SCEN intro and answering strategies

Question 1

after you sign up and pay the fee for the CEN exam, your approval to talke the test is called what

Answer 1

authorization to write

Question 2

after you get your authorization to write, how much time do you have to take the test before you forfiet your payment

Answer 2

90 days

Question 3

what is the website you go to to sign up to take the CEN test?

Answer 3

www.pearsonvue,com/bcen/

Question 4

this cirriculum covers a lot of stuff but it will not cover what, because it is already expected that you have enough training in this area

Answer 4

strokes

Question 5

it is recommended that you use other study materials such as these 5 books in order to prepare for the test

Answer 5

Sheheys Emergency care 
TNCC
ENPC 
ACLS
PALS

Question 6

where can you get practice questions for the CEN

Answer 6

the ENA journal of Emergency Nursing, or JEN

you can also download older copies for free

Question 7

if you are getting __% of the questions on the pratice exam correct, it is a good indication that you are ready to test

Answer 7

75

Question 8

another resource of free questions can be found at the Solhiem Facebook page that shows up in the search engine as what

Answer 8

ConferenceRoomE

Question 9

the blueprint for the test was made in 2016 and is supposed to be good for about how long

Answer 9

5 years

you can look the blueprint up on the BCEN website

Question 10

out of the __ questions on the exam, only __ are actually graded

Answer 10

175

150

Question 11

you will have __ minutes, or __ hours to take the exam

Answer 11

180
3
at 180 minutes the computer will shut off and the questions you won’t be graded on the ones you didn’t finish

Question 12

true or false

if you get stuck on a question you can skip it and go back later

Answer 12

true

but you might have to do a lot of scrolling

Question 13

once you have rad a question, what should you do before you read the answers

Answer 13

try to answer it in your head before before you read the answer choices

Question 14

true or false

you will be expected to know signs, such as Murphy’s sign, Cullen’s sign, and Battles sign for the test

Answer 14

false

but it is still good to know them as the psychomotor implications could be described in the test

Question 15

these diagnoses are not on the exam

Answer 15

nursing diagnoses

because they are bullshit and everyone freakin knows it

Question 16

if you read a question and you find yourself asking yourself this, then you are reading too far into the question

Answer 16

“what if”

there should be no “what ifs” to be asked and all of the pertainent information should be given in the question

Question 17

another group of videos on youtube can be found under the name

Answer 17

Boswell