Hello hello, friend!
My name is Christina Rafano from nursingschoolofsuccess.com and this is the third video in a 5-part video
series all about nursing exam questions and test taking strategies for nursing students.
This is a super fun series, because in each of these next few videos, we're going to dive
into one nursing test taking strategy to help you rock your nursing exams.
PLUS, I'm going to walk through an example nursing exam question in each video.
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Now, let's do this!
Okydoky, so the nursing test taking strategy we'll talk about in this video is that patient
safety and the nursing assessment dominate.
So let's talk about what I mean by that.
So, often times in nursing exam questions, there will be a case scenario question that
walks you through a patient situation.
And then it will have you select what you would do if you were in that situation.
And of course, it will give you a list to choose from.
And often times, that list will include something to assess for.
The nursing assessment is the first step of the nursing process, and it is one of the
MOST important things you will do as a nurse.
And so often times, on your nursing school exams, you'll see an answer to a nursing school
question that would have you assess something further.
And this assessment component, or this assessment answer, often has something to do with patient
safety.
So, here's what I want you to remember: if there is an answer to your nursing school
question that includes assessing something, and that assessment also keeps the patient
safer, I'd bet dollars to donuts, that that is the correct answer.
So if those 2 things are paired together: assessment and patient safety, then girlfriend,
that's most likely the correct answer.
Let's walk through an example nursing school question.
This question comes from the NCLEX-RN Mastery App, and this is the app I HIGHLY recommend
you use throughout nursing school to help you get more familiar with nursing exam questions.
The more you practice answering nursing exam questions like these, the more confident you'll
be when you actually go and take your nursing school exams and the better you'll get at
identifying these little nursing exam hacks.
So it will make your exams go a whole lot smoother, when you're confident and you can
identify these little nursing exam hacks.
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So, like I said, the nursing test taking strategy we're talking about is: if there is an answer
to your nursing school question that includes assessing something, and that assessment also
keeps the patient safer, then that is most likely the correct answer.
So, let's read this example nursing exam question: "The nurse prepares to infuse packed RBCs
into a client with anemia.
To limit the likelihood of a type II hypersensitivity reaction, which action does the nurse take?
Have epinephrine ready for injection as needed?
Request that the blood bank divide the unit into smaller-volume bags?
Administer diphenhydramine 30 minutes before transfusion? or Carefully check identification
of donor blood and client?
Now, looking at this question, you can already see there is one answer that asks you to assess
the patient further.
So that is step one.
Now step 2, you'll need to ask yourself, does this assessment help keep the patient safe?
And in this question, the answer is YES.
Of course, you want to make sure you're carefully checking your patients identification and
making sure it matches up with the donor blood.
You don't want to give your patient the wrong blood!
Come on now!
So check the ID.
So yes, this answer meets both of those criteria: it involves assessing the patient, and it
does keep the patient safer.
And that is your nursing test taking strategy to help you with your nursing exams: if there
is an answer to your nursing school question that includes assessing something, and that
assessment also keeps the patient safer, then that is most likely the correct answer.
And make sure you snag the the NCLEX RN Mastery App to get access to thousands of nursing
exam questions.
This app is AMAZING, you don't want to live without it, so I put the link down below.
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Thanks so much for watching friend, now go become the nurse the God created only YOU
to be.
And I'll catch you next time on the nursing school show, take care.