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
Taggart Notes : Science: Death, Pre-Embalming Changes, Phases of Death
Hi there, friends and fellow future funeral professionals!
We're back with an episode featuring the much-asked for, long and patiently awaited for, Taggart Notes : Science!
PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME IF YOU NEED A COPY! I AM HAPPY TO SHARE THESE!
I just need an email to send them to, so if you send me a request via "fan mail," please include an email or I cannot respond or send them to you!
Credit goes to: The Taggart Notes: PDF SCIENCE
National Board Examination Review Book For Students of Funeral Service Education/Mortuary Science : SCIENCE
Dr. Thomas R. Taggart
The Taggart Notes is a hefty 298 pages long of all very useful information for preparing yourself for the Science NBE, so I just ask for your continued patience because it is A LOT!
In this episode I start from P. 13, Death and go on to cover the different phases of death, pre-embalming changes, factors, etc.
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!
I have also started a YouTube Channel to coincide with this Podcast that I highly suggest following and subscribing to if you have not already! I will be offering in-depth visual aids of the various places of worship, casket construction and parts, etc.!
The link to my channel is:
https://www.youtube.com/@MeghanOpocensky
The most important/useful textbooks being:
Your embalming textbook - whichever edition, whichever version. I had EMBALMING: HISTORY, THEORY, & PRACTICE version....gosh, I don't know. I know the newest one came out AFTER I got mine- go figure! So don't fret. You really just need to read you textbook that you have.
Restorative Art & Science
Chemistry for Funeral Service
Pathology for Funeral Service
(HEAVY EMPHASIS ON EMBALMING AND RA! HEEEEED MY WORDS, I AM BEGGING YOU!)
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I’ll be updating it later!
As always, thank you all so much for you continued support!
*MAKE SURE YOU LISTEN TO MY HINTS.*
I CANNOT DO MUCH ELSE TO HELP YOU!
I will continue looking at what to do next, I have yet to touch on still and I appreciate your continued patience!
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