Osce Nursing: Nursing OSCE Preparation: Mastering the NMC Test Stations
How to practise the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation stations, plus the skills stations.
The OSCE is part 2 of the NMC Test of Competence for nurses joining the UK register. It follows the APIE approach: assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, plus clinical skills stations.
Learn the marking criteria
Each station is marked against published criteria. Practise saying what you’re doing out loud, because examiners can only mark what they see and hear.
Introduce yourself, check identity and gain consent every single time. It’s easy marks.Margin note from Faith
Practise under time
Rehearse each station with a timer and a partner playing the patient. Record yourself and compare against the criteria.
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