Comments on: Mental Aerobics

By: Spooky

Spooky — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:02:56 +0000

I didn't study for boards. I figured that if I hadn't learned what I needed to know in nursing school, I wasn't going to learn it in the week before the test (I applied for my ATT right after graduation). It was fine. I had 75 questions.The key is to remember the way the questions work. You get one right, you get a harder one. And another, and another, until you get one wrong. Then you get easier and easier ones until you get one right. Imagine there is a line of knowledge for safe practice. Once you are consistently above that line, you pass, your computer shuts off. If you are hovering near the line you may get all the questions. If you're pretty far below it you fail.That's how it was explained to me, anyway.I look forward to reading your blog!

By: Strong One

Strong One — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:52:10 +0000

@ Mielikke Good point.

By: Strong One

Strong One — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:52:00 +0000

@ Mielikke Good point.

By: mielikki (aka tracit3)

mielikki (aka tracit3) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:19:26 +0000

I did study for boards, but not “nose to the grindstone” study. What I like to tell our new grads is that the boards are for “entry level nurses”. No one expects them to know rocket science immediately…

By: mielikki (aka tracit3)

mielikki (aka tracit3) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:19:00 +0000

By: Strong One

Strong One — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:02:33 +0000

@ Spooky THANKS. And thanks for the input!

By: Strong One

Strong One — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:02:00 +0000

@ Spooky THANKS. And thanks for the input!

By: Spooky

Spooky — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:50:13 +0000

I didn’t study for boards. I figured that if I hadn’t learned what I needed to know in nursing school, I wasn’t going to learn it in the week before the test (I applied for my ATT right after graduation). It was fine. I had 75 questions.
The key is to remember the way the questions work. You get one right, you get a harder one. And another, and another, until you get one wrong. Then you get easier and easier ones until you get one right. Imagine there is a line of knowledge for safe practice. Once you are consistently above that line, you pass, your computer shuts off. If you are hovering near the line you may get all the questions. If you’re pretty far below it you fail.
That’s how it was explained to me, anyway.
I look forward to reading your blog!