..Ok im just reading my saunders book (again), the first time i skipped the first few chapters on "how to take the nclex", i just read the "content" stuff (which is alot, the book is HUGE)
anyway, it says when answering questions on NCLEX use MASLOW for priority. i got one of the sample questions wrong becasue i put SAFETY first..we were CONSTANTLY drilled in nursing school safety first. but according to the NCLEX its second ??? maslow "physiologic" needs are first ?-
soo,
1. What would be the priority for a nurse to take when he/she sees a malnourished homeless man in the street with oncoming traffic coming his way.
A. counsel the man on his behaviour
B. call the Doctor (sorry, couldnt help myself there)
C. Offer him a ham sandwhich to eat
D. Move him out of oncoming traffic
--well, i guess im just gonna offer him a ham sandwhich then. cause MASLOW says physiological need comes before safety ??!! (huh)
sooo according to that- i now know that i missed alot of those priority questions on the NCLEX..cause i was taught pt safety first.
i wonder if the op is really verbatim. i remember questions like that..and when you really went back and reviewed..you'd see that they never mentioned oncomming traffic.
the op has already said that the question was made up to prove a point.
DutchgirlRN, ASN, RN
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the op has already said that the question was made up to prove a point.