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Secrets of the CWS Exam Study Guide

Includes CWS Practice Test Questions

"How to Pass the Certified Wound Specialist (CWS) Examination, using our easy step-by-step CWS test study guide, without weeks and months of endless studying..."

Dear Friend,

On a beautiful late spring afternoon, this past year, a young woman received the devastating news. She had just gotten back her result on the CWS test. It was not what she had hoped for. In fact, it was not even close to the expectations she had considering 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 the 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 CWS test.

The Certified Wound Specialist (CWS) Examination is quite simply an objective assessment of a test taker's requisite foundation of knowledge and skills.

CWS test scores are used by the American Academy of Wound Management (AAWM) 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 CWS test score.

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

Our Study Guide for the CWS Test Is Unlike Any Other

If you'd like to get the CWS test score you deserve, to quit worrying about whether your score on the CWS test is "good enough," and to beat the test taking game so you can become a Certified Wound Specialist (CWS), then this might be the most important message you read this year.

Our comprehensive study guide for the CWS test is written by our CWS test experts, who painstakingly researched the topics and the concepts that you need to know to do your best on the CWS test. Our original research into the Certified Wound Specialist (CWS) Examination, offered by the American Academy of Wound Management (AAWM), reveals the specific content areas and the essential skills that are critical for you to know on the CWS test. We've taken the information and developed a study guide that is guaranteed to help you be successful on the CWS test.

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

The Three Reasons To Believe What We Say

The First Reason:

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

The Second Reason:

Some academic studies have revealed that test takers do not really benefit from the traditional test preparation process. But we knew there had to be a solution- if test takers were not doing well on the CWS test 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 the exam. What we found was surprising, and in some cases ridiculously simple once explained to the average test taker.

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

The Third Reason:

We created the product in part because we were frustrated by the options available to test takers who really wanted to do well on the CWS test.

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

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

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

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Keys to questions that "give away" the wrong (or right) answers- You get credit for some of the questions without really even knowing anything about them
Get quick, customized help for the questions you have- just send us a quick email and we'll get back to you promptly with the answer.
Details the EXACT STUDY PLAN for the CWS 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 the precious study time you have 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 the information you'll need to perform under pressure during the test.
A systematic analysis and the best breakdown into "plain language" of how to deconstruct and master the toughest problems- You turn the problems that most of the test takers will stumble over to your advantage
Learn why, when, and how to guess to your advantage. Many test takers use exactly the wrong strategy, but you can avoid the pitfalls with the help of our standardized test experts
Includes instructions detailing the best way for you to get started with your preparation efforts so you can begin the path of improving your scores immediately
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The research of our team of test experts is 100% independent and original
Our exclusive "calibration strategy" to help you never go too fast OR too slow when answering even the toughest questions
The 5-step process we've developed, what we call the "phased" approach, concerning the use of the various study aids and practice tests
How the problem of procrastination can kill your chance of success, and the most important thing you can do about it
How to know when you've studied as much as you need to for the exam- and the reason why we think some people should spend LESS time studying for the test
The Top 20 things you should take care of within 24 hours of taking the test- use the list we provide 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 the wrong answers from "polluting" your mind and tempting you into a trap designed by the test writers
Why answers that "sound" correct are often the very ones that are wrong- and how to tell the difference between the right answer and the many clever-sounding traps set for you by the test writers
Our "benchmark" method for deciding which of the answer choices you should pick
How some of the random bits of information in a question often "give away" the right answer choice
How to "milk the question" for clues to the right answer even if you have no idea what the question 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 the "lifeline" you need to minimize the time wasted on the test questions that leave you stumped
What to do about the tough questions that you have no clue how to answer- don't just give up, use the advice we offer 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 the hard-to-find clues and some of the subtle things you didn't realize you knew
Do you know what a "hedge phrase" is? Learn why looking for the key "weasel words" in the question can help identify the correct answer
Why "new information" in the answer choices almost always means that the answer choice is wrong- and the way to avoid this trick planted by the clever test writers
Learn to avoid this time-draining mistake on the test - why the technical terms you don't know can be a major stumbling block and waste precious time, and the way that you can work around them
The secret to using the contextual clues in the questions and the answer choices to make important distinctions between the right and the wrong answer choices
The two situations where you should NOT check your answers thoroughly
How to avoid careless mistakes by using the quick "double check" system. It 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 the answer choices are dead giveaways for wrong answers- find out how to detect the subtle differences between reasonable answers and the answers 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 of the answer choices and increase your odds of getting the question right

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

Let us explain.

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

Secrets of the CWS Exam is our exclusive collection of the tips and the information that we have specially selected to give you the best results on the CWS 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 CWS test, plus comprehensive reviews covering all the essential test areas individually.

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Warning: Always Look for These 6 Criteria

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

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

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

Three: The guide must be to-the-point, with no fluff to distract the test taker from the truly important information.

Four: The guide 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 the way you perform on the test. You want a study guide to close that gap.

Five: The guide must motivate the test taker to actually study for the exam. If the guide is hard to read, the time spent studying will be slow and painful, and the results will be meager.

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When you consider what's at stake with the 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 Secrets of the CWS Exam, it includes-

The 5 Secret Keys to CWS Exam Success:

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

The 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

Comprehensive sections including:

Epidermis
Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin
Nutritional Assessment
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Triceps Skinfold Thickness (TST)
Classification of Wounds
Assessment for Pain
Patient Goals and Factors Affecting Care
Diagnostic Testing
Minimize Risk of Infection
Dressings
Debridement
Wound Culture
Different Types of Pain
Pharmacologic Treatment
Control Risk Factor
Management of Nutritional Factors
Assessment of Pressure Ulcers
Braden Scale
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
Measures to Reduce Ulcers
Assessment of Lower Extremities
Types of Edema
Extremity Neuropathic Disease (LEND)
Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Wagner Ulcer Classification System
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI)
Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI)
Toe-Brachial Index (TBI)
Intermittent Pneumatic (Dynamic) Compression (IPC)
Static Compression Therapy
Perfusion
Arterial Insufficiency
Charcot's Arthropathy (Charcot's foot)
Traumatic Wounds
Treatment for Atypical Ulcerations
Other Types of Wounds

A complete set of CWS Practice Test Questions

plus all of the other special tips and secrets we have included to help you prepare for the exam...

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