The EIR exam (Resident Internal Nurse) is a nationwide competition for nurses that allows them to access a training specialist position in the National Health System in Spain. The EIR exam is one of the Specialized Health Training (FSE) tests. In this post we will explain all the information you need to know about this selective process.
The exam 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 question will be worth 3 points and each wrong question will subtract one point. Blank questions do not add or subtract. The exam questions include images to lead to mini clinical cases.
A maximum of 4 hours and 30 minutes is allowed to complete the exam. There is no official agenda, since it is considered that anything related to or pertaining to nursing could be asked. However, an ‘informal’ syllabus is available for preparing the exam, based on previous exams. The mark obtained in the exam (90% of the final mark) together with the evaluation of the scale or academic record (10% of it) allow ordering all those presented from highest to lowest score.
After the exam, the most outstanding opponents choose the specialty and the hospital where they will carry out the residency in a selection act. The exam assesses the nursing knowledge of more than 10,000 male and female nurses per call.
Resident Nurse Specialties
Currently there are 7 specialties for Resident Internal Nurses:
- Occupational nursing
- Family and community nursing
- Medical-surgical care nursing
- Mental health nursing
- Geriatric nursing
- Pediatric nursing
- Gynecological obstetric
All have a duration of two years.
Examples of EIR exams
Next, we show you examples of EIR exams from the last 2 calls.
EIR 2024 exam (2023-2024 call)
Image notebook EIR 2024 – Version 1
Solutions EIR 2024 exam – Version 1
EIR 2023 exam (2022-2023 call)
Image notebook EIR 2023 – Version 1
Solutions EIR 2023 exam – Version 1
