Title
Integration of Nursing Licensure Exam
Law
Prc Board Of Nursing No. 27-94
Decision Date
Mar 30, 1994
The Board of Nursing introduces the Integrated Comprehensive Nursing Licensure Examination (ICNLE) to enhance the assessment of nursing graduates' competencies, replacing the previous examination format with a focus on promotive, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative goals.
nursing licensure
nursing act
administrative law

Exam integration and implementation date

  • The Integrated Comprehensive Nursing Licensure Examination (ICNLE) starts in May 1994, on a scheduled basis.
  • The ICNLE adoption is explicitly structured as a supersession of the present system and scope of the Nurse Licensure Examination.
  • The resolution is required to become effective after fifteen (15) days following publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation, whichever is earlier.

Policy and purpose of the ICNLE

  • The ICNLE is designed to better measure the competencies of new nursing graduates for safe and effective practice.
  • The ICNLE is aligned with the objectives of the revised Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) curriculum that is competency-based and community-oriented.
  • The resolution supports a nursing licensure examination that reflects curriculum competencies and the broad areas of nursing and related disciplines.

Composition of the exam tests

  • The resolution changes the Nurse Licensure Examination program from subject-based areas to a four-test integrated structure.
  • The ICNLE consists of four (4) tests, organized around the major goals of nursing as follows:
    • Test I: Promotive goals
    • Test II: Preventive goal
    • Test III: A & B Curative goal
    • Test IV: Rehabilitative goal
  • The four-test ICNLE structure replaces the earlier program that used the following subject areas:
    • Fundamentals of Nursing
    • Maternal and Child Nursing
    • Community health Nursing
    • Nursing of Adolescents, Adults and Aged
    • Mental Health Nursing

Rules on effectiveness and publication

  • The resolution becomes effective after fifteen (15) days from the date of publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation, whichever is earlier.
  • The effectiveness timing is expressly tied to publication, not to adoption date.
  • The ICNLE schedule is directed to run starting in May 1994 in accordance with the resolution’s superseding directive.

Dissemination and circularization

  • The resolution requires dissemination and circularization widely to every College of Nursing in the country.
  • Colleges of Nursing must receive the resolution for information and guidance of all concerned.
  • The dissemination obligation supports nationwide implementation and awareness of the ICNLE structure and timing.

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