Need Help with Assessment!

[Kyluh]

Hi all...I recently took the NCLEX and had a lot of who to assess first, who to call back first. I fell as if I struggled on these terribly and battled between two patients usually. This is the strategy I used

1. ABC's

2. F:find hypoxia

I: immunocompromised

R: real bleed

S: safety

T: try infection

This was an anogram that I learned from one of my firends that took the Sylvia Rayfield course yet I still seemed to struggle. I anyone has a great way to navigate through those questions or can shead some light on my problem...HELP. Thanks in advance.

[emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

I chose a very simple approach for these types of questions:

1 - Safety

2 - ABCs

Which pt was or about to be in the most trouble? Prevent injury/illness or manage an emergent issue. That seemed to be what the NCLEX was looking for with these questions.

Kaplan was very good for practicing these types of questions.

[Kyluh]

Thanks for the advice. I felt before the test that I was prepared to answer those type of questions, but soon realized I was mistaken. Hopefully I can figure them out for the next round!! thanks again.