Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.
This should reinforce what I said originally: read the stem of the question carefully. I believe that one of the slide show tutorials on the Looking for test taking strategies sticky thread also makes a point of that as well.
When giving IM injections, yes you aspirate back, should you get flashback (blood) you should discard, and try gain. You can only stick a person once with a needle. Never use the same needle twice:no:.
Yep, poorly written questions can drive you nuts! If you are otherwise prepared, and you sound like you are, then the best you can do is read and answer the questions taking into account your previous experience with other tests in that class. It's frustrating because when the questions are vague or unclear, you may get it wrong even if you know all there is to know about it. I know I had some instructors who would dismiss any questions with the response "if you apply your critical thinking skills, you'll understand why X is the best answer. Now, let's move on..." It sounds like you are making the most of this, though, by looking things up and learning about them even if it doesn't always help improve test scores.
Yep, poorly written questions can drive you nuts! If you are otherwise prepared, and you sound like you are, then the best you can do is read and answer the questions taking into account your previous experience with other tests in that class. It's frustrating because when the questions are vague or unclear, you may get it wrong even if you know all there is to know about it. I know I had some instructors who would dismiss any questions with the response "if you apply your critical thinking skills, you'll understand why X is the best answer. Now, let's move on..." It sounds like you are making the most of this, though, by looking things up and learning about them even if it doesn't always help improve test scores.
Hey thanks, glad to read someone can understand my frustration. Today we had a quick exam review of the last exam we just took, out of 28 questions, they "threw out" 4 questions after the exam was taken but prior to the review. Assumed they tossed their own questions out cause the questions didn't give enough info to even answer. Drives me nuts cause since they make up their own tests, don't you think they should go over their own questions before even putting the exam out:thnkg:?! This school drives me nuts:uhoh3:!
I just had a burn lecture and the %of meals eaten is important. Some side effects of meds are N/V/D so they suggest that you take the med with food. so here are my answers 1. c 2. a and 3 is a
I read an above post relating that we can't read into the question. Once you start adding your own thoughts (such as if this), we need to pull ourselves in! I took LPN Boards this summer and it was definately a plus to know that and use it. I'm in my last semester for RN and I go by this strategy with each and every exam. If I don't I find myself putting a whole scenario together and losing sight of the question itself.
I wondered about the pt with severe burns getting Zantac. I know many physicians give this to prevent damage to the stomach and esophogus. I also know that pts that are severely burned need 4-6,000 calories per day. It didn't give enough info as to whether pt was taking anything orally so that question was too vague (but aren't many?!?). Glad it got nixed.
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This should reinforce what I said originally: read the stem of the question carefully. I believe that one of the slide show tutorials on the Looking for test taking strategies sticky thread also makes a point of that as well.