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I guess they really want us to start attending conferences/in-services....? I had about 10ish questions that involved a nurse presenting a topic at a conference

Specializes in Medsurg, Public Hlth, School Nurse, Acute Rehab.

From what I remember about these questions they were: A nurse is teaching staff about some sort of disease/process etc. The nurse would be sure to include which of the following instructions during the conference/meeting.

It would give you several statements about the process and you would have to decide which one to teach and which one didn't apply or wasn't relevant. All of the statements seemed right to me because, honestly, I had never heard of the disease or whatever it was beforehand. That's why I had to guess. Some times all of them were right I suppose, but they wanted you to decide which one would you definitely stress in the meeting about this medical procedure/disease etc. I guess they could be considered priority.

The obvious priority questions were something like "You are the nurse on a telemetry unit. You have just received report on the four following patients. Which patient would you see initially? The options would be something like 1) a CHF patient complaining of constipation for 3 days 2) a patient with chest pain who was there for MI three days prior 3) a patient complaining of abdominal pain scaled 3/10, 4) a patient who complained of dizziness after a dose of nitroglycerin. (I made those up. LMAO) Either two of the options were obviously wrong or they all looked completely right. THIS is why I think these type of questions were hard for me because the answer wasn't obvious.

On the conference questions you either knew which answer applied to what was being taught or didn't. I could usually narrow them down to two just because some of the answers would include words like ONLY, or ALWAYS. If they did I eliminated those options because there is rarely a case where you would always do something.

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Do anyone know if that type of questions are in any of the new Nclex books.

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Do anyone know if that type of questions are in any of the new Nclex books.

I want to know the same question. Which book is better? Thank you!

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Specializes in ER, Med/Surg, LTC.

Yes they are, and a must have book is the LaCharity.......taking your NCLEX exam without it would be an injustice to yourself........

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my 3 classmates also went this week and all had those crazy conference Qs that they didn't feel comfortable with...1/3 passed so far YAY :)

i am taking mine in couple weeks and freaking about the test now, any tips/suggestions how i should be prepared for those conference Qs in case i get them, too? thanks in advance.

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I used Kaplan, my pharm book, and my med-surg book. As long as you know your content, you should be good. When you do get the question on the NCLEX, just treat it like any other select all that apply...

For example:

The nurse is holding an inservice about the treatment of heart failure with digoxin. Which of the following are most important to include...

1) Verapamil can increase the serum levels of digoxin (TRUE)

2) Digoxin is contraindicated in patients with second or third degree atrioventricular block (TRUE)

3) When administering digoxin, take the apical pulse for 30 seconds and hold the dose if pulse is less than 60bpm (FALSE)

4) Pediatric therapeutic levels are typically 0.5 to 0.9 ng/dl (FALSE)

5) Beta blockers can increase the serum levels of digoxin (TRUE)

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1, 3, and 5 are correct. 3 is incorrect because you have to take the apical pulse for 1 full minute (although it is CORRECT that you have to hold the dose if pulse is less than 60bpm). 4 is incorrect because pediatric therapeutic levels are based on age and weight (although 0.5 to 0.9 are the therapeutic levels for adults).

So you really have to know your content.... & read the answers slowly. When I took the NCLEX, I felt like every other question was a SATA.... thankfully it was on topics that I was familiar with. Make sure that when you select your answer is that all of the statement is true.

Good luck !

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Thanks so much for the tips and for an example. I will try my best to take my time and choose the best to intervene. Good luck to you Nurse :)!

P.S. my other two friends passed, too YAY :) so it's 3/3

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