National Certification Exam Candidates

Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group!

     Our online study group is moving ahead to Chapter 4 in the Selekman/Cogan School Nursing Certification Review book.  This chapter focuses on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and comprises approximately 20% of the possible NCSN exam questions.   Let's continue the discussion this week as we continue to work through the texts and the questions.

Chapter 4 – Health Problems and Nursing Management

1. Emergency Care
2. Acute, Episodic, and Chronic Conditions

Be sure to do the questions at the end of the chapter. Try answering the questions before you review the text to see how you did.

Selekman, Shannon and Yonkaitis School Nursing: A Comprehensive Text 3^rd Edition Chapters 19, Chapters 21 – 29

Chapter 19 Students with Acute Illness and Injury

Chapter 21 Students with Chronic Conditions

Chapter 22 Students with Allergies

Chapter 23 Students with Chronic Respiratory Illnesses

Chapter 24 Students with ADHD and Specific Learning Disorders

Chapter 25 Students with Diabetes

Chapter 26 Students with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Chapter 27 Students Who Are Overweight

Chapter 28 Students with Seizures and Epilepsy

Chapter 29 Students with Other Chronic Conditions

Here are a few more multiple-choice test-taking strategies taken from 11 Test Taking Tips & Strategies For Nurses * Nurseslabs :

5. Identify Similar Options

When an item contains two or more options that are similar in meaning, the successful test taker knows that all are correct, in which case it is a poor question, or that none is correct, which is more likely to be the case. The correct option usually will either include all the similar options or exclude them entirely. For example:

When teaching newly diagnosed diabetic clients about their condition, it is important for the nurse to focus on:

1. Dietary modifications
2. Use of sugar substitutes
3. Their present understanding of diabetes
4. Use of diabetic nutritional exchange lists

Options 1, 2, and 4 deal only with the diabetic diet, involving no other aspect of diabetic teaching; it is impossible to select the most correct option because each represents equally plausible, though limited, answers to the question. Option 3 is the best choice because it is most complete and allows the other three options to be excluded. As another example:

A child's intelligence is influenced by:

1. A variety of factors
2. Socioeconomic factors
3. Heredity and environment
4. Environment and experience

The most correct answer is option 1. It includes the material covered by the other options, eliminating the need for an impossible choice, since each of the other options is only partially correct.

6. Identify Answer (Option) Components

When an answer contains two or more parts, you can reduce the number of potentially correct answers by identifying one part as incorrect. For example:

After a cholecystectomy the postoperative diet is usually:

• High fat, low calorie
• High fat, low protein
• Low fat, high calorie
• Low fat, high protein

 You know, for instance, that the diet after cholecystectomy is usually low or moderate in fat, you can eliminate options 1 and 2 from consideration. If you know that the cholecystectomy client usually is overweight, you can eliminate option 3 from consideration. Therefore option 4 is correct.
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Don’t forget to check out NBCSN’s other Exam Prep offerings at https://www.nbcsn.org/ncsn/the-exam/exam-prep/ and take advantage of NurseBuilders free Test Taking Strategies Course at https://ecourses.nursebuilders.net/courses/test-taking-techniques-a-guide-for-nursing-certification-exams

Have a great week, and as always, enjoy the process.  Learning or re-learning material serves as a great refresher to elevate our school nursing practice. I look forward to hearing about your progress.

Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group!

     Our online study group is moving ahead to Chapter 4 in the Selekman/Cogan School Nursing Certification Review book.  This chapter focuses on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and comprises approximately 20% of the possible NCSN exam questions.   Let's continue the discussion this week as we continue to work through the texts and the questions.

Chapter 4 – Health Problems and Nursing Management

1. Emergency Care
2. Acute, Episodic, and Chronic Conditions

Be sure to do the questions at the end of the chapter. Try answering the questions before you review the text to see how you did.

Selekman, Shannon and Yonkaitis School Nursing: A Comprehensive Text 3^rd Edition Chapters 19, Chapters 21 – 29

Chapter 19 Students with Acute Illness and Injury

Chapter 21 Students with Chronic Conditions

Chapter 22 Students with Allergies

Chapter 23 Students with Chronic Respiratory Illnesses

Chapter 24 Students with ADHD and Specific Learning Disorders

Chapter 25 Students with Diabetes

Chapter 26 Students with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Chapter 27 Students Who Are Overweight

Chapter 28 Students with Seizures and Epilepsy

Chapter 29 Students with Other Chronic Conditions

Here are a few more multiple-choice test-taking strategies taken from 11 Test Taking Tips & Strategies For Nurses * Nurseslabs :

5. Identify Similar Options

When an item contains two or more options that are similar in meaning, the successful test taker knows that all are correct, in which case it is a poor question, or that none is correct, which is more likely to be the case. The correct option usually will either include all the similar options or exclude them entirely. For example:

When teaching newly diagnosed diabetic clients about their condition, it is important for the nurse to focus on:

1. Dietary modifications
2. Use of sugar substitutes
3. Their present understanding of diabetes
4. Use of diabetic nutritional exchange lists

Options 1, 2, and 4 deal only with the diabetic diet, involving no other aspect of diabetic teaching; it is impossible to select the most correct option because each represents equally plausible, though limited, answers to the question. Option 3 is the best choice because it is most complete and allows the other three options to be excluded. As another example:

A child's intelligence is influenced by:

1. A variety of factors
2. Socioeconomic factors
3. Heredity and environment
4. Environment and experience

The most correct answer is option 1. It includes the material covered by the other options, eliminating the need for an impossible choice, since each of the other options is only partially correct.

6. Identify Answer (Option) Components

When an answer contains two or more parts, you can reduce the number of potentially correct answers by identifying one part as incorrect. For example:

After a cholecystectomy the postoperative diet is usually:

• High fat, low calorie
• High fat, low protein
• Low fat, high calorie
• Low fat, high protein

 You know, for instance, that the diet after cholecystectomy is usually low or moderate in fat, you can eliminate options 1 and 2 from consideration. If you know that the cholecystectomy client usually is overweight, you can eliminate option 3 from consideration. Therefore option 4 is correct.
____________________________________________________________________

Don't forget to check out NBCSN's other Exam Prep offerings at https://www.nbcsn.org/ncsn/the-exam/exam-prep/ and take advantage of NurseBuilders free Test Taking Strategies Course at https://ecourses.nursebuilders.net/courses/test-taking-techniques-a-guide-for-nursing-certification-exams

Have a great week, and as always, enjoy the process.  Learning or re-learning material serves as a great refresher to elevate our school nursing practice. I look forward to hearing about your progress.