Nursing Test Taking Strategies (Part 4)

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Are nursing exams stressing you out? There is so much you need to know, so many hours of studying, and a lot (seriously, a LOT) of late nights.

Thankfully, there are a few test taking strategies for nursing students that will make taking nursing exams and answering nursing exam questions a little bit easier. *woohoo!*

So in this video, I’ll walk you through one AMAZING nursing test taking strategies to help you rock your nursing school exams. PLUS, we’re also going to walk through a nursing exam question as an example.

And make sure to watch the next video in this series, where we’ll dive into another nursing exam question hack, as well as walk through an example question. You won’t want to miss it!

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VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Hello hello, friend! My name is Christina Rafano from nursingsos.com and welcome to the fourth video in a 5-part video series all about nursing exam questions and test taking strategies for nursing students.

In today’s video, we’re diving into another nursing test taking strategy to help you rock your nursing exams along with an example question to help bring it all together.

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Okydoky, so the nursing test taking strategy we’ll talk about is that patient safety is always your number one priority.

Nursing exams are intended to test your knowledge and skill with how you’ll act as a fully licensed nurse. And as a nurse, your number one priority should always be the safety of your patients. So of course, your nursing exams are going to put this to the test, to make sure that you prioritize patient safety.

So to get a better example of what I mean by that, let’s walk through an example nursing exam question. This exam question comes from the NCLEX RN Mastery App, and this is the app I used through nursing school and I HIGHLY recommend you use it too, 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 exam because you’ll be more familiar with how nursing exams are written.

So, make sure you download this app right after you watch this video, because it will help you out SO much in nursing school.

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So, like I said, the nursing test taking strategy we’ll talk about is that patient safety is your number one priority. So if there is an answer that has something to do with keeping the patient safe, that answer is most likely the correct one.

So, let’s read this example nursing exam question:

A newly admitted adolescent is being questioned by the nurse in regards to his health history. The nurse should follow up on which of the following patient statements?

“I only eat vegetables, and I have lost 10 pounds in the past 3 weeks.”
“I have a lot of trouble waking up in the morning.”
“My mood is always changing.”
“When I am stressed out, I like to see my girlfriend.”

This nursing exam question is asking you to select which statement you should assess further with your patient.

So looking at this question, you can see that one answer in particular just screams patient safety. And it’s answer number one: the patient stating that they have lost 10 pounds in 3 weeks. Out of all of the other answers, which mostly involve mood or emotions, that first answer has more to do with the safety of your patient.

So number one is the correct answer.

And that is your nursing test taking strategy to help you with your nursing exams: patient safety should be your number one priority.

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.

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