Profession Category : Nursing & Midwifery
Qualifying Examination Blueprint (Nature & contents of the test)
1. Registered General Nurse Evaluation Item Content Required items Passing Score (150 MCQs, 3 ½ hours)
- Nursing Fundamentals 30 50%
- Adult Nursing 61
- Maternal- Child Nursing 44
- Unit Management and Leadership 15 Total 150
2. Registered Midwife Evaluation Item Content Required items Passing Score
(150 MCQs, 3 ½ hours)
- Antenatal Care 7
50% 2. - Intrapartum Care 60
- Antepartum Care 15
- Postpartum Care 22
- Newborn Care 8
- Gynecological Care 7
- Pharmacology in Midwifery 7
- Counselling and Education 8
- Patient Safety 8
- Professionalism and Ethics 8 Total 150
Qualifying Examination References
Exam References Scope
A. Nursing Fundamentals
1. Leda M. McKenry, Tessier, and Mary Ann Hogan. Mosby's Pharmacology in Nursing, Mosby Publishers, Latest Edition.
2. Dudek, SG, Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice; Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Latest Edition.
3. Berman, A and Snyder, S. Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing Concepts, Process and Practice, USA: Pearson International, Latest Edition.
4. Pamela Lynn and, Marilee LeBon, Skill Checklists for Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills: A Nursing Process Approach, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Latest Edition.
5. Jarvis, C. Physical Examination and Health Assessment, St. Louis, Missouri, Saunders Elsevier, Latest Edition. 6. Allender, Judith A. and Rector, Cherie, Community Health Nursing Promoting and Protecting the Public Health, Lippincott: New York, Latest Edition
B. Adult Nursing 1. Morton, P. G., Fontaine, D. K., Critical Care Nursing a Holistic Approach. 9th edition, lippincott: Wolters Kluwer. Registered General Nurse