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Meghan Opocensky
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Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
The Ear : Terminology, Parts, Etc. : D.E.A.D Excerpt & Quizlet
Send us a textHello there again my friends and fellow future funeral professionals!This episode is a "crash course," much like my previous one on guides and limits, only this one is meant to help familiarize you with the anatomy of the ear and the words and phrases used by test makers to throw you off (seriously, the whole "question mark" thing is RIDICULOUS and you'll see why).This episode was one of the many suggestions made for topics to focus on. Please feel free to send me a request//suggestion for...
2025-05-08
23 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Facial Proportions & Measurements : Quizlet
Send us a textHello there again my friends and fellow future funeral professionals!Firstly, here is the link to the Quizlet I used to put this audio study guide together for you guys of the different measurements and proportions (think "The face is _ eyes wide" stuff) that are necessary to know for the NBE:Creator:Samantha_TenkeLink:https://quizlet.com/169556528/restorative-art-compend-flash-cards/This episode is a relatively short "crash course," much like my previous one on guides and limits, that is targeted s...
2025-04-22
28 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Anatomical Guides & Limits : Quizlet // Listener Request
Send us a textHello there again my friends and fellow future funeral professionals!Firstly, here is the link to the Quizlet I used to put this audio study guide together for you guys:Creator:nathaniel0483Link:https://quizlet.com/80513184/linear-guides-anatomical-guide-anatomical-limits-origins-branches-and-relation-to-vein-mortuary-science-flash-cards/This episode was one of the many suggestions made for topics to focus on. Please feel free to send me a request//suggestion for any Science topic you're struggling with or would like to see added to this channel!Here i...
2025-04-20
31 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Guess Who's Back....(ME)
Send us a textHello again friends and future funeral service professionals!Whew- it feels so good to be back!I apologize for my very unexpected leave of absence, but I'm ready to dive back into this passion project of mine and focus on helping YOU succeed and pass both of your NBE! Just remember - you've GOT THIS!Here is the link to the Facebook group mentioned (I am a moderator, so you'll see me around as well):https://www.facebook.com/share/g/12JvJnPB4HY/...
2025-04-20
15 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
RA Color Theory : Quizlet
Send us a textHello there again my friends and fellow future funeral professionals!Firstly, here is the link to the Quizlet I used to put this audio study guide together for you guys of the various facial profiles necessary for RA:Creator:HollyslobodnikLink:https://quizlet.com/935661967/ra-color-theory-comp-exam-review-flash-cards/This episode is a relatively short "crash course," much like my facial profile one, that is targeted strictly towards understanding Color Theory and its applications to the NBE and funeral service. This section of RA i...
2024-12-02
27 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
NBE RA Facial Profiles Quizlet Crash Course : Mini Episode
Send us a textHello there again my friends and fellow future funeral professionals!Firstly, here is the link to the Quizlet I used to put this audio study guide together for you guys of the various facial profiles necessary for RA:Creator:vw_lisaLink:https://quizlet.com/413244224/restorative-art-facial-profile-flash-cards/This episode is a VERY short and to the point "crash course" targeted strictly towards understanding the various facial shapes/profiles and their differences. This section of RA is crucial for having a firm u...
2024-10-23
12 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
NBE Science Monster Quizlet : Overall Content / No Single Subject (#1 out of many)
Send us a textHello 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:kimdeeb5808Link:https://quizlet.com/597985878/nbe-science-flash-cards/I found this EPIC 1,000+ Flashcard Quizlet, verified the content, and feel it would provide a nice make-do impromptu study guide to do while I play a very extensive game of Catch Up for y'all over these next few weeks. I saw M...
2024-10-23
1h 18
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Professor Cain's Revisit to Infant Embalming
Send us a textHello there again friends and future funeral professionals!Firstly, I'm BACK!!! It feels so good to say that!Ok, so as I've said this is a SUPER important topic for you to have under your belt for your NBE, and I asked Professor Cain to assist me in making her own episode, from the mind of an educator, to make sure y'all get the best of the best here. Bless her for being so wonderful and helping!I am considering putting together a small study group for Arts and...
2024-10-23
40 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Restorative Arts / RA : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Sciences (VERY IMPORTANT: YOU NEED TO KNOW RA TO PASS THE NBE!!!!!)
Send us a textHello again my friends and future funeral professionals!The content for this episode has been pulled directly from The Conference: The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards: National Board Exam Study Guide Volume 12.3's glossary for their Sciences section.((Fair warning - this was an absolute MONSTER to record! So PLEASE don't judge me too, too much! I'm truly doing my very bestest and I KNOW y'all NEED this one ASAP)) FUNERAL SERVICE SCIENCE GLOSSARIES Restorative Arts / RA: *Pgs. 148-161*ALL credit is...
2024-10-01
4h 07
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
CHEMISTRY : GLOSSARY TERMS : A Complete Guide to the Science Section of the NBE (Funeral Service/D. Penepent's Guide) Guest: Darien Cain
Send us a textHello again my friends, and fellow future funeral professionals!We are back with A SUPER useful episode pulled from the glossary found in David Penepent's study guide book, A Complete Guide to the Science Section of the National Board of Funeral Services (First Edition), and my surprise, ever-so amazing Guest, Professor Darien Cain!If you do not already own a copy of your own study guide by David Penepent, don't fret! It can be purchased on the D.E.A.D website AND if you use "MEG25" (no "" please, or...
2024-09-30
31 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Important People/Names in the History of Embalming & Funeral Service
Send us a textHello there again friends and future funeral professionals!My Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Laila.LayneMy email for this Podcast/Channel:Meghan.DMFH@Gmail.comFan Mail: PLEASE ADD YOUR EMAIL SO I CAN REPLY! Firstly, here is the link to the Quizlet I used for this episode:Content Creator/Author: stephanie_palumbo3 Link: https://quizlet.com/184530138/important-people-in-the-history-of-embalming-and-funerals-flash-cards/#This set offers key people from history that may prove to be useful to know when you sit for your...
2024-09-25
11 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Halloween Cards : NOT NBE RELATED WHATSOEVER - SORRY
Send us a textHi friends!I hope you have been enjoying that ever-so slowly cooling down weather lately, goodness knows I have!So, every single year since 2017 I have done this silly little thing where I dress myself up in costumes AND my cats in costumes, print them out in wallet-sizes, and add them to actual full-sized cards! I also add stickers, confetti...whatever I find that feels Spooky enough or cutesy enough to include! :)If you visit my public Facebook page: Meghan Opocensky you will see the pinned post of last year's...
2024-09-05
06 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
EMBALMING: MICROBIOLOGY : GLOSSARY TERMS : A Complete Guide to the Science Section of the NBE (Funeral Service/D. Penepent's Guide) Guest Co-Host: Darien Cain
Send us a textHello again my friends, and fellow future funeral professionals!We are back and have a phenomenal guest joining us for this episode, she is not only a good friend but she is also an amazing professor in the field of Funeral Service, say hello to Professor Darien Cain!For this episode we are diving into those ever-so-important Embalming Glossary Terms.LISTEN VERY CLOSELY: These are so unbelievably important to know to pass your Science NBE!We had so much fun and really enjoyed producing this episode...
2024-09-03
27 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
MICROBIOLOGY : GLOSSARY TERMS : A Complete Guide to the Science Section of the NBE (Funeral Service) Guest Co-Host : Darien Cain
Send us a textHello again my friends, and fellow future funeral professionals!We are back with the ever-so wonderful and lovely Professor Darien Cain, who is becoming a phenomenal new friend and someone I am really looking forward to working with more as we continue this Podcast journey!For this episode we are diving into the very important and much-needed Microbiology Glossary Terms. Believe it or not- they really do care that you know the different shapes of bacilli...seriously. We had so much fun and really enjoyed producing this episode. Fun...
2024-08-06
54 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
PATHOLOGY : GLOSSARY TERMS : A Complete Guide to the Science Section of the NBE (Funeral Service) Guest Co-Host: Darien Cain - UPDATED
Send us a textHello again my friends, and fellow future funeral professionals!We are back with the lovely and amazing Professor Darien Cain to cover another important topic for the Science NBE: Pathology!For this episode we are diving into those pesky Pathology Glossary Terms.We had so much fun and really enjoyed producing this episode for you. Fun side stories, as always (I AM SORRY I CANNOT RESIST, OK?!).We are reading from David Penepent's book: A Complete Guide to the Science Section of the National Board Exam...
2024-08-03
53 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Taggart Notes : Sciences : Intrinsic / Extrinsic Factors : Dilution / Drainage : Discolorations : Blood Discolorations : Fluid Accumulation
Send us a textHi 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: PDFNational Board Examination Review Book For Students of Funeral Service Education/Mortuary Science : SCIENCESDr. Thomas R. TaggartThe 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...
2024-08-01
20 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
The Taggart Notes: Linear & Anatomical Guides
Send us a textHi there, friends and fellow future funeral professionals! We're back with another episode featuring the much-asked for, long and patiently awaited for, Taggart Notes! Credit goes to, of course: The Taggart Notes: PDFNational Board Examination Review Book For Students of Funeral Service Education/Mortuary Science : SCIENCESDr. Thomas R. TaggartThe 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...
2024-07-31
18 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
The Taggart Notes : Embalming (Sutures, Purge, Trocar Guides, Raising Vessels)
Send us a textHi 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: PDFNational Board Examination Review Book For Students of Funeral Service Education/Mortuary Science : SCIENCESDr. Thomas R. TaggartThe 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...
2024-07-31
29 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
INFANT EMBALMING CONTENT WARNING : Quizlet : Infant Embalming Practices
Send us a textHello there again friends and future funeral professionals!Firstly, here is the link to the Quizlet I used for this episode:Content Creator/Author: ablancett789 Link:https://quizlet.com/217651568/infant-embalming-flash-cards/?i=46m8aq&x=1jqYThis set offers some vital information regarding infant autopsies, various methods of embalming infants and children, and other information that may prove to be useful to know when you sit for your Science NBE, so this is definitely worth a listen (or a read if this is a sensitive su...
2024-07-30
38 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
ANATOMY : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms : Science
Send us a textHello again my friends and future funeral professionals!The content for this episode has been pulled directly from The Conference: The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards: National Board Exam Study Guide Volume 12.3's glossary for their Sciences section. FUNERAL SERVICE SCIENCE GLOSSARIES Anatomy: *Pgs. 125-127 *ALL credit is given to The Conference and all references cited in their guide, including the American Board of Funeral Service Education. A full list of cited references is located at the back of the aforementioned book.This...
2024-07-25
17 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
CHEMISTRY : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Science
Send us a textHello again my friends and future funeral professionals!The content for this episode has been pulled directly from The Conference: The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards: National Board Exam Study Guide Volume 12.3's glossary for their Sciences section. FUNERAL SERVICE SCIENCE GLOSSARIES Chemistry: *Pgs. 128-131 *ALL credit is given to The Conference and all references are cited from their guide, including the American Board of Funeral Service Education. A full list of cited references is located at the back of the aforementioned book.
2024-07-25
39 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
NBE Sciences : KAHOOTS : Death Agonal Period : Antemortem Changes : Postmortem Physical Changes : Chemical Changes
Send us a textHello there again friends and future funeral professionals!(I apologize for my voice, I am STILL struggling getting over this really annoying cold and I'm doing my best to not sound sickly...I am not winning)I have done ALL of the available Science KAHOOTS for you and compiled them all into a document for me to read off for you, so you don't have to go through all of them yourself. Hopefully this makes things a whole lot easier for you to study some pretty useful and important information!
2024-07-25
25 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Taggart Notes : Science: Death, Pre-Embalming Changes, Phases of Death
Send us a textHi 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 SCIENCENational Board Examination Review Book For...
2024-07-23
1h 04
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Taggart Notes : Science: Embalming & OSHA
Send us a textHi there, friends!We're back with an episode featuring the much-asked for, long and patiently waited 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.If you use the "fan mail" feature, please include and email for me to contact you otherwise there is absolutely no way for me to reply to you, sadly!Credit goes to: The Taggart Notes: PDF SCIENCENational Board Examination Review...
2024-07-23
57 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
NBE Sciences : KAHOOTS : Prefixes & Suffixes
Send us a textHello there again friends and future funeral professionals!(I apologize for my voice, I'm getting over this really annoying cold and I'm doing my best to not sound sickly)I have done ALL of the available Science KAHOOTS for you and compiled them all into a document for me to read off for you, so you don't have to go through all of them yourself. Hopefully this makes things a whole lot easier for you to study some pretty useful and important information!On top of using these...
2024-07-21
12 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
NBE Sciences KAHOOTS : Embalming
Send us a textHello there again friends and future funeral professionals!I have done ALL of the available Science KAHOOTS for you and compiled them all into a document for me to read off for you, so you don't have to go through all of them yourself. Hopefully this makes things a whole lot easier for you to study some pretty useful and important information!This episode covers:Embalming : documentsOSHA regulationsEmbalming : equipmentEmbalming : instrumentsEmbalming : suppliesI felt like...
2024-07-21
22 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
NBE Restorative Arts : RA : Quizlet : Science
Send us a textHello there again my friends and fellow future funeral professionals!Firstly, here is the information to give the credit due to the content creator of the Quizlet used in this episode:Creator: a_krisinger Link:https://quizlet.com/234091901/nbe-practice-exam-ra-flash-cards/This set is a GREAT starter to preparing yourself for understanding what you need to know for restorative arts/RA, but it doesn't cover nearly everything so I will be doing more episodes to make sure you have a well-rounded...
2024-07-21
25 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
NBE : OSHA Quizlet : Science
Send us a textHello there my friends and future fellow funeral professionals!Firstly, here is the information to give the credit to the creator of the Quizlet used:Creator: mleer123 Link:https://quizlet.com/558420007/nbe-osha-1-100-flash-cards/This set offers some vital information regarding OSHA protocol that may prove to be useful to know when you sit for your Science NBE, so definitely worth a listen!Also: as I always say: GO REREAD YOUR DARN TEXTBOOKS! They WILL save...
2024-07-21
41 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
NBE Science Quizlet #2
Send us a textHello there again friends and future funeral professionals!Firstly, here is the link to the Quizlet I used for this episode:Creator: R_Beach_ Link:https://quizlet.com/303510748/nbe-science-study-guide-book-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 t...
2024-07-21
1h 09
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
NBE Science Monster Quizlet : Overall Content / No Single Subject
Send us a textHello 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:gldmasterLink: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 s...
2024-07-19
50 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Meghan's Big Surpise
Send us a textHello again my friends and future funeral service professionals! For this episode, I have a wonderful surprise in store for you and it is something you are definitely going to want to hear.I won't give too much away in this description, but I do have something to link today for you that I haven't been able to even MENTION in any of my previous episodes...so...if that doesn't offer you a HUGE hint...it should!To learn more about the D.E.A.D Program, please visit:h...
2024-07-15
24 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Islamic Funeral Rites & Practices / Co-Host Ghadeer
Send us a textHi there, friends and my fellow future funeral professionals!I would like to introduce you to my lovely co-host, my close friend, Ghadeer, a practicing member of Islam! Oh, AND may I mention she is an AMAZING artist that has a Facebook art page "Art by Dee" that I HIGHLY recommend checking out for some of that much-needed serotonin you definitely need right now preparing for these exams, right?! Link is: https://www.facebook.com/deeartShe was very excited to join me to help me with proper pron...
2024-07-09
1h 04
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
BUDDHISM, AMISH, MORMON/LDS, JEHOVAH'S WITNESS, CHRIST SCIENTIST, & MASONS : QUIZLET
Send us a textHi again friends and future funeral professionals!This episode is one of my very last of the Arts section: ALL of the "lesser common" religious practices that are still very important when sitting to take your NBE- you NEVER know what questions you're going to "score" while playing that 4,000 question lottery, so better to be "Safe than sorry," right? :)Here are the links to the SEVERAL Quizlets, along with their coinciding creators, I chose to use to put this episode together for y'all to make sure each one of these r...
2024-07-08
45 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Judaism : The Ins-n-Outs : Guest Co-Host Susan R. (YOU NEED THIS FOR YOUR NBE) Quizlets
Send us a textHello there, my good friends and fellow future funeral professionals!First off, I would like to formally introduce you to my very first co-host on this show, my very good friend Susan Richman, a practicing member of Judaism! She joyfully agreed joined me to help me not only with proper pronunciation, but also ended up adding some really interesting extra facts, too! She, just like myself, want YOU to succeed and know your stuff- and in the case of Judaism and Islam, I feel it is SO unbelievably important!I f...
2024-07-08
52 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
PREFIXES / SUFFIXES / ACRONYMS : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: (Prefixes / Suffixes / Acronyms)
Send us a textHi again, friends and future funeral service professionals!We're back with an episode featuring the study guide from The Conference's Official Study Guide for the NBE: Sciences Volume 12.3 Acronyms: *Page: 162* Prefixes & Suffixes: *Page: 121*Feel free to read along if you have your guide in front of you, otherwise enjoy the show!ALL credit is given to The Conference and all references cited in their guide, including the American Board of Funeral Service Education. A full list of cited references is located at the back of this book.This po...
2024-07-05
21 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
FUNERAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts
Send us a textHi again, friends and future funeral service professionals!We're back with an episode featuring the study guide from The Conference's Official Study Guide for the NBE: Arts Volume 12.3 Funeral Service Management: *Pages: 72-73*Feel free to read along if you have your guide in front of you, otherwise enjoy the show!ALL credit is given to The Conference and all references cited in their guide, including the American Board of Funeral Service Education. A full list of cited references is located at the back of this book.This podcast...
2024-07-05
32 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
FUNERAL SERVICE MERCHANDISING : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts (FUNERAL SERVICE MERCHANDISING)
Send us a textHi friends and future funeral professionals!We're back with an episode featuring the study guide from The Conference's Official Study Guide for the NBE: Arts Volume 12.3 Funeral Service Merchandising: *Pgs: 65-71*MANY OF THESE ARE GOING TO PLAGUE YOUR EXAM. PLEASE TRUST ME!I started a YouTube Channel and I suggest following & subscribing to! I will be doing in-depth visual aids!The link to my channel is: https://www.youtube.com/@MeghanOpocenskyCheck out my Patreon to support my show, too; https://www.patreon.com/MeghanOpocensky?utm_cam...
2024-07-05
1h 10
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
FUNERAL DIRECTING : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts (FUNERAL DIRECTING)
Send us a textHi again, friends and future funeral service professionals!We're back with an episode featuring the study guide from The Conference's Official Study Guide for the NBE: Arts Volume 12.3 Funeral Directing: *Pages: 58-64*Feel free to read along if you have your guide in front of you, otherwise enjoy the show!ALL credit is given to The Conference and all references cited in their guide, including the American Board of Funeral Service Education. A full list of cited references is located at the back of this book.This podcast...
2024-07-05
50 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
LITURGICAL / ROMAN CATHOLIC TERMINOLOGY - NBE Religious Terms : Quizlet
Send us a textHi again friends and future funeral professionals!Firstly, here is the link to the Quizlet I used to put this episode together for y'all:Content creator: brandy_wells4Here is the link to this Quizlet for you:https://quizlet.com/217495051/the-roman-catholic-liturgical-funeral-funeral-directing-nbe-arts-flash-cards/This episode will cover A LOT of really important information to help you prepare for your exam, however I will be doing what I have promised and planned to do with two new guest co-hosts that both practice the respective religions each episode i...
2024-07-04
24 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Funeral Directing - NBE Religious Terms : Quizlet (PART 1)
Send us a textHi again friends and future funeral professionals!Firstly, here is the link to the Quizlet I used to put this episode together for y'all:Content creator: Glenda_Rosales4https://quizlet.com/368728921/funeral-directing-nbe-religious-terms-flash-cards/This episode will cover A LOT of really important information to help you prepare for your exam, however I will be doing what I have promised and planned to do with two new guest co-hosts that both practice the respective religions each episode is going to cover (Jewish and Muslim funeral rites and terminology), s...
2024-07-03
19 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts
Send us a textHi again, friends and future funeral service professionals!We're back with an episode featuring the study guide from The Conference's Official Study Guide for the NBE: Arts Volume 12.3 Professional Communication Skills: *Pages: 89-90*Feel free to read along if you have your guide in front of you, otherwise enjoy the show!ALL credit is given to The Conference and all references cited in their guide, including the American Board of Funeral Service Education. A full list of cited references is located at the back of this book.This po...
2024-07-02
11 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
The Taggart Notes: Part 2 (Grief Counseling)
Send us a textHi there, friends!We're back with an episode featuring the much-asked for, long and patiently waited for, Taggart Notes! 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.Credit goes to: The Taggart Notes: PDFNational Board Examination Review Book For Students of Funeral Service Education/Mortuary Science : ARTSDr. Thomas R. TaggartThe Taggart Notes is a hefty 217 pages long of all very useful information for preparing yourself for the...
2024-07-02
1h 15
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts (SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT)
Send us a text((My apologies upfront, this was my final recording at about midnight so my voice was a goner! I just wanted to push ONE MORE out for you!))With that out of the way...Hi again, my friends and future funeral service professionals!We're back with an episode featuring the study guide from The Conference's Official Study Guide for the NBE: Arts Volume 12.3 Small Business Management: *Pages: 91-95*Feel free to read along if you have your guide in front of you, otherwise enjoy the show!ALL credit...
2024-07-02
37 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
FEDERAL TRADE COMISSION : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts (FTC)
Send us a textHi again, friends and future funeral service professionals!We're back with an episode featuring the study guide from The Conference's Official Study Guide for the NBE: Arts Volume 12.3 Federal Trade Commission / FTC: *Pages: 56-57*Feel free to read along if you have your guide in front of you, otherwise enjoy the show!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 worsh...
2024-07-02
16 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
ETHICS : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts (ETHICS)
Send us a textHi again, friends and future funeral service professionals!We're back with an episode featuring the study guide from The Conference's Official Study Guide for the NBE: Arts Volume 12.3 Ethics: *Page: 55*Feel free to read along if you have your guide in front of you, otherwise enjoy the show!ALL credit is given to The Conference and all references cited in their guide, including the American Board of Funeral Service Education. A full list of cited references is located at the back of this book.This podcast is meant fo...
2024-07-02
11 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
IMPORTANT UPDATE! You definitely will want to listen to this one :)
Send us a textHello once again my friends and future fellow funeral professionals!I have such a fun and exciting update for you to share tonight!I hope you are all just as excited as I am...I am going to be adding a YouTube channel to operate side-by-side with this Podcast, to add to the content in a more in-depth manner, like drawing out the various places of worship and their layouts and specific area terminologies, and caskets with their various components and parts (just for a couple solid examples)!I...
2024-07-01
25 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Funeral Services NBE Arts Review : MONSTER Quizlet 1,269 Terms! VERY useful!
Send us a textHi again friends and 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:Check out my Patreon to support my show, too; https://www.patreon.com/MeghanOpocensky?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creatorI’ll be updating it later!Content creator: Morg900https://quizlet.com/144238329/funeral-services-nbe-arts-review-flash-cards/This episode will cover A LOT of really important information to help you prepare for your exam, however I only read about halfway thr...
2024-06-28
4h 00
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
HISTORY OF FUNERAL DIRECTING & EMBALMING : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts (HISTORY OF FUNERAL DIRECTING & EMBALMING)
Send us a textHello again my friends and future funeral professionals!The content for this episode has been pulled directly from The Conference: The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards: National Board Exam Study Guide Volume 12.3's glossary for their Arts section. History of Funeral Directing & Embalming: *Pgs. 85-88*ALL credit is given to The Conference and all references cited in their guide, including the American Board of Funeral Service Education. A full list of cited references is located at the back of this book.This podcast is meant for educatio...
2024-06-27
23 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
CREMATION : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts (CREMATION)
Send us a textHi again, friends and future funeral service professionals!We're back with an episode featuring the study guide from The Conference's Official Study Guide for the NBE: Arts Volume 12.3 Cremation: *Page: 54*Feel free to read along if you have your guide in front of you, otherwise enjoy the show!As a side note, I keep seeing cremation text book pop up from different schools/programs, I think it might be a bit useful, but I do not find it to be super necessary to pass.If you can enroll i...
2024-06-27
22 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
BUSINESS LAW : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts (BUSINESS LAW)
Send us a textHello, friends and fellow future funeral professionals!Thank you for joining me for another episode of my podcast!PLEASE, please study these and know your Business Law terminology, as it will prove to be beneficial when you're sitting for your exam. It could make or break you if you do not know this information. Remember, every question/point counts (you want to make sure you know as much as possible to make up for those questions you get REALLY stuck on- don't let these Business Law ones get ya, they WILL...
2024-06-25
34 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
FUNERAL SERVICE LAW : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts (FUNERAL SERVICE LAW)
Send us a textHello, friends!Thank you for joining me for another episode of my podcast!Before I begin I would like to emphasize the importance of this topic for passing your NBE. PLEASE study these and know your Funeral Service Law terminology VERY well, as it will prove to be beneficial when you're sitting for your exam.The content for this episode has been pulled directly from The Conference: The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards: National Board Exam Study Guide Volume 12.3's glossary for their Arts section.*Funeral Service Law...
2024-06-24
43 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
SOCIOLOGY : The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts (Funeral Service Sociology)
Send us a textHello, y'all! Thank you so much for joining me for another episode of my podcast!*Before I begin my description I would like to emphasize the importance of this topic for passing your NBE. Please, PLEASE study up on these and know your Funeral Service Sociology well, as it will prove to be extremely beneficial to you when you're sitting for your exam.* The content for this episode has been pulled directly from The Conference: The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards: National Board Exam *Funeral Service Sociology, pgs. 83-84...
2024-06-24
12 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
The Taggart Notes: Part 1
Send us a textHi there, friends!We're back with an episode featuring the much-asked for, long and patiently waited for, Taggart Notes! 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.Credit goes to: The Taggart Notes: PDFNational Board Examination Review Book For Students of Funeral Service Education/Mortuary Science : ARTSDr. Thomas R. TaggartThe Taggart Notes is a hefty 217 pages long of all very useful information for preparing yourself for the...
2024-06-22
1h 08
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Cremation : Quizlet x2
Send us a textHi everyone!Firstly, here is the link to both of the Quizlets used regarding cremation for Funeral Service NBE:1. jb_law: https://quizlet.com/466067516/nbe-prep-cremation-flash-cards/2. Lillian_Hicks3:https://quizlet.com/513150366/nbe-cremation-flash-cards/This episode will cover A LOT of really important information regarding cremation, however I do not personally feel it goes in depth enough to fully prepare you for your exams so I will be looking for some more material to record for you- please hang tight while I do so! I figured these had some p...
2024-06-20
34 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
VA Benefits Brush-up - Quizlet & Official Government Info.
Send us a textHi everyone!Firstly, here is the link to this Quizlet regarding VA burial benefits by user saraoffensend30 :https://quizlet.com/713469087/final-exam-funeral-management-2-veterans-benefits-flash-cards/Here is the information from the US government that I used for the flag folding part:https://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/vba-27-2008-are.pdfThis episode will cover A LOT of really important information regarding VA benefits, forms, etc. AND how to place/fold the flag!I have also started a YouTube Channel to coincide with this Podcast that I...
2024-06-20
21 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts (GRIEF COUNSELING/PSYCHOLOGY)
Send us a textHi there, friends!We're back with an episode featuring the study guide from The Conference's Official Study Guide for the NBE: Arts Volume 12.3, pages 80-82: Funeral Service Psychology and Counseling. The textbook I keep suggesting in this episode (and the KAHOOTS for this topic) is: Funeral Service Psychology and Counseling by Ralph Klicker, Ph.D. -- I cannot recommend this textbook enough while you're preparing yourself for the Arts section of the NBE. Truly worth the brief read, soak that one up like the knowledge sponge you have become!
2024-06-20
19 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
KAHOOTS: Grief Counseling / Psychology
Send us a textHi there, friends!We're back with the long-awaited episode featuring the KAHOOTS study guide compiled from ALL of the KAHOOTS available on this topic. I will also include the links to each of the KAHOOTS sections so you can utilize their quizzing feature if you'd like!The textbook I keep suggesting in this episode is Funeral Service Psychology and Counseling by Ralph Klicker, Ph.D. I cannot recommend that textbook enough while you're preparing yourself for the Arts section of the NBE. Truly worth the brief read, soak that one...
2024-06-16
35 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Funeral Service Management: Quizlet (Highly Recommend Listening to THIS ONE)
Send us a textHi everyone! Firstly, here is the link to this Quizlet by the amazing TillyGamble414!https://quizlet.com/693840446/funeral-service-management-flash-cards/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/@MeghanOpocenskyAs always, thank you all so much for...
2024-06-09
1h 06
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Caskets: Terminology, Woods, Parts : KAHOOTS - PART 1
Send us a textThese are SUPER DUPER IMPORTANT!THIS IS PART ONE, THIS WAS A VERY, VERY LONG SECTION!Please stay tuned for Part Two of this very long Kahoots section on all things Casket parts, merchandising, etc.! I just didn't have it in me to finish reading all of it in one day, I apologize!Pulled entirely from the Kahoots, which I will link below for you in case you would like to practice these yourself!Also can be found on Quizlet(s)!I have also started a YouTube...
2024-06-08
20 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Funeral Service Management KAHOOTS
Send us a textHi again!These were what were asked for, the FSMGT Kahoots...I will be revisiting this subject more extensively later on. This was all Kahoots had to offer.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/@MeghanOpocenskyHere are the...
2024-06-08
12 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
The Conference Vol. 12.3 Glossary Terms: Arts (ACCOUNTING)
Send us a textHello all!The content for this episode has been pulled from The Conference: The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards: National Board Exam Study Guide Volume 12.3's glossary for their Arts section. *Accounting, pgs. 43-48*ALL credit is given to The Conference and all references cited in their guide, including the American Board of Funeral Service Education. A full list of cited references is located at the back of this book.This podcast is meant for educational purposes ONLY.I have also started a YouTube Channel to...
2024-06-04
33 min
Meghan’s Guide to the NBE / Funeral Service
Introduction to the Podcast
Send us a textJust kicking this off so that I can provide people with an active podcast link/channel for when I begin uploading my recordings. This includes my little legal disclaimer that EVERYTHING I am recording is available FOR FREE to anyone that Googles it. I will never disclose any questions or answers from the actual NBE, nor will I record paywall content (unless I can get permission to do so later on, of course)Anything seen from the D.E.A.D program, for example, is what is online free on sites s...
2024-05-30
01 min