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Top Ten Test Taking Strategies for 2023 NCLEX-
RN
Use Guidelines for Prioritizing
When a question requires prioritization, all options may be correct and you
need todetermine the correct order of action
• Best
• Essential
• First
• Highest priority
• Immediate
• Vital
• Most important
• Next
• Primary
Guidelines for Prioritizing!
1. ABCs (airway, breathing, and circulation)
2. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory
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3. Steps of the nursing process
• ABC’s
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• Remember the order of priority: airway, breathing, and circulation
• Airway is always the first priority!
The client with a diagnosis of cancer is receiving morphine sulfate for pain.
Whenpreparing the plan of care for the client, the nurse includes which
priority action?
1. Monitor stools
2. Monitor the urine output
3. Encourage the client to cough and deep breath
4. Encourage fluid intake
Second guideline to use for prioritizing:
Physiological needs are the priority. When a physiological need is not
addressed in thequestion or noted in one of the options, continue to use
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory as a guide and look for the option that
addresses safety.
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Top Ten Test Taking Strategies for 2023 NCLEX-
RN
Use Guidelines for Prioritizing
When a question requires prioritization, all options may be correct and you
need todetermine the correct order of action
• Best
• Essential
• First
• Highest priority
• Immediate
• Vital
• Most important
• Next
• Primary
Guidelines for Prioritizing!
1. ABCs (airway, breathing, and circulation)
2. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory
1
,Rn
3. Steps of the nursing process
• ABC’s
2
, Rn
• Remember the order of priority: airway, breathing, and circulation
• Airway is always the first priority!
The client with a diagnosis of cancer is receiving morphine sulfate for pain.
Whenpreparing the plan of care for the client, the nurse includes which
priority action?
1. Monitor stools
2. Monitor the urine output
3. Encourage the client to cough and deep breath
4. Encourage fluid intake
Second guideline to use for prioritizing:
Physiological needs are the priority. When a physiological need is not
addressed in thequestion or noted in one of the options, continue to use
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory as a guide and look for the option that
addresses safety.
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