Official NMC links includedNew NMC OSCE stations and updated preparation materials
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has announced new Nursing stations as part of its regular Test of Competence replenishment. Review the new stations and use the official preparation documents appropriate to your examination date.
You may encounter the newly introduced stations and should use the updated marking criteria and supporting documents. Candidates sitting their first examination before this date should continue using the current materials.
Newly announced NMC OSCE stations
Explore the topics by area of practice, then review the complete official all-fields list below.
For every nursing field: The NMC classifies all 15 Evidence Based Practice and Professional Values topics below as All fields. The Children’s, Mental Health and Adult groupings are a study guide by subject, not an NMC restriction. Review all 15 topics whichever nursing field you are taking. The APIE and skill additions shown below are field-specific.
Children’s Nursing
Topic study guide
- Evidence Based Practice: Donor human milk
- Evidence Based Practice: O2 saturations
- Evidence Based Practice: Parental presence
- Professional Values: Hand washing
NMC field-specific additions
- APIE: Allergic Reaction
- Skill: Aseptic Non-Touch Technique (ANTT)
- Skill: Medication administration via NGT
Mental Health Nursing
Topic study guide
- Evidence Based Practice: Improving the physical health of a mental health patient
- Evidence Based Practice: Patient’s sleep on ward
- Evidence Based Practice: Physical restraint in mental health care
- Evidence Based Practice: Smoking and schizophrenia
- Professional Values: Missed information in PICU
- Professional Values: Information sharing
- Professional Values: Racism in mental health care
- Professional Values: Team Christmas party
NMC field-specific additions
- APIE: Psychosis
- APIE: PTSD
- Skill: Medication Adherence
- Skill: Mental State Examination (MSE)
- Skill: Non-suicidal self-injury
Adult Nursing
Topic study guide
- Professional Values: Self-medication from ward stock
- Professional Values: Unsafe staffing levels
- Professional Values: Use of bed rails
Official NMC list: all 15 topics for all nursing fields
- Evidence Based Practice: Donor human milk
- Evidence Based Practice: Improving the physical health of a mental health patient
- Evidence Based Practice: O2 saturations
- Evidence Based Practice: Patient’s sleep on ward
- Evidence Based Practice: Parental presence
- Evidence Based Practice: Physical restraint in mental health care
- Evidence Based Practice: Smoking and schizophrenia
- Professional Values: Hand washing
- Professional Values: Information sharing
- Professional Values: Missed information in PICU
- Professional Values: Racism in mental health care
- Professional Values: Self-medication from ward stock
- Professional Values: Team Christmas party
- Professional Values: Unsafe staffing levels
- Professional Values: Use of bed rails
What candidates should do now
Use the examination date and your field of nursing to choose the correct preparation material.
Check your first-exam date
If your first sitting is on or after 26 October 2026, prepare for the possibility of the new stations. If it is earlier, continue with the current material specified by the NMC.
Choose your nursing field
Review all 15 NMC all-fields topics whatever your nursing field. Then study any APIE and skill additions for your route, and use its updated marking criteria.
Use the official documents
Study the updated marking criteria alongside the equipment list, supporting documents and station timings. The criteria supplement learning; they should not replace broad clinical preparation.
What each official resource is for
A quick guide to the linked NMC materials before you open them.
Equipment list
Shows equipment likely to be used across NMC OSCEs. The NMC notes that brands and variants may differ because of availability, so understand each item’s purpose rather than relying only on one product.
Field-specific marking criteria
Sets out the assessed criteria for Adult, Mental Health and Children’s Nursing stations, including the newly introduced material. Select the document that matches your nursing field.
Supporting documents
Contains clinical forms, charts and other documents used during preparation and stations. Practise locating, interpreting and recording information accurately.
Nursing station timings
Lists the time allowed for nursing stations. Use it to plan timed practice while maintaining patient safety, communication, documentation and professional values.
Official NMC preparation documents
Use the links below to open the latest official resources in a new tab.
Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council. This NursingJobsUK summary is provided for candidate awareness. Always refer to the official NMC resources for the current examination requirements.
Prepare for your NMC OSCE with confidence
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