Health Assessment Class

skoolrn, BSN, MSN, RN · Jul 17, 2013

If you are an experienced nurse much of the info will be a review. I didn't read in any of the ebooks. Instead I used the online component of the COS exclusively. I can't remember what it was called. I did pass the assessment on the first attempt too.

travelovingnurse · Jul 17, 2013

Thank you. I appreciate your encouragement.

featherzRN, MSN · Jul 18, 2013

It's not too bad. There's a study guide in the communities that is helpful. Also watch assessment videos on youtube. The test is almost all assessment and not so much diseases. :)

paradiseboundRN · Jul 18, 2013

First of all, the pre-assessment is much worse than the objective assessment, so don't get discouraged by that. The preassement was written by the school? and the objective test was written by the NLN so there are no multiple choice answers. The questions are refreshingly concise, and not misleading. Many of the questions were easy and about 15 I had to guess at. I had no anatomy questions. Most of the questions require you to know the abnormals and normals but not what the abnormals mean. Don't waste time memorizing all the diseases. I did have at least 20 infant questions. I would spend time reading each chapters examination techniques, as there are a lot of questions about positioning. Also, concentrate on the infant and I had a number of questions about heart sounds which I thought were hard. Hope this helps.

travelovingnurse · Jul 20, 2013

Thanks everyone. I took the exam this morning and passed. I thought the heart sound questions were difficult. I also had quite a few questions on infants. I appreciate your help!