Know any Nclex testing strategies?

Nursing Students NCLEX

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Read a tip today that I thought was great- "Remember that nurses are proud people. When faced with a 'which intervention first' question, there is almost always something else you can do before calling the doctor, even if it's just positioning." I love tips like these, because they really help me get through delegation/priority questions. Has anyone else discovered a good one?

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Always check the client before the machine! Example, vent alarm going off - check client, then vent.

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Pain is psychosocial....and as Aunt Marlene would say "Pain never killed anyone"!

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Pain is psychosocial....and as Aunt Marlene would say "Pain never killed anyone"!

Except: Chest Pain, Burn Pain, or Kidney Pain ... which would fall under physical d/t their intensity! (From Kaplan)

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Except: Chest Pain, Burn Pain, or Kidney Pain ... which would fall under physical d/t their intensity! (From Kaplan)

I know right! That always confused the heck outta me..like when you are asked to chose an apprpriate diagnosis for someone, and then I remember the whole pain is psychosocial and I chose the wrong diagnosis. Thanks for clearing that up! So pain is psychosocial except in actual pain that is directly related to an illness like MI or Renal calculi or something..right?

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Pain is psychosocial except any of those 3 types of pain - because the pain is so severe the person cannot physically tolerate it. And each of those types of pain is associated with an obvious disease process - MI, Renal calculi, Burn. And can get worse quickly.... leading to death, acute post renal failure, infection.

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(found this on stickies)

avoid these assignments for new/float/lvn/lpn/traveling

-new onset/sudden/acute

-new admission

-transfer

-newly diagnosed

-discharge

-require education/teaching (beyond basic skills -- tend to be complex and specific to patients on that particular unit)

- unstable (ie. high risk of sudden respiratory failure, or requires frequent assessments and changes in therapy(like electrolyte imbalances)

give:

- chronic

- routine meds/procedures

- stable

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