NMC Study Guide 2026

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📋 NMC Exam Format at a Glance

Questions

240 min

Time Limit

69.00%

Passing Score

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📚 NMC Topics to Study (63)

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✍️ Sample NMC Questions & Answers

1. Under NMC revalidation requirements, how often must a registered nurse confirm their practice and renew their registration?

✓ Every three years

NMC revalidation requires nurses to confirm their practice, continuing professional development, and fitness to practise every three years.

2. A nurse working in a prenatal clinic wants to apply Tannahill's Model of Health Promotion. Which element is unique to this model compared to earlier frameworks?

✓ Overlapping spheres that include preventive health services

Tannahill's Model uniquely presents health promotion as three overlapping spheres — education, prevention, and protection — highlighting their interconnected nature.

3. A registrant asks you to countersign a revalidation declaration you are not confident is accurate. What should you do?

✓ Refuse to countersign if you have genuine doubts about its accuracy

Countersigning an inaccurate declaration would breach the Code's requirement for honesty and integrity; you must decline if you have genuine doubts.

4. In patient safety terminology, a 'near miss' is defined as:

✓ An error that was identified and corrected before it reached the patient

A near miss is an unplanned event that did not result in harm because it was caught in time, but had potential to cause injury.

5. The NMC Code's requirement to 'preserve safety' includes which specific action regarding staffing concerns?

✓ Raising concerns about staffing levels that may put patients at risk

Preserving safety requires registrants to raise concerns about resource levels, including staffing, that could compromise patient safety — silence in the face of known risk is inconsistent with the Code.

6. A nurse notices that a colleague has been falsifying records to cover up a medication error. Under the NMC Code, what must the nurse do?

✓ Report the concern immediately through the appropriate governance or regulatory channel

Falsifying records is a serious breach of professional standards; the NMC Code requires nurses to report such concerns without delay to protect patients and uphold public trust.

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