Short answer: DHA lists Registered Nurse as 150 questions in three hours at a 50 percent pass score, with four content areas. The PQR we read states no experience requirement for that title, but confirm yours. A new graduate can use placements as cases, practise medication calculations and take timed sets, since mocks are offered for nurses.
01Chapter 1
Can a new nursing graduate sit the DHA exam?
According to the PQR we read, there is no experience requirement for a Registered Nurse, but eligibility depends on your qualification and your registration, so check your own file. This guide is about preparation: how a new graduate, with few months of practice, can use what DHA publishes and what you already have. It does not decide whether you are eligible. Meddex is independent and is not connected to the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) or Prometric.
02Chapter 2
Key facts and where they come from
Official facts from DHA’s documents, read in October 2026.
The four content areas are Unit Management and Leadership, Maternal-Child Nursing, Fundamentals and Adult Nursing, with no weights. Source: CBT Guideline.
The PQR we read states no experience requirement for a Registered Nurse. Confirm your own qualification in the Self-Assessment Tool. Source: PQR, read 15 and 16 October 2026.
Three attempts are allowed per position. Source: Assessment Manual 4.9.
DHA publishes no sample questions. Source: our reading of the guideline and manuals.
03Chapter 3
What should you check before you book?
Three things, all in DHA’s own tools. Run the free Self-Assessment Tool in Sheryan to see how DHA reads your qualification. Check that your registration and good standing documents, if required for your route, are valid. Read eligibility by profession and the experience requirement for the details we confirmed. Booking an exam before you know you are eligible risks a fee you cannot recover.
04Chapter 4
How can you use your placements as study material?
Your clinical placements are your best case bank. After each study session, pick a patient you cared for and ask what the exam might ask: what to assess, what to do first, what to report, how to teach. Link each case to a content area. Unit Management and Leadership is the area new graduates find least familiar, since students rarely run a unit, so give it an early slot: delegation, prioritisation and handover. See prioritisation and delegation questions and nursing unit management and leadership.
05Chapter 5
Which skills deserve extra time?
Medication safety and dose calculation, because they are precise and learned by repetition. Fluids and electrolytes, infection control and maternal-child nursing, because they are broad. Read stems carefully: new graduates often know the content and lose marks on what is being asked. Our guides on drug calculations, reading a nursing stem and the nurse six week plan give practical routines. Keep a short list of the rules you learn from each miss, in your own words, and reread it often. A new graduate has fewer cases to draw on than an experienced nurse, so the rules you write down carry more of the weight.
06Chapter 6
What practice does Meddex offer a nurse?
Meddex has a nurse question bank, flashcards, subject tests and full mocks for nurses, and a free nurse practice set. Start with a baseline, keep timed mocks for the last weeks, and see the DHA exam for nurses for how the pieces fit. Meddex does not promise a pass.
07Chapter 7
What could a first week look like?
An example, not a rule. Day one: a baseline set, and a note of which of the four areas felt least familiar. Day two: unit management, with delegation and handover questions. Day three: medication safety and calculations by hand. Day four: fundamentals, covering infection control, fluids and priorities. Day five: maternal-child nursing. Day six: a mixed timed set. Day seven: rest, and a short look at what you missed. After the first week, let your results decide the order, not the order of the list.
08Chapter 8
What we do not know
Frequently asked questions
The PQR we read states no experience requirement for a Registered Nurse. Eligibility still depends on your qualification and registration, so use the Self-Assessment Tool.
DHA’s CBT Guideline lists 50 percent, with 150 questions in three hours including registration time.
Many find Unit Management and Leadership least familiar because students rarely run a unit. Give it early practice on delegation and prioritisation.
This article is general educational guidance, not official advice. Exam rules, fees and timelines are set by the Dubai Health Authority and the test provider and can change, so always confirm the latest details on their official channels. Review of Meddex content by named, licensed clinicians is not complete yet. See how we write and check our content.
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