NLE Nursing Practice IV — Community — Communicable DiseasesMisconception Buster
If you have been missing Communicable Diseases questions on your NLE mocks, the cause is almost always a misconception. This page lists the ones Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) — Board of Nursing exploits most often in the NLE Nursing Practice IV — Community subtest and shows how to correct them before exam day.
Exam context
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) — Board of Nursing runs the Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination (PNLE) on Bi-annual. Its Nursing Practice IV — Community section sits under a "20% of exam" weighting, and Communicable Diseases is the 5th chapter in the 12-chapter NLE Nursing Practice IV — Community rotation. The NLE passing mark is 75% weighted average with no sub-test below 60%, and the most recent 2026 paper drew about 50 questions from Nursing Practice IV — Community.
About Communicable Diseases for NLE
If you are preparing for the NLE specifically, the Communicable Diseases sub-topics PRC tests look like this. What this chapter covers for NLE: TB, Dengue, Leptospirosis, COVID-19 basics, HIV. Learning objectives in the NLE Nursing Practice IV — Community context: mastering Communicable Diseases for the NLE. Where this Misconception Buster fits in your NLE review: use this page after you have finished the summary and before moving to the practice questions. It works best when paired with a mock test at the end of your weekly review cycle. Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) — Board of Nursing's past NLE papers have asked Communicable Diseases questions in multiple formats — direct recall, applied problem-solving, and scenario-based items — so a rounded review here is worth the time.
Sub-topics covered
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