Prometric exam questions for nurses: free PDF with answers
90 original practice questions for Gulf nursing licensing exams, with the answer, a full explanation and why each other option is wrong. Free, no sign-up.
What is inside
- 90 single-best-answer questions across 9 topic areas: Community and public health, Critical care and emergency, Fundamentals of nursing, Leadership, ethics and law, Maternal and newborn care, Medical-surgical nursing, Mental health nursing, Paediatric nursing, Pharmacology and medication safety
- Questions first, so you can time yourself; answers and explanations at the back
- The reference each explanation is based on, so you can read further
All questions are our own. We never use recalled or real exam questions.
Three questions from the PDF
Community and public health
A community nurse runs a clinic for adults with type 2 diabetes and established peripheral neuropathy. The nurse teaches daily foot inspection, correct footwear and when to seek care for blisters. What is the main aim at this level of prevention?
- To detect diabetes early in people who have no symptoms
- To prevent ulceration and amputation in people who already have complications
- To prevent healthy adults from developing type 2 diabetes
- To reduce population sugar intake through public policy
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Answer: B. These patients already have neuropathy, so the aim is to reduce disability and limb loss. This is tertiary prevention, which limits complications and supports rehabilitation in established disease.
Critical care and emergency
A nurse finds a 58-year-old man unresponsive in his hospital bed. He is not breathing normally. The scene is safe and there is no response to shouting or shaking his shoulders. Which action should the nurse take next?
- Shout for help, activate the emergency team and get the defibrillator, checking a pulse for no more than 10 seconds
- Give two rescue breaths with a pocket mask, then go to call the emergency team
- Insert an oropharyngeal airway and attach a pulse oximeter before calling for help
- Check the medical record for the resuscitation status before starting any action
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Answer: A. After confirming unresponsiveness and absent or abnormal breathing, the rescuer shouts for help and activates the emergency response system so that a defibrillator and team arrive quickly. A pulse check of up to 10 seconds is done at the same time, and compressions start immediately if no definite pulse is felt.
Fundamentals of nursing
A 46-year-old man is admitted with a 4-week cough with blood-streaked sputum, night sweats and weight loss. His chest X-ray shows an upper-lobe cavity and pulmonary tuberculosis is suspected. Which precaution is most appropriate while results are awaited?
- Single room with the door left open for observation, and staff wearing a surgical mask
- Positive-pressure single room with the door closed, and staff wearing a gown and gloves
- Standard precautions only, with the patient wearing a surgical mask in a shared bay
- Negative-pressure single room, door closed, staff in fit-tested N95 (FFP2) respirators
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Answer: D. Tuberculosis is spread by small airborne droplet nuclei, so the patient needs an airborne infection isolation room (negative pressure, door closed) and staff need a fit-tested particulate respirator. Isolation starts on suspicion, before confirmation.
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Are these real Prometric exam questions?
No. They are original questions written for practice in the same single-best-answer style. Real or "recalled" questions are confidential; lists of them are often wrong and using them can put your licence application at risk.
Which exams is the PDF for?
Registered nurse licensing exams in the Gulf: DHA (Dubai), DOH/HAAD (Abu Dhabi), MOHAP (UAE), SCFHS Saudi Prometric (SNLE), QCHP (Qatar), OMSB (Oman), Kuwait MOH and NHRA (Bahrain). They share the same nursing topic areas.
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