What do I need to know?

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What do I need to know?

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What do I need to know?

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Where can I find this information?

• http//www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mccabes/NR33studyguide
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NR 33 STUDY GUIDELINESputting the pieces
together
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READING STRATEGIES

• Knowledge and comprehension
• Preparation before class
• Study timeline
• Schedule daily study periods onto reading list
• Know how you learn best
• Learner style and limitations
• meet with faculty to discuss strategies
• Rewriting the text as written is not effective
  use of time

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Equipment needed

• References that should be readily available when
  reading the college text
• dictionary
• drug guide
• nursing diagnosis book

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Approach to reading

• scan headings and subheadings before the start of
  reading session
• a heading when turned into a question is answered
  by the list of subheadings
• starting the reading session
• turn the heading into a question
• read the passage to answer the question
• highlight only information that answers the
  question
• repeat for each heading and subheading
• review your reading
• reread the highlighted information
• reading aloud
• reading into a tape recorder
• allows for review at a later time

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Managing information that is not understood

• use of faculty resources
• appointment during office hours
• use of other resources
• patient resources
• learn topics from a patient perspective
• written in simpler language
• education sheets and online information from HON
  sites
• nursing references
• learn topics from other professional sources
• current med/surg nursing texts
• nursing journal articles

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• participation in class
• review handouts prior to class
• seek clarification of information not understood
• submit a question in writing to professor
• debriefment after class
• review of lecture material
• compare lecture material to written references
• approach it slide by slide
• find reference in text book that correlates to
  lecture information
• helps to make connections
• develops use of multiple references

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PREPARING FOR EXAMS

• Confirm your comprehension of material through
  content maps for med/surg topics, procedures or
  skills, and medications.

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Content map for med/surg topics

• definition
• pathophysiology
• incidence and etiology
• clinical manifestations
• lab/diagnostics used to confirm the
  disease/disorder
• collaborative care
• procedures/surgical interventions
• lifestyle modifications
• diet, activity etc
• medications
• Nursing diagnoses/collaborative problems
• nursing interventions
• evaluation of outcomes

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Content Map for procedures/skills

• Focus on the client education for the procedure,
  before, during and afterdefinition
• indications
• preparation
• procedural steps
• complications
• evaluation of client response
• Use content map as a tool to measure recall of
  information that you can explain in your own
  words.
• practice explaining it to a patient
• practice explaining it to a health care
  professional

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Content map for Medications

• What are the indications?
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• What is the therapeutic effect?
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•  What are the side effects?
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• What are the contraindications?
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• What are the patient teaching points/nursing
  considerations?

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WHAT?

• What does the nurse need to know to safely and
  competently give a medication?
• What does the nursing student need to say to the
  client about the medication that makes the client
  feel comfortable taking the medication?

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Medications

• Study them by class
• Review the charts in Iggy
• Be familiar with the medications used in the case
  studies

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Know your test-taking skills

• Test taking strategy software in lab
• Test taking tips chapter in NCLEX review books

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Evaluation of preparation

• Answering practice questions
• Practice question sources
• Website for text
• Self assessment quizzes organized according to
  chapter
• NCLEX review books organized according topic
• NCLEX software in computer lab
• take care of yourself
• rest, diet, exercise, relaxation techniques

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What are the exams like?

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In ONE hour

• 50 multiple-choice questions
• Some are information-based questions
• Others are scenario-based questions
• Asking you to apply the information youve
  learned.

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If it was easy, it wouldnt be nursing!