Test Taking Strategies
NCLEX
Potpourri
Anticoagulants
Infection Control
100

Inhale and exhale

What is remember to breathe before and during the exam? 

100

The minimum number of questions for the exam

What is 85?

100

Normal range for systolic BP (SBP)

What is 90-120 mmHg? 

100

Lab that monitors warfarin

What is INR?

100

Precautions used for every patient

What are standard precautions?

200

Every 20-25 questions...

What is take a pause and clear your mind, especially if you are feeling frustrated? 

200

The maximum number of questions for the exam.

150

200

The purpose of the "time out" before a surgical procedure

What is verify right patient and right site? 

200

Lab that monitors heparin

What is aPTT? 

200

Sterile or not sterile: a sterile drape that fell below provider's waist

Not sterile
300

The point of restating question in five words is 

What is to identify the topic of the question? 

300

The number of questions not counted (due to the validity of the question being tested)

15

300

Urinary output rate

What is at least 30ml/hr? 

300

Reversal agent for warfarin

What is vitamin K? 

300

Precautions required for dressing change

Contact precautions

400

The concepts that guide setting priorities.

What are ABCs and Maslow's hierarchy?  

400

NCLEX uses this method to determine the type and number of questions you get on your exam. 

What is computerized adaptive testing?

400

Side to position patient during liver biopsy

What is left side, to expose right side? 

400

Reversal agent for heparin

What is protamine sulfate? 

400
Sterile or not sterile: Provider touched sterile drape 3 inches from edge of drape while wearing sterile gloves. 

Sterile

500

The steps in the nursing process

What are assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate?

500

You schedule your NCLEX with this company. 

What is Pearson? 

500
The length of time to clamp NG tube after medication administration.

What is 30-60 minutes? 

500

Reversal agent for apixaban (Eliquis)

What is either andexanet alfa or prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC)? 

500

The difference between droplet and airborne precautions

What is airborne requires negative pressure room?