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Nursing Fields
Adult Nursing
Adult nursing practice, common conditions, and clinical skills.
Child Nursing
Paediatric nursing, child development, and care of children and families.
Learning Disabilities
Nursing care for individuals with learning disabilities.
Mental Health Nursing
Mental health nursing, common mental health conditions, and therapeutic interventions.
Advanced Topics
Clinical Skills
Essential clinical nursing skills and procedures.
Documentation
Nursing documentation, record keeping, and legal requirements.
Emergency Care
Emergency nursing, triage, and acute care management.
Ethics
Ethical principles in nursing, consent, and confidentiality.
Evidence Based Practice
Research, evidence-based practice, and clinical decision making.
Leadership
Nursing leadership, management, and team working.
Pharmacology
Pharmacological principles, drug classifications, and adverse effects.
Foundation Topics
Communication
Effective communication with patients, families, and the healthcare team.
Infection Control
Infection prevention and control practices, standard precautions, and aseptic technique.
Medicines Management
Safe administration of medications, pharmacology, and drug calculations.
Patient Care
Patient-centred care, dignity, privacy, and holistic nursing practice.
Professional Values
Professional nursing values, ethical practice, and the NMC Code of Conduct.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding vulnerable adults and children, recognising abuse and neglect.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The NMC CBT covers 17 clinical topics including professional values, communication, patient care, safeguarding, infection control, medicines management, adult nursing, mental health nursing, learning disabilities, child nursing, leadership, evidence-based practice, emergency care, documentation, ethics, pharmacology, and clinical skills.
Read through each guide to understand the key concepts, then test your knowledge with our free CBT mock tests. Focus on topics where you score lower and revisit those guides.
Yes, our study guides are based on the NMC Code of Conduct, NMC standards of proficiency for registered nurses, and the official NMC CBT test specification.