Nursing is one of the most important sectors in the healthcare industry. It has grown to be one of the prominent profession in the society. A nurse plays an important role in the development of Healthcare & thus contribute to the whole nation.
In the context of Nepal, The condition of Nursing education is so narrow & pathetic. Many students move to India and other countries for their higher education. This is mainly because of lack of enough colleges, high competition & fees, degraded education system & many more.
But at the end of the day, You need to take the Nursing License test in order to register yourself as a Nurse here.
There are multiple advantages of having this License.
Some of those advantages include:
- 1. You can be recognized as a registered Nurse once you pass the test
- 2. You can apply for the Practice once you are a Licensed Nurse. Otherwise, It’s quite difficult to get job or practice in Nepal without a License
- 3. You can even apply for abroad job or study once you clear the license test.
This year, only 40% of the total enrolled students have been able to clear the License test IN Nepal. This can sound quite dramatic but that’s the truth.
The reasons could be many but some of the considerable reasons are:
- 1. Lack of Practical education.
- 2. Lack of proper resources.
- 3. Poor Guidance
- 4. Lack of Mentorship.
- 5. Variation in the syllabus in case of students studied abroad.
- 6. Tweak in License Exam Module.
- 7. Lack of Consistency & Motivation.
Some Personal negative skills for failure are:
- a) A weak knowledge base,
- b) Poor test-question analyzing skills, and
- c) A cognitive style that tilts more toward global (field-dependent) rather than analytical (field-independent).
Well, You can’t deny the fact that any students who have completed their Nursing education must have gone through years of Study, hard work, pressure, dedication, and dreams.
Each of them has the potentiality to do something but Many of them stuck during the license test these days. Sorry Folks, I am not being Judgemental here but I am just tryna draw your attention towards this issue that many students are facing these days.
First Try is Important
Although you are allowed to take the NNC Examination as many times as you wish, NNC’s statistics also show that difficulties do emerge for nursing candidates who don’t pass the test on their first try.
Out of all those Optimistic nurses who fail the test first time, just over 50% of Nepal educated students succeed on passing when they take the NNC again, and the success rate is even lower for repeat test takers who are educated outside Nepal
As I said, there are multiple reasons behind this but every problem comes with a solution. I Personally think it is not actually that hard, and I wouldn’t recommend stressing out about it. Calm yourself. The NNC is not the make-or-break monster it’s made out to be.
Having this much said, I am gonna share the top 9 Pro tips to prepare for your nursing license exam and bang the test in the very 1st attempt. So, Here’s all you need to prepare for the test:
- 1) Plan a study schedule six months in advance of the NNC exam and organize your study strategy.
- 2) Take one of the commercial Nursing Preparation course and bone up in your weak areas. Study these more carefully.
- 3) Set a timeline for your study.
- 4) Create lists, pictures, diagrams or flash cards of main topics from the outline. Pictures are worth a thousand words when learning the material.
- 5) Answer lots and lots of practice questions (“I had known a nursing teacher that would say that until you’ve answered five-thousand questions then you aren’t yet prepared to take the NNC.”)
- 6) Practice test taking skills by taking online Nursing test questions in the multiple choice format over and over on a computer. If one wants to pass the exam, This step is critical in preparing for the NNC exam. Review the NNC Test Plan, because it shows examples of all the types of multiple-choice questions.
- 7) Always be willing to learn more. Many students think their knowledge base is adequate, only to find during the tutoring process it is not.
- 8) Be Consistent
- 9) During the exam, read the multiple choice question first prior to viewing the answer; then preview the answers and choose your response. Guess if you do not know the answer as no penalty exists. Carefully read the questions as it prevents wrong answers at least.
So, These were the Top 9 Pro tips for preparing your Nursing license tests. Let me know your thoughts about it in the comment section. Your valuable edits & suggestions are always welcome.
Useful Links:
Nursing License Test Preparation: http://hamronib.com/zenith-study-center/
Online Nursing Tests: http://hamronib.com/zenith-nursing-test-selection/
All The Best!
Writer
Jyoti Thakur
BSC Nursing
