QCHP/DHP Nurse Exam study guide
QCHP/DHP Nurse Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Qatar Council for Healthcare Professions (QCHP), operating under the Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP), requires nurses who qualified outside Qatar to demonstrate entry-level competence before registration. The licensure examination is a computer-delivered, multiple-choice assessment built around the domains of practice a newly registered nurse is expected to manage safely in Qatari healthcare settings: adult medical-surgical care, fundamentals and basic patient care, maternal and newborn health, child and adolescent health, medication management, professional practice and patient safety, community health, and mental health nursing. The QCHP/DHP Nurse Exam study guide has 8 sections and about 2,315 words.
01Adult Health and Medical-Surgical Nursing
Adult health items are usually prioritization items in disguise. Anchor every scenario in the ABCs, then in the direction of travel: a patient whose vital signs look acceptable but who is becoming restless, confused, or oliguric is deteriorating and needs the nurse first.
317 words, about 2 min02Fundamentals of Nursing and Basic Patient Care
Fundamentals is the exam's safety net: infection control, vital signs, mobility, skin integrity, nutrition and elimination, and documentation. Standard precautions apply to every patient; transmission-based precautions add gown and gloves (contact), a mask within about one metre (droplet), and a fit-tested N95 respirator (airborne).
268 words, about 1 min03Maternal, Newborn and Women's Health Nursing
Antepartum: GTPAL, estimated date of delivery, routine antenatal labs, and danger signs. Intrapartum: stages of labour, cervical change, and fetal heart monitoring interpretation.
298 words, about 1 min04Child and Adolescent Health Nursing
Growth and development items test whether you know the norm for an age: the anterior fontanelle closes by about 18 months; head control by 4 months; sitting unsupported at 6–8 months; walking at 12–15 months; parallel play in toddlers and cooperative play by school age. Paediatric vital signs are age-dependent - infants may breathe 30–60 times a minute with heart rates of 100–160.
286 words, about 1 min05Pharmacology and Medication Management
Medication administration rests on the rights (patient, drug, dose, route, time, documentation, reason), the three checks, and independent double-checks for high-alert drugs such as insulin, heparin, opioids, chemotherapy, and concentrated electrolytes. Assess before you administer: apical pulse before digoxin, blood pressure before antihypertensives, potassium before digoxin and before replacement, respiratory rate and sedation level before opioids.
260 words, about 1 min06Professional Practice, Ethics, Leadership and Patient Safety
Delegation items follow the five rights: right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction and communication, right supervision. An RN may delegate standard, stable, predictable tasks - vital signs on a stable patient, activities of daily living, intake and output, ambulation - but retains assessment, care planning, teaching, evaluation, and any task involving unstable patients or blood products.
310 words, about 2 min07Community and Public Health Nursing
Primary prevention acts before disease occurs (immunisation, seat belts, water fluoridation, health education). Secondary prevention is early detection in asymptomatic people (mammography, cervical screening, blood pressure checks, tuberculin testing).
293 words, about 1 min08Mental Health and Behavioural Nursing
Use open-ended questions, reflection, restating, silence, clarification, and offering self. Avoid 'why' questions, false reassurance ('everything will be fine'), giving advice, changing the subject, and approval or disapproval.
283 words, about 1 min