The NCLEX is designed to test the ability of nurses to use sound judgement. The creators of the NCLEX add a lot of distracting information in their passing level test questions. They do this because they are hoping test takers have the ability to critically think and move past the “traps”. In practice, new nurses will have to make similar judgments when they already have a lot of other distracting priorities. For this reason, the NCLEX places a lot of distracting information to challenge its test takers. In order to know what to watch out for, you must first be able to identify NCLEX Traps to Avoid.
The BEST way to avoid NCLEX Traps is by knowing how to identify them!
Here is a list of the most common NCLEX traps:
