Kaplan review course notes

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Kaplan’s 3 phases of preparationPhase 1: contentPhase 2: attending class / learning the Decision Tree and critical

thinkingPhase 3: Mastery and practice of NCLEX-style

questions

*TA Angela, RN :Rekap Welcome to NCLEX tab-Content

Review Guide-Study guide to download and print-“Watch Me” video series-“Decision Tree” micro-learning series- Strategy Tools to download and print-Test reflection worksheet to download and print.

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Phase 1Diagnostic Test, Question

Trainers 1-3, Content review (flashcard tab, content library, Channel)

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Phase 2-Live Prep Course, NCLEX

Practice Test, Roadmap to Success-Lessons on Demand (pre-recorded sessions of all the live class sessions)

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Phase 3-Now it is time to design

your study plan: Complete Question Trainers 4-7, Qbank

questions, Sample Tests, and Readiness Test

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap NCLEX-RN test plan-8 testing

categories-Big 3: Management of Care, Pharmacological

and Parenteral Therapies, Physiological Adaptation

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Managing the Test

ExperiencePearson Testing Centers:

https://www.nclex.com/register.htmNCSBN: www.nclex.com

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap NCLEX-RN Facts85-150

questions5 hr maximum time15 unscored, experimental questions randomly distributed in the first 85

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Scoring on the NCLEX-RN®

ExaminationFor a complete explanation of NCLEX

scoring, watch the video “Watch Me: Inside the NCLEX

Scoring” on your student website under “Test-taking

Strategies: Decision Tree”

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap 3 Steps in Critical ThinkingStep

One: TopicStep Two: StrategyStep Three: Outcome *TA Angela, RN :TIP: Time frames are HUGE in NCLEX world. The first 24 hours after a procedure, we are looking for a possible complication....ABC's !! 24 to 48 hours after a procedure, we are looking at the inflammatory process. Totally expected to have increased pain, swelling, temp, and WBC. 36 to 72 hours after a procedure we are looking for infection!!*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Step 2: StrategyEvery question is either a priority question or an evaluation question.*TA Angela, RN :Priority Question: a priority question will

have a “priority” word in the stem, such as: most, best,

first, next, initial, immediate.*TA Angela, RN :Evaluation Question: asks you to discriminate if an answer is right/wrong, true/false.Evaluation questions may also ask you to use tips or key principles as evaluation criteria (room assignments, risk, staffing assignments, and communicating effectively).

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Immediate Action Dyspnea

Question: A vs. IStrategy tip: You do not need an assessment that you already have in the stem.

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap PainPain is generally psychosocial

on the NCLEX such as expected pain, chronic pain, nagging pain.Pain is physical when it is life or limb

threatening. Think PAIN:P – presents due to ischemiaA & I

– acute and intense and can lead to shockN – not relieved with treatment

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Step 3 OutcomesThe correct

answer will always relate to the topic.

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Best response, elevated blood

glucose in the mornings Question: A vs. IContent

connection:Somogyi effect: blood glucose level drops during the night → rebound hyperglycemia in the

morning.Dawn phenomenon: blood glucose level rises

during the night → continued hyperglycemia in the morning.*TA Angela, RN :Erikson's ages: Newborn birth to 30 days. Infant is birth-1. Toddler 1-3; Preschool 3-5. School age 6-12; adolescent 12-18. Young adult 19-40; Middle adult 40-65. Older adult 65+.

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy

Question: Physical vs. PsychosocialStrategy tip: Expected pain is considered psychosocial.

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy

Question: Step 3 OutcomesStrategy tip: respiratory therapy is a vague answer. Avoid vague answers on the

NCLEX.Strategy tip: circulation problem → circulation

answer.

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Strategy - Priority Question -

Priority Client BranchPriority Question – Priority Client

Branch: question is about more than one client. Topic is

“who is most unstable.” Refer to Priority Client Strategy Tool.*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Most unstable clientStrategy tip: An unstable airway always takes priority.

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Evaluation StrategiesEvaluation

Questions have 3 branches: Alternate strategies, Scope

of Practice, and Therapeutic Communication.

*TA Angela, RN :ReKap Alternate Strategy BranchLooking

for something right/true/normal: Look for “teaching is

successful,” “the nurse expects to see,” “should include,” “indicates understanding.”Looking for something

wrong/false/abnormal: Look for “requires an

intervention,” “concerns the nurse,” “should question,” “further teaching required/necessary,” “requires follow- up,” “considered negligent.”

ReKap IntroBasic Care and Comfort accounts for 9% of the NCLEX® and is covered in chapter 6 of the Content Review Guide.

*TA Angela, RN:Rekap Think Like a NurseOrganize diets

into a chart format. List client condition, diet type, healthy selections, and unhealthy selections.*TA Angela, RN:Strategy tip: SATA questions are always evaluation questions.*TA Angela, RN:Content connection: Lacto-vegetarian: lacto = dairy. We would include dairy with this vegetarian

diet. Other examples: ovo = eggs, pesco = fish.

*TA Angela, RN:Maintain straight alignment, weights

should hang free, maintain position for countertraction, clean pins 1-2 times/day, inspect skin for breakdown. Go

to the channel, under Musculoskeletal tab: Fractures.

*TA Angela, RN:Strategy tip: Actual problems take priority over potential problems.*TA Angela, RN:Content connection: 150 mL per hour of urine output = 3600 mL per 24 hours.*TA Angela, RN:Strategy tip: If the topic is unclear, peek at answers.*TA Angela, RN:Content connection: Clients with terminal cancer often experience chronic pain.*TA Angela, RN:Strategy tip: Need baseline data - good assessment to define the client’s clinical concern.*TA Angela, RN:Content connection: “Hips don’t lie. 90° is too high.” *TA Angela, RN:Strategy tip: SATA means any number of answer choices can be correct, including just one or all of them.*TA Angela, RN:Strategy tip: Acute confusion–consider hypoxia.*TA Angela, RN:Content connection: Long bone fracture increases the risk for fat embolism syndrome.*TA Angela, RN:Content connection: Internal radiation implant is sealed radiation. Always consider Time, Distance, and Shielding when working with clients with radiation.*TA Angela, RN:Content connection: 1 oz = 30 mL; 1 cup =

• oz; 8 oz = 240 mL.

*TA Angela, RN:Channel video: Check out the channel,

under Renal/Urological Tab: Acute Kidney Injury vs.

Chronic Kidney Disease presentation.

*TA Angela, RN:Pharmacological and Parenteral Care

accounts for 16% of the NCLEX-RN® Examination and is covered in chapter 3 in your Content Review Guide.

*TA Angela, RN:Organize medications into a chart format.

List class, suffix, action, nursing considerations and examples. Check out the channel under Pharmacology

tab: How to Study Pharm presentation.

*TA Angela, RN:Follow the round rule in the question. If

the answer is a fraction, use the placeholder 0. If the answer is a whole number, do not use a trailing zero.Math answers do not use a separation comma.