Christina Rafano explains the core NCLEX test-taking strategy: always pick the answer that prioritizes patient safety. She walks through a sample question about an adolescent with a 10-lb weight loss to show why safety concerns should be assessed first.
Hey. Hey, friend. My name is Christina Rafano from nursingschoolofsuccess.com and welcome to the fourth video in this five part video series all about nursing exam questions and test taking strategies for nursing students. In today's video, we are going to dive into another nursing test taking strategy to help you rock your nursing exams along with an example question to help kind of bring it all together here and to make sure that you don't miss out on the next video I've got for you. Be sure to hit subscribe to this channel and click that little bell icon to get notified when I post the next video. Now let's do this. All right, so the nursing test taking strategy we're going to talk about is that patient safety is always your number one priority. Now, 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 gonna put this to the test to make sure that you prioritize patient safety. So to get a better example about what I mean by this, let's walk through an example nursing exam question. Now, this exam question comes from the nclex RN Mastery app. And this is the app that I actually use through nursing school. And I highly recommend that you use it too to help you get more familiar with nursing ex questions. The more you practice answering these nursing exam questions like these, the more confident you're gonna be when you actually go and take your nursing school exam because you'll be more familiar with how nursing exams are written and how they test. So make sure that you download this app right after you watch this video because it's gonna help you out so so much in nursing school. There is an affiliate link down below for you to get that app. And just a little disclaimer here, just so you know, if you do decide to purchase this app through my affiliate link, I will receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Of course, friend, you know that I never ever recommend something that I don't love. I can't stress it enough how much this app helped me during nursing school. So there isn't a link. There is a link down below this video for you to snag it if you'd like. And like I said, the nursing test taking strategy that we'll talk about is that patient safety is your number 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 an example nursing school 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's statements. I only eat vegetables and I have lost 10 pounds in the last three three 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. All right, so 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 of the answers in particular just screams patient safety. And it's answer number one, the patient stating that they have lost 10 pounds in the past three weeks. Out of all of the other answers which mostly involve kind of mood or emotions, that first answer has more to do with patient safety, with the safety of your patient. So number one in this situation is the correct answer and that is your nursing test taking strategy to help you out with your nursing exams. Patient safety should be your number one priority and make sure sure that you snag the nclex RN Mastery app to get access to thousands, thousands of nursing exam questions just like this one. This app is amazing friend. You don't want to live without it. So I did pop that link down below in the description and don't forget to subscribe and hit that little bell icon to get notified when we post a new video. Thank you so much for watching friend. Now go become the nurse that God created only you to be and I will see you right back here next time on the Nursing School Show. Take care of.
