Preparation materials

Candidate information booklet

• Legacy Test of Competence 2014: CBT information booklet for nurses and midwives
• You can find the candidate information booklet for the legacy OSCE on your chosen test centre's website.

Test provider support materials

Legacy CBT

You can find CBT support materials on Pearson VUE's website.

Legacy OSCE

You can find OSCE support materials, including OSCE marking criteria, mock exams and resource lists, on our approved OSCE test provider websites:

• Oxford Brookes University
• University of Northampton
• Ulster University

Test blueprints

These test blueprints show how the standards of proficiency and associated skills and procedures for each part of our register may be tested by the legacy Test of Competence 2014.

You can use them to prepare for your test.

Nursing

The nursing blueprints are mapped against our Standards for pre-registration nursing education (2010).

• Adult nursing
• Children's nursing
• Learning disabilities nursing 
• Mental health nursing 
• Generic nursing domains

Midwifery

The midwifery blueprint is mapped against our Standards for pre-registration midwifery education (2009).

• Midwifery blueprint