December 2007 NLE Results [PDF Format]

I would like to congratulate Mary Catherine Gothico for passing the NLE. ^_^

» Summary of job qualifications
» For quick assessment of qualifications of applicants
» It identifies you, how you communicate and present yourself, what you can do for the company/business, and how you can be contacted.

Tips in Preparing Resume

» Use only white, short bond paper
» Choose only one or two font styles
» Use 1 to 1.5 in. margins on each side
» Choose either of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Arial, Helvetica, Courier
» Use font size 10 to 14 points
» Use bold to highlight areas of your resume
» Do not use borders
» Start with HS education
» Give the school, degree, and inclusive years
» Relevant seminars

Parts of the Resume

Contact Information
» Your name, address, phone number/s.
» Name must be at the top of the page.
» Include e-mail address if you have.
Employment Objective
» Should be the same as or related to the position you are seeking.
» Create a different resume for each job objective.
» Clear and well-defined.

Experience
» Begin with your most recent job.
» List employer’s name and location, dates of emplyment, and position or title held.
» Describe major duties concisely, using action words and simple English.
» Include OJT, part-time, summer, volunteer, political and community service.
» Emphasize specific accomplishments and results such as problem solved or improved.
» Emphasize tasks, skills, specific experiences required in the job being applied.
» Include use of computers, special tools, etc.
» Be specific and honest about your job duties and skills.

Education
» Begin with the most recent, list schools and any workshops training attended.
» Include any specialty if the information fits the job.

Others
» List important achievements, honors, awards, scholarships, hobbies, technical skills, and significant extracurricular activities related to work, and make you stand out from others.

Do’s and Dont’s in Resume Writing

» Be sure your resume is clear, concise, up-to-date, and factual. Never lie, exaggerate, or mislead.
» Type your resume neatly and error-free.
» Center or justify headings.
» Check grammar, spelling, punctuation.
» List bullet points should support the job objective.
» Stay with action words in the past tense. (e.g Processed, Initiated, Completed, Prepared, Assisted, etc.)
» Bullet points should complete a phrase that starts with a silentI, I am, I have
- (I) – Encoded daily job offers
- (I am) – Fluent in English, Ilocano
- (I have) – One year experience in telemarketing.
» Do not state “reference available upon request.” Name your references.
» Do not fold or staple your resume.
» Try not to exceed in three pates.
» Avoid abbreviations
» Aviod fancy formatting styles such as italics, underline, shadows.
» Do not condense the spacing between letters.
» Do not use I, me, myself

Original and (1) Photocopy of each

1. TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS with Special Order and Date of Graduation with Scanned Picture (For PRC/LOCAL BOARD EXAM ONLY)

2. NSO Birth Certificate

3. NSO Marriage Certificate (married female only)

4. Certification of Good Moral Characater (OPTIONAL)

5. (4) pcs passport size colored pictures with Complete Name Tag (White background)

6. Community Tax Certificate (Cedula)

7. Summary of RLE

8. Record of OR-DR Cases

9. Required FEE

10. Long Brown Envelope

Click here to see the deadline dates for June 2008 and November 2008 NLE
http://nursebarkada.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/nle-2008-updates/

Test Description: Theories, concepts, principles and processes basic to the practice of nursing with emphasis on health promotion and health maintenance. It includes basic nursing nursing skills in the care of clients across age groups in any setting. Moreover, it encompasses the varied roles, functions and responsibilities of the professional nurse in varied health care settings.

Test Scope:

I. Personal and Professional Growth and Development

a. Historical Perspective in Nursing
b. Nursing as a profession
c. Theoretical foundation of nursing applies in health care situations
d. Continuing professional education
e. Professional organizations in nursing
f. The nurse in health care
1. Eleven Key Areas of Responsibilities
2. Fields of Nursing
3. Roles and functions

II. Safe and Quality Care

a. The Nursing Process
b. Basic Nursing Skills
1. Admission and Discharge
2. Vital Signs
3. Physical Examination and Health Assessment
4. Administration of medications
5. Asepsis and infection control
6. First aid measures
7. Wound Care
8. Peri-operative Care
9. Post-mortem Care
c. Measures to meet physiological needs
1. Oxygenation
2. Nutrition
3. Activity, rest and sleep
4. Fluid and Electrolyte balance
5. Urinary elimination
6. Bowel elimination
7. Safety, comfort and hygiene
8. Mobility and immobility

III. Health Education

a. Teaching and learning principles in the care of client
b. Health education in all levels of care
c. Discharge Planning

IV. Ethico-Moral Responsibility

a. Bioethical principles
1. Beneficence
2. Non-malefescence
3. Justice
4. Autonomy
5. Stewardship
6. Truth telling
7. Confidentiality
8. Privacy
9. Informed Consent
b. Patient’s Bill of Rights
c. Code of Ethics in Nursing

V. Legal Responsibility

a. Legal Aspects in the practice of Nursing
b. The Philippine Nursing Law of 2002 (R.A 9173)
c. Related Laws affecting the practice of nursing

VI. Management of Environment and Resources

a. Theories and principles of management
b. Nursing administration and management
c. Theories, principles, and styles of leadership
d. Concepts and principles of organization
e. Patient care classifications
f. Nursing care systems
g. Delegation and accountability

VII. Records Management

a. Anecdotal Report
b. Incident Report
c. Memorandum
d. Hospital Manual
e. Documentation
f. Endorsement and end-of-shift report
g. Referral

VIII. Quality Improvement

a. Standards of Nursing practice
b. Nursing audit
c. Accreditation/certification in nursing practice
d. Quality assurance

IX. Research

a. Problem identification
b. Ethics and science of research
c. The scientific approach
d. Research process
e. Research designs and methodology
1. Qualitative
2. Quantitative
f. Utilization and dissemination of research findings

X. Communication

a. Dynamics of communication
b. Nurse-client relationship
c. Professional-professional relationship
d. Therapeutic use of self
e. Use of information technology

XI. Collaboration and Teamwork

a. Networking
b. Inter-agency partnership
c. Teamwork strategies
d. Nursing and partnership with other professions and agencies

NURSING PRACTICE II

Test Description: Theories, concepts, principles and processes in the care of individuals, families, groups and communities to promote health and prevent illness, and alleviate pain and discomfort, utilizing the nursing process as framework. This includes care of high-risk and at-risk mothers, children and families during the various stages of life cycle.

Test Scope:

Part I : CHN – Community Health Nursing

I. Safe and Quality Care, Health education and Communication, Collaboration and Teamwork

a. Principles and standards of CHN
b. Levels of care
c. Types of clientele
d. Health care delivery system
e. PHC as a strategy
f. Family-based nursing services (Family Health Nursing Process)
g. Population group-based Nursing Services
h. Community-based Nursing Services / Community Health Nursing Process
i. Community organizing
j. Public health programs

II. Research and Quality Improvement

a. Research in the community
b. National Health Situation
c. Vital Statistics
d. Epidemiology
e. Demography

III. Management of Resources and Environment and Records Management

a. Field Health Services and Information System
b. Target-setting
c. Environmental Sanitation

IV. Ethico-Moral-Legal Responsibility

a. Socio-cultural values, beliefs and practices of individuals, families, groups and communities
b. Code of Ethics for Government workers
c. WHO, DOH, LGU policies on Health
d. Local Government Code
e. Issues

V. Personal and Professional Development

a. Self-assessment of CHN competencies, importance, methods, tools
b. Strategies and methods of updating one’s self, enhancing competence in community health nursing and related areas

Part II : MCN – Maternal and Child Nursing

I. Safe and Quality Care, Health Education and Communication, Collaboration and Teamwork

a. Principles and Theories of Growth and Development
b. Nursing Care in the different stages of Growth and Development including
1. Nutrition
2. Safety
3. Language development
4. Discipline
5. Play
6. Immunization
7. Anticipatory Guidance
8. Values formation
c. Human Sexuality and Reproduction including Family Planning
d. Nursing Care of Women during Normal Labor, Delivery and Postpartum
e. Nursing Care of the Newborn
1. APGAR Scoring
2. Newborn Scoring
3. Maintenance of body processes (Oxygenation, temperature..)
f. Nursing Care of Women with complications of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum period (High-risk conditions)
g. Nursing Care of High-risk Newborn
1. Prematurity
2. Congenital Defects
3. Infections
h. Nursing Care of Women with disturbances in reproduction and gynecology

II. Research and Quality Improvement

a. Fertility Statistics
b. Infant Morbidity and Mortality
c. Maternal Mortality
d. Standards of Maternal and child nursing practice

III. Ethico-Moral-Legal Responsibility

a. Socio-Cultural values, beliefs, and practices of individuals, families related to MCN
b. WHO, DOH, LGU policies on health of women and children
c. Family Code
d. Child and Youth Welfare Code
e. Issues related to MCN

IV. Personal and Professional Development

a. Self-assessment of MCN competencies, importance, methods, tools
b. Strategies and methods of updating one’s self, enhancing competence in MCN and relatede areas

NURSING PRACTICE III, IV, V

Test Description: Theories, concepts, principles and processes in the care of clients with altered health patterns, utilizing the nursing process and integrating the key areas of nursing competencies.

Test Scope:

I. Safe and Quality Care, Health Education, Management of Environment and Resources and Quality Improvement

    TEST III:

a. Client in Pain
b. Peri-operative Care
c. Alterations in Human Functioning
1. Disturbances in Oxygenation
2. Disturbances in Metabolic and Endocrine Functioning
3. Disturbances in Elimination

    TEST IV:

a. Alterations in Human Functioning
1. Disturbances in Fluids and Electrolytes
2. Inflammatory and Infectious Disturbances
3. Disturbances in Immunologic Functioning
4. Disturbances in Cellular Functioning

b. Client in Biologic Crisis
c. Emergency and Disaster Nursing

    TEST V:

a. Disturbances in Perception and Coordination
1. Neurologic disorders
2. Sensory disorders
3. Musculo-skeletal disorders
4. Degenerative disorders

b. Maladaptive Patterns of Behavior
1. Anxiety Response and anxiety related disorders
2. Psycho physiologic responses, somatoform, and sleep disorders
3. Abuse and Violence
4. Emotional responses and mood disorders
5. Schizophrenia and other psychotic and mood disorders
6. Social responses and personality disorders
7. Substance related disorders
8. Eating disorders
9. Sexual disorders
10. Emotional disorders of infants, children and adolescents

II. Personal and Professional Development
a. Nurse-Client Relationship
b. Continuing Education

Lord, give me the strength to make it through
those boring three hour lectures without falling asleep.

Lord, please give me the patience
to make it through twelve hour clinicals with instructors
that can’t just give you the right answer
and on the same note,
give the nurses the ability to remember
what it was like to be a student
and give us just a little more respect.

Lord, give me the endurance to read all the assigned readings
and be able to remember it when I am taking a test
with four right answers.

Lord, give my family and friends
the ability to realize I really am on the edge of insanity.

Finally, Lord, give me the vision to see that one day
I will be a real nurse
and I will never have to wear this ugly uniform again.

– SOURCE: http://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/english2/p00637.htm

Taking the termperatures, giving the pills
To remedy mankind’s numberless ills;
Feeding the baby, answering the bells
Being polite with a heart that rebels.

Longing for home and all the while
Wearing the same old professional smile;
Blessing the new born babe’s first breathe
Closing the eyese that are still in death.

Taking the blame for the doctor’s mistakes,
Oh Dear, what a lot of patience it takes;
Going off duty at seven o’clock
Tired, discouraged, and ready to drop.

But called back on special at seven fifteen
With woe in her heart, but it must not be seen,
Morning and evening, and noon and night,
Just doing it over and hoping it’s right.

When we lay down our caps and cross the bar
Oh Lord, will you give us just one little star,
To wear in our crowns with our uniforms, new
In that city above, where the Head Nurse is YOU.

– Lifted from “My Travel Companion Prayer Book” by Reb. Juan M.H. Ledesma

NLE Passing Rate = 75% [highest score + lowest score / 2 = Passing Grade]
“SELF-AWARENESS” accept the fact that you cannot know everything.

2. DIAGNOSIS
» Knowledge deficit, Hopelessness, Sorrow.. haha joke lang!
» So anu ang problema? kulang ka ba sa kaalaman o sobra naman? By assessment malalamann mo if you’re competent enough or still lacking and needed more time for preparations. But I advise sa mga competent enough to review more, para makakuha ka ng board rating or grade na makakapagsatisfy sayo. AIM HIGH! Aim mo mag top 1, para pag di ka nagtop 1 edi top 10, pag wala pa din basta pasado ayos na din.

3. PLANNING
» “Days of sacrifice but the reward is a lifetime”
» Anu na gusto mo mangyari ngaun? What’s your Goal? Anu gusto mo iachieve?
» Set your MOTIVATION
» Draw your own plan on how to pass the board exam or how to achieve your goals.

4. INTERVENTION
» Keep in mind yung motivations, goals and objectives mo.
» Have confidence and don’t be afraid to commit mistakes, rather LEARN.
» Before reviewing have a little prayer para medyo marelax-relax ka naman. Diba nakakagaan ng loob pag nagpray tayo kasi it will lower down your anxiety.
» Practice RIGHT ATTITUDE » FOCUS, DISCIPLINE & DETERMINATION = SUCCESS
» Read your review materials one by one. Isa isa lang at wag sabay sabay. If you read too many books and reviewers at the same time you find it difficult to understands the important concepts.
» Know how to STUDY SMART and please NO MEMORIZATION. Like I said above, don’t study tons of review materials at the same time. You should go down to the basics in nursing. Study little by little and one at a time. Basic knowledge that you will never forget.
» Use your IMAGINATION and CRITICAL THINKING.

» Recommendations
Books [ Saunders 3rd edition, Mosby, SIA Nursing books, Lipincott’s Review for NCLEX-RN, NLE Old compilations, DOH Book(Yellow and Green) ]
CDs [ NCLEX 3000, MOSBY ]
MP3 [ Feuer, NCLEX Hot topics ]
Review Centers [ MERGE, Pentagon, Carl Balita ]

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