This is the ultimate NCLEX-RN® exam preparation guide. It provides a comprehensive outline review of the essential content areas tested on the NCLEX-RN® exam, including critical areas such as management, delegation, leadership, decision-making, pharmacology, and emergency care. These topics are incorporated throughout, with practice questions simulating the level of difficulty on the actual NCLEX-RN® exam. It is the only NCLEX® review book that is organized by the Categories of Client Needs from the 2010 NCLEX-RN® Test Plan. Each unit represents one of the Categories of Client Needs and contains chapters that integrate concepts from across the nursing curriculum, therefore providing students with a uniquely synthesized approach to preparing for the real exam. Thousands of practice questions in the book and online at www.nursingreviewsandrationales.com help students measure their readiness for the NCLEX-RN®.
Key Features
- NCLEX® Alerts: identify concepts in the outline review that are often be tested on the NCLEX-RN® exam
- Practice Test quizzes: at the end of each chapter
- Check Your NCLEX-RN® Exam I.Q. sections: summarizes learning outcomes in each chapter as they apply to the 2010 NCLEX-RN® Test Plan
- Test-Taking Strategies: showing how to break down questions and apply knowledge to select the right answer when it isn’t obvious
- Answers & Rationales for all correct and incorrect choices: following each chapter’s Practice Test
- Comprehensive 265-Question Exam: at the end of the book
- NursingNotes Cards: summarizes the concepts and learning outcomes from each Category of the 2010 NCLEX-RN® Test Plan
New To This Edition
New Alternate Format Questions
The new edition and the online MyNursingReview include all the new NCLEX-style alternative format questions, including hot spots, exhibits, graphic option, audio, and media-enhanced items.
Reflects the 2010 NCLEX-RN® Test Plan
Content and practice questions have been completely updated to reflect the new test plan and question distribution among Categories of Client Needs.
Nursing Reviews & Rationales & eText Online
For those who want to prepare for the NCLEX-RN(R), taking multiple practice tests online will help you become more familiar with the computer-based testing experience, especially for the new alternate item formats such as audio, media-enhanced, hot spot, and exhibit questions. With this new edition, use the code printed inside the front cover of the book to access Nursing Reviews & Rationales and more than 5,600 practice questions using all NCLEX(R)-style formats. This includes the practice questions found in all chapters of the book as well as the comprehensive exam questions. Plus, it contains 4,000 NEW question to help you further evaluate your readiness for the exam and hone your test-taking skills. Nursing Reviews & Rationales allows you to choose two ways to prepare for the NCLEX-RN(R). Both approaches personalize your practice experience according to what stage you are at in your NCLEX(R) preparation:
- Comprehensive Practice & Review provides you with a 100-question comprehensive exam that allows you to practice pacing yourself to build your stamina so that you can endure answering questions for a long period of time. Following this exam, you receive a results report and a personalized study plan and links to the eText to help you focus your review with additional opportunities to test yourself.
- Nursing Topics Review allows you to select which specific nursing topic areas you would like to review and test yourself. After a brief pre-test, you receive a personalized study plan referring you to the eText for areas where you need additional review.
Table of Contents
SECTION 1. Preparing for the NCLEX-RN® Exam
- 1. The NCLEX-RN® Licensing Exam
- 2. Test Preparation and Test-Taking Strategies
- 3. Test Preparation for International Nurses
- 4. The NCLEX-RN® Examination through the Candidates’ Eyes
SECTION 2. Safe Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
- 5. Legal and Ethical Nursing Practice
- 6. Leadership and Management
SECTION 3. Safe Effective Care Environment: Safety and Infection Control
- 7. Injury Prevention, Disaster Planning, and Protecting Client Safety
- 8. Preventing and Controlling Infection
SECTION 4. Health Promotion and Maintenance
- 9. Reproduction, Family Planning, and Infertility
- 10. Uncomplicated Antenatal Assessment and Care
- 11. Uncomplicated Labor and Delivery Care
- 12. Uncomplicated Postpartum Assessment and Care
- 13. Uncomplicated Newborn Care
- 14. Lifespan Growth and Development
- 15. Providing Immunizations
- 16. Health and Physical Assessment
- 17. Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Choices
- 18. Age-Related Care of Older Adults
SECTION 5. Psychosocial Integrity
- 19. Therapeutic Communication and Environment
- 20. Culturally Competent Care
- 21. Coping with Stressors
- 22. Mental Health Disorders
- 23. Dependency and Addiction
- 24. Crisis Intervention and Suicide
- 25. End of Life Care
SECTION 6. Physiological Integrity: Basic Care and Comfort
- 26. Meeting Nutritional Needs
- 27. Meeting Basic Human Needs
- 28. Maintaining Function of Tubes and Drains
- 29. Alternative and Complementary Therapies
SECTION 7. Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
- 30. Dosage Calculation and Medication Administration
- 31. Pediatric Dosage Calculation and Medication Administration
- 32. Intravenous Therapy
- 33. Blood and Blood Component Therapy
- 34. Total Parenteral Nutrition
- 35. Maternal and Newborn Medications
- 36. Psychiatric Medications
- 37. Respiratory Medications
- 38. Cardiovascular Medications
- 39. Neurological and Musculoskeletal Medications
- 40. Renal Medications
- 41. Gastrointestinal Medications
- 42. Endocrine Medications
- 43. Integumentary Medications
- 44. Eye and Ear Medications
- 45. Antineoplastic Medications
- 46. Immunological and Anti-Infective Medications
SECTION 8. Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
- 47. Common Laboratory Tests
- 48. Common Diagnostic Tests and Procedures
- 49. Perioperative Care.
SECTION 9. Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
- 50. Complicated Antenatal Care
- 51. Complicated Labor and Delivery Care
- 52. Complicated Postpartum Care
- 53. Complicated Newborn Care
- 54. Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances
- 55. Acid-Base Imbalances
- 56. Respiratory Disorders
- 57. Cardiovascular Disorders
- 58. Neurological Disorders
- 59. Renal or Genitourinary Disorders
- 60. Gastrointestinal Disorders
- 61. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
- 62. Musculoskeletal Disorders
- 63. Integumentary Disorders
- 64. Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
- 65. Hematological Disorders
- 66. Oncological Disorders
- 67. Immunological Disorders
- 68. Communicable or Infectious Diseases
- 69. Basic Life Support
Comprehensive Exam
Comprehensive Exam Answers
Index
Product Details
- Paperback: 1424 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (August 11, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 013262107X
- ISBN-13: 978-0132621076
- Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 1.8 inches
List Price: $47.20