Quick answer: this is a free OET Speaking sample for nursing. Two complete role plays, with the Roleplayer Card and the Candidate Card for each, written fresh for the 2026 exam. It opens right here on this page and the PDF is free to download, with no email needed. The complete 2026 nursing set holds ten full role plays inside my course.
Most nursing candidates practise on cards that have been passed around since before the exam changed. The patient in those cards asks questions your patients stopped asking years ago. You deserve cards written for the exam you are actually going to sit. So these are mine: written in house, on the 2026 pattern, in the exact format of the real test, the Roleplayer Card for your partner and the Candidate Card for you.
What is inside this free sample
| Card | Scenario and setting | What it trains |
|---|---|---|
| No. 1 | Surgical Ward, pre operative preparation and anxiety | Reason for admission, fasting and nil by mouth, the morning routine and consent, reassurance about the anaesthetic and pain, recovery and length of stay. |
| No. 2 | Surgical Ward, wound care on discharge after keyhole appendix surgery | Wound care and showering, stitches, the signs of infection and when to seek help, activity, lifting and follow up. |
How to practise with these cards
Each role play runs about five minutes, with three minutes of preparation first. You read only the Candidate Card. Your partner, a friend, a colleague, even a family member, reads the Roleplayer Card and plays the patient. You are the nurse throughout, and everything you need is on your card.
Your job is not medical knowledge. Your job is communication: open the conversation, confirm the name, listen, re echo the concerns, explain in plain language, and close with a clear plan. That sequence has a name in my teaching, the 9 Point Pattern, and it works on every card in this set and every card in the real exam. Learn the full pattern free, with the Confirm Trick and the Third Listener Rule.
The full 2026 set
This free sample is cards 1 and 2. The complete nursing set holds ten full role plays, covering every common scenario family of the current exam, all written on the 2026 pattern, inside my complete course together with the speaking phrase banks, the mock tests and the clearance mocks.
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About the author. Dr. Nasir Bukhari, MBBS, is an OET Certified teacher. He completed OET's official Teacher Training in all four skills, Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking, certified by OET's Head of Education. He has taught OET to healthcare professionals in more than 40 countries. He is the founder of CliniVerba, the house behind OET HQ.