NMC Test Online

ari11990 · Jan 18, 2015

Good luck, let us know how it goes!!

lanieross · Jan 18, 2015

As long as I'm directly supervised I can do pretty much everything, only limited when it comes to checking medications! Am just a third checker for now. Can't complain though :) How'd the test go?

gen88 · Jan 19, 2015

Oh thats interesting that you are doing it in NICU, is your role very limited? Sometimes I'm a bit suspicious about what the agency says. In a few hours I will be sitting the exam for the second time.... fingers crossed!

GOOD LUCK :)

nixonk86 · Jan 19, 2015

Error

nixonk86 · Jan 19, 2015

I passed! I'll post more later about what it was like :)

ari11990 · Jan 19, 2015

Awesome!! CONGRATS!!!

shimtastic · Jan 19, 2015

Congrats! :) How was it? Kindly share us tips and areas to focus on. :) Were the the questions the same when you first took your first exam? You're on the second step in becoming a UK nurse. :) Excited to hear from you and thanks in advance. :)

abstam · Jan 19, 2015

congratulations!!!!! That is great news- and very encouraging! PLEASE let us know what tricks helped you to be successful!

Right now I'm having a hard time with the NMC because I can't seem to register for my second attempt (it's been over 28 days). How did you go about successfully reregistering? Also, did any of you have to set up an "NMC ONLINE" account? One person in the call centre was confused how I was able to sign up for attempt one without this.

Cheme · Jan 19, 2015

hi please can anyone explain to me about the (E and Y ) in blue print

Cheme · Jan 19, 2015

Congrats !!! any tips for us please :arghh:

nixonk86 · Jan 20, 2015

Pearson Vue issued me a new username but I was still unable to register to re-sit for about 7 weeks after my first attempt.

The Y means that the topic on that row may be included in the test in the correlating column, an E means that it is an essential topic and you have to get the questions right.

Regarding the exam- every question was different to my first attempt and generally the type of questions were a bit different as well, closer to the practice questions. My first attempt had many of the questions form the Royal Marsden Hospital book referred to earlier in this thread but the exam yesterday didm't have a single question from it. I did find that reading that book (skimming in parts) was probably pretty good prep so I would still recommend checking it out. I also went through the blueprint and l had a quick look at the resources for the essential questions. There were more questions referring to the NMC guidance, NICE guidelines and their track and trigger ons system so I would focus on these areas.

Overall it felt much easier because the questions (although a grammatical nightmare) were not as ambiguous as in the first test, I did walk out feeling very nauseous and thinking I may have failed so I was super excited to see the pass when I checked online. Once again the results were available immediately, I took two hours doing the exam (went through all the questions three times) and walked out and straight to the closest bar, sat down and checked my results with a beer in my hand... should have been champagne! My results were available while my friend was still doing the exam and we started at the same time.

One last tip for those who paid the application fee under the old system is to email [email protected] and request that your payment be transferred to the new system. I now can't move on the the next stage for up to a week bc the application site is asking for payment and I have to wait for them to transfer it over... I'm pretty sure this could have been done before I passed the exam so it might be worth checking prior so that you are all good to go when you pass.

Good luck to everyone, they put you through such an (expensive) emotional roller coaster but it will be worth it in the end!

The Dude 9 · Jan 20, 2015

One last tip for those who paid the application fee under the old system is to email [email protected] and request that your payment be transferred to the new system. I now can't move on the the next stage for up to a week bc the application site is asking for payment and I have to wait for them to transfer it over... I'm pretty sure this could have been done before I passed the exam so it might be worth checking prior so that you are all good to go when you pass.

First off, congratulations!

Regarding the payment, I'm confused. Do we have to pay another Â£130 or does the initial payment for the first sitting cover the second?

Oh, and does there seem to be anything new regarding the critical questions mechanic?