NCLEX Exam Preparation

The NCLEX exam preparation is the product of several methodologies and the eclectic combination of these to create a new approach for NCLEX exam.
It offers an introduction and explanation of the content and organization of the NCLEX exam and the purpose of the NCLEX plan as designed and reviewed by the NCSBN. All exam takers must understand the NCLEX plan and purpose.
With that in mind, this manual approaches each question applying analytical thinking, like the NCLEX plan creators do; that is, to tackle each question keeping in mind two essential concepts; these being safe and effective intervention, the core guidelines of nursing intervention.
Additionally, this manual centers on the rationalization of each answer by identifying in each question the nursing process. This rationalization lead exam takers to place themselves in a ‘virtual’ intervention scenario before they a select the most reasonable or most correct answer. Each answer must be selected considering the core elements inherent in all nursing interventions, safety and effectiveness.
The fundamental approach of this manual is to instruct the exam taker in test taking techniques that enhance their passing score; this includes understanding the role of the mathematical probability of educated guessing, analytical elimination of wrong answers by attention to the clinical language used in each question, as part of the general strategies needed to master the exam.
The association of each question to the nursing intervention process is a must; whether that may be assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. This approach will guide the exam taker about the priority of intervention and the delegation as needed. Basic to the exam taker is the attention to clinical values which are carefully hidden throughout the exam by its creators.
In essence, this manual approach to the NCLEX exam is unique in many ways; its concentration is not only in clinical issues, but also on effective” exam taking psychometric techniques”.
As a general rule, answers with more clinical language are potentially considered better answers than those with less clinical language. Also this manual approach focus its attention on Psychiatric Nursing intervention, a portion of the NCLEX exam most failed by nurse grads. The manual devotes a strategy to overcome the lack of psychiatry nursing intervention by identifying most psychiatric disorders and medications, as well as, assessment and treatment, plus related issues.
The manual integral approach includes a revision its diseases and disorders commonly diagnosed; in addition it offers instruction on the administration of care and interventions for each physical disorder, medications in use and contraindications.
The manual also includes basic information on the ethics and legal aspects of nursing practices, as well as an a revision of the psychiatric illnesses and its nomenclature, mechanisms of defense, symptoms, etiology, interventions and medication commonly prescribed for mental disorders, as well as, a listing of the 200 most commonly diagnosed disorders in U.S.A hospitals.
The application of strategies and suggestions assist the student to discern between similar answers, to eliminate obvious incorrect ones by simple analysis, or simply to determine when it is appropriate to select an answer at random and even guess the right answer when absolutely needed and benefiting from educated guessing.
In the same way, this manual aids the student to determine the relation between questions and answers identifying interventions of physical integrity and Psycho-social integrity, as well as, application principles corresponding to each intervention.
Lastly, the manual discusses the legal issues of nursing intervention preparing the exam taker to tackle potential question regarding legal issues of safe and effective intervention and psychiatric patients.Purchasing grants access to our Online exam practice at www.nclex-masters.net