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NCLEX-RN

Prioritization, safety and the clinical judgement the exam keeps testing.

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Management of care

Prioritization: how to decide who and what comes first

A repeatable order for "first", "priority" and "initial" questions, so you stop choosing the kind answer over the urgent one.

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Physiological adaptation

Chest tubes and water-seal drainage: what is normal and what to do

The three chambers, what bubbling and tidaling mean, and why you never clamp a chest tube to "fix" a leak.

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Arterial blood gases: a three-step method that works every time

Read pH, then PaCO2, then HCO3, match the one that explains the pH, and decide whether the body is compensating. Includes the causes the exam likes.

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Safety and infection control

Isolation precautions: standard, contact, droplet and airborne

Which organism needs which precautions, the room and protective equipment each one needs, and the hand-hygiene exceptions the exam loves.

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Maternal and newborn care

Preeclampsia and magnesium sulfate: what to watch

The signs that separate preeclampsia from severe features, how magnesium sulfate is given, and how to recognize and treat magnesium toxicity.

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Printable cheat sheets

Adult lab values and vital signs: quick sheet

Common adult reference ranges and the therapeutic ranges the exam expects you to know. Ranges vary slightly between laboratories.

Isolation precautions: one-page reference

Which precautions each organism needs, the equipment, and the hand-hygiene exceptions.

Maternal and newborn: quick reference

Third-trimester bleeding, fetal heart rate patterns, and the Apgar score on one page.