Priority questions on nclex

Heismystrength · Jan 20, 2016

Hello everyone & good luck to those who haven't taken their test yet & congratulations to those who have & passed.

Maja, did you have a lot of SATA questions (and did you take the RN or the PN test). I just graduated, I am an older PN student & Along with being a stresser anyways, finding out how much harder education is now than it was many years ago is really putting a lot more stress on & so therefore I am literally worried sick about the NCLEX!!!

So I would love to hear from any newly passed nurses also, esp PNs, to get any and all feed back on what you studied, how you studied, your experience about your test (what we should focus more on), ect to help not just me but hopefully other PNs also :) I know everyone has diff test, but hearing others experiences can help a lot. And I really appreciate it more than I can express Also in an older thread, a lady shared her ideas, study plans & study notes for lab values, but their thread is closed & many are trying to find anyone that might have that info. I think it would be awesome also if anyone does or another one of their on that they would like to share esp for ones that aren't as savvy at making as great notes. And more so I feel the more info you put out there, the more chances someone can find a little more info that might help them. I am new to this forum but this is what others stated in other older forums I read (but they were all RNs) í ½í¸ They sounded really positive and had a real desire to help one another, so I am hoping we can do the same í ½í¸Š

I am using Kaplan PN, the mastery app (30 mins at a time 4x a day), picmonics (3x a day) trying to keep it broke up, my old brain starts getting overwhelmed :) & at least 100-150 questions a day from exam cram, bc I work also. I haven't gotten my email to set my test date up yet, but I am planning to study at least 3-4 weeks.

Thank you in advance & God bless :)

Maja3699 · Jan 20, 2016

Vrector2015: out of 250 questions I had about 10-15 SATA. Most were just "you received a shift report, which pt would you see first" or "pool nurse from this floor is helping on this floor, which pt would be appropriate to assign to the pool nurse." I took the nclex-rn by the way. I studied ATI Virtual and the questions on the ATI didn't help me at all with the priority questions on the nclex. Now I'm looking into a different book that focuses just on prioritization and management and we'll see how this one goes.

Wongwise885 · Jan 20, 2016

Hi Maja! I had to take it twice but passed the second time. I would think ventricular arrhythmias with K being low would be more of a priority than seizure with low sodium. Definitely recomment LaCharity prioritizatiob and delegation PDA.

Maja3699 · Jan 20, 2016

I will look into that one. Thanks :)

Wongwise885 · Jan 20, 2016

Please! It helped me tremendously! Read and answered 30+ questions per chapter 1 month before I took the board. Also it's been 10 yrs since I graduated:)

Maja3699 · Jan 21, 2016

Wow! You must have great memory! Congrats :) I have to wait 45 days before I can take it again so I have plenty of time to review and study.

Wongwise885 · Jan 21, 2016

I just to do it over And over again for it to stick and each chapter weren't that long. Good Luck!!

Maja3699 · Jan 21, 2016

Thanks!

Wongwise885 · Jan 21, 2016

Let me know! All the things you mentioned above such as: what to delegate to float nurse, which will you see first or what would be the appropriate patient to delegate to LPN or UAP you can find in that book!

Maja3699 · Jan 21, 2016

That's awesome!

Heismystrength · Jan 21, 2016

Ok Awesome and thank you for the info.

And the book she mentioned to you for delegation, ect I just ordered it last night on amazon bc I had read it on numerous threads.

Good luck & best wishes..... let us know how it goes ok......

Maja3699 · Jan 21, 2016

I will. Hopefully this time will be better than the last :)