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Get the top-rated review resource for the NCLEX-PN® exam from leading NCLEX® experts. Written by the most trusted names in NCLEX preparation, Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela E. Silvestri, Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination, 10th Edition, is the go-to choice for practical, comprehensive preparation both during nursing school and in preparation for the NCLEX!
This resource reviews all major nursing content areas aligned to the current test plan and includes over 4,700 high-level practice questions designed to strengthen the clinical judgment skills needed for today's NCLEX. You'll also find alternate item formats, Next Generation NCLEX-style questions, and detailed rationales for every answer - plus test-taking strategies to help you approach questions with confidence.
The Evolve companion website adds an NCLEX exam-like experience with multiple selections for practice questions and realistic practice tests. Built on Silvestri's Pyramid to Success, this complete review supports focused study from start to finish.
More than 4,700 practice questions in the text and on the Evolve website offer ample testing practice and reflect all item types, including Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) items
Detailed rationales and test-taking strategies are included for each question, offering clues for analyzing and uncovering the correct answer option, with rationales for both correct and incorrect answers
Clinical Judgment boxes identify clinical judgment situations, each addressing one of the six cognitive skills of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model
Pyramid Points icons indicate important information, identifying content that is likely to appear on the NCLEX-PN® examination
Pyramid Terms important to the discussion in the chapter are highlighted
Pyramid to Success provides a focus of review in each unit and points out key content for NCLEX preparation
Pyramid Points icons identify content that is likely to appear on the NCLEX-PN® examination
Pyramid Alerts icons appear in red text and highlight key nursing concepts to remember, and identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-PN exam
Priority Concepts - two in each chapter - identify the focus of important content for nursing care, and reflect the latest edition of Giddens' Concepts for Nursing Practice text
Priority Nursing Action boxes provide information about the steps you will take in clinical situations requiring critical thinking, clinical judgment, and prioritization
Mnemonics help you remember important information
Audio podcasts on Evolve cover pharmacology, acid-base balance, and fluids and electrolytes
Pathways to Success provide guidance with a focus on self-efficacy and both academic and nonacademic test preparation
New graduate's perspective is offered on how to prepare for the NCLEX-PN and the testing experience
Pharmacology review provides 13 chapters on medications by body systems, a medication and IV calculation chapter, and a pediatric medication administration and calculation chapter. There are over 650 pharmacology questions on Evolve.
Alternate item format questions cover multiple-response (select all that apply), prioritizing [ordered response], fill-in-the-blank, figure/illustration [hot spot], graphic options, chart/exhibit, and audio questions
Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) standalone and unfolding case studies provide Bow-tie and Trend items, and unfolding cases accompanied by all types of NGN items: highlight (in text, in table), multiple response (SATA, select N, grouping), matrix (multiple choice and multiple response), drag-and-drop, and drop-down
85-question pre-test and post-test on Evolve cover all content areas in the same percentages that they are covered on the actual NCLEX-PN test plan. Each test generates an individualized study calendar.
Practice questions on Evolve are organized by cognitive level, content area, client needs area, integrated process, health problem, cognitive skills, strategy, and priority concepts, allowing completely customizable exams or study sessions
NEW! 5 additional unfolding case studies on the Evolve companion website are written by experts on the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN), providing robust study for the new exam
NEW! Community-based nursing content reflects the growing importance of this area of nursing
NEW! Thoroughly updated content incorporates clinical updates and aligns with the latest NCLEX-PN test plan
Contents
Unit I: NCLEX-PN® Exam Preparation
1. Clinical Judgment and the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-PN® Examination
2. Self-Efficacy and Pathways to Success
3. The NCLEX-PN Examination: From a Graduate's Perspective
4. Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies
Unit II: Professional Standards in Nursing
5. Population Health Nursing
6. Ethical and Legal Issues
7. Prioritizing Client Care: Leadership, Delegating, and Emergency Response Planning
Unit III: Foundations of Care
8. Fluids and Electrolytes
9. Acid-Base Balance
10. Vital Signs and Laboratory Reference Intervals
11. Nutrition
12. Health and Physical Assessment of the Adult Client
13. Safety and Infection Control
14. Medication Administration and Intravenous Therapies
15. Perioperative Nursing Care
16. Hygiene, Mobility, and Skin Integrity
17. Urinary and Bowel Elimination
Unit IV: Growth and Development Across the Life Span
18. Theories of Growth and Development
19. Growth, Development, and Stages of Life
20. Care of the Older Client
Unit V: Maternity Nursing
21. Reproductive System
22. Prenatal Period
23. Risk Conditions Related to Pregnancy
24. Labor and Birth
25. Problems with Labor and Birth
26. Postpartum Period
27. Postpartum Complications
28. Care of the Newborn
29. Maternity and Newborn Medications
Unit VI: Pediatric Nursing
30. Integumentary Problems
31. Hematological Problems
32. Oncological Problems
33. Metabolic and Endocrine Problems
34. Gastrointestinal Problems
35. Eye, Ear, and Throat Problems
36. Respiratory Problems
37. Cardiovascular Problems
38. Renal and Genitourinary Problems
39. Neurological and Cognitive Problems
40. Musculoskeletal Problems
41. Immune Disorders and Infectious Diseases
42. Pediatric Medication Administration and Calculations
Unit VII: Integumentary Problems of the Adult Client
43. Integumentary Problems
44. Integumentary Medications
Unit VIII: Oncological and Hematological Problems of the Adult Client
45. Oncological and Hematological Problems
46. Oncological and Hematological Medications
Unit IX: Endocrine Problems of the Adult Client
47. Endocrine Problems
48. Endocrine Medications
Unit X: Gastrointestinal Problems of the Adult Client
49. Gastrointestinal Problems
50. Gastrointestinal Medications
Unit XI: Respiratory Problems of the Adult Client
51. Respiratory Problems
52. Respiratory Medications
Unit XII: Cardiovascular Problems of the Adult Client
53. Cardiovascular Problems
54. Cardiovascular Medications
Unit XIII: Renal and Urinary Problems of the Adult Client
55. Renal and Urinary Problems
56. Renal and Urinary Medications
Unit XIV: Eye and Ear Problems of the Adult Client
57. Eye and Ear Problems
58. Eye and Ear Medications
Unit XV: Neurological Problems of the Adult Client
59. Neurological Problems
60. Neurological Medications
Unit XVI: Musculoskeletal Problems of the Adult Client
61. Musculoskeletal Problems
62. Musculoskeletal Medications
Unit XVII: Immune Problems of the Adult Client
63. Immune Problems
64. Immunological Medications
Unit XVIII: Mental Health Problems of the Adult Client
65. Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
66. Mental Health Problems
67. Addictions
68. Crisis Theory and Intervention
69. Psychiatric Medications
Unit XIX: Complex Care
70. Complex Care
