confused about question wordings...

Five&Two Will Do · Apr 18, 2011

i took the test the first time and i failed...now i'm going to try for my second time..if anybody can help me please reply to these question....first time i took the test i had lots of questions asking "what would you follow up?" do u answer that as a negative thing meaning you have to intervene or do u answer it in a positive thing meaning you have to choose a right answer that will support the topic????i'm confused and i want to pass my test the second time..please help..thanks:idea:

Sorry that you have to go through that darn test again! It is difficult as it should be, but you have to remember the nursing process and all of those kinds of things we learned in school. Anytime a nurse makes an intervention based on his or her assessment, there needs to be an evaluation of whatever "implementation" occurred. The questions on the NCLEX seemed to be so confusing most of the time that I came to believe that they wanted to guage my judgement when I wasn't exactly sure what to do. Maybe I am wrong, but I do recall learning that the NCLEX's only purpose was to establish a baseline level of competency to ensure that I was knew enough to be safe. A good tip would be to do practice questions and read the rationale for the answers. You can do it and don't let the test make you so nervous you cannot think. If you passed nursing school, I bet you can pass the test. Good Luck:up:

Woodenpug, BSN · Apr 18, 2011

The strategies in "NCLEX-RN Review Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series) " were very useful.

caliotter3 · Apr 27, 2011

You can't make blanket decisions, each question has to be approached individually for the best choice. It requires you to know the subject material being asked about.

turnforthenurse, MSN, NP · Apr 27, 2011

Sorry that you have to go through that darn test again! It is difficult as it should be, but you have to remember the nursing process and all of those kinds of things we learned in school. Anytime a nurse makes an intervention based on his or her assessment, there needs to be an evaluation of whatever "implementation" occurred. The questions on the NCLEX seemed to be so confusing most of the time that I came to believe that they wanted to guage my judgement when I wasn't exactly sure what to do. Maybe I am wrong, but I do recall learning that the NCLEX's only purpose was to establish a baseline level of competency to ensure that I was knew enough to be safe. A good tip would be to do practice questions and read the rationale for the answers. You can do it and don't let the test make you so nervous you cannot think. If you passed nursing school, I bet you can pass the test. Good Luck:up:

This. Look at what has been done already in the question. Just follow the nursing process. Usually with NCLEX questions, look to see if an assessment has been made. If not, then that is the first thing you must do - look for an assessment answer. If an assessment as been made, look for an implementation/intervention option. If that has been done, then look for an evaluation-type answer. One thing I was taught in my review class is that simply "continuing to monitor" is equivalent to "let them die" on the NCLEX.

I know I skipped the diagnosis/planning...which are usually a separate questions...question gives you all of this information, what is the nursing diagnosis, etc...same with planning.

I hope this helps!

vpoonia · Apr 29, 2011

Your follow up would be to make sure whatever you tried to prevent (given in the question) has actually been prevented....so, you ve got to look for the particular s/sx/labs / reports of a successful intervention on the particular condition. Confused? Yea, me too.

mdguzman03 · Jun 12, 2011

thanks everyone...it made open up my thoughts and now im analyzing everything u guys have said....now im studying again and putting all the input u guys mentioned....thanks a lot...

Seas · Jun 12, 2011

You seem pretty unfamiliar with NCLEX type questions. Along with studying, make sure and do practice questions for this test. "What would you follow up?" means there is something wrong/negative that you want to intervene or closely watch the situation.

Are you foreign-educated ?