Q1. Which immunization is CONTRAINDICATED in pregnancy?
- Tdap
- Influenza (inactivated)
- MMRCorrect
- Hepatitis B
Explanation: MMR is a live attenuated vaccine — contraindicated in pregnancy. Tdap and influenza are recommended.
🇴🇲Oman — Updated for 2026
OMSB Exam Questions and Answers for Nurses — Q&A Practice Bank (2026)
Practice the largest online OMSB Oman nursing exam question bank. Each OMSB MCQ comes with a detailed explanation written by Phoenix RN tutors — the same Q&A bank our students used to pass the OMSB Oman Prometric Exam on their first attempt. Use it to drill weak topics, build speed, and walk into your prometric appointment confident.
What's inside the OMSB Q&A Bank
- 6,000+ OMSB practice questions with answer explanations
- Topic-wise sorting: Medical-Surgical, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, Pharmacology, Psychiatry, Community Health
- Updated for the 2026 OMSB syllabus
- Mobile-friendly — practice OMSB questions on the go
- Track progress, mark weak areas, and re-attempt missed questions
Free Sample OMSB Questions for Nurses
Below are real OMSB practice MCQs from our Q&A bank. Each comes with an answer and explanation — just like the full bank.
Q2. When suctioning a tracheostomy, the nurse should suction for NO LONGER than:
- 5 seconds
- 10–15 secondsCorrect
- 30 seconds
- 1 minute
Explanation: Limit suction to 10–15 seconds to prevent hypoxia. Hyperoxygenate before and after.
Q3. The nurse is preparing to administer a 100 mL IV antibiotic over 30 minutes. The drip rate (drop factor 15 gtt/mL) is:
- 25 gtt/min
- 33 gtt/min
- 50 gtt/minCorrect
- 60 gtt/min
Explanation: (100 mL × 15 gtt/mL) ÷ 30 min = 50 gtt/min.
Q4. Which symptom suggests a stroke (FAST assessment)?
- Bilateral chest pain
- Sudden facial droop and arm weaknessCorrect
- Headache after exercise
- Gradual fatigue
Explanation: FAST: Face droop, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call emergency.
Q5. Normal urine output for an adult is at least:
- 10 mL/hr
- 30 mL/hrCorrect
- 60 mL/hr
- 100 mL/hr
Explanation: Minimum 30 mL/hr (0.5 mL/kg/hr) indicates adequate renal perfusion. Below = oliguria.
OMSB Q&A Bank — Question Format & Coverage
The OMSB exam is a single-best-answer computer-based test delivered by Pearson VUE under the authority of the Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB), which does not publish the question count or seat time. Every question in the Phoenix RN OMSB Q&A bank uses the same format: a short clinical stem, four options and one best answer, with a written explanation that references the underlying rationale rather than repeating the answer choice.
The 6,000+ questions in the bank are tagged to the OMSB syllabus in the same proportions Prometric uses on the live paper. That means when you practise, your mix looks like this:
- Medical-Surgical Nursing — 30% of the bank, covering Cardio, respiratory, renal, endocrine.
- Fundamentals — 14% of the bank, covering Infection control, Wound care, Documentation.
- Pharmacology — 13% of the bank, covering Drug calculations, Anticoagulants, Insulin.
- Maternal-Child Health — 10% of the bank, covering Antenatal, intrapartum, postpartum.
- Paediatrics — 10% of the bank, covering Oman immunisation schedule, Fever & dehydration.
- Mental Health — 8% of the bank, covering Screening, cultural context.
- Community Health — 8% of the bank, covering Oman MoH health-vision programmes.
- Leadership & Ethics — 7% of the bank, covering OMSB scope, Cultural competence.
Most-Recalled OMSB Question Themes
Phoenix RN debriefs OMSB candidates after every attempt and feeds the recall back into the Q&A bank. The themes that show up most often on recent OMSB papers are grouped below — expect two or three MCQs from each in a typical sitting.
Paediatric
- Vastus lateralis IM site
- Suctioning duration ≤15 seconds
Community — Oman
- Oman MoH chronic disease clinics
How to Drill the OMSB Q&A Bank
- Start topic-wise, not random. Drill medical-surgical first (it is 30% of the paper), then pharmacology, then the remaining domains in weight order.
- Aim for 50 questions a day for six weeks. That covers the entire bank twice — the second pass is where retention actually forms.
- Read the explanation for every question, including the ones you got right. On the OMSB paper, distractors are often "almost right" — knowing why they are wrong is what earns the mark.
- Bookmark every question you get wrong. Two days before your date, review only the bookmarks. Candidates who do this consistently score 10–15 percentage points higher than candidates who repeat the whole bank.
- Once you sustain 75%+ topic-wise, switch to full-length timed mocks to build the 3-hour stamina a full paper demands.
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