29 Rules For Thinking Like A Nurse

If you are studying hard and still not performing the way you want on exams, this is why: nobody taught you how nursing school tests actually work.

Read this before your next exam.

Nursing exams test how you think, not just what you know. These 29 Rules teach you how.

"I'm a first-semester nursing student. After scoring a 78% on my first exam, I realized I knew the material but was overthinking nursing-style questions. The 29 Rules helped me recognize habits like adding information that wasn't in the question and changing answers without a concrete reason. I scored a 91.3% on my next exam! I still put in the work to learn and practice the material, but these rules helped me approach questions differently and trust my clinical reasoning." – Erica S.

What's inside:

• How to read the question so you answer what is actually being asked

• The frameworks every priority question is built on: ABCs, Maslow, and why unexpected findings come first

• What the exam rewards vs. what experienced nurses do

• The high-yield details that show up again and again, from digoxin to C. diff

• What to do when you have no idea, and when to trust your gut

• How NGN questions actually work, and the one thing to find first

• Bonus: 5 Dosage Calc Traps That Show Up Every Time, with the logic behind each one

Written by a Neuro ICU nurse who never failed a class and passed the NCLEX in 85 questions on her first try. These rules were built from actual exam questions, my own mistakes, and what I see at the bedside.

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Rooting for you,
Acacia
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The 29 Rules are one piece of the full Exam System inside the Nursing School Survival Guide ($88), which also includes the 10 clinical situation types, 21 medications with hidden traps, and the 5-Step Method for every question.