MANILA, Philippines — The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Saturday that 1,156 out of 1,806 or 64 percent of examinees passed the Special Professional Licensure Exam (SPLE) for nurses, which were held in testing centers in Singapore and the Middle East.

'As per the Board of Nursing, the tests draw basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes in the major subject areas, specifically in fundamentals of nursing, including professional adjustments, maternal and child nursing, community health and communicable disease nursing, nursing of adolescents, adults and aged, and mental health and psychiatric nursing,' the exam's description wrote.