Coverage

The scope or scope of the examination for the practice of nursing in the Philippines shall be determined by the Board. For the December 2007 examination, the Board of Nursing has released the detailed scope of nursing to the deans of the nursing colleges and universities of the Philippines through the Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing (ADPCN).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Nursing_Licensure_Exam

If anyone already has a copy of coverage for the 2008 examination, kindly post it here. It would be really helpful to me. Thanks.

here's a little info on the people currently sitting in the BON:

>Carmencita Abaquin, RN, MAN

formerly connected to UP-CN

focus is on Medical-Surgical Nursing

>Marco Antonio Sto. Tomas, RN, MAN

former dean of St. Joseph's College in Cavite

>Perla Po, RN, MAN

formerly connected to UP-CN

focus is on Psychiatric Nursing

> Leonila Faire, RN, MAN

formerly connected to UP-CN and Nursing Services of PGH

focus is on Medical Surgical Nursing and Obstetrics

> Yolanda Arugay, RN, MAN

former dean of Philippine Women's University

focus is on Medical Surgical Nursing

> Betty Meritt, RN, MAN

formerly connected to UP-CN

focus is on Psychiatric Nursing

Amelia Rosales, RN, MAN

former dean of Makati Medical Center-CN

focus is on Medical Surgical Nursing

How the December 2007 NLE was made:

Test I: Ms Po

Test II: Mr. Sto. Tomas

Test III: Ms Faire

Test IV: Ms Abaquin

Test V: Ms Meritt

Ms Arugay and Ms Rosales worked on all five tests

Let me add that Ms. Arugay's forte is nursing research.

Thank you risperdal and gemini_star for the info. It's just best to know the people that we are going to dealing with this coming examinations. :)

Just an addendum on the BON member's forte:

Carmencita Matias-Abaquin

>> endocrine disorders, burns

Marco Antonio Sto. Tomas

>> IMCI

Leonila Faire

>> OR

Thanks noel1218 for that additional info. :nuke:

Does anyone knows the coverage for the NOV 2008 board exam??? thank you!!!

Not even sure if they have the exam done for this year, so how are they going to have something ready for more than a year from now?

And this is again something that makes no sense at all to me. Anything and everything that was covered in your four year program is game for being on an exam, there is absolutely no reason for it to even be discussed beforehand.

You will not see that done in any other country in the world.

I guess this is something else that sets your country apart from the rest.

All I can add is: What were they thinking?

The coverage is listed in the paper given when you register for the exam. It usually revolves around the 11 core nursing competencies. Basically, anything under the sun throughout your study in a BSN program.

I think that they prepare the exam questions only a month or even a couple of weeks before the exam date. Because I remember last year that as soon the board of nursing members were finished making the exam, they went somewhere where they can't be contacted, to be absolutely sure that no leakage of the exam answers would happen.

And believe me, you don't need the board exam exam coverage. It's anything goes. Better to be prepared for any question rather than just focusing on several select topics. They don't really follow what is listed in the exam coverage anyway... :)

The coverage is listed in the paper given when you register for the exam. It usually revolves around the 11 core nursing competencies. Basically, anything under the sun throughout your study in a BSN program.

I understand that, but why do they feel that it is necessary to even publish something like this, that is what makes no sense to me at all. Everyone is required to be able to answer anything that they learned in school, not what comes out before an exam. And if the exam is not even written until close to the exam, this is also really useless.

Just another way or excuse for shoddy review centers to insist that they know all of what is going to be on an exam.

You still will not see this being done in any other country, and the Philippines is the one that is having all of the issues with exams at this time. Currently, the Physical Therapist exam that was given there has been thrown out for cheating by one of the more upstanding review centers. and I say that in jest.

I am not sure if the list is revise every registration period. I think the ones written there serve as a guide the students that the questions are based on the 11 core nursing competencies like safety, research, etc. It is not specific as to what diseases but merely a general guide.

Does anyone knows the coverage for the NOV 2008 board exam??? thank you!!!

nobody knows. all you have to do is study everything.dont just rest on what some review centers will tell you to focused on. how will they know what will be asked in the exams? the BON will be quarantined while making the questions. it was televised in XXX abs cbn program that after the NLE questions are made, they were encoded in a computer and will be randomly selected. i hope you were able to watch the protocols being followed by BON from the time of making the questions and delivering it on the day of exam. well, it was just last june 2006 were it was violated! :devil::angryfire