Hi, I read a post on here but can't find it now. A brilliant woman/nurse gave excellent advice on what to study for the NCLEX. She had amazing recall and hit the key points right on.
Since I've read her post, I've been trying to find information on sequential order for the following care delivery items:
Urine culture
Starting a new iv
Administering meds via g tube
Drawing insulins ( clear or cloudy)
Inserting foley catheters ( males and females)
Sterile field
Performing exams such as breast and testicular exam
Administering ear and eye drops
Thanks so much, I'm scheduled to take my nclex this Saturday, 8/31, ewww eeeh yikesss...I'm nervous :)
If SATA is your worst nightmare, what do you think being a working nurse is going to be about? Only one answer, all the time? Only one set of variables with which to work in every patient care situation? Wrong-o. Almost ALL of nursing is "select all that apply." This is precisely why NCLEX has increased the number of questions to assess an aspiring nurse's critical thinking skills, because that's what a nurse has to be able to apply day in and day out.
here is the deal, kaplan, saunders, pearson all provide practice questions for alternative type questions that are common nclex questions such as SATA, sequential, pictures, matching. I am simply wanting to practice some alt. type questions. Please, if you know where to find the resource for my question, then reply, if you don't know, I am not asking how to study, I'm asking where to find a specific resource. Please stick to the question I asked and although I appreciate your advice, I'm not looking for it. thank you.
ok, I went to the book again, potter/perry and found the clinical skills, the closest thing I could find to the sequence skills were videos. Are you referring to implementation/intervention in potter and if so, which edition?
OK, now I get it. You're going about this the wrong way.
The point of the NCLEX on these types of questions is not to find out if you can memorize steps. It's to see if you can do critical thinking. It's to see if you know the rationales behind them. This is, after all, the hardest thing a nursing student has to learn: How to think like a nurse.
You may very well be given the steps for a procedure about which you know exactly nothing....but if it involves sterile technique (as they often do), you should be able to figure out what comes first, second, third IF you remember why we use sterile technique and how to do it. That's the point. And you should already be pretty down with that already, right?
How can I tell if I am ready for a test like this? How do I study for this?
How can I tell if I am ready for a test like this? How do I study for this?
Like i said on my previous post, it helps if you imagine or picture in your mind what is being ask. Look at the options given. what would you do first, and so on. Most of this sequential order questions we already know from clinicals, working as CNA.
Read the procedure skills being asked, analyze each options given, then picture/imagine in your head what comes first, then second, next and so on.
Believe me, this is easy compared to the hideous SATA!
Hi chica, found it!! this is rich info, esp the key points, thank you!!
hi! snmzelle~ can you help me for the info regrding this, cause i really do need to pay attention from this topic please i will appreciate your help. THANKs:yes:
OK, now I get it. You're going about this the wrong way.
The point of the NCLEX on these types of questions is
not
to find out if you can memorize steps. It's to see if you can do critical thinking. It's to see if you know the rationales behind them. This is, after all, the hardest thing a nursing student has to learn: How to think like a nurse.
You may very well be given the steps for a procedure about which you know exactly nothing....but if it involves sterile technique (as they often do), you should be able to figure out what comes first, second, third IF you remember why we use sterile technique and how to do it. That's the point. And you should already be pretty down with that already, right?
How can I tell if I am ready for a test like this? How do I study for this?
Generally speaking, graduating from an accredited nursing school with decent clinical time should go a long way to teaching you critical thinking skills in general, and sterile technique specifically.
I am not being facetious here. Most nursing schools are pretty strict about their criteria for passing; most (by far) nursing school graduates pass NCLEX, and a substantial number of them do it without expensive review classes by reviewing things they aren't really familiar with and looking at concepts/critical thinking less than memorizing data points.
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If SATA is your worst nightmare, what do you think being a working nurse is going to be about? Only one answer, all the time? Only one set of variables with which to work in every patient care situation? Wrong-o. Almost ALL of nursing is "select all that apply." This is precisely why NCLEX has increased the number of questions to assess an aspiring nurse's critical thinking skills, because that's what a nurse has to be able to apply day in and day out.
Good luck!