4 Questions Nurses Ask Before Giving NCLEX Exam

Always remember, fortune favors the prepared. Apart from this, there are other points to be taken before you appear for your NCLEX exam. We know, undoubtedly, this exam is the most comprehensive exam that you’ve probably appeared for in your whole life. This exam determines your future in the nursing profession. Therefore, the fear you must be feeling about the exam is justified in its full entirety.

Not to worry, this kind of fear is faced by everyone who is in the same situation as yours. Moreover, many nurses ask questions related to the exam and create some misconceptions about the same.

Down here, we've listed 4 questions nurses ask before giving their NCLEX exam -

Question #1 - Do SATA (select all that apply) kind of questions always have at least two correct answers.

The truth is that the questions that have the option of selecting all that apply as a response to the multiple choices have minimum two correct answers out of the 5 or 6 choice provided.

Question #2 - Is the number of questions the majority of students get 75? 

Many students ask this question. There is no majority or minority group of students. The students appearing for NCLEX-RN do get an average of 119 questions and the students appearing for NCLEX-PN do get an average of 117 questions. This is how the number of items is administrated for each candidate.

Question #3 - If I do not finish the exam before the time runs out, do I ultimately fail the exam? 

The exam is set in a way that the students get sufficient time to cover the exam. So, each candidate is meant to answer at least 60 operational questions to pass the same.

Question #4 - Are candidates randomly selected to receive 265 questions?

No. The candidates are not at all randomly selected to get 265 questions in their NCLEX exam. The questions are distributed in a way that they follow the principles of CAT (Computerized Adaptive Testing). The items, which the candidate gets during the examination, are based on the response he/she gives to the previous items.

Further, the exam ends when it can be easily figured out with 95% confidence whether the person who is sitting for the exam is above or below the passing criteria. However, NCLEX-RN lasts for a maximum time period of 6 hours and NCLEX- PN exam lasts for a maximum time period of 5 hours, regardless the number of items answered.

There are many other questions that the potential candidates ask about, but these questions are asked much more frequently that they needed to be answered correctly. If you too have some queries regarding NCLEX examination, then you can get them answered at http://www.inscol.com and follow the link to explore some helpful NCLEX-RN study tips shared by professional nurses.

Top Five Nursing Jobs with Best Pay Packages

Nurses are tangled in multitudes of practices to provide health care to people suffering from diseases and disabilities, psychological imbalances or any other health problems. Apart from this, clinically trained nurses are needed to assist doctors, physicians, surgeons and other specialty experts in a healthcare setting. With such a huge demand in healthcare industry, nurses ought to look for the best-paid jobs among them. 

Nursing Anesthetist

The top-paying nursing specialty is CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists). Being a nurse anesthetist, you can work in hospitals, surgical suites, dentist offices and plastic surgery centers. Nurse anesthetists are well paid as compared to other nursing specialties, with a median salary of $135,000

To become a certified registered nurse anesthetist, an RN license and good experience in critical care is mandatory along with a two-year education program in anesthesia. Once you complete the program, you also need to have a certification from the NBCRNA (National Board of Certification and Re-certification of Nurse Anesthetists).

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse practitioners are at all times in demand, mainly in primary healthcare facilities as well as to work collaboratively with doctors to provide health care to patients. The area of specialization of nurse practitioners includes women’s health, family care practice & pediatrics in nursing homes and private clinics. According to CNNMoney.com, the Nurse Practitioner Job was ranked the four Best Jobs with a median salary of $78,000. To be a nurse practitioner, a RN license is required, with a Master’s degree.

Dialysis Nurse

Dialysis Nurse is the fastest growing and highly paid specialty in nursing that involves assisting patients who depend on dialysis. Dialysis Nurses work in medical hospitals, emergency care centers and dialysis clinics, enjoy great benefits, and earn competitively. The median salary of a certified Dialysis Nurse is $63,500. 

To be a Dialysis Nurse, RN license and the experience of minimum 2,000 hours in taking care of dialysis and nephrology patients in the previous two years is essential. In order to be a certified Dialysis Nurse, you need to pass an official certification test as well.

Certified Nurse Midwife

A certified nurse midwife is another specialty with high payouts. Being a nurse midwife involves taking care of pregnant women from the initial stage of pregnancy until the birth of the infant. A Certified Nurse Midwife can work in nursing homes, healthcare settings, clinics and communities. Their median salary ranges from $80,000 to $100,000. After successfully completing a nurse-midwifery program along with a master's degree in nursing, you can practice and make a career as a certified nurse midwife.

Pediatric Endocrinology Nurse

Pediatric Endocrinology nurses take care of children suffering from endocrine ailments, which involves instructing patients and their families about food and nutrition, best health practices, possible physical growth and precautions they can take.The median salary of a pediatric endocrinology nurse is $81,000.

You need to be a registered nurse to practice as a pediatric endocrinology nurse and to get a RN license, BSN (Bachelor of Science degree) in nursing is essential. Moreover, a certification or training in endocrinology field is an added advantage and can give brighter career prospects. 

Graduate Diploma in Health Studies – A Career Advancing Path for Filipino Nurses

As per the reports, New Zealand nursing workforce is expected to grow by an impressive 40 per cent in order to meet the projected 15,000 nurse shortfall by 2035.

As stated above, there is a significant shortage of nurses and patient care providers in New Zealand at present, majorly owing to two reasons, such as - rapidly ageing population and lesser number of nursing graduates available in the country today. This gap in resources resulted in myriad career options for nurses and other healthcare professionals across the globe, allowing them to move to a country with flourishing opportunities for registered nurses.

  

This is the right time, if you want to capitalize such possibilities to their fullest and build a career that grows and grows by leaps and bound -

Pursue a Graduate Diploma in Health Studies

INSCOL offers Graduate Diploma in Health Studies especially for internationally educated nurses from Philippines in partnership with Waiariki Institute of Technology, New Zealand.

This advance study course aims to foster an innovative learning environment through intensive research and provide students an insight into the healthcare practices followed in the healthcare industry of New Zealand. Additionally, students attain specialized knowledge on health concerns of Older Adults and Palliative Care.

Job Opportunities and Remuneration

Potential areas of employment in New Zealand after completing the course includes -

• Medical Assistant
• Hospital Administrator Health System Analyst
• Health Promotion Specialist
• Community Development Worker

When it comes to payouts, nurses enjoy high salary packages in New Zealand, such as - the average rate of compensation for a Registered Nurse (RN) is NZ$25.17 per hour. Additionally, registered nurses are also eligible for other benefits and perks, decided and offered by individual healthcare organization.

New Zealand provides an ideal environment to foreign students to have invaluable insight into the different culture that allow them to grow as a person while being part of an invigorating learning environment.

For more information: http://www.philippines.inscolacademy.com/academic-courses/

Exploring Nursing Career – Job Options for Nurses

• As per the survey by HEALTHeCAREERS Network (HeCN), there are over 2.7 million nurses practicing in the healthcare field today. 
• Additionally, survey states, by 2025, the number of nurse practitioners is expected to increase by 57 per cent. 

Globally, there are endless job opportunities in nursing profession and the nurses have ample career options to choose, depending upon their interest. Majority of nurses pursue a certification in their specialty of choice for better opportunities in their nursing career. 

If you are a nurse and wanted to know about top career profiles of licensed and registered nurses, read them below -

 

 Hospital Care –

• After graduating from a nursing school, majority of nurses in Philippines often begin their career, working in hospitals. Their main role involves, taking care of ill patients, these nurses care different types of patients with different diseases, patients who are recovering from serious surgeries.

• These nurses further upgrade their qualification by pursuing a certification as a medical surgical nurse and once employed, prefer to remain in the hospital setting throughout their career. Medical-surgical nurses are considered as jack-of-all-trades as in a hospital setting they learn about variety of illnesses and treat different types of patients with diverse health problems.

Cardiac –

• Cardiac nurses work with both ill and well patients in their nursing career. They deal with different types of heart patients in course of their nursing career. From patients who are recovering from an open heart surgery to patients who have suffered from heart-attacks. Their job role also includes testing patients suffering from cardiac illness or performs regular checkups of patients to diagnose any cardiac disease.

• Cardiac nurses have wide career options; they work in hospitals, clinical settings and outpatient setting.

ICU –

• Intensive Care Unit nurse’s work for critically ill patients. These patients are often going through serious health problems and need intensive care. Nurses working in ICU provide critical treatment and medication along with best possible care.

• After few years of experience in a critical care setting, nurse can pursue a specialization in the field and earn the title CCRN.

Labor & Delivery –

• Labor and delivery nurses help women during childbirth. Their job includes helping women deliver babies; assist with the care of postnatal women and the new born. They teach women how to deal with labor pain, how to take care of the baby and some nurses also help in surgical deliveries and this make them specialists in operating-room care. 

• To earn certification in labor and delivery, several years of experience is required.

INSCOL in collaboration with leading Universities/Colleges in Canada/UK/USA/AUS/NZ offers a wide range of exclusive Nursing Programs in:
Emergency Care, Critical Care, Palliative Care, Coronary Care, Acute Complex Care, Mental Health, Leadership & Management, Gerontology & Chronic Illness, Healthcare & Rehabilitation and BSc/MSc Nursing.

With INSCOL’s vast Alumni base in these countries, student support is readily available at all times for the fresh graduates who are looking for accommodation, work etc.

For more information: http://www.philippines.inscolacademy.com/academic-courses/