What is the Nursing Board exam?
The Nursing Board Malaysia (Lembaga Jururawat Malaysia, LJM) registration examination is the exam nursing students sit at the end of training to be entered in the Register of nurses kept under the Nurses Act 1950. The Ministry of Health Nursing Division holds the diploma sitting four times a year: March, June, September and December.
The exam format
| Run by | Nursing Board Malaysia, through the Ministry of Health Nursing Division (Examination Unit) |
|---|---|
| Diploma sittings | 4 a year: March, June, September and December |
| How to apply | Through your training institution (PPT), which submits your form |
| Fee | RM 30, under the Nursing Division 2026 guidance |
| Question count and pass mark | Not published on the official pages we checked |
The Nursing Division application form lists the conditions for sitting, including finishing the training period, minimum attendance for theory and clinical placements, and passing your institution's periodic exams. Because the official format is not published, our timed mock is our own format, and the bank covers the subjects taught in Malaysian diploma nursing programmes.
What the exam covers
- Fundamentals of nursing: vital signs, infection control and hand hygiene, pressure injury, transfusion and NG tube safety, documentation
- Medical-surgical nursing: diabetes and hypoglycaemia, dengue, hypertension, post-operative care, chest drains, burns, stroke
- Maternal and child health: antenatal colour coding, labour and the partograph, PPH, pre-eclampsia, breastfeeding, newborn vaccines
- Paediatric nursing: dehydration and ORS, neonatal jaundice and G6PD, febrile seizures, weight-based doses, infant CPR
- Mental health nursing: the Mental Health Act 2001, suicide risk, therapeutic communication, antipsychotic and lithium side effects
- Community and public health: levels of prevention, notifiable diseases, TB and DOTS, leptospirosis, dengue control
- Pharmacology and drug calculations: dose, volume and drip-rate calculations, antidotes, monitoring, the Dangerous Drugs Act
- Ethics, law and the Nurses Act 1950: the Register, offences, confidentiality, consent, negligence and incident reporting
Free official resources, and what we add
The Ministry of Health Nursing Division publishes exam notices and application guidance on hq.moh.gov.my/nursing, the Nurses Act 1950 is on the Laws of Malaysia site, and Ministry of Health clinical practice guidelines are free online. Your lecture notes and ward experience remain your main study material. We add 109 original practice questions in eight topic areas, timed mocks and an explanation with its source for every answer.
How to prepare
- Revise one subject at a time, starting with the ones you found hardest during training.
- Practise drug calculations by hand every day until they are quick and accurate.
- Learn the key Malaysian guidance: dengue warning signs, the antenatal colour codes and the hypoglycaemia threshold.
- Read the Nurses Act 1950 and the Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses for the ethics and law questions.
- Take timed mocks here and read every explanation, including for the questions you got right.
Practice questions with answers
Tap a question to see the correct answer and explanation.
What is the normal resting respiratory rate for a healthy adult?
- 6 to 10 breaths per minute
- 25 to 35 breaths per minute
- 40 to 60 breaths per minute
- 12 to 20 breaths per minute
Answer: D, 12 to 20 breaths per minute. A normal adult resting respiratory rate is about 12 to 20 breaths per minute. A raised rate is one of the earliest signs that a patient is deteriorating. 40 to 60 is the normal range for a newborn. Source: Ministry of Health Malaysia, nursing observation standards; Royal College of Physicians, National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) chart.
In the Malaysian diabetes CPG, what blood glucose level defines hypoglycaemia?
- Below 1.0 mmol/L
- Below 5.6 mmol/L
- Below 7.0 mmol/L
- Below 3.9 mmol/L
Answer: D, Below 3.9 mmol/L. The CPG defines hypoglycaemia as blood glucose below 3.9 mmol/L. A conscious patient is treated with 15 to 20 g of fast-acting carbohydrate and glucose is rechecked after about 15 minutes. Source: Ministry of Health Malaysia, CPG Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (6th edition, 2020), hypoglycaemia.
What is the normal baseline fetal heart rate at term?
- 110 to 160 beats per minute
- 80 to 110 beats per minute
- 60 to 100 beats per minute
- 160 to 200 beats per minute
Answer: A, 110 to 160 beats per minute. A normal baseline fetal heart rate is 110 to 160 bpm. A persistent rate below 110 (bradycardia) or above 160 (tachycardia) needs assessment. Source: FIGO consensus guidelines on intrapartum fetal monitoring (2015); Ministry of Health Malaysia, Perinatal Care Manual (3rd edition, 2013).