OSCE Nursing

Preparing for your Nursing test

The Test of Competence is blueprinted against the current UK pre-registration standards which are available on the NMC’s website.

The Test of Competence for Nurses consists of 10 stations:

4 skills
4 assessing the patient’s care journey (Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation)
2 assessing the candidate’s values and behaviours and evidence-based practice

It is essential that candidates prepare for the Test of Competence. We recommend at least 14 days preparation time from the booking of your test date to the actual test to sufficiently prepare yourself.

Please see below for Essential Reading/TOC Preparation Materials that will aid and support your OSCE preparation.

- Preparing for your OSCE TOC (Nursing)
- OSCE Candidate Information Booklet – general information about the OSCE day, what to wear and guidance with appeals /mitigating circumstances etc
- OSCE timings
- OSCE equipment
- NMC TOC Supporting Documents
- NMC Standards of Proficiency for Nursing
- Glossary of Technical Terms
- RN1 TOC Blueprint
- RN1 Marking Criteria TOC – become familiar with the marking criteria so you know what your Assessor will be looking for
- RN1 Mock OSCE TOC – the NMC have developed this scenario to provide an outline of the performance they expect and the criteria that the Test of Competence will assess. Please note that this is for educational purposes only and serves as a guide. This is not one of the actual scenarios used on the test day.
- RN1 Reading List TOC
- RN5 TOC Blueprint
- RN5 Marking Criteria TOC – become familiar with the marking criteria so you know what your Assessor will be looking for
- RN5 Mock OSCE TOC – the NMC have developed this scenario to provide an outline of the performance they expect and the criteria that the Test of Competence will assess. Please note that this is for educational purposes only and serves as a guide. This is not one of the actual scenarios used on the test day
- RN5 Reading List TOC
- RN3 TOC Blueprint
- RN3 Marking Criteria TOC – become familiar with the marking criteria so you know what your Assessor will be looking for
- RN3 Mock OSCE TOC – the NMC have developed this scenario to provide an outline of the performance they expect and the criteria that the Test of Competence will assess. Please note that this is for educational purposes only and serves as a guide. This is not one of the actual scenarios used on the test day
- RN3 Reading List TOC
- RN8 TOC Blueprint
- RN8 Marking Criteria TOC  – become familiar with the marking criteria so you know what your Assessor will be looking for
- RN8 Mock OSCE TOC  – the NMC have developed this scenario to provide an outline of the performance they expect and the criteria that the Test of Competence will assess. Please note that this is for educational purposes only and serves as a guide. This is not one of the actual scenarios used on the test day
- RN8 Reading List TOC

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