Pain meds is considered a fundamental topic since it doesn’t matter what entry level nursing field you go into, you will have to give pain meds and pain meds can be on the NCLEX! It’s a hot topic! Ouch! Hot! Examples include: Nurses don’t have all day to look up content about pain meds. We […] The post Pain Meds on the NCLEX appeared first on The NCLEX Tutor ..read more

Rh Immune globulin is a medication given to a pregnant woman who has Rh negative blood. Rhogam prevents the Rh negative women from making antibodies that could destroy the RBCs of a Rh positive fetus. Rhogam is basically a protein (or antigen) that tells the immune system to not make antibodies. The main thing to […] The post Rh Immune Globulin (RhoGAM) on the NCLEX appeared first on The NCLEX Tutor ..read more

Nursing.com is a popular resource to use for Nursing school. I did one SIMCLEX, watched 4 content review videos, did 100 questions from their q-bank and did two 10-question quizzes. I spend $49 for one month. I had several students using it for NCLEX prep and I wanted to find out if was good specifically […] The post Nursing.com Review: Pros, Cons, My Scores and Tips appeared first on The NCLEX Tutor ..read more

We tutor a lot of students at The NCLEX Tutor, and we’ve been noticing some mistakes they are doing when doing NCLEX Practice Questions. Here’s the top 5! Mistake #1: Forgetting about your specific patient When doing case study questions, students will sometimes forget that the question they are doing is actually referring to all […] The post 5 Mistakes Nursing Students Make When Doing NCLEX Practice Questions appeared first on The NCLEX Tutor ..read more

APGAR is on the NCLEX and it is what maternity nurses use to assess a newborn body. Most of our nursing students come to us confused on how to use it. Someone came up with a clever acronym to remember the 5 things you need to assess. It’s super easy to remember! A stands for […] The post APGAR on the NCLEX appeared first on The NCLEX Tutor ..read more

Case study NGN NCLEX questions are a common type of NCLEX question. Case studies include all parts of the nursing process (AKA clinical judgement model) and are a great way to test your nursing knowledge. The main things to know about a case study question are: A case study will start off by giving some […] The post How to Answer a Case Study NGN NCLEX Question appeared first on The NCLEX Tutor ..read more

Bowtie NGN NCLEX questions are a common type of new NGN stand alone question. They include several parts of the nursing process and are a great way to test your knowledge and clinical nursing judgment. The main things to know about a bowtie question are: A bowtie question looks like this: If you want to […] The post How to Answer a Bowtie NGN NCLEX Question appeared first on The NCLEX Tutor ..read more

Updates! Students Pass Next Gen NCLEX Getting prepared to tutor these students was no easy task. I (Justine) had to update all of the sets of practice questions we do with our students. I added the new NGN items: case studies and stand alones to each set of questions. Plus we have 3 readiness tests […] The post The NCLEX® Tutor Newsletter August 2023 appeared first on The NCLEX Tutor ..read more

Let’s talk about the NCLEX Conference Updates for 2022. The biggest topic, by far, was the NCLEX Next Generation exam that will be rolled out in April 2023. The main topics discussed were: 2021 Practice Analysis The practice analysis is done every few years. You can review it here. There is an expert panel of […] The post NCLEX Conference Updates 2022 appeared first on The NCLEX Tutor ..read more

Don’t think that just because you got the question wrong that it had to be you! There are poorly written NCLEX-style questions out there! If you think you are right and that the rationale seems a bit of a stretch, you are probably right. Don’t let some of these bad questions ruin your confidence. No […] The post Poorly Written NCLEX-style Questions (with examples) appeared first on The NCLEX Tutor ..read more