Nursing Tips

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Watch out! Extreme words like "always" or "never" may make an otherwise good answer incorrect. It is rare that we always or never do something in nursing!

Extreme Answers

Cathy Parkes

Watch out! Extreme words like "always" or "never" may make an otherwise good answer incorrect.

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Extreme Answers

Cathy Parkes

Watch out! Extreme words like "always" or "never" may make an otherwise good answer incorrect.

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TRUST YOUR GUT! If you had a gut reaction to an answer, don't change it!

Gut Reaction

Cathy Parkes

TRUST YOUR GUT! If you had a gut reaction to an answer, don't change it!

Gut Reaction

Cathy Parkes

TRUST YOUR GUT! If you had a gut reaction to an answer, don't change it!

Stuck on a question? If you can eliminate even one option, you increase your odds of choosing correctly!

Test Taking: Eliminate Options

Cathy Parkes

Stuck on a question? If you can eliminate even one option, you increase your odds of choosing correctly!

Test Taking: Eliminate Options

Cathy Parkes

Stuck on a question? If you can eliminate even one option, you increase your odds of choosing correctly!

Rest is a productive activity. If you are so tired you're reading the same sentence over and over, it may be time to take a break, or get some sleep.

Rest While Studying

Cathy Parkes

Rest is a productive activity.

Rest While Studying

Cathy Parkes

Rest is a productive activity.

Mix up how you consume your content. Rather than just reading the book, use multiple forms of resources to help enhance your understanding of the material!

Resources Mix Up

Cathy Parkes

Mix up how you consume your content.

Resources Mix Up

Cathy Parkes

Mix up how you consume your content.

Look for the "odd man out." If there are three answers that have a lot in common, but one answer is unique, it may be the correct answer!

Odd Man Out

Cathy Parkes

If there are three answers that have a lot in common, but one answer is unique, it may be the correct answer!

Odd Man Out

Cathy Parkes

If there are three answers that have a lot in common, but one answer is unique, it may be the correct answer!

Don't let the test be the first time you're exposed to test material! Practice the art of testing like a nurse by utilizing practice tests.

Practice Tests

Cathy Parkes

Don't let the test be the first time you're exposed to test material!

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Practice Tests

Cathy Parkes

Don't let the test be the first time you're exposed to test material!

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Cramming the night before an exam? STOP! There is nothing you will learn in the hours before your test that would serve you better than a good night's sleep.

Cramming

Cathy Parkes

Cramming the night before an exam? STOP!

Cramming

Cathy Parkes

Cramming the night before an exam? STOP!

If you see two answers that are the exact opposite of one another (e.g. constipation and diarrhea), it is likely that one of those is the correct answer.

Test taking: Opposite answers

Cathy Parkes

If you see two answers that are the exact opposite of one another, it is likely that one of those is the correct answer.

Test taking: Opposite answers

Cathy Parkes

If you see two answers that are the exact opposite of one another, it is likely that one of those is the correct answer.

Tire out easily? Try alternating periods of studying with periods of rest. For example: Study for 25 minutes, break for 5.

Periodic Rest

Cathy Parkes

Tire out easily? Try alternating periods of studying with periods of rest.

Periodic Rest

Cathy Parkes

Tire out easily? Try alternating periods of studying with periods of rest.