clinical instructor and clinical coordinator

O.R. / D.R. / Initial Cord Care Form

(Please Follow the Format as Attached in the "DOWNLOADS" section of philippinenurse.blogspot.com)

Note: The O.R. / D.R. / Initial Cord Care Form should bear the name of the College of Nursing, and the College Logo (not the PRC and its logo) Please follow attached forms.

Guidelines in the Preparation of the specific requirement to the Nurse Licensure Examination

Major and minor scrubs classification shall follow PhilHealth Categorization such that 30 Relative Unit Value or R.U.V. and below are categorized as MINOR cases and 31 R.U.V. and above are MAJOR cases. HOWEVER, when there is discrepancy between the PhilHealth and Hospital classification, the HOSPITAL classification shall prevail.

While the PhilHealth Classification is used as guide, DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES ARE NOT TO BE INCLUDED in determining major or minor scrubs.

Specifically:
1. For major operation, 2 students may actually assist a major surgery or when the procedure takes two (2) hours or more, two (2) similar cases maybe allowed.
2. For minor operation, two (2) similar cases maybe allowed but only one student may claim the cases.
3. Deliveries in the community are to be supervised by a clinical instructor with Master’s Degree in Nursing or Allied Medical or Health-Related Sciences and signed by the same before the approval of the Dean.
Note: Emphasis must be given to competencies developed during the intra-operative and intra-partal phase and a variety of cases is preferred.
4. The faculty member, clinical coordinator, chief nurse and dean WITH ACTUAL ACCOUNTABILITIES in the RLE of the student must be the signatories to the forms.
5. Student must accomplish as many forms depending on the number of institutions/agencies where the RLE have been conducted. OR-DR-Cord Care Cases completed in two or more hospitals or agencies must bear the signature of the Chief Nurses of the particular institutions or agencies.
6. The Delivery Room and Initial Cord Care requirements of Registered Midwives who are nursing graduates applying for the Nurse Licensure Examination are hereby WAIVED, provided they submit a “photo copy” of their updated PRC Identification Card.
For nursing graduates who have completed midwifery courses but have not practiced and/or are “under board” beyond five (5) years from date of midwifery graduation, a supervised case of one (1) actually handled delivery and cord care shall be required for the Nurse Licensure Examination properly documented and reported through the required Delivery/Initial Cord Care Forms.

“Pre-Numbered” Nurse’s Application Form (NAF)

may be obtained only at the Information Desk, PRC Central and Regional Offices only and which are NOT FOR SALE.

Required CODES:

A. Urban/City/Town or Provincial CODES of Residences and Places of Birth as well as Postal address and ZIP CODES as required stipulation in the respective Application Forms are posted in a Master List at the premises of the filing center at any PRC Branch.

B. The master list of SCHOOL CODES is likewise printed at the filing center of any PRC Branch and the same is EXPECTEDLY AVAILABLE from the respective Colleges or Universities.

C. The master list of COURSE CODES is likewise found at the filing center of any PRC Branch and the same is also EXPECTEDLY AVAILABLE from the respective Colleges or Universities. Specifications pertaining to the “Examination Type Code and the Code signifying the number of times the NLE have been taken” IS FOUND AT THE BACK OF THE NURSES’ APPLICATION FORM for everyone’s guidance.

Note: All the above stipulations are in keeping with:

BON RESOLUTION No. 9, Series of 2007

BON RESOLUTION No. 357, Series of 2004

BON Memorandum April 17, 2006 and May 27, 2006

Office Order No. 7-259 dates September 24, 2007

Additional Guidelines Specific to Second Degree Nurse-Examinees

A. Pre-requisite subjects must be completed prior to enrolling other succeeding higher professional nursing courses. These are:

• Anatomy & Physiology (3 units lecture, 2 units laboratory = 5 units); and
• Microbiology & Parasitology (3 units lecture & 1 unit laboratory = 4 units), and
• Health Care I (4 units lecture & 3 units RLE), and
• Primary Health Care II (3 units lecture & 2 units RLE) and
• Foundations of Nursing (2 units lecture & 1 unit RLE)

B. PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CMO No. 5, only NCM 100 – Foundation of Nursing Practice (2 units lecture & 1 unit RLE) and NCM 103 – RELATED LEARNING EXPERIENCES (4 units) are the Professional Nursing Courses which can be enrolled in summer (in accord with the CHED Policies, Standards, and Guidelines) In strict adherence to the CHED Nursing Policies, Standards, and Guidelines (PSG), Professional Nursing Courses with RLE e.g. those with 16 unit academic credits (8 units lecture & 8 units RLE), cannot/must not be enrolled during summers.

C. Regular Semester load must be observed, and only one (1) Professional Nursing Course with 16 unit academic credit is allowed during regular semesters.

D. Must have taken the last curricular year in the College that granted the degree.

E. Requirements in the preparation of Operating Room Scrubs, Deliveries, and Cord Care Is applied.

References: CHED Memorandum Order No. 16 S. 2006