Priority practice - tips on how to prioritize.

[ANH_RN]

Taking the NCLEX in a few days. Does anyone have any tips/links to websites on how to prioritize care/patients. I've heard that a lot of questions on the NCLEX are like this and all of the practice questions I've done recently have nothing to do with prioritization and I want more practice.

Thanks for any information. :redpinkhe

[jadu1106]

i am copying this from someone else, so i am giving all the credit to them. this is not from me, but i wanted to copy and post it here for you. best of luck to you.

the rules of management

rule #1: do not delegate the functions of assessment, evaluation and nursing judgement. during your nursing education, you learned that assessment, evaluation and nursing judgement are the responsibility of the registered professional nurse. you cannot give this responsibility to someone else.

rule #2: this is not the real world. do not make decisions regarding management of care issues based on decisions you may have observed during your clinical experience in the hospital or clinic setting. remember, the nclex is ivory tower nursing. the answers to the questions are found in nursing testbooks or journals. always ask yourself, "is this textbook nursing care?"

rule #3: delegate activities for stable patients with predictable outcomes. if the patient is unstable, or the outcome of an activity not assured, it should not be delegated.

rule #4: delegate activities that involve standard, unchanged procedures. activities that frequently reoccur in daily patient care can be delegated. bathing, feeding, dressing and transferring patients are examples. activities that are complex or complicated should not be delegated.

rule #5: remember priorities! remember maslow, the abc's, and stable versus unstable when determining which patient the rn should attend to fist. keep in mind that you can see only one patient or perform one activity when aswering questions that require you to establish priorities.

[skeeter96]

Jadu1106

can i use your advice for the PN exam as well?

[jadu1106]

jadu1106

can i use your advice for the pn exam as well?

hey skeeter96,

to be honest, i am not sure, i think you could with alot of the stuff, but i know for the rn exam, we cannot delegate teaching, assessment, or evaluation, not even to an lpn. so with that exception, it could be used i believe. please do not quote me, but ask around, and maybe someone could give you a more appropriate definite answer. best wishes to you! :)

[BRONXBOUND]

yes practice priorities!!!!