Practise adult nursing assessment, safe procedures, escalation and evidence appraisal for the NMC OSCE, with focused explanations and original learning drills. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Read the NMC Test of Competence Part 2 OSCE: Adult Nursing RN1 Preparation Guide study guide and official exam sourcesExam outline and official sources
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), United Kingdom · Verified against the NMC's currently linked Test of Competence 2021 framework as accessed on 2026-10-11: Nursing Test Specification V1.1; Adult Nursing and Midwifery blueprints V1.0; nursing and midwifery OSCE candidate booklets V2.4, updated October 2026. The workbook label maps to the OSCE component of the NMC Test of Competence, with field-specific nursing and midwifery pathways, rather than a standalone certification. The assigned slug is preserved. Updates effective 23 February and 13 April 2026 are distinguished from the September announcement's changes effective 26 October 2026, which were not yet effective on the reference date.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- NMC OSCE: Test of Competence
- Test of Competence: Preparation materials
- Nursing (all fields): OSCE candidate information booklet, V2.4
- Midwifery: OSCE candidate information booklet, V2.4
- Test of Competence 2021: Nursing Test Specification for Candidates, V1.1
- Test of Competence 2021: Adult nursing blueprint, V1.0
- Test of Competence 2021: Midwifery blueprint, V1.0
- Test of Competence: Adult Nursing Marking Criteria, last update January 2026
- Learning Disabilities Nursing Marking Criteria, V1.8, updated March 2025
- Mental Health Nursing Marking Criteria, V2.2, updated May 2025
- Children's Nursing Marking Criteria, updated February 2026
- Midwifery Marking Criteria, updated February 2026
- The Code: Read the Code online
- Openness and honesty when things go wrong: The professional duty of candour
- Resuscitation Council UK: The ABCDE Approach
- NHS Scotland National Infection Prevention and Control Manual: Standard Infection Control Precautions
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Catheter urine
- NHS Improvement: Initial placement checks for nasogastric and orogastric tubes
- Cambridge University Hospitals: Anti-embolic stockings, version 7
- BAPEN: Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool
- Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 6: Choosing effect measures and computing estimates of effect
- Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 15: Interpreting results and drawing conclusions
- rn1-adult-nursing-marking-criteria-sept-2026.pdf
- DVT (deep vein thrombosis) - NHS
- Pulmonary embolism - NHS
- Good inhaler technique | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Consent to treatment - Assessing capacity - NHS
- Managing the risk of needlestick or sharps injuries - HSE
- hsis7.pdf
- Chapter 3: Defining the criteria for including studies and how they will be grouped for the synthesis | Cochrane
NMC Test of Competence Part 2: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
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An adult awaiting assessment for suspected DVT suddenly becomes severely breathless, reports chest pain on inspiration and can speak only a few words at a time. The observation chart is incomplete. What is the best immediate nursing response?
NMC Test of Competence Part 2: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
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