NMC CBT Exam Practice 2025 Questions
When assessing an unresponsive pt, what is an appropriate way to get a pain response?
-sternal rub
-nail bed pressure
-pinching the ear
-a trapezium squeeze - Answer-a trapezium squeeze (aka squeeze the shoulders)
What is the most common health problem affecting the nurses healthcare users & the relatives in
hospital settings?
-neurological disorders
-cancer
-needle prick injury
-split & falls - Answer-split & falls
Which is NOT considered medicine?
-whole blood
-albumin
-blood clotting factors
-antibodies - Answer-whole blood
What sector receives the largest share of UK health budget?
,-surgical operations
-blood diseases / HIV / hepatitis
-elderly problems - Answer-elderly problems
What does a nurse observe when assessing the respiration of a pt with breathing difficulties?
-rate, pattern, & evidence of cyanosis
-presence of symmetrical movement of both sides of chest & equal breath sounds
-ability to speak in full sentences, ease of breathing, rate, pattern, & evidence of cyanosis
-ease of breathing, rate, pattern, & evidence of cyanosis - Answer-ability to speak in full sentences, ease
of breathing, rate, pattern, & evidence of cyanosis
How long is the undergraduate/pre-registration BSC nursing programme for those on a standard entry
pathway?
-2 years
-4 years
-3 years
-5 years - Answer-3 years
Pt is having breathlessness. Pt is in the end of life care phase. What should the nurse do?
-put the face of the pt in the electric fan
-give high flow oxygen
-put paper bag
-give more sedative - Answer-put paper bag
A nurse working in a children ward wants to take vital signs for the pts & notices a distressed child. What
is the best nursing action?
-ignore the child & continue the vital signs for others
, -attend to the distressed child & take them together to do their vital signs
-ask the attendant / assistant to do vitals while you attend to the distressed child
-inform the head nurse about the distressed child & continue your vitals - Answer-ask the attendant /
assistant to do vitals while you attend to the distressed child
How will you asses hemodynamic stability & perfusion?
-skin turgor
-GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale)
-capillary refill - Answer-capillary refill
How is chemotherapy & hormone treatment waste disposed?
-red
-yellow
-pink
-black - Answer-red
A pt is returning home from hospital. They will spend several weeks in a residential facility, followed by
community support. In order to ensure a positive process, what action does a nurse take?
-allow the pt to arrange any community service to allow them to be independent
-give discharge information to the care facility who will liaise with others
-copy all agencies into the discharge plan correspondence
-ask the pt to contact their GP to follow up on services needed - Answer-give discharge information to
the care facility who will liaise with others
What action would you take if a specimen had a biohazard sticker on it?
-double bag it, in a self-sealing bag, & wear gloves if handling the specimen
-wear gloves if handling the specimen, ring ahead & tell the laboratory the sample is on its way
When assessing an unresponsive pt, what is an appropriate way to get a pain response?
-sternal rub
-nail bed pressure
-pinching the ear
-a trapezium squeeze - Answer-a trapezium squeeze (aka squeeze the shoulders)
What is the most common health problem affecting the nurses healthcare users & the relatives in
hospital settings?
-neurological disorders
-cancer
-needle prick injury
-split & falls - Answer-split & falls
Which is NOT considered medicine?
-whole blood
-albumin
-blood clotting factors
-antibodies - Answer-whole blood
What sector receives the largest share of UK health budget?
,-surgical operations
-blood diseases / HIV / hepatitis
-elderly problems - Answer-elderly problems
What does a nurse observe when assessing the respiration of a pt with breathing difficulties?
-rate, pattern, & evidence of cyanosis
-presence of symmetrical movement of both sides of chest & equal breath sounds
-ability to speak in full sentences, ease of breathing, rate, pattern, & evidence of cyanosis
-ease of breathing, rate, pattern, & evidence of cyanosis - Answer-ability to speak in full sentences, ease
of breathing, rate, pattern, & evidence of cyanosis
How long is the undergraduate/pre-registration BSC nursing programme for those on a standard entry
pathway?
-2 years
-4 years
-3 years
-5 years - Answer-3 years
Pt is having breathlessness. Pt is in the end of life care phase. What should the nurse do?
-put the face of the pt in the electric fan
-give high flow oxygen
-put paper bag
-give more sedative - Answer-put paper bag
A nurse working in a children ward wants to take vital signs for the pts & notices a distressed child. What
is the best nursing action?
-ignore the child & continue the vital signs for others
, -attend to the distressed child & take them together to do their vital signs
-ask the attendant / assistant to do vitals while you attend to the distressed child
-inform the head nurse about the distressed child & continue your vitals - Answer-ask the attendant /
assistant to do vitals while you attend to the distressed child
How will you asses hemodynamic stability & perfusion?
-skin turgor
-GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale)
-capillary refill - Answer-capillary refill
How is chemotherapy & hormone treatment waste disposed?
-red
-yellow
-pink
-black - Answer-red
A pt is returning home from hospital. They will spend several weeks in a residential facility, followed by
community support. In order to ensure a positive process, what action does a nurse take?
-allow the pt to arrange any community service to allow them to be independent
-give discharge information to the care facility who will liaise with others
-copy all agencies into the discharge plan correspondence
-ask the pt to contact their GP to follow up on services needed - Answer-give discharge information to
the care facility who will liaise with others
What action would you take if a specimen had a biohazard sticker on it?
-double bag it, in a self-sealing bag, & wear gloves if handling the specimen
-wear gloves if handling the specimen, ring ahead & tell the laboratory the sample is on its way
