The NLE (Nurse Licensure Exams), of May 2015 has earned two distinctive records: it's the exam month with the fewest number of takers in the last 11 years, and the exam month with the second highest passing rate since December 2004. Passing rate is the number of passers divided by the number of takers. In the May 2015 NLE, there were 17,891 takers, out of whom 9,707 passed. The number of takers is the fewest since December 2004, when there were 12,100 exam takers. The passing

The results are out for the country's board exam for nurses, and it looks like the exams has one of the highest passing rates in many years. Officially known as NLE (Nurse Licensure Examination), the November 2014 exams had 15,292 passers, out of 26,690 takes, or a passing rate of 57.3%. The NLE with the highest passing rate was in November 1998, when the passing rate was 57.5% (4,724 passers, out of 8,209). For details, please refer here. The NLE is administered by the PRC (

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that there were 11, 255 passers in the most recently held Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE) conducted in 11 cities around the country in May 2014. There were 29,188 takers in that last Nursing board exams, which means a passing rate of 38.5%, one of the lowest passing rates in the last 18 years of the NLE. Still the "Most Difficult" NLE exam was in December 2013, which had a passing rate of 30.9%. #nle #prc #FilipinoNurse

The Philippines' NLE (Nurse Licensure Examination) in June 2013 had 16,908 passers, the lowest since the NLE of June 2006, when there were 17,821 passers. The June 2013 NLE also had the fewest number of takers in the last 7 years, registering only 37,887, versus the 40,147 takers during the December 2006 NLE. The decrease could be attributed to the reduced number of students taking up the nursing course, beginning in 2009. The 43% passing rate (16,219 vs. 37,887) in the Decem

The Nurse Licensure Exams (NLE) in June 2012 produced 27,823 passers, out of 60,985 exam-takers, or a 45.29% passing rate. The results were announced by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) seven weeks after the exams were conducted in 15 cities in the country. The number of takers (60,985) was the lowest since December 2006, when there were only 40,147 examinees. After that year, the number of examinees swelled up, the highest being in November 2009, when there were

There are 37, 000 plus new registered nurses in the Philippines. The country's PRC (Professional Regulation Commission) announced that out of 91, 008 examinees who took the NLE for 2 days last July, 37, 679 passed, or 41.4% of the examinees. The two-day exams, conducted in 11 cities in the Philippines, is the first for this year. The second one is going to be given in December 19 and 20. The July 2010 exams have the following distinction, compared with the previous (starting

The November 2009 Philippines’ Nursing Licensure Exams (NLE) has established many records of sorts, as follows: 1. It has the most number of takers, 94,462 of them, in the history of the NLE. The next highest number of takers was in the NLE of December 2008, when 88,649 took the twice a year exams. 2. It has the lowest percentage of passing, with only 39.73% of takers passing (37,527) the exams, which makes it the “most difficult “NLE so far. The second lowest was the NLE o