Strategies and Practice for "Select all that apply" questions

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One of the things I have heard on the NCLEX is that, if you are above passing level, you will get a lot of "select all that apply" questions. Is this true?

And if so, this makes me nervous, as I have a very difficult time with "Select all that apply" questions. Does anyone have any tips or tricks, or ways to practice these types of questions? I always seem to miss one of the correct choices.

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One of the things I have heard on the NCLEX is that, if you are above passing level, you will get a lot of "select all that apply" questions. Is this true?

And if so, this makes me nervous, as I have a very difficult time with "Select all that apply" questions. Does anyone have any tips or tricks, or ways to practice these types of questions? I always seem to miss one of the correct choices.

I have not took NCLEX yet, but there are too many rumors to know what is really true about questions and what they mean in regards to you passing/failing.

A tip that I have read about SATA questions is to read each answer as True or False in regard to the question. Seems to help. Also, they always told us in school that there when answering SATA there will never be just one answer and it will never be all the choices.

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I got the "good popup" using the Pearson Vue trick after taking the NCLEX-RN yesterday. My test shut off after 75 questions and after the first one, 5 questions in, it seemed like those were the only ones I was getting back-to-back. I probably had 20 or more in total and I thought, well there goes any chance of passing this thing.

Just remember that NCLEX questions aren't trying to trick you. If an answer choice seems wrong, it probably is. I also tried not to spend too long on these because I've been burned changing answers on tests in school or on HESIs. Go with your gut, check each option against what the answer is asking for, and don't go back to an option after you've eliminated it. Since these type of questions were what I was most worried about getting, I tried to do as many as possible while reviewing to get more comfortable. Not sure how helpful that actually ended up being because some of the questions on the actual test just felt HARD but I felt good going in that I had at least tried working on my weak area.

Obviously it's different for everyone but it sounds like getting a lot of SATAs means you're on the right track. Good luck!

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Get the book Prioritization and Delegation by Linda Lacharity. It will help you prepare for these!

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When I do practice SATA I read the question part twice, to be sure what they are asking - do they want to know things that are correct, or wrong? You know, it might say something like the RN goes over teaching w/ the pt about whatever, which of the following statements indicate the pt requires additional teaching: and then you would choose the ones that are WRONG. Then I definitely go through each choice and say is this T or F? But you need to know what type of question it is in order to get it right!

GL! I am definitely nervous about these type too; moreso than the drag and drop, or picture ones :(

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No SATA don't only show up when you are at a passing level. The SATA is merely a type of question. None of the question types determine if you are at passing or failing nor does the number of said questions.

I hate SATA. But I approach them in a True or False way.

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