In this final video of a five‑part series, Christina Rafano emphasizes a core test‑taking strategy for nursing students: never rely on personal or anecdotal experience when answering NCLEX‑style questions. She explains that exam scenarios are idealized, textbook cases where patients follow exact developmental or disease patterns. Rafano walks through a sample developmental assessment question from the NCLEX RN Mastery app, demonstrating how to identify the correct answer (the inability to stand for two seconds at 15 months) by focusing solely on textbook knowledge. Throughout, she promotes the NCLEX RN Mastery app—providing an affiliate link—and urges viewers to subscribe, hit the notification bell, and trust her recommendations. The video blends instructional content with motivational encouragement and a commercial endorsement.
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Hello. Hello friend. My name is Christina Rafano from nursingschoolofsuccess.com and welcome to the final video in our five part video series all about nursing exam questions and test taking strategies for nursing students. Now, in each of the past four videos I gave you some amazing test taking strategies to help you rock your nursing school exams. And today in this video, we are going to dive into our last test taking strategy along with an example nursing exam question. So before we get started, make sure that you're subscribed to this channel so you don't miss out on any other nursing school tips and tricks that I've got for you. Trust me, you don't want to miss out on any of the videos that I've got planned for you. Now let's do this. Okie dokie. So the nursing test taking strategy we're going to talk about in this video is that you cannot, I repeat, you cannot use your past experience to answer nursing exam questions. Nursing Exam question world is a perfect world. And all patients follow the exact textbook patterns for the disorders that they have. All kiddos follow the developmental stages to a T. And you have unlimited time and resources to take care of all your patients. So when you look at a nursing exam question, you cannot bring in your past experiences, a cna, an emt, a mom, or that one time your best friend's grandma was out of breath and you rushed her to the hospital and they did some crazy procedure. No, do not bring your past experience into your nursing exam. Your nursing exam is a perfect world. Patients are textbook cases. So what do I mean by this? Now 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 personally used through nursing school to help me ace my nursing school classes. I highly recommend that you get it and keep it on your phone. The more that you practice answering nursing exam questions like these, the better you'll get at identifying these little exam hacks that we're going to talk about. And you'll get more confident answering these questions so it will make your exam go a whole lot smoother when you're confident and you can identify these little exam hacks. So make sure that you download this app right after you watch this video because if you don't, you are going to wish that you did when you see your other classmates using it. There is an affiliate link down below for you to get this app. And just a little disclaimer here 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. Friends, you know that I will never recommend anything that I'm not just head over heels in love with. I'm not shady or anything. So there is that affiliate link down below in the description if you would like to snag it. It will help you out A ton. A ton, A ton. So like I said, the nursing test taking strategy that we're going to talk about is that you cannot use your past experience to answer nursing exam questions. So let's read an example exam question. The nurse is performing a developmental assessment of a 15 month old. Which of the following findings is of the most unable to say three words, unable to stand for two seconds, unable to run or unable to put on clothing. Oh baby, I hear all the mamas out there already saying, well my son was running around everywhere at nine months old. So of course if that little baby can't run at 15 months, something is wrong. Honey, no. Stop right there. Do not compare a nursing exam baby with any other baby out there. Not your own, not your niece, not that little baby down the street that you've been worried about since you started your pediatric clinical rotation. I know you know what I'm talking about. Do not bring your past experience into your nursing school exam. It will take you down. So you're only going to think about what you learned in class and from your textbook to select the best answer. And for this specific question, the best answer is number two, unable to stand for two seconds. That is the textbook correct developmental stage that should have been accomplished long before 15 months. And that is your nursing test taking strategy to help you out with nursing exams. Do not use your past experience to answer nursing exam questions. And friend, make sure that you snag the NCLEX RN Mastery app to get access to thousands, and I mean thousands, of nursing exam questions like this one. This app is awesome. You don't want to live without it. So I did did put that affiliate link down below and don't forget to subscribe and hit the 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'll see you right back here next time on the Nursing School show. Take care of.
