Nursing TEST TAKING STRATEGY I: How to Avoid Reading into the Question

TEST TAKING STRATEGY I: How to Avoid Reading into the Question

How to Avoid Reading into the Question

Read the question and every option thoroughly and carefully. Ask yourself, “ What is the question specifically asking?” Be alert to key words and true and false response questions Eliminate the incorrect options. Use all of your nursing knowledge, your clinical experiences, and your test-taking skills and strategies to answer the question.

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2. Read every word in the question and specifically determine what the question is asking.
3. Focus only on the information in the question and avoid asking yourself, “ Well, what if….?”

4. Look for the key words in the question, such as early signs or late signs.

5. In multiple-choice questions, multiple-response questions, or questions that require you to number in order of priority, read every choice or option presented.

6. Use the process of elimination when choices or options are presented; reread the question and what the question is asking specifically to assist you in determining your final choice or choices.

7. With the question that require you to fill in the blank, focus on the information in the question and determine what the question is asking; if the questions requires you to calculate a medication dose or intake and output amounts, recheck your work in calculating to verify the answer.

8. Remember, focus on the information in the question and specifically what the question is asking.

PRACTICE QUESTION: Avoid Reading into the Question A client with metastatic cancer is receiving a continuous intravenous infusion of morphine sulfate to alleviate pain. The nurse monitors the client for which adverse or toxic effects of the medication? 1. Dizziness 2. Sedation 3. Skeletal muscle flaccidity 4. Nausea Answer: 3 Test-Taking Strategy: Read every word in the question and specifically determine what the question is asking. The question is asking about the adverse or toxic effect of morphine sulfate. Dizziness, sedation, and nausea are side effects of morphine sulphate that the client may experience but are not toxic effects. Remember, focus on the information in the question and what the question is asking.