Setting priorities
Purpose of this sheet: essential nursing framework landmarks a nurse or licensed practical nurse in Quebec should keep in mind for clinical practice and for succeeding on the OIIQ or OIIAQ entry exam. Exam relevance: The OIIQ builds its questions around official frameworks (clinical judgment, competencies, contexts) that are essential to master. — Clinical landmarks — 1. Airway, breathing, circulation 2. Immediate safety: fall, violence, self-harm 3. Physiological needs: pain, elimination, nutrition, sleep 4. Psychosocial needs: anxiety, teaching, grief Between two physiological problems, choose the one that kills faster if untreated. Actual before potential. Unstable before stable. New before known. — Remember — Use this sheet in spaced repetition, pair it with a matching clinical scenario on NursEduc, and always compare values to the person's baseline before drawing conclusions. Keywords: clinical framework, clinical judgment, nursing process, OIIQ competencies, OIIQ exam, OIIQ exam prep, OIIAQ exam prep, nurse in Quebec, NursEduc.