NMC CBT PREP

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Good day nurses!

Can anyone help me regarding the CBT. I feel so hopeless. I failed two times and now I have to wait for 6 months before I can reapply. sad truth but I wanted to pursue my career in the UK, its just that this time I really don't know what review materials do I need to prepare.. I reviewed the Royal MArsden and the NMC blue print. honestly I thought I'm going to make it the second time because I have prepared well and gave the best of me, but I guess I dont have much luck. thank you and will appreciate all your efforts in helping me prepare next time. :)

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omg nobody wants to answr me :( this is sad

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

There are several threads in this forum discussing the exam

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I failed once.. I had to resign to study since we have 60 hour work weeks. For months I've been bleeding money from being unemployed until now just because of CBT. From what I've learned people say it is easy, maybe because it is(atleast compared to our local licensure exam). But the technicality is you need to pass 90% of the 20 critical items scattered in the exam. When I took the exam for a second time, I aimed to perfect it. AIM TO PERFECT IT. It is all about the critical 20 items.

What do you need to study? ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN. Test creators probably came from different settings(community, carehome, district hospital, tertiary hospital, academe, research). MASTER GUIDELINES SCENARIOS ACROSS ALL SETTINGS. I don't think they intend to make the test difficult by increasing the range but the reality is, test answers vary depending on who you ask across the said settings.

Look for the comprehensive reading material. Summaries are good for recall but UK nurses may have mastered the specifics like what you know locally. Ex. There are guideline summaries for medication administration, but you may have to study the original document where it came from. I read very long pdfs which were not even digestible just to ensure I know all of what I know locally, but in UK version.

Too broad? I guess that's the way to go to be on top of CBT. You may have passed 98% of the exam but because of the critical items, you might also fail it still. People said some test questions are poorly made. I think it's also LUCK and it depends on the test set you've received as well.

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thank you so much for the info! i hope that after 6 months, I'll nail the cbt. i agree with you. i only flagged 10 questions and that 10 questions are poorly made. and voila, i failed hehe.

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hello...same case with you @hopelessbae.

its been 6mos already? have you open your nmc account again? what does it says???? are you allowed to register again? thanks.

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Hi

Did you write again the CBT?

Practise more the drug calculations. l hear they are critical questions. Hope you will make it

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Hi everyone,. I have scheduled my CBT for next week have anyone done it recently how is it, any suggestions on review materials. Please let me know by email in advance thanks for your time.

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I just took the exam yesterday. Don't have a pass/fail yet. I had prepared by using the blueprint and had paid for one month online prep course with BMJ. Save your money. I searched NMC CBT mock exam and found several by SurveyMonkey. Some of the questions at SurveyMonkey we're similar to the actual exam. Wish I had found them sooner. Highly recommend. Many questions were scenario based so keep patient safety and ABCs in mind. I feel confident that I did okay overall....it's just scoring better than 90% on those 20 critical questions is essential to pass the entire test. Good luck.

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I just took the exam yesterday. Don't have a pass/fail yet. I had prepared by using the blueprint and had paid for one month online prep course with BMJ. Save your money. I searched NMC CBT mock exam and found several by SurveyMonkey. Some of the questions at SurveyMonkey we're similar to the actual exam. Wish I had found them sooner. Highly recommend. Many questions were scenario based so keep patient safety and ABCs in mind. I feel confident that I did okay overall....it's just scoring better than 90% on those 20 critical questions is essential to pass the entire test. Good luck.

Hey!

I'm looking to take it in a few days. Did you receive results on your test, pass/fail? And are there any other materials you recommend? I've been studying the royal marsden book as well as the code and adult nursing competency documents but there just isn't a lot of material out there. Mostly what I'm looking for are practice questions so I can better understand what the material will be about.

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