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NCLEX-RN Preparation

NCLEX-RN Preparation. Preparing for the NCLEX-RN. Budgeting for graduation, licensure, and NCLEX fees and associated costs. Investigating review courses and texts. How to develop a plan of study. Test-taking tips. go to bed early the night before the exam,

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NCLEX-RN Preparation

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  1. NCLEX-RN Preparation

  2. Preparing for the NCLEX-RN • Budgeting for graduation, licensure, and NCLEX fees and associated costs. • Investigating review courses and texts. • How to develop a plan of study.

  3. Test-taking tips • go to bed early the night before the exam, • avoid alcohol consumption, • eat a well-balanced breakfast, • dress comfortably in layers, • arrive at the test site a little early

  4. Integrated Concepts • Nursing Process • Caring • Communication and Documentation • Teaching and Learning

  5. Test Plan Categories of client needs • Safe, Effective Care Environment • Management of care – 13-19% • Safety and infection control – 8-14% • Health Promotion and Maintenance – 6-12% • Psychosocial Integrity- 6-12% • Physiological Integrity • Basic Care and comfort - 6-12% • Pharmacological and parenteral therapies- 13-19% • Reduction of risk potential- 13-19% • Physiological adaptation- 11- 17%

  6. Test-taking strategies • Read the question stem carefully. • Evaluate all the options in a systematic manner. • Eliminate options you know are not correct. • Choose the most global answer. • Identify similarities in the options and find one that is different. • Base answers on the ideal situation. • Evaluate priority questions based on the Nursing Process and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

  7. Test-taking strategies, cont. • Select answers that focus on the patient, rather than the equipment,hospital rules or policies. • Selecting “Call the physician” is rarely the correct answer. Identify the best nursing intervention. • Regarding delegation questions- Do not delegate: • Steps of the Nursing Process • Teaching or evaluating responsibilities

  8. Regarding delegation questions- Do delegate: • The most stable patient with the most predictable response to care. • Tasks that have the most specific guidelines such as collecting a urine sample, feeding, providing hygiene, ambulating, etc.

  9. Application Prep • Preparation of Applications for Board of Nursing and Registration for NCLEX- RN

  10. Remediation

  11. The End • Questions???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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