The EIR exam

Miguel Ángel Pollino

Coordinator of LegalSpain Agency

The training process lasts two years. Current law makes it essential to obtain the title of Specialist Nurse and practice Nursing in any of the centres of the National Health System. It is one of the exams that comprise the FSE tests.

El EIR exam (Resident Nurse Intern) It is a national competition for nurses that allows them to access a position as a training specialist in the National Health System in Spain.. This exam is one of the Specialized Health Training (FSE) testsIn this post we will provide you with all the information you need to know about this selection process.

El exam It is held annually and takes place between the months of January and February, normally the last week of January and the first week of February.

The EIR exam

It is a nursing exam with 210 multiple choice questions, in which 200 questions are taken into account for the evaluation and 10 are reserve questions. Each correct answer will be worth 3 points and each wrong answer will subtract one point. Blank questions do not add or subtract. The exam questions include images to give way to mini clinical cases.

A maximum of 4 hours and 30 minutes is allowed to complete the exam. There is no official syllabus, as it is considered that questions could be asked anything related to or belonging to nursing. However, there is an 'unofficial' syllabus available to prepare for the exam, based on previous exams. The grade obtained in the exam (90% of the final grade) together with the assessment of the scale or academic record (10% of the same) allow all those taking the exam to be ranked from highest to lowest score.

After the exam, the most outstanding candidates choose the specialty and hospital where they will do their residency in a selection process. The exam assesses the nursing knowledge of more than 10.000 nurses per call.