SAARE method

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I am NOT sure where i read this but this was the method i wrote down to analyze those questions when nclex gives u 4 diseases and ask u to pick "which patient is the least stable?"

This method can also be used to assess which patient is the most stable for discharge so that another patient can be admitted into a bed if a nurse has to discharge between 4 patients....

Its called the SAARE method...

Stable versus Unstable

Acute versus Chronic

ABCs

Real versus Potential

Expected vs Unexpected....

during my exam..when nclex asked me to pick the least stable patient...i analyzed each of this patients next to the SAARE method...

and said

is this patient

Stable versus Unstable (u would of course pick the unstable patient based on the choices given)

Acute versus Chronic (does teh patient have an acute condition or chronic...chronic can wait..acute is NOW)

ABCs (ABCs is priority....no need to explain this one)

Real versus Potential (is patient having a real problem now or potential problem...fixed the REAL problem NOW)

Expected vs Unexpected.... (does the patient nclex gave u have an expected or unexpected outcome...for least stable patient..u will pick the unexpected action)

Like i said i am NOT sure where i read it from...but i used it during my nclex studying...and it helped during the exam.....and if nclex asks u to discharge a stable patient..u do the opposite of the SAARE method..and it helped me a lot as those types of questions did come up on the exam and during my studying...

good luck...

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i heard that from my instructor from kaplan course. tnx for reviewing.

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i guess it came from kaplan..lol....... it was a very valuable mnemonic for me to remember and it helped a lot during the actual exam///:yeah:

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Interesting... I just read this post and used the strategy... very good to know, thanks for posting.

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Yeah thanks for the great tips.

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THANKS

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I saw this somewhere once too. Thanks for posting.

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