Fiji Nursing Registration Exam study plan
Fiji Nursing Registration Exam · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Medical-Surgical Nursing (Adult Health)
Map the Domain 3 blueprint into cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, renal, neurological, gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal blocks, and allocate a study slot to each.
Explain the pathophysiology, assessment findings and nursing priorities for acute coronary syndrome, heart failure and hypertension using a written systems template.
Calculate and interpret fluid balance, mean arterial pressure and oxygen delivery values in five worked adult-health scenarios.
Identify the five most common deterioration cues in adult inpatients and state the escalation action for each.
Your checkpoint
A one-page adult-health systems map plus 30 self-written case-based questions on cardiovascular and respiratory nursing, scored and reviewed.
Medical-Surgical Nursing (Adult Health) & Pharmacology and Medication Safety
Compare insulin preparations, oral hypoglycaemics and anticoagulants on onset, monitoring parameters and reversal or rescue actions.
Apply the rights of medication administration and the Fiji-relevant high-alert medicine checks to ten simulated orders.
Explain nursing management of diabetic ketoacidosis, chronic kidney disease and post-operative pain using a structured care plan.
Distinguish adverse drug reactions from side effects and state the reporting action for each.
Your checkpoint
A medication safety table covering 15 high-alert drugs with monitoring and rescue actions, plus 25 pharmacology calculations completed with 90% accuracy.
Professional, Ethical and Legal Nursing Practice & Fiji Health System, Primary Health Care and Nursing Regulation
Summarise the legal duties of a registered nurse in Fiji covering consent, confidentiality, documentation, mandatory reporting and scope of practice.
Apply an ethical decision-making framework to four scenarios involving refusal of treatment, resource scarcity and cultural safety.
Describe the structure of Fiji's health services from divisional hospitals to nursing stations and the referral pathway between them.
Explain primary health care principles and how they shape nursing practice in iTaukei, Indo-Fijian and remote maritime communities.
Your checkpoint
A two-page legal and ethical decision aid with four worked scenarios, plus a labelled diagram of the Fiji referral pathway.
Maternal and Newborn Health / Midwifery-Related Care & Child Health / Paediatric Nursing
Sequence antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal nursing assessments, including danger-sign screening at each contact.
Explain the management priorities for postpartum haemorrhage, pre-eclampsia and obstructed labour before referral.
Describe newborn resuscitation steps, immediate newborn care and breastfeeding support in the first hour.
Apply IMCI-style assessment and classification to five sick-child scenarios covering pneumonia, diarrhoea and malnutrition.
Your checkpoint
A maternal and child health quick-reference card covering ten danger signs with actions, self-tested against 40 mixed questions.
Fundamentals of Nursing and Basic Care & Infection Prevention and Control
Perform and document a full head-to-toe assessment, pressure injury risk scoring and falls risk assessment on a written case.
Explain asepsis, hand hygiene moments, standard and transmission-based precautions, and safe sharps and waste handling.
Describe sterilisation and disinfection principles and the correct use of personal protective equipment in a resource-limited setting.
Outline wound assessment and dressing selection for clean, contaminated and infected wounds.
Your checkpoint
A completed written care plan for one simulated patient including assessment, risk scores, infection precautions and wound care rationale.
Mental Health Nursing & Emergency, Critical Care and Perioperative Nursing
Assess mental state systematically and distinguish psychosis, depression, mania and delirium in six written vignettes.
Explain therapeutic communication, de-escalation and suicide risk assessment, and state the legal framework for involuntary care.
Sequence the primary and secondary survey in trauma and the first five minutes of adult and paediatric resuscitation.
Describe perioperative nursing responsibilities across pre-operative preparation, intra-operative safety and post-anaesthetic recovery.
Your checkpoint
A mental health and emergency response sheet containing a mental state examination template, a de-escalation ladder and a resuscitation checklist.
Community and Public Health Nursing & Nursing Leadership, Management and Quality Improvement
Explain communicable and non-communicable disease control priorities in Fiji, including dengue, leptospirosis, typhoid, diabetes and hypertension.
Design a community health education session with defined audience, key messages, delivery method and evaluation measure.
Apply the quality improvement cycle to one clinical problem and identify the indicators, data source and audit method.
Describe leadership, delegation, conflict resolution and incident reporting responsibilities of a nurse in charge.
Your checkpoint
A one-page community health education plan plus a quality improvement project outline with three measurable indicators.
Professional, Ethical and Legal Nursing Practice & Medical-Surgical Nursing (Adult Health) & Pharmacology and Medication Safety
Complete two full-length timed mock examinations under exam conditions and record the score for every domain.
Analyse every incorrect answer to identify whether the error was knowledge, misreading or prioritisation, and rewrite the reasoning.
Re-drill the three weakest domains using targeted question sets until each reaches a self-set accuracy threshold.
Consolidate a single revision sheet of high-yield facts, formulas and danger-sign algorithms for final review.
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams with a written error analysis and a final one-page high-yield revision sheet.
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 70% on a self-made 40-question set drawn from Domains 3 and 8, with every calculation item correct.
Week 4: Explain aloud, without notes, the danger signs and first actions for postpartum haemorrhage, pre-eclampsia and severe childhood pneumonia.
Week 6: Score at least 65% across mixed sets from Domains 1, 2, 6 and 10, and complete a full mental state examination from memory.
Week 8: Achieve at least 70% overall on both timed mock exams with no domain below 60%, and submit the error analysis and revision sheet.