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.
____________________________________________________________________

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.

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

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.

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

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.

Do you have the information for the review e-course you purchased? definitely think I would enjoy listening too. 

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

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.

It's the e-course that's offered by nurse builders. It's under the recommended stuff on NBCSN i believe.

Do you have the information for the review e-course you purchased? definitely think I would enjoy listening too. 

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

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.

Do you have the information for the review e-course you purchased? definitely think I would enjoy listening too. 

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

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.

Is the content from the book just being read outloud on the e-course? 

Do you have the information for the review e-course you purchased? definitely think I would enjoy listening too. 

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

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.

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

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.

I just purchased this and am thoroughly enjoying it! I love how she has bolded and underlined items that MAY be on the test.. and listening to someone explain it is way easier in my brain that just reading. 

Her quirky humor has had me giggling a few times which always makes learning better.

Here is the link  to the Nurse Builder Course

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

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.

I bought this too and I so agree. I am making flashcards based on what I am seeing. I can listen to it in the car and I have it playing in my clinic when I have a few minutes here and there. I think it will be greatly helpful. It is expensive, but it does have 10 CEUs and that ultimately helped me decide to buy it. I only want to take this test once!!

I just purchased this and am thoroughly enjoying it! I love how she has bolded and underlined items that MAY be on the test.. and listening to someone explain it is way easier in my brain that just reading. 

Her quirky humor has had me giggling a few times which always makes learning better.

Here is the link  to the Nurse Builder Course

------------------------------
Abby Halseth, BSN, RN, PHN, LSN
Licensed School Nurse
Grades 6-12+
North Branch, MN United States

Original Message:
Sent: 02-02-2024 11:15
From: Amber Wood
Subject: Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

------------------------------
Robin Berk
Christina School District
Bear, DE United States

Original Message:
Sent: 02-02-2024 06:00
From: Robin Cogan
Subject: Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group

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.

Hi Crystal! Can you tell me where to find that the course has 10 CEU's? I have been looking for that, but can't seem to find it!!! 

Thank you! 

I bought this too and I so agree. I am making flashcards based on what I am seeing. I can listen to it in the car and I have it playing in my clinic when I have a few minutes here and there. I think it will be greatly helpful. It is expensive, but it does have 10 CEUs and that ultimately helped me decide to buy it. I only want to take this test once!!

I just purchased this and am thoroughly enjoying it! I love how she has bolded and underlined items that MAY be on the test.. and listening to someone explain it is way easier in my brain that just reading. 

Her quirky humor has had me giggling a few times which always makes learning better.

Here is the link  to the Nurse Builder Course

------------------------------
Abby Halseth, BSN, RN, PHN, LSN
Licensed School Nurse
Grades 6-12+
North Branch, MN United States

Original Message:
Sent: 02-02-2024 11:15
From: Amber Wood
Subject: Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

------------------------------
Robin Berk
Christina School District
Bear, DE United States

Original Message:
Sent: 02-02-2024 06:00
From: Robin Cogan
Subject: Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group

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.

Hi Crystal! Can you tell me where to find that the course has 10 CEU's? I have been looking for that, but can't seem to find it!!! 

Thank you! 

I bought this too and I so agree. I am making flashcards based on what I am seeing. I can listen to it in the car and I have it playing in my clinic when I have a few minutes here and there. I think it will be greatly helpful. It is expensive, but it does have 10 CEUs and that ultimately helped me decide to buy it. I only want to take this test once!!

I just purchased this and am thoroughly enjoying it! I love how she has bolded and underlined items that MAY be on the test.. and listening to someone explain it is way easier in my brain that just reading. 

Her quirky humor has had me giggling a few times which always makes learning better.

Here is the link  to the Nurse Builder Course

------------------------------
Abby Halseth, BSN, RN, PHN, LSN
Licensed School Nurse
Grades 6-12+
North Branch, MN United States

Original Message:
Sent: 02-02-2024 11:15
From: Amber Wood
Subject: Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

------------------------------
Robin Berk
Christina School District
Bear, DE United States

Original Message:
Sent: 02-02-2024 06:00
From: Robin Cogan
Subject: Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group

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.

Hi Crystal! Can you tell me where to find that the course has 10 CEU's? I have been looking for that, but can't seem to find it!!! 

Thank you! 

I bought this too and I so agree. I am making flashcards based on what I am seeing. I can listen to it in the car and I have it playing in my clinic when I have a few minutes here and there. I think it will be greatly helpful. It is expensive, but it does have 10 CEUs and that ultimately helped me decide to buy it. I only want to take this test once!!

I just purchased this and am thoroughly enjoying it! I love how she has bolded and underlined items that MAY be on the test.. and listening to someone explain it is way easier in my brain that just reading. 

Her quirky humor has had me giggling a few times which always makes learning better.

Here is the link  to the Nurse Builder Course

------------------------------
Abby Halseth, BSN, RN, PHN, LSN
Licensed School Nurse
Grades 6-12+
North Branch, MN United States

Original Message:
Sent: 02-02-2024 11:15
From: Amber Wood
Subject: Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

------------------------------
Robin Berk
Christina School District
Bear, DE United States

Original Message:
Sent: 02-02-2024 06:00
From: Robin Cogan
Subject: Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group

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.

Kayla, contact your school nurse consultant Marj Cole. I am giving a live certification review course for the Missouri school nurses on the 21st.

Hi Crystal! Can you tell me where to find that the course has 10 CEU's? I have been looking for that, but can't seem to find it!!! 

Thank you! 

I bought this too and I so agree. I am making flashcards based on what I am seeing. I can listen to it in the car and I have it playing in my clinic when I have a few minutes here and there. I think it will be greatly helpful. It is expensive, but it does have 10 CEUs and that ultimately helped me decide to buy it. I only want to take this test once!!

I just purchased this and am thoroughly enjoying it! I love how she has bolded and underlined items that MAY be on the test.. and listening to someone explain it is way easier in my brain that just reading. 

Her quirky humor has had me giggling a few times which always makes learning better.

Here is the link  to the Nurse Builder Course

------------------------------
Abby Halseth, BSN, RN, PHN, LSN
Licensed School Nurse
Grades 6-12+
North Branch, MN United States

Original Message:
Sent: 02-02-2024 11:15
From: Amber Wood
Subject: Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

------------------------------
Robin Berk
Christina School District
Bear, DE United States

Original Message:
Sent: 02-02-2024 06:00
From: Robin Cogan
Subject: Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group

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.

I purchased the review e-course and am finding it extremely beneficial! I do much better listening along with the readings and the way she goes through it all has been awesome!

I wanted your opinion about the online Review Class that you pay for. Do you feel it is beneficial? Also, what about the practice test? If you are going to purchase one, which would you recommend?

------------------------------
Robin Berk
Christina School District
Bear, DE United States

Original Message:
Sent: 02-02-2024 06:00
From: Robin Cogan
Subject: Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group

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.

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.

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.

For the question: 

The role of the school nurse relative to safety would involve: 

Why is A the best answer?

Assessing school environment for safety risk factors and making recommendations.

I'm not understanding the rationale. Answer D - Monitoring Immunization compliance speaks to a healthy school environment too..

Thanks 

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.

For the question: 

The role of the school nurse relative to safety would involve: 

Why is A the best answer?

Assessing school environment for safety risk factors and making recommendations.

I'm not understanding the rationale. Answer D - Monitoring Immunization compliance speaks to a healthy school environment too..

Thanks 

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.

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.

I need help on Cht 4 question 26  Insulin dependant collapses in the hall.  Sitting up when you arrive.  First action is to:  Answer is D Give fast acting carbs.  I answered B Check BG.  Knowing that we don't want to assume anything I wanted to verify the BG was low and not just distracting part of the question.  The rationale just states that the carbs is first but not why checking BG isn't other than after the other measures.  As I have researched, ADA DMMP, CDC, etc and it says to check the BG to know what the value is then give carbs according with rechecking. 

1. If you suspect low blood glucose, check blood glucose!
2. If blood glucose is below ________, follow the plan above. (ADA DMMP)

Typing out loud...If I was thinking too far....like we shouldn't for questions...then I could think the glucometer wasn't there and only the carbs so I should do that or it would take to long to check first or maybe they aren't able to swallow....but at face value I am still concluding the same.  Determine the BG and then take action according.  If the student remained unconcious or not able to swallow then glucagon.  

Can you help with a better rational to this question?  A resource to reference?

Thanks!

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.

I need help on Cht 4 question 26  Insulin dependant collapses in the hall.  Sitting up when you arrive.  First action is to:  Answer is D Give fast acting carbs.  I answered B Check BG.  Knowing that we don't want to assume anything I wanted to verify the BG was low and not just distracting part of the question.  The rationale just states that the carbs is first but not why checking BG isn't other than after the other measures.  As I have researched, ADA DMMP, CDC, etc and it says to check the BG to know what the value is then give carbs according with rechecking. 

1. If you suspect low blood glucose, check blood glucose!
2. If blood glucose is below ________, follow the plan above. (ADA DMMP)

Typing out loud...If I was thinking too far....like we shouldn't for questions...then I could think the glucometer wasn't there and only the carbs so I should do that or it would take to long to check first or maybe they aren't able to swallow....but at face value I am still concluding the same.  Determine the BG and then take action according.  If the student remained unconcious or not able to swallow then glucagon.  

Can you help with a better rational to this question?  A resource to reference?

Thanks!

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Alli Burns RN, BSN
Hailey, ID United States

Original Message:
Sent: 02-02-2024 06:00
From: Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN
Subject: Welcome to Week #4 of our online study group

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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