NMC CBT EXAM PRACTICE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ALL
CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|ACTUAL
COMPLETE EXAM|ALREADY GRADED A+
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 ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct answer-split & falls
Which is NOT considered medicine?
-whole blood
-albumin
-blood clotting factors
-antibodies ✔Correct answer-whole blood
What sector receives the largest share of UK health budget?
-surgical operations
-blood diseases / HIV / hepatitis
-elderly problems ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct answer-capillary refill
How is chemotherapy & hormone treatment waste disposed?
-red
-yellow
-pink
-black ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct 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
-wear goggles & underfill the sample bottle
-wear appropriate PPE & overfill the bottle ✔Correct answer-double bag it, in a self-sealing bag, &
wear gloves if handling the specimen
Which of the following techniques is advisable when obtaining a urine specimen in order to minimize
the contamination of a specimen?
-clean around the meatus prior to sample collection & get a midstream / clean catch urine specimen
-clean around the meatus prior to sample collection & collect the first portion of urine as this is
where the most bacteria will be
-do not clean the urethral meatus as we want these bacteria to analyse as well
-dip the uranalysis strip into the urine in a bedpan mixed with stool ✔Correct answer-clean around
the meatus prior to sample collection & get a midstream / clean catch urine specimen
What does AVPU mean?
-Alert, Verbalization, Pain, Unconscious
-Awake, Voice, Pain, Unconscious
-Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive
-Awake, Verbalization, Pain, Unconscious ✔Correct answer-Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive
Where will you put infectious linen?
-red plastic bag designed to disintegrate when exposed to heat
CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|ACTUAL
COMPLETE EXAM|ALREADY GRADED A+
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 ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct answer-split & falls
Which is NOT considered medicine?
-whole blood
-albumin
-blood clotting factors
-antibodies ✔Correct answer-whole blood
What sector receives the largest share of UK health budget?
-surgical operations
-blood diseases / HIV / hepatitis
-elderly problems ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct answer-capillary refill
How is chemotherapy & hormone treatment waste disposed?
-red
-yellow
-pink
-black ✔Correct 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 ✔Correct 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
-wear goggles & underfill the sample bottle
-wear appropriate PPE & overfill the bottle ✔Correct answer-double bag it, in a self-sealing bag, &
wear gloves if handling the specimen
Which of the following techniques is advisable when obtaining a urine specimen in order to minimize
the contamination of a specimen?
-clean around the meatus prior to sample collection & get a midstream / clean catch urine specimen
-clean around the meatus prior to sample collection & collect the first portion of urine as this is
where the most bacteria will be
-do not clean the urethral meatus as we want these bacteria to analyse as well
-dip the uranalysis strip into the urine in a bedpan mixed with stool ✔Correct answer-clean around
the meatus prior to sample collection & get a midstream / clean catch urine specimen
What does AVPU mean?
-Alert, Verbalization, Pain, Unconscious
-Awake, Voice, Pain, Unconscious
-Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive
-Awake, Verbalization, Pain, Unconscious ✔Correct answer-Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive
Where will you put infectious linen?
-red plastic bag designed to disintegrate when exposed to heat
