When answering a question on the NCLEX examination, the student should consider the cue (the stimulus for a thought) and the inference (the thought) to determine whether the inference is correct. When in doubt, the nurse should select an answer that indicates the need for further information to eliminate ambiguity.
For example, the patient complains of chest pain (the stimulus for the thought) and the nurse infers that the patient is having cardiac pain (the thought).
In this case, the nurse hasn’t confirmed whether the pain is cardiac. It would be more appropriate to make further assessments.
For example, the patient complains of chest pain (the stimulus for the thought) and the nurse infers that the patient is having cardiac pain (the thought).
In this case, the nurse hasn’t confirmed whether the pain is cardiac. It would be more appropriate to make further assessments.
