Professional Adjustment, Leadership and Management, Ethics, and Research
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PALMER is arguably the most important nursing concept for the board exam. Historically, it’s made up anywhere between 20% to 40% of the PNLE’s contents (100 to 200 items) or even more. It’s a set of simple topics, but many are often overlooked. The set of topics I have at the moment can still be expanded, but I’m having a hard time finding reliable references for board-sensitive topics. At the moment, my notes on research are lackluster. Notes are mainly based on Atty. Glenn R. Luansing’s reviewer outline.
Ratings?
Ratings are based on a very limited sample size of lecturers who have rated a topic’s relevance to the board exam from the options “Low Priority” (1), “Nice to Know” (3), and “Must Know” (5).
| Chapter | Topic | Rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Adjustment | Scope and Roles of Nursing Practice | 4.0 | ✅ |
| Professional Adjustment | Prohibited Practices in Nursing | 4.0 | ✅ |
| Professional Adjustment | Nursing Positions and Occupations | 2.0 | ✅ |
| Leadership and Management | Theories and Styles of Leadership | 3.0 | ✅ |
| Leadership and Management | Powers and Skills of a Leader | 4.0 | ✅ |
| Leadership and Management | Theories in Management | 4.0 | ✅ |
| Leadership and Management | Delegation and Staffing | 5.0 | ✅ |
| Leadership and Management | The Management Process | 5.0 | ✅ |
| Ethics | Ethical Rights of Patients | 3.0 | ✅ |
| Ethics | Bioethical Principles | 4.0 | ✅ |
| Ethics | Informed Consent | 5.0 | ✅ |
| Ethics | Documentation and Charting | 5.0 | ✅ |
| Ethics | Last Wills and Testaments | 3.0 | ✅ |
| Research | Basic Steps in the Nursing Research Process | 4.0 | ✅ |
| Research | Research Problems and Purpose of the Study | 3.0 | ✅ |
| Research | Definition of Terms | 3.0 | |
| Research | Review of Related Literature | 4.0 | ✅ |
| Research | Research Concepts and Frameworks | 4.0 | ✅ |
| Research | Research Hypotheses | 5.0 | ✅ |
| Research | Research Design | 5.0 | ✅ |
| Research | Population and Sample, Sampling Methods | 5.0 | ✅ |
| Research | Data Collection Tools | 5.0 | ✅ |
| Research | Data Analysis Methods | 4.0 | |
| Research | Ethical Considerations | 3.0 | ✅ |