NCLEX Question Type! PLEASE HELP

[MrMango]

I recently failed my NCLEX-RN. I failed in 265 questions (which means I was close, right?) However one type of question I saw frequently during my NCLEX were questions that gave me four patients, their symptoms and then asked me which patient I would see FIRST. Some of them seemed pretty obvious, but others (read: most) were difficult to decide which patient was the priority.

Is there a specific name for these types of questions? Is there a way to study these types of questions?

I have "Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment (3rd Edition)" from Elsevier, and while it is an excellent book, it doesn't have the type of Prioritization questions I am referring to above.

Thanks for the read and your help! :)

[doxielover304]

If I had to guess it would be prioritization.

[MrMango]

Anything more specific? Prioritization for me also means "which should the nurse do FIRST", those types....

[MendedHeart]

Prioritization is the specific name for these questions. Who's the sickest, who may die first, what can wait.

Use the process of elimination to get rid of one or two options.

Check this link out

Nursity — Client Prioritization on the NCLEX - Why ABC prioritization is Sophomoric!

[SopranoKris, MSN, RN, NP]

If you are able, try taking a course that walks you through a process to select the correct answer. Like Kaplan, Hurst, UWorld, Nursity, etc.

You need to look at each choice and determine who is stable vs. unstable, acute vs. chronic, airway/breathing vs. circulation, etc. That will help narrow down the correct answer. Each NCLEX prep course has it's method of elimination. I did the 4 day Kaplan course and I highly recommend it. I passed in 77 questions :)

[Dajugama]

Thank you SopranoKris, Rn for the info. Im going to save this and use it for my next nclex exam. I too last monday. Ff day it was a good pop up, then later that nigjt i check again turns took my $200. Im still waiting for the results California BON

thank you.