CNS Exam Secrets- How to Pass the CNS Test
CNS Exam Secrets Study Guide

CNS Exam Secrets Study Guide

"How to Pass the Adult Health CNS Exam, Child/Adolescent Psych & Mental Health CNS Exam, Gerontological CNS Exam, and Pediatric CNS Exam, using our easy step-by-step CNS Exam study guide, without weeks and months of endless studying..."

Dear Friend,

On a beautiful late spring afternoon, this past year, a young woman received some devastating news. She had just gotten back her CNS test result. It was not what she had hoped for. In fact, it was not even close to her expectations despite her past experience and educational background.

She had failed.

Then she remembered her friends and felt even worse. She did not look forward to having to tell them her embarrassing news, especially after she had boasted that it was no big deal. She had been procrastinating about taking the exam because she hated standardized tests, and this only confirmed her hatred.

"What will I do now?" she thought with dismay, slowly realizing the harsh reality of her predicament and its upsetting implications on her future.

How to Solve the Problem

Unfortunately, this hypothetical situation occurs all the time. Someone thought they were going to breeze through the examination, told all their friends, made plans for their future, and then got an embarrassing reality check from the CNS test.

The Adult Health CNS Exam, Child/Adolescent Psych & Mental Health CNS Exam, Gerontological CNS Exam, and Pediatric CNS Exam is quite simply an objective assessment of a test taker's requisite foundation of knowledge and skills.

CNS test scores are used by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a uniform standard of qualification. While it may not be fair, all of a person's plans for the future may be dependent upon needing a certain CNS test score.

That is the whole purpose of our CNS Exam Secrets study guide: to give test takers the keys to understand how to succeed on the CNS test.

Our Study Guide for the CNS Test Is Unlike Any Other

If you'd like to get the CNS test score you deserve, to quit worrying about whether your CNS test score is "good enough," and to beat the test taking game, then this might be the most important message you read this year.

Our comprehensive CNS test study guide is written by our CNS test experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept you need to know to pass your CNS test. Our original research into the Adult Health CNS Exam, Child/Adolescent Psych & Mental Health CNS Exam, Gerontological CNS Exam, and Pediatric CNS Exam, offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), reveals specific content areas and skills that are critical for you to know on the CNS test. We've taken that information and developed a study guide that is guaranteed to help you be successful on the CNS test.

Our study guides cover these Clinical Nurse Specialist tests:

  • Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Test
  • Child/Adolescent Psych & Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Test
  • Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist Test
  • Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Test

Now, we know you may be skeptical, so let us give you three good reasons we can back up what we claim:

Three Reasons To Believe What We Say

Reason one:

Our company's name is Mometrix Media LLC, and we have a team of standardized test researchers who have worked on developing our CNS test study guide. There are very strict standards for who gets to work on the team- we demand the best for our customers, and only those who met our exacting standards made the cut. Our dedicated research staff have years of combined experience in mastering the content and skills necessary to succeed on the toughest exams.

Reason two:

Some academic studies have revealed that test takers do not really benefit from traditional test preparation. But we knew there had to be a solution- if test takers were not doing well on the CNS tests despite high intelligence, there had to be a set of secret keys to the test that would open the door of success for these test takers.

We believe we have succeeded in finding the secret keys of these exams. What we found was surprising, and in some cases ridiculously simple once explained to the average test taker.

We put our findings together in thorough, concise study guides that we believe allow any test taker, at any skill level, to improve his or her results dramatically with a minimum of effort.

Reason three:

We created these products in part because we were frustrated by the options available to test takers who really wanted to do well on their CNS test.

A common approach is to TEACH the material, instead of TEACHING THE TEST. That's not necessarily good enough for the CNS tests- you have to know how to apply the knowledge. Most test takers already have a general knowledge of what will be covered on the exam.

One reason some test takers do well on test day is that they have made the critical connection between the material they learned and how to use that material to succeed on their CNS test.

Our guides address the difference between merely knowing the material and knowing how to use the material to perform on test day.

You're going to save time, money, and aggravation. You'll learn to avoid the mistakes and bad strategies that you've been vulnerable to. Just for starters, here are some ways our products can help your CNS test score...

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  • Get quick, customized help for any questions you have- just send us a quick email and we'll get back to you promptly with an answer.
  • Details the EXACT STUDY PLAN for your CNS test that we believe gives the most results in the least time- No matter if you're studying for a week or a month, you won't waste your time on useless activities
  • Our researchers are more than just academic theoreticians who understand the technical nature of standardized tests, but are also experts on test taking itself- they reveal the exact skills and information you'll need to perform under pressure on test day.
  • A systematic analysis and breakdown into "plain language" of how to deconstruct and master each problem- You turn problems that most test takers stumble over to your advantage
  • Learn why, when, and how to guess to your advantage
  • Includes detailed instructions on how to get started so you can begin improving your scores immediately
  • Our most efficient and accurate method for picking the right answer every time- You won't be scratching your head trying to read the mind of the question writer, but will instead know exactly what to look for to pick the best answer
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  • Our research is 100% independent and original
  • Our exclusive "calibration strategy" to help you never go too fast OR too slow when answering questions
  • Our 5-step process that uses a "phased" approach to the use of study aids and practice tests
  • How procrastination can kill your chance of success, and what to do about it
  • How to know when you've studied as much as you need to- and why we think some people should spend LESS time studying
  • The Top 20 things you should take care of within 24 hours of your test- use this list as a checklist to make sure you've taken care of the "little things" in addition to studying hard
  • How to predict the right answer before you see the answer choices- and how to prevent wrong answers from "polluting" your mind and tempting you into a trap designed by the test writers
  • Why answers that "sound" correct are often wrong- and how to tell the difference between right answers and clever-sounding traps
  • Our "benchmark" method for deciding which answer choice to pick
  • How random bits of information often "give away" the right answer in questions
  • How to "milk the question" for clues to the right answer even if you have no idea what it is asking about
  • How to avoid panicking when you don't know the answer to a question- we offer a systematic method that will serve as a "lifeline" when you need help
  • What to do about tough questions that you have no clue how to answer- don't just give up, use our advice to make sure you give yourself the best chance of getting the right answer
  • How to use our brainstorming method to get "inside the question" and reveal hard-to-find clues and things you didn't realize you knew
  • Do you know what a "hedge phrase" is? Learn why looking for these key "weasel words" can help identify correct answers
  • Why "new information" in answer choices almost always means that the answer choice is wrong- and how to avoid this trick planted by clever test writers
  • Learn to avoid this time-draining mistake on tests- why technical terms you don't know can be a major stumbling block and waste precious time, and how to work around them
  • The secret to using contextual clues to make important distinctions between right and wrong answer choices
  • Two situations where you should NOT check your answers thoroughly
  • How to avoid careless mistakes by using our quick "double check" system that will more than pay for itself relative to the time it will take you
  • Test writers will often quote directly from the question in an answer- learn whether this is something you should trust or avoid
  • Why "extreme statements" in answer choices are dead giveaways for wrong answers- find out how to detect the subtle differences between reasonable answers and those that are almost always wrong
  • Learn how to group your answer choices into "families" that often narrows down the pool of correct answers- this is a quick way to immediately eliminate one or two answer choices and increase your odds of getting the question right

Now, you're probably wondering how and why we can do all those things.

Let us explain.

Before we go any further, let us clarify what CNS Exam Secrets are not. It is not a stale rehash of all of the things you have already learned.

CNS Exam Secrets are our exclusive collection of tips and information specially selected to give you the best results on your CNS test for the least time spent studying. It's written in everyday language and is easy to use.

We cover the 5 essential skills necessary to do well on the CNS tests, plus comprehensive reviews covering all the essential test sections individually.

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Warning: Always Look for These 6 Criteria

There is a lot of confusion surrounding studying for CNS tests, and standardized tests in general. In our opinion, these are the 6 criteria you should always look for in a study guide for your CNS test:

One: It must be written by writers who have painstakingly researched the topics and concepts needed to succeed on the CNS tests. The blind cannot hope to lead the blind.

Two: It must be written in easy-to-use everyday language so all test takers can access the information.

Three: It should be to-the-point, with no fluff to distract the test taker from the truly important information.

Four: It must address the test first, the material second. If the material was the only thing that was important, then every test taker that understood the material should get a perfect score- that doesn't happen because there's a difference between simply knowing what's on the test and test performance. You want a study guide to close that gap.

Five: It must motivate the test taker to actually study. If it's hard to read, studying is slow and painful, and will produce meager results.

Six: The guide must be guaranteed- if you don't pass with flying colors, you get your money back- no questions asked.

You get at least 10 times your money's worth!

When you consider what's at stake with your exam, we believe the value of our study guide gives you at least ten times your money's worth.

In summary, here's what you get:

When you buy CNS Exam Secrets, it includes-

The 5 Secret Keys to CNS Test Success:

  • Time is Your Greatest Enemy
  • Guessing is Not Guesswork
  • Practice Smarter, Not Harder
  • Prepare, Don't Procrastinate
  • Test Yourself

A comprehensive General Strategy review including:

  • Make Predictions
  • Answer the Question
  • Benchmark
  • Valid Information
  • Avoid "Fact Traps"
  • Milk the Question
  • The Trap of Familiarity
  • Eliminate Answers
  • Tough Questions
  • Brainstorm
  • Read Carefully
  • Face Value
  • Prefixes
  • Hedge Phrases
  • Switchback Words
  • New Information
  • Time Management
  • Contextual Clues
  • Don't Panic
  • Pace Yourself
  • Answer Selection
  • Check Your Work
  • Beware of Directly Quoted Answers
  • Slang
  • Extreme Statements
  • Answer Choice Families

Click below to see just a small sampling of the topics covered by our study guide:

Adult Health CNS Exam Topics

  • Nursing Process Theory
  • Philosophy of Human Caring
  • Stress Appraisal and Coping Theory
  • Health Belief Model
  • Theory of Reasoned Action
  • Family Systems Theory
  • Cardiovascular Conditioning
  • Endurance Training
  • Kegel Exercises
  • Hospice Care
  • Mental Aerobics
  • International Patient Safety Goals
  • Sun Exposure
  • Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale
  • CAGE Tool
  • Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale
  • Geriatric Depression Scale
  • Barthel Index of ADLS
  • Confusion Assessment Method
  • Influenza Vaccine
  • Herpes Zoster Vaccine
  • Colorectal Screening
  • Diabetic Foot Ulcers Screening
  • Prostate Cancer Screening
  • Cervical Cancer Screening
  • Emergency Contraception
  • Nurse Practice Act
  • Malpractice
  • Palliative Care
  • Barcode Medication Administration
  • Electronic Medical Record
  • Computerized Charting
  • Rehabilitative Care
  • Total-Person Systems Model
  • General Theory of Nursing
  • Assisted Living Facilities
  • Adult Day Care
  • Bioethics
  • Americans With Disabilities Act
  • Benchmarks
  • Organ Donation
  • Xerox 10-Step Benchmarking Model
  • Contingency Theory
  • Osteoporosis Screening
  • Tracking and Trending
  • Medicare
  • Peplau
  • Science of Unitary Human Beings
  • Medicaid
  • 5 Rights of Delegation

Child/Adolescent Psych & Mental Health CNS Exam Topics

  • Clinical Mental Health Screening
  • Perceptions
  • Cognition
  • Behavioral Assessment
  • Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires
  • Child Behavior Checklist
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Neuroimaging
  • Behavioral Therapy
  • Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale
  • Clinical Global Impressions Scale
  • Psychotherapy
  • Attachment Therapy
  • Freud’s Psychoanalytical Theory
  • Erikson’s Theory of Development
  • Nursing Process
  • Vital Signs Assessment
  • Cardiovascular Assessment
  • Neurological Examination
  • Mini-Mental State Exam
  • Casey’s Model of Nursing
  • Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns
  • Hildegard Peplau’s Nursing Theory
  • Tidal Psychiatric Nursing Model
  • Algorithms
  • Psychopharmaceutical
  • Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Evidence Based Medicine
  • Therapeutic Compliance
  • Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
  • Comorbidities
  • Maladaptive Overt Aggression
  • Bipolar Disorders
  • Childhood Schizophrenia
  • Autism
  • Eating Disorders
  • Spheres Of Influence
  • Spacanio’s Seven Core Competencies
  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • Nonverbal Communication
  • Therapeutic Nursing Relationship
  • Hallucinations
  • Anticipatory Guidance
  • Crowd Psychology
  • Emotional Contagion
  • Collective Effervescence
  • Language Assistance Program
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Johari Window Model

Gerontological CNS Exam Topics

  • Psychosocial Development
  • Theory of Development
  • Hierarchy of Needs
  • Autoimmune Theory of Aging
  • Carl Jung’s Theory of Individualism
  • Hypotension
  • Potassium-Sparing Diuretics
  • Chronic Heart Failure
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Aldosterone Agonists
  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Sinus Arrhythmia
  • Adult Day Care
  • Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD)
  • Tuberculosis
  • Antimycobacterials
  • Dysphagia
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
  • Hiatal Hernias
  • Compensated Cirrhosis
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Chronic Bronchitis
  • Free-Radical Theory of Aging
  • Mobility Issues
  • Musculoskeletal Deformities
  • Hyperglycemia
  • Thermoregulation
  • Thyrotoxic Storm
  • Metabolic Acidosis
  • Dehydration
  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Hypertension
  • Hemorrhagic Stroke
  • Schizophrenia
  • Pressure Ulcers
  • Herpes Zoster
  • Cataracts
  • Macular Degeneration
  • Stress Theory of Aging
  • Glaucoma
  • Polypharmacy
  • Confidentiality
  • Dysarthria
  • Home Health Agencies
  • Rehabilitation Centers
  • Hospice Care
  • Palliative Care
  • Learning Styles
  • Informed Consent

Pediatric CNS Exam Topics

  • Child Abuse
  • Neonate/Infant Pain Scale
  • Advanced Dementia Scale
  • Muscle Strength
  • Gross Motor Abilities
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Cranial Nerve Assessment
  • Neurological Motor Testing
  • Peripheral Nerve Assessment
  • Radial Nerves
  • Cerebellar Function
  • Dietary Deficiencies
  • Scoliosis
  • Blood Pressure
  • Extraocular Movements
  • Restraints
  • Murry Bowen’s Family Systems Theory
  • Resiliency Theory
  • Stress Appraisal
  • Coping Theory
  • John B. Watson’s Theory Of Behaviorism
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Sleep Patterns for Infants
  • Maturity Assessment
  • Communication
  • Florence Nightingale
  • P. Benner’s Stages of Clinical Competence
  • Coercion
  • Critical Thinking
  • International Patient Safety Goals
  • Problem-Based Assessment
  • Hmong Patients
  • Leadership Styles
  • Laissez-Faire
  • Decision-Making
  • Accountability
  • Synergy Model
  • Prioritization Matrix
  • Financial Management
  • Plan-Do-Check-Act
  • Negotiation
  • Leadership
  • Strategic Quality Planning
  • Principles of Consultation
  • Root-Cause Analysis
  • Synergy Model
  • Transtheoretical Model
  • Process Improvement Model

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