Description
Prepare for success on the NCLEX-RN® exam with this complete review! Often called the best NCLEX® exam review book ever, Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination reviews all nursing content areas related to the current test plan. This new edition includes 5,700 NCLEX exam-style questions in the book and online, including alternate items formats and Next Generation NCLEX questions. Don't make the mistake of assuming the quality of the questions is the same in all NCLEX exam review books, because only this book includes the kinds of questions that consistently test the clinical judgment skills necessary to pass today's NCLEX exam. Even better, all answers include detailed rationales to help you learn from your answer choices as well as test-taking strategies with tips on how to best approach each question. Written by the most trusted names in NCLEX review, Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela Elizabeth Silvestri, this is THE book of choice for NCLEX preparation. But don't just take our word for it — read any customer review or ask your classmates to see why there's nothing else like it!- More than 5,700 practice questions in the text and on the Evolve website offer ample testing practice.- UNIQUE! Detailed test-taking strategy is included for each question, offering clues for analyzing and uncovering the correct answer option, with rationales provided for both correct and incorrect answers.- UNIQUE! Pyramid Points icons indicate important information, identifying content that is likely to appear on the NCLEX-RN® examination.- UNIQUE! Pyramid Alerts appear in red text and highlight important nursing concepts, and identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-RN examination.- UNIQUE! Priority Concepts — two in each chapter — discuss important content and nursing interventions, and reflect the latest edition of Giddens' Concepts for Nursing Practice text.- UNIQUE! Priority Nursing Action boxes provide information about the steps you will take in clinical situations requiring clinical judgment and prioritization.- UNIQUE! Audio review summaries on Evolve cover pharmacology, acid-base balance, and fluids and electrolytes.- New graduate's perspective is offered on how to prepare for the NCLEX-RN, in addition to nonacademic preparation, the CAT format, and test-taking strategies.- Mnemonics are included to help you remember important information.- Alternate item format questions cover multiple response, prioritizing [ordered response], fill-in-the-blank, figure/illustration [hot spot], chart/exhibit, video, and audio questions.- 75-question comprehensive exam in the book covers all content areas in the book in the same percentages that they are covered on the actual NCLEX-RN test plan.- Practice questions on Evolve are organized by content area, cognitive level, client needs area, integrated process, health problem, clinical judgment, and priority concepts, allowing completely customizable exams or study sessions.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTSUnit I: NCLEX-RN® Exam Preparation 1 The Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Examination2 Pathways to Success3 The NCLEX-RN® Examination: From a Student's Perspective4 Test-Taking Strategies Unit II: Issues in Nursing 5 Cultural Diversity6 Ethical and Legal Issues7 Leadership, Delegating, and Prioritizing Client Care Unit III: Nursing Sciences 8 Fluids and Electrolytes9 Acid-Base Balance10 Vital Signs and Laboratory Values11 Nutrition12 Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)13 Intravenous Therapy14 Administration of Blood Products Unit IV: Fundamental Skills 15 Health and Physical Assessment of the Adult Client16 Provision of a Safe Environment17 Calculation of Medication and Intravenous Prescriptions18 Perioperative Nursing Care19 Positioning Clients20 Care of a Client with a Tube Unit V: Growth and Development Across the Life Span 21 Theories of Growth and Development22 Developmental Stages23 Care of the Older Client Unit VI: Maternity Nursing 24 Reproductive System25 Prenatal Period26 Risk Conditions Related to Pregnancy27 Labor and Birth28 Problems with Labor and Birth29 The Postpartum Period30 Postpartum Complications31 Care of the Newborn32 Maternity and Newborn Medications Unit VII: Pediatric Nursing 33 Neurological, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Disorders34 Eye, Ear, and Throat Disorders35 Respiratory Disorders36 Cardiovascular Disorders37 Gastrointestinal Disorders38 Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders39 Renal and Urinary Disorders40 Integumentary Disorders41 Musculoskeletal Disorders42 Hematological Disorders43 Oncological Disorders 44 Infectious and Communicable Diseases45 Pediatric Medication Administration and Calculations Unit VIII: The Adult Client with an Integumentary Disorder 46 Integumentary System47 Integumentary Medications Unit IX: The Adult Client with an Oncological Disorder 48 Oncological Disorders49 Antineoplastic Medications Unit X: The Adult Client with an Endocrine Disorder 50 Endocrine System51 Endocrine Medications Unit XI: The Adult Client with a Gastrointestinal Disorder 52 Gastrointestinal System53 Gastrointestinal Medications Unit XII: The Adult Client with a Respiratory Disorder 54 Respiratory System55 Respiratory Medications Unit XIII: The Adult Client with a Cardiovascular Disorder 56 Cardiovascular Disorders57 Cardiovascular Medications Unit XIV : The Adult Client with a Renal System Disorder 58 Renal System59 Renal Medications Unit XV: The Adult Client with an Eye or Ear Disorder 60 The Eye and the Ear61 Ophthalmic and Otic Medications Unit XVI: The Adult Client with a Neurological Disorder 62 Neurological System63 Neurological Medications Unit XVII: The Adult Client with a Musculoskeletal Disorder 64 Musculoskeletal System65 Musculoskeletal Medications Unit XVIII: The Adult Client with an Immune Disorder 66 Immune Disorders67 Immunologic Medications Unit XIX: The Adult Client with a Mental Health Disorder 68 Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing69 Mental Health Disorders70 Addictions71 Crisis Theory and Intervention72 Psychiatric Medications TABLE OF CONTENTSUnit I: NCLEX-RN® Exam Preparation 1 The Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Examination2 Pathways to Success3 The NCLEX-RN® Examination: From a Student's Perspective4 Test-Taking Strategies Unit II: Issues in Nursing 5 Cultural Diversity6 Ethical and Legal Issues7 Leadership, Delegating, and Prioritizing Client Care Unit III: Nursing Sciences 8 Fluids and Electrolytes9 Acid-Base Balance10 Vital Signs and Laboratory Values11 Nutrition12 Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)13 Intravenous Therapy14 Administration of Blood Products Unit IV: Fundamental Skills
