Practicing Strategies While You

Study for NCLEX OR HESI

TIP: EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, PRACTICE WHAT WORKS FOR YOU AND STICK WITH
IT.

TIP: NCLEX WILL TEST ON CRITICAL THINKING NOT CONTENT! YOU NEED
STRATEGIES

~FOR QUESTIONS YOU ARE STUCK ON~

1. READ SCENARIO AND IDENTIFY WHAT THE QUESTION IS ASKING YOU.
2. GO BACK AND PICK OUT KEY WORDS IN THE SCENARIO AND ANSWER CHOICES
3. PROCESS OF ELIMNIATE
4. THINK EXPECTED OUTCOME (WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THIS PATIENT IF I DO THIS
INTERVENTION)

MUST DO THESE STEPS FIRST!!!

*EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO GET DOWN TO THE LAST TWO BUT HOW DO YOU
CHOOSE WHICH ONE? YOUR KEYWORDS AND TIPS AND TRICKS!!!!!

WHY DID I GET THIS QUESTION WRONG?

 Make sure you are figuring out what the question is asking you. (IMPORTANT)
 Slow down and pace yourself thinking through questions but not adding, assuming, or
subtracting, this helps train your critical thinking skills. (IMPORTANT)
 The easiest strategy you will do is process of elimination
 Remember and use strategy for questions you don’t know
 Use your intuition to your advantage (first mind, gut feeling, nagging feeling)
 SELECT ALL THAT APPLY-put yourself as the nurse in the scenario, change the answer
choices to statements for true and false method or questions if you agree or disagree.
USE YOUR FIRST MIND, GO WITH YOUR GUT FOR THAT EXTRA ANSWER CHOICE THAT IS
NAGGING YOU.
 Practice that before your test and see if that works for you. Go back and refresh content
on things you don’t get right!!!