Question

The Standards of Practice and NCLEX Style Questions

1. Describe four proven strategies used to answer NCLEX style questions

2. Discuss how the ANA Standards of Practice are tested using the NCLEX style of questions
3. Discuss how patient care needs can be prioritized using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
4. Identify how patient safety is often tested with NCLEX style of questions.
5. Identify NCLEX style of questions that are testing therapeutic communication skills.
6. Discuss how to eliminate options that indicate the use of poor therapeutic communication.
7. Discuss how to identify options that indicate appropriate therapeutic communication.
8. Identify three areas which often cause problems for NCLEX test takers.

Answer 1

Describe four proven strategies used to answer NCLEX style questions

1. Closed ended questions

Avoiding non- therapeutic questions that consider as answer choices is a good strategy of answering

2. Do not worry answers

Skip answer choices that often gives false reassurance. Because it doesn't allow the patient to express their feelings with the nurse

3. Why questions

Avoid answer choices that has 'why' questions. because it may imply disagreement of the clients.

4. Nurse focused answers

Eliminate answer choices deamnd to the focus of comment is on nurse.answers often seen very empathetic but your communication must be patient focused.

Discuss how the ANA Standards of Practice are tested using the NCLEX style of questions

• Management and care
• Safety and infection control
• Promotion of health and maintenance
• Psychosocial integrity
• Physical integrity

Discuss how patient care needs can be prioritized using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

According to Maslow, most basic physiological needs like airway, breathing and circulation, food,water and elimination needs are the priority.

Abraham Maslow's teachings on the hierarchy of needs,humans are motivated by the intrinsic need for self-actualization and associated process.

Nurses may apply Maslow's law in their service of patient care. Each patient's needs must be addressed and met individually in order for them to feel satisfied, cared for and cooperative.