Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Hello, there!
This is a recorded audio study guide for both the NBE Arts and Science sections for Funeral Service.
I have devoted myself to creating a solid audio study guide so that my fellow test takers can finally have one that is not only easily accessible, but is also highly educational and comprehensive. This Podcast will be divided up into Arts and Sciences sections, with segments under each including more in-depth notes and study guides that I have put together either on my own or from submissions from other classmates/testers. If you would like to add your own contribution, please email me at meghan.dmfh@gmail.com or message me on Facebook under Meghan Opocensky. I am ALWAYS extremely appreciative of any additional content I can get to add!
Thank you so much for choosing to join me for my study sessions and I hope that together we can get you through this and pass with flying colors!
Just remember, there is no true way to be completely prepared for these exams asides from knowing the content. You will not be able to pass with just a quick rehashing of the information, so please do not rely on these guides as your only means of preparation last-minute. I want to see you succeed! I always tell people to read their textbooks as the exams are pulled almost word-for-word from them, I highly recommend reading the 21st Century Funeral Directing & Funeral Service Management, Grief Counseling/Psychology, Sociology for Funeral Service textbook and Types of Funeral Services & Ceremonies 2nd Edition for Arts, Embalming: History, Theory, & Practice, Restorative Arts and Science, Chemistry, Pathology and Anatomy textbooks for Science. If you read these during your time in Mortuary school-I encourage you to still read them again. ESPECIALLY your 21st Century one!
I will provide a good amount of notes pulled directly from these textbooks, but you’ll still want to read them beforehand so you can have a solid understanding of these topics beforehand. KNOW YOUR DEFINITIONS!
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
NBE Science Monster Quizlet : Overall Content / No Single Subject
Hello there again my friends and fellow future funeral professionals!
Firstly, here is the link to the Quizlet I used to put this absolute MONSTER audio study guide together for you guys:
Creator:
gldmaster
Link:
https://quizlet.com/45916154/nbe-science-flash-cards/
DISCLAIMER:
PLEASE DO NOT LAUGH AT ME TOO HARD OK, YOU WILL MAKE ME CRY!
No, ok, but really Sciences has some serious "mouth Olympic" terminology/words and though I went to a very good medical school and mortuary school, I have been hugely humbled recording this. I have learned I may know a word inside and out...but pronouncing it or saying it out loud is a WHOLE different ball game! I'll get the hang of it, but I beg your forgiveness with my silly oopsies. The blooper reel was hilarious, I'll tell you that much. Lots of me just stopping and laughing at myself hysterically! I think this was my most edited/spliced episode I've done yet! Not ashamed to admit a weakness, it will become a strength with enough practice.....right?!
Ok, now that we've gotten THAT out of the way...
I decided to kick off this section/"season" with a 190 terms/flashcard - long Quizlet I found that only serves as a quick dip into the topic of Science, but it's a start! Trust me, it's been driving me bonkers waiting to start Science just as much as you. I figured this would at least offer us a nice start, right? Obviously we are going to be doing A LOT more VERY soon!
Also: as I always say: GO REREAD YOUR DARN TEXTBOOKS! They WILL save your butt, I promise! You will 100% thank me when you're sitting for your exams- both of them! They wrote their exams FROM THEIR TEXTBOOKS! DO NOT FORGET THAT!
The most important and useful textbooks (in MY opinion, of course) being:
Your embalming textbook - whichever edition, whichever version.
I had: EMBALMING: HISTORY, THEORY, & PRACTICE Fifth Edition. Please don't fret. You really just need to read you textbook that you have, edition doesn't really matter as long as we're talking a book from this century... :)
Restorative Art & Science
Chemistry for Funeral Service
Pathology for Funeral Service
(HEAVY EMPHASIS ON EMBALMING AND RA! HEEEEED MY WORDS, I AM BEGGING YOU!)
Now, as far as my recommended study materials, I'm a big fan of the D.E.A.D Program to help prepare test takers for exactly how they will format and word their questions. The creator, Dr. David Penepent PhD is not only a huge name in Funeral Service education, he also has rewritten the study guide books that haven't been touched since Taggart wrote them decades ago. He has dedicated his life to Funeral Service education, and I fully believe his tools are extremely useful!
To purchase David Penepent's study guide books, you can do so by accessing them via the D.E.A.D website under resource materials and use my code MEG25 for $25 off of each book. Now, I have HEARD that the code doesn't always work for both books in one order, if this occurs to you please just do two orders- I think shipping is free anyways. It is not a single use code, so please use it as much as you need to, share it with your classmates, mortuary student pals...whoever you think is worthy of such a glorious, generous act of kindness from you!
Here is a link that will take you directly to the page with both books available for you to choose from, or get both, and just enter in my discount code upon checkout!
https://www.deatheducationassessmentdrills.com/nbe-review-manual
As always, thank you all so much for you continued support!
