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SNLE Exam

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

The Saudi Nursing Licensing Exam (SNLE) is a computer-based Prometric test administered by SCFHS. It assesses safe, current clinical judgement across medical-surgical, maternal, paediatric, mental health and fundamentals nursing, with a strong emphasis on patient safety, pharmacology and professional practice under Saudi health regulations.

Exam at a glance

Delivery
Computer-based (Prometric)
Questions
150 single-best-answer MCQs
Duration
3 hours, no scheduled break
Result
Pass / fail on the day
Portal
SCFHS Mumaris Plus
Eligibility
Credential verification and classification required

Saudi Commission for Health Specialties regulates nursing practice in Saudi Arabia. Licence to practise as a registered nurse in Saudi Arabia.

High-yield domains for the SNLE exam

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

~30% of the paper

Medical-surgical nursing

  • Acute coronary syndrome: chest-pain triage, troponin timing, nitrate contraindications
  • Heart failure: daily weights, ACE inhibitor cough, digoxin toxicity signs
  • COPD vs asthma: target SpO2 88–92% in CO2 retainers, oxygen safety
  • Chronic kidney disease: hyperkalaemia ECG changes, phosphate binders with meals
  • Diabetes emergencies: DKA fluids before insulin, hypoglycaemia 15/15 rule

~16%

Pharmacology & dosage calculation

  • Ten rights of administration and independent double checks for high-alert drugs
  • IV rate formula: volume × drop factor ÷ time in minutes
  • High-alert antidotes: naloxone, protamine, vitamin K, flumazenil, calcium gluconate
  • Narrow therapeutic drugs: digoxin, lithium, phenytoin, warfarin, gentamicin

~14%

Infection prevention & patient safety

  • WHO five moments of hand hygiene — the default correct answer in transmission stems
  • Isolation matching: airborne, droplet and contact precautions
  • Never events, incident reporting without blame, safe restraint use
  • Two patient identifiers and read-back for verbal orders

~12%

Maternity & newborn

  • Late decelerations mean uteroplacental insufficiency — reposition, oxygen, stop oxytocin
  • Postpartum haemorrhage: fundal massage first, then uterotonics
  • Pre-eclampsia: magnesium sulphate toxicity monitoring
  • APGAR components and normal newborn vital ranges

~10%

Paediatrics

  • Weight-based dosing and safe-range verification before administration
  • Dehydration grading in infants; fontanelle and capillary refill findings
  • Epiglottitis: never inspect the throat; croup versus bronchiolitis management
  • Developmental milestones and immunisation schedule logic

~18%

Fundamentals, ethics & Saudi health law

  • Nursing process order — assessment always precedes intervention in 'first action' stems
  • Maslow and ABC prioritisation for multi-patient delegation questions
  • Informed consent, confidentiality and mandatory reporting under Saudi health law
  • Scope of practice and delegation to assistive personnel

Everything in the SNLE track

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