Overview

  • 現時有五個Centre提供考試，考生需要自行聯絡考試Centre（即可以揀）。如果經Employer報名則不能選擇。
  • 一般需要預留3個月去排期，即4月book，最快大概7月有得考。
  • 一般建議每天溫習3小時的話需時2-3個月時間準備應考，坊間亦有OSCE intensive course可以報讀。但實際溫習時間因人而異。
  • Refund政策：多於三個星期通知可以全額退款，少於三個星期需要解釋特殊原因方可接納
  • OSCE考試期間會進行 NMC ID check，文件會交由NMC檢查，其他個人物品則會提供小locker
    • 如有任何因素導致ID check未能完成，NMC會安排再一次的face-to-face appointment，地點會在倫敦Office/任何一個OSCE考場
  • 家人不可陪同應考
考試內容
  • OSCE包含10 stations，總考核時間約為3小時
  • 1️⃣ ➡️ 4️⃣ APIE stations
    • 首4個stations為scenario-based，並關於four stages of the nursing care process (APIE)
  • 5️⃣ ➡️ 8️⃣ Skill Stations
    • 2組linked stations 關於practical clinical skills
    • 每組up to 21 minutes，中間有4分鐘break
    • Skill lists：（或會以scenario形式考核）
      • Administration of Inhaled Medication (AIM)
      • aseptic non-touch technique (ANTT)
      • catheter specimen of urine collection (CSU)
      • fluid balance chart (FBC)
      • in-hospital resuscitation (without defibrillation) (IHR)
      • intramuscular injection (IM)
      • mid-stream sample of urine (MSSU) and urinalysis
      • peak expiration flow rate (PEFR)
      • removal of urinary catheter (RUC)
      • subcutaneous injection (SC)
      • paediatric basic life support (BLS) – infant and child (children’s nursing)
      • calculating drug dosages
      • hand hygiene
      • medication administration
      • physiological observations
      • safe disposal of sharps
      • wound care
  • 8️⃣ ➡️ 🔟 Written stations
    • Assess professional issues associated with professional accountability and the related skills around communication. 
    • Critical appraisal of research and evidence and associated decision-making.
考核重點

Dress code
  • Clothing: Clinical dress, tunic or polo shirt with smart trousers or scrubs. You must not wear jeans or shorts. Nurses in the UK frequently wear dark plain trousers and plain polo shirts/tunics. 
  • Shoes: Must be plain, flat, black and rubber-soled, enclosing the whole foot and not made of porous or absorbent material.
  • Jewellery: Plain ‘ball’ ear studs are allowed to be worn (maximum of one per ear). No tongue piercings should be worn. A single plain band wedding/commitment ring is allowed. You must be bare beneath the elbow: no bracelets or wristwatches are to be worn.
  • Socks/tights: Dark blue or black socks with trousers, and flesh-coloured or black tights



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