Fiji Nursing Registration Exam study guide
Fiji Nursing Registration Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Fiji Nursing Registration Examination is the assessment pathway through which nurses who trained in Fiji or overseas demonstrate that they meet the standards required to practise as a registered nurse in Fiji. It is intended for new graduates of approved nursing programmes, for nurses returning to practice after a break, and for internationally educated nurses seeking registration with the Fiji Nursing Council. The Fiji Nursing Registration Exam study guide has 12 sections and about 5,434 words.
01Professional, Ethical and Legal Nursing Practice
This domain tests whether you can act as an accountable professional: apply the Fiji Nursing Council's ethical and conduct expectations, obtain valid consent, protect confidentiality, document defensibly, stay inside your scope of practice, and recognise when a legal duty overrides what a patient or relative wants. Questions are usually short scenarios asking what the nurse should do first or next.
467 words, about 2 min02Fundamentals of Nursing and Basic Care
This domain tests the safe, dignified delivery of core nursing care: vital signs, hygiene, mobility, pressure injury prevention, nutrition and hydration, elimination, comfort, and the documentation that proves care happened. Questions often ask which observation, technique or nursing measure is correct, or which finding must be escalated.
459 words, about 2 min03Medical-Surgical Nursing (Adult Health)
This domain tests systematic adult assessment and the recognition and management of common medical-surgical conditions, reflecting Fiji's disease burden: type 2 diabetes, hypertension, rheumatic heart disease, tuberculosis, dengue, leptospirosis and typhoid. Expect questions giving a set of observations and asking for the priority action, most likely complication, or correct interpretation.
441 words, about 2 min04Maternal and Newborn Health / Midwifery-Related Care
This domain tests antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and newborn care to the standard expected of a registered nurse or midwife in Fiji, where most births occur in divisional hospitals but many women first present late at health centres or nursing stations. Booking antenatal care should begin in the first trimester, with regular visits thereafter, screening for anaemia, blood group and rhesus, syphilis, HIV and hepatitis B, blood pressure and urine protein, tetanus immunisation, and intermittent preventive treatment where indicated.
453 words, about 2 min05Child Health / Paediatric Nursing
This domain tests assessment and care of infants and children, with emphasis on growth and development, immunisation, dehydration, respiratory distress, nutrition, child protection and weight-based medication safety. Children deteriorate quickly and compensate well until they crash, so subtle signs matter.
465 words, about 2 min06Mental Health Nursing
This domain tests mental state assessment, therapeutic communication, risk assessment, de-escalation, legal frameworks for involuntary care, and the safe monitoring of psychotropic medication. It also expects awareness of Fiji's context, where stigma, family involvement and traditional healing strongly influence care.
443 words, about 2 min07Community and Public Health Nursing
This domain tests population-focused practice: primary health care principles, prevention levels, epidemiology, surveillance and outbreak response, immunisation programmes, home visiting, community assessment and health education - delivered through health centres, nursing stations and village health workers across Fiji's divisions. Levels of prevention: primary (immunisation, clean water, health education), secondary (screening, early case detection, contact tracing), tertiary (rehabilitation, complication control).
422 words, about 2 min08Pharmacology and Medication Safety
This domain tests safe prescribing support: the rights of administration, accurate calculation, high-alert medication handling, adverse reaction reporting, antimicrobial stewardship and error management. Most questions are calculations or 'what should the nurse do next' scenarios.
420 words, about 2 min09Infection Prevention and Control
This domain tests the everyday practices that stop transmission: hand hygiene, standard and transmission-based precautions, personal protective equipment, cleaning and sterilisation, safe sharps handling, waste segregation and post-exposure management. It applies to every patient contact, not just known infections.
446 words, about 2 min10Emergency, Critical Care and Perioperative Nursing
This domain tests rapid assessment, prioritisation and time-critical intervention, plus safe perioperative care and the recognition of deterioration in critically ill or recovering patients. Questions frequently use 'first action' wording - the answer is usually the one that secures airway, breathing or circulation.
454 words, about 2 min11Nursing Leadership, Management and Quality Improvement
This domain tests the registered nurse's ability to organise care for a group of patients, delegate safely, manage conflict and resources, respond to incidents and lead improvement. Scenarios usually ask for the best action by a nurse in charge or the correct step in a quality process.
468 words, about 2 min12Fiji Health System, Primary Health Care and Nursing Regulation
This domain tests how care is organised in Fiji and how the nursing profession is regulated: the structure of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, the referral pathway from village to national hospital, the scope of the primary health care approach, and the functions of the Fiji Nursing Council. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services delivers services through divisional and subdivisional structures (Central, Western, Northern and Eastern), with the Colonial War Memorial Hospital as the national referral hospital and Lautoka and Labasa as major divisional hospitals.
496 words, about 2 min