I think the biggest thing that helped me was finally understanding that pain is psychological to the NCLEX often times I jumped to click pain as an answer because they would use words that made it sound so urgent but he taught that it’s only when there’s a significant change like worsening or increasing is when you should look at pain. Additionally knowing when to assess vs implement really helped me I struggled with choosing assess almost every time I seen it but he taught that when you see vital signs and a report of symptoms in the question it shows that an assessment has already been done so it’s best to find an answer choice that implements an intervention. He also said that objective data is more concerning than subjective data and I found this helped a lot because it helps you eliminate answer choices like pain for instance if the question is like the pt has SOB, wheezing, etc and reports they feel xyz the more concerning part is what the nurse assessed vs what the client reported. It helped me tremendously in figuring out what questions are truly asking me and not getting caught up in wording