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Anybody here who took the Pearsons Vue NMC exam? How was it? TY!

Hi. Where did you find the practice tests? Thanks.

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If their judgement lies on critical questions, then they should have just give an exam with 40 or 50 critical questions and required us to perfect it in short... hehehe...

Damn imso frustrated.. ;(

IKR! What do they want? I thought they are short on nurses? Yet they still want to make our lives miserable! It angers me so much!

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After failing my first attempt at the test of competence I emailed the NMC in hopes of getting more information. I wanted to know if the critical questions were supposed to be shown and I also wanted to let them know how unhelpful I found the blueprint hoping that they would lead me to additional study materials…or at least give me some guidance on how to be successful for take two. This is the reply I got today…(still feeling discouraged):

the blueprints that we have provided on our website are the only revision materials that we hold. The contents of the exam have to remain confidential to maintain the integrity of the test. The CBT is a competency test that tests if a nurse meets the standards in order to apply to the UK register.

In regards to your query about critical questions, we have removed the indication of critical questions from the test to keep the integrity of the test. Therefore please be aware that the critical questions will not be marked in the test.

"Integrity of the test". They keep on feeding us crap! I am not amused with this money making scheme they have! Corruption!

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

The U.K. may be short on nurses but they do expect nurses to be competent and if that means you have to sit English exams so you can communicate appropriately and sit exams to show you have the skills then so be it. Canada is just as tough and I would say more expensive than the UK. Also for the tests to have been decided on must mean there has been issues that in the end became something that couldn't be ignored.

Remember it it is a privilege to work in another country and if it is something you really want to do then you must meet requirements and I do know what I am talking about as I met Canadian requirements and it was long and expensive plus had to do some courses and I trained in the UK long before they became specialized with their training

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I'm a PICU travel nurse from the US that's been practicing for almost 6 years now, and honestly, I was most worried about the adult content on the exam, but while there were a (very) few questions I had to take a minute on, I didn't think the exam was difficult. I took it on 9 Jan. Unfortunately, I too failed this first attempt. I found this very suspicious since there were literally about 10 questions out of the 120 that I was not immediately sure of, and a couple of them were what I thought to be their "essential" questions. Failing was very disappointing, especially since I was under the impression that the essential questions were no longer being included. I called the NMC to verify, and they said that the essential questions are being included, but they are no longer being identified at the top of the screen. They would not, however, give me any indication as to whether I was close to passing or what questions I answered incorrectly "to protect the integrity of their exam." This is SO frustrating! I started this whole registration process in September 2012, and I'm still working on this! That's absolute rubbish, as they say... What frustrates me the most is that I know I'm a competent nurse, and several times when I've called the NMC they either directly or indirectly call me an incompetent nurse. Just today, when I called about the exam, the NMC representative said, "Well, you just have to be good enough. When you're competent, you'll pass." :no: Seriously?? Get a grip, NMC... The good news is that they have heard our complaints, and they are making changes to the exam. The bad news is the exam is still broken. I could not have missed more than 10 questions on that exam, and 110 questions out of 120 is still a passing score. I've heard that once you're licensed in the UK, and you don't have to deal with the NMC anymore, everything gets much better, but I really am starting to hate the NMC for their ineffective management and unfair and irrational assessment of nursing competencies. What they need to assess is whether we will be able to care for the British people competently, not whether we have memorized their publications on nursing legislation. This is important, but it can be taught on-the-job in the first week of orientation without messing with the minds of so many people, and it can be done in a much less condescending manner. If they call me incompetent one more time, I will be going up the chain of command and complaining until I get a satisfactory and professional response! :sniff:

"When you're competent, you'll pass." -- NMC said this? For real? This is so unprofessional to be honest! My god I am so disappointed with them!

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IKR! What do they want? I thought they are short on nurses? Yet they still want to make our lives miserable! It angers me so much!

just relax.

i graduated at the bottom of my class and i basically flagged around 30+ questions on the CBT

even after finishing the exam. i was not able to decide whether those 30 were sure or not.

However, i did find the exam easy and i think the critical questions can be answered by just having a good grip on the standards.

1. relax

2. standards

then your good to go

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The thing is the exam really does have issues, unless NMC did a major overhaul (I don't know since the last time I took it was back in June). Bugs, misspelled words, wrong grammar, and choices mismatched to questions were the problems that plagued it. The onus is on the nurse, of course, to pass the test, but one couldn't possibly prepare against those issues, especially the bugs and mismatched choices. I felt really bad for the early takers of the test (see the first few pages of this thread). They were like subjects test-driving a prototype, except that it cost them £130, and the only ones who passed can literally be counted with one hand.

@mcqueen92

I understand completely how you feel. All of us (or nearly all of us, I'd like to imagine) has had a bone to pick with NMC, but this isn't the healthy way to go about things. I'm not trying to be upfront or preachy, but you really should spend your time and energy on things you have control over, like studying to pass the test. The first few pages of this topic paint a bleak image of the test, but that was history. I'm not sure about the 90% passing rate (seems inflated to me), but you can bet that the majority of those who took the test after the initial take off have passed and are passing now. Though like I said, it is still up to you to pass it, but complaining about it here sure won't help your chances.

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Anybody who has applied with jedegal agency?

Hi. Me. I am now about to book my CBT and I am scared af.

I belong to the August batch. East Lancashire.

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Hi guys!

It bothers me to see posts that some of you have failed. Trust me, I know the feeling. I had my first attempt at Trident last December, I was astonished to see some of the questions in the Royals Marsden Manual are reflected there, word per word. I finished the test in less than an hour, flagged about 10 items and I am pretty confident when I clicked on End Review. I thought the results will be revealed in 48 hours or so but to my surprise, at 7pm of the same day, NMC emailed me saying my results are available. I logged in to my PearsonVue account and was devastated to see a Failed remark. Not the greatest Christmas gift anyone would ask for eh?

Good thing I have encouraging parents, they told me to study harder and just sit the test again whenever I am ready. Two months after my first take, I finally mustered enough bravery to face the same challenge. I booked my test at MisNet this time around. I have never felt so anxious in my life, I mean... When I took the Nursing board exam, it was easy breezy. Taking the IELTS is easy as pie, maybe I was too confident when I first sat the CBT that's why I did not pass. So I reread the Royal Marsden Manual, opened the links on NMC with critical items marked (I think those are the questions that matter most, but I would not discourage you to read every link if you have the time).

Come exam day, I faked my confidence yet again, I find the staff at Misnet more accommodating. Maybe because they speak Tagalog, haha! 60 minutes in the exam, I am almost done and I was like, what the? I have less than 10 items flagged for review too (is this happening all over again?) I memorized the questions I am not sure of the answer/ questions I have never encountered in my whole nursing career, 5 questions in which if one is a critical item, I'm dead. Or failed. I googled the questions I had a hard time answering while sipping a McFloat in Ayala Triangle. So, for the first question, to my horror, I ticked on the wrong answer. I did not bother to check the other four. I am sure it is one of the critical items for it is an essential question. Bye bye GBP130.

I went home, knowing the outcome of today, I can't sleep. Keep on blaming myself for being so stupid, haha! I have accepted defeat but just to make everything official, at 7pm, I checked my email. A message from NMC is waiting for to be read and even before I could open it, I read, "Congratulations on passing..." It felt so surreal! I have to log in to my PearsonVue account just to confirm and when I checked my exam history, the status was Pass. I could not believe it either!

Your take away lesson? Don't lose hope, gather inspiration from friends and family, they are the ones you can count whatever happens. If your/their pocket allows, retake the exam and trust you can do it the next time.

Right now I am bound for interview at Omanfil this coming March 27 for King's College Hospital. Anyone who is going to? Please drop me an email at [email protected]. I would love to meet new friends there ^_^ That's all you guys! Wishing you all the best!

Awwwww thank you so much for this. I think I am about to cry tbh. The thoughts of the CBT have been very stressful af

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Hello.

I was supposed to take the exam yesterday. I arrived at the test centre. they checked my passport, took a picture of me and ask me to sign about the rules and regulations of taking the exam. Suddenly, the test centre (server) went down. so they ask me to contact PearsonVue customer care Centre and quote an incident number which they provide. They are allowing me to rebook the exam but the next available appointment will be on April 21. The reason I book March 25 is if ever I failed my first attempt I will have time to wait for the 28 days period that they are allowing us to book our 2nd attempt. My worry is my Authorization to test is only valid until May 11. I rang NMC but they told me to try the first exam first then I will contact them back but there is no guarantee they will extend my ATT even if its not my fault the test centre (server) went down.

That's just so frustrating, especially if you traveled all the way to the center. I hope it won't happen to anyone again.

Sucks.

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hello guys....took the cbt last march 18 and got the PASS result after 20-30 minutes.... just want to be honest... i actually didnt have enough time to study, especially the royals marsden...why? (work related) got the book by march 15 and didnt thought that its consisted of 950 pages.... all i did was... PRAY... PRAY... PRAY... and focused on the following tips....

1) always patient safety even of its against hospital protocols....

2) always patient safety first.... not our safety, not the doctors safety.... not the hospital interest but always patient safety first

3) drug calculation... basic

4) always read keyword in all given questions... like most appropriate (nursing care plan).... best thing to do(patient first... patient priority) .... first nursing action(nursing care plan)...

5)always... always... always... take your time to pick the right answer... no need to rush....

6) Pray... Pray... Pray....

7) study about copd/dehydration/infection/infection control/universal precaution/record keeping/clinical benchmark/code/standards/safety/nursing care plan/6 c's/ bedsores/waterlow.....

8) pray...pray..pray....

Goodluck and Godbless everyone....

YES true.

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Just do ur best, and God will do the rest. Let go Let God.

You will pass if u do your part. Do not put the blame in others.Those are things out of our control. What we can control at the moment is our attitude towards it. Patience is not just about how long you wait but also the attitude while waiting. Hehe I know youll make it, I believe in you, the fact that ur here searching for answers means u r an eager person to win ur fight! Hehe Gbu

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