Well, not quite. It really is all about safety—for the nurse and the patients—for a new nurse’s first year on the floor. “What they are trying to test is what a beginning nurse needs to know, do and feel in order to be safe, and all the questions fall from that,” says Diane M. Billings, EdD, RN, FAAN, author of Lippincott Q&A Review for NCLEX-RN and Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus at Indiana University School of Nursing in Indianapolis.
You know you’re a competent nurse—you’re just not a good test taker. We asked Billings, who is an NCLEX expert and guru to nursing students everywhere, for her best insider advice on approaching the exam and “cracking the code” on test day.
When we discuss students, we always mention their qualities. Those qualities show what they are…
If you or someone you know is juggling mental health issues alongside substance abuse, understanding…
For the last couple of weeks, the Israel-Hamas conflict has taken over the news cycle.…
Our eyes are invaluable, serving as our windows to the world. The ability to see…
Undoubtedly, one of the most demanding and challenging professions is nursing. Nurses work long hours in…
Echocardiography, or echo for short, is a key diagnostic test used by cardiologists to assess…