Master the fundamentals of nursing while honing your critical thinking and test-taking skills.
Completely revised and updated, the 3rd Edition of this popular resource features more than 1,200 classroom-tested, NCLEX-style questions that reflect the latest advances in medical technology as well as the most recent guidelines and standards of care for nursing practice.
An easy-to-follow format organizes information into 24 content areas. Each question provides answers and rationales for correct and incorrect responses and strategies for how to develop your critical thinking skills.
For an interactive approach, use the BONUS CD-ROM with two, 75 question course exit exams. You’ll also find new audio, graphic, and video questions online at DavisPlus.
Key Features
- Alternate-format questions, including multiple response, fill-in-the blank, hot spot, drag and drop/ordered response, graphic, and chart / exhibit items.
- Rationales for correct and incorrect answers.
- A focus on the specific needs of the beginning nursing student taking a fundamentals course.
- Glossary of more than 250 common English words often found on nursing tests, for the benefit of ESL and other students.
- All questions field tested by nursing students and an expert panel of nurse educators.
New to this edition
- 1,232 questions in the text presented in 24 content areas.
- 100-question final exam in book
- Hundreds of alternate-item format questions
- Two, 75-question course final exams with NCLEX descriptors on the BONUS CD-ROM.
Contents
- Fundamentals of Critical Thinking Related to Test Taking: The RACE Model
- Nursing Within the Context of Contemporary Health Care
- Psychosociocultural Nursing Care
- Essential Components of Nursing Care
- Basic Human Needs and Related Nursing Care
- Alternate Item Formats
- Comprehensive Final Book Exam
- Bibliography
- Glossary of English Words Commonly Encountered on Nursing Examinations
- Index
About the Authors
- Patricia M. Nugent, RN, MA, MS, EdD, Professor Emeritus, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY.
- Barbara A. Vitale, RN, MA, Associate Professor Emeritus, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY.
Product Details
- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: F.A. Davis Company; 3 edition (2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0803627793
- ISBN-13: 978-0803627796
List Price: $38.95