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 laulux@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
The Taggart Notes: Linear & Anatomical Guides
Hi there, friends!
We're back with an episode featuring the much-asked for, long and patiently waited for, Taggart Notes!
Credit goes to: The Taggart Notes: PDF
National Board Examination Review Book For Students of Funeral Service Education/Mortuary Science : SCIENCES
Dr. Thomas R. Taggart
The Taggart Notes for Science on my computer looks to only be about 60 pages long, and all of said pages are all very useful information for preparing yourself for the Science NBE, but I will be skipping the out-of-date content for you. I just ask for your continued patience because it is A LOT!
In this episode I cover the following topics:
Anatomical Guides and Limits Head and Neck
Anatomical Guides of the Trunk
Anatomical Guides Upper Extremities
Anatomical Guides Lower Extremities
The Taggart Notes for Sciences looks like they hold some very useful information for preparing yourself for the Science NBE, but I will be skipping all of the out-of-date content for you. I highly recommend looking into David's MUCH better, and far more extensive, study guide books he has done for Arts and Sciences, as they literally bounce off of The Taggart Notes and expand upon them whilst updating them to match today's proper terminology and definitions. (Just remember, use MEG25 and save $25 off of EACH book if you do get one, or both!)
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
As always, thank you all so much for you continued support and I immensely appreciate your continued patience! :)
PLEASE understand that as wonderful as his notes are, they are incredibly outdated. We're talking 2005. The man that has created the D.E.A.D Program made an updated set of study guides to replace the Taggart Notes, and if you go to the D.E.A.D website and hit Resource Materials, you can either buy one or both. Enter MEG25 and you will get a nice $25 off discount from EACH book!
This upcoming week David and I intend to blow through those Conference Glossary Terms y'all enjoy so much and getting those knocked out for you. We just did Pathology AND Microbiology and I will upload them both once he sends them to me! So stay tuned, things will be getting good! I will also be revisiting Arts here and there as I want to offer visual aids for a few things, as I know David wants to do for certain Science topics- so please look at my "seasons" as really more of an "Arts" and "Sciences" divider to help with any confusion, ok?
Season 1: Arts - Season 2: Sciences maybe a Season 3 for random funeral professionals to share their wisdom, practices, etc. but that's a ways away!
Check out my Patreon to support my show, too; https://www.patreon.com/MeghanOpocensky?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
I’ll be updating it later!
As always, thank you all so much for you continued support!
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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