Objectives
        Discuss the critical elements of test taking skills
        Demonstrate how to analyze nursing questions
        Practice test taking skills (TTS)
        Evaluate the TTS process 
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       In order to choose the right answer;  
                         you must…
     Understand the question
      - Identify the critical elements
     Eliminate the incorrect options
      - This is a critical step
     Use your test taking strategies
         Identify the global response or more comprehensive 
          answer
         Eliminate similar distractors: saying the same thing or 
          about the same thing
         Look for similar words that are 
      included in the scenario or stem
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          Three Test-taking Techniques
   1. Analyze Test Questions
        What is the stem of the question asking?
   2. Interpret Test Questions
        Know the things to look for in each question
   3. Use techniques to eliminate incorrect  
      answers
        Choose the right answer.
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               Three parts of a Test Questions
     1. Introductory Statement
          Gives you information about the problem
     2. Stem
          Ask you to select the correct answer
     3. Four Options
          Includes only one correct answer 
           (usually)
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                 Introductory Statement
     Introductory Statement sets up the scenario. 
      The Stem ask the nurse to solve a specific 
      problem.
     will include:
        Information about the clinical problem
        Clinical data
        nursing topic
        Intervention or disease
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