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SHA Exam

SHA nursing exam preparation, built around what the paper actually tests

The SHA nursing assessment follows the same Prometric blueprint used across the UAE, with a practical bias towards ward-level decision making, community nursing and safe medication practice. Nurses who prepare with scenario questions rather than textbook recall clear it fastest.

Exam at a glance

Delivery
Computer-based (Prometric)
Questions
150 single-best-answer MCQs
Duration
3 hours
Result
Pass / fail on the day
Portal
SHA licensing portal
Extras
Primary source verification and experience letters required

Sharjah Health Authority regulates nursing practice in Sharjah. Licence to practise as a registered nurse in Sharjah.

High-yield domains for the SHA exam

These are the areas that produce the most marks — and the most repeated mistakes — in the SHA paper.

~30% of the paper

Medical-surgical nursing

  • Chest pain, breathlessness and abdominal pain triage sequences
  • Diabetes management: insulin onset/peak, sick-day rules, foot care teaching
  • Wound assessment, pressure injury staging and prevention bundles
  • Fluid balance, catheter care and CAUTI prevention

~16%

Pharmacology & calculations

  • Ten rights, verbal order read-back, controlled drug custody
  • IV flow rate, drip factor and paediatric weight-based calculations
  • Common antidotes and toxicity signs for digoxin, lithium and phenytoin
  • Safe administration routes, injection sites and needle selection

~16%

Fundamentals & prioritisation

  • Assessment before intervention in every 'first action' stem
  • ABC and Maslow ordering for multi-patient scenarios
  • Safe patient handling, fall risk screening and restraint alternatives
  • Therapeutic communication phrasing that never blocks the conversation

~14%

Maternal & child health

  • Danger signs in pregnancy and immediate nursing response
  • Newborn thermoregulation, feeding and jaundice assessment
  • Paediatric dehydration and respiratory distress recognition
  • Growth monitoring and parental teaching priorities

~10%

Community & health promotion

  • Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention classification questions
  • Chronic disease self-management education and adherence support
  • Home safety assessment for older adults
  • Health education tailored to literacy and language needs

~14%

Infection control, ethics & law

  • Hand hygiene, PPE sequence and sharps safety
  • Transmission-based precaution matching
  • Confidentiality, consent and documentation standards
  • Delegation limits and professional accountability

Everything in the SHA track

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