Description
Prepare for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Exam and develop your clinical judgment skills with a focus on management of care! Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, Sixth Edition provides a wide variety of realistic patient care scenarios to help you learn management-of-care concepts and skills and see how to apply them to clinical practice. Exercises progress from simple to complex, and updated questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Exam (NGN) are designed to match the latest NGN formats. All the book's questions are also provided in an interactive format on the Evolve website in tests that simulate the most current NCLEX-RN® Exam. This thoroughly updated new edition now includes 2021 AACN Essentials item coding for faculty, three new Case Studies, a new Community Health Problems chapter, updated question formats to reflect the NGN, and updated content throughout. Written by a team of noted educators led by Linda A. LaCharity, this NGN review has become a student favorite!
Table of Contents
PART 1: INTRODUCTIONGuidelines for Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment DecisionsPART 2: PRIORITIZATION, DELEGATION, AND ASSIGNMENT IN COMMON HEALTH SCENARIOS1. Pain2. Cancer3. Immunologic Problems4. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Balance Problems5. Safety and Infection Control6. Respiratory Problems7. Cardiovascular Problems8. Hematologic Problems9. Neurologic Problems10. Visual and Auditory Problems11. Musculoskeletal Problems12. Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Problems13. Diabetes Mellitus14. Other Endocrine Problems15. Integumentary Problems16. Renal and Urinary Problems17. Reproductive Problems18. Pregnancy and Childbearing Problems19. Pediatric Problems20. Pharmacology21. Emergencies and Disasters22. Psychiatric/Mental Health Problems23. Community Health Problems24. NGN-Style QuestionsPART 3: PRIORITIZATION, DELEGATION, AND ASSIGNMENT IN COMPLEX HEALTH SCENARIOSCase Studies1. Chest Pressure, Indigestion, and Nausea2. Dyspnea and Shortness of Breath3. Multiple Patients on a Medical-Surgical Unit4. Shortness of Breath, Edema, and Decreased Urine Output5. Patient With New Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus6. Multiple Patients Receiving Home Health Care7. Spinal Cord Injury8. Multiple Patients With Adrenal Gland Disorders9. Multiple Patients With Gastrointestinal Problems10. Multiple Patients With Pain11. Multiple Patients With Cancer12. Gastrointestinal Bleeding13. Head and Leg Trauma and Shock14. Septic Shock15. Heart Failure16. Multiple Patients With Peripheral Vascular Disease17. Respiratory Difficulty After Surgery18. Multiple Patients in a Long-Term Care Center19. Pediatric Patients in Clinic and Acute Care Settings20. Multiple Patients With Mental Health Disorders21. Childbearing22. Blunt Abdominal Trauma23. Gunshot Wound With Septic Shock
