Publication Date: 2024/01/30
Abstract: The Nursing Licensure Examination (NLE) is a test mandatory to all aspirants for registration as professional nurses as ordered by RA 9173. It serves as a means of maintaining the quality of the nursing profession after they have been trained and schooled in their respective institution. It measures the competencies of the nursing professionals who are believed to have acquired the necessary skills, knowledge, and attitude in the practice of their profession. Unfortunately, the testimonies during the recognition of the NLE passers from Isabela State University- Echague (ISU-E) College of Nursing (CON) perceived other subjects as very difficult, difficult and easy. This enabled the researchers to determine the significant relationship between the licensure exam performance and perceived level of difficulty among NLE takers in November 2022 of ISUE- CON. This study covered ninety-five (95) nursing graduates from ISUE-CON who passed the PNLE in November 2022 regardless of where they took the exam. All the participants voluntarily submitted their board rating results to the researchers ensuring confidentiality. The researchers used a descriptive correlational design to determine whether there is a significant relationship between the licensure exam performance and perceived level of difficulty of the participants. The data revealed, Medical Surgical Nursing is the most difficult among 11 nursing subjects during the NLE perceived by the participants. And the board ratings of the participants have a good result. Hence, data revealed that the level of difficulty perceived by the participants in different nursing subjects has no significant relationship to their licensure exam performance.
Keywords: Board Performance, Level of Difficulty, Nursing Subject.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10591112
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT24JAN844.pdf
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