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Hey all!! Im very pleased to announce that I sat my second attempt on February 25th and PASSED!!!! Didn't do much differently from the first time except review the Royal Marsden book on the areas I wasn't familiar with on the first attempt and had a good read through of NICE guidelines. There were still questions on it that were not in any of the links from the blueprints so I don't know where they come up with the questions! Now that it's over with I've been researching the OSCE test and Northampton University have issued a preparation guideline on their website that is 49 pages ( http://www.northampton.ac.uk/Downloads/Candidate%20information%20booklet%20-%20V.Jan15%20(1).pdf ). There is a reading list at the bottom and information about how the testing will be structured. The essential book on the reading list is the Royal Marsden Hospital Manual for Clinical Nursing Procedures so if you haven't bought it or borrowed it (my hospital library had it so I was lucky) then I would recommend you get it and study it for both tests. Still waiting to hear from the NMC about booking the OSCE but if there's anyone who has already passed part 1 and has a date for part 2 at Northampton, can you give me a rough idea of dates you were given? All the best to those taking the CBT soon!!!

The exam is a joke! I am a Canadian trained nurse and have been practicing for 3 years, I felt the CRNE exam was much harder than this exam yet I passed that and failed this one. I believe the essential questions need to be done away with because you will learn the specific laws for the UK while working in the system. These questions do not assess how competent a nurse you are! Seems like another way for the NMC to pull money out of people, their whole system needs to be reviewed as I'm not approaching 2 years of being in the application process due to their previous application process (Overseas Nurses Programme) or lack there of, because I never found any placements for it!! All I'd say in to review the legal aspects of nursing in the UK becaus eif you're a competent nurse the patho and nursing assessment questions will be a breeze!!