Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination - E-Book: Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination - E-Book

by RN Silvestri PhD, APRN Silvestri PhD

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323830300
Publisher:	Saunders, W. B. Company
Publication date:	06/25/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1144
File size:	151 MB
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About the Author

Linda Anne Silvestri has provided decades of nursing education and leadership that has directly impacted the growing and needed nursing workforce. Her research focused on a holistic investigation of predictors leading to success on the licensure examination. Her findings, published in the Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, led to significant contributions, filling a critical need in NCLEX® preparation. Linda's vision was to provide a holistic educational approach to ensure overall well-being in test anxiety and self-efficacy, and success on the NCLEX®. As a leader in providing global NCLEX® preparation resources published by Elsevier, she strives for excellence in publication quality, based on the discovery of new knowledge in nursing, standards of care, and research-based studies. Her published resources ensure nursing graduates' ability to make sound clinical judgments as they serve the public and the nursing profession. Linda is also a Next Generation NCLEX® Subject Matter Expert and Consultant for Elsevier.Assistant Professor Angela Silvestri at Touro University Nevada-School of Nursing.
Linda Anne Silvestri has provided decades of nursing education and leadership that has directly impacted the growing and needed nursing workforce. Her research focused on a holistic investigation of predictors leading to success on the licensure examination. Her findings, published in the Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, led to significant contributions, filling a critical need in NCLEX® preparation. Linda’s vision was to provide a holistic educational approach to ensure overall well-being in test anxiety and self-efficacy, and success on the NCLEX®. As a leader in providing global NCLEX® preparation resources published by Elsevier, she strives for excellence in publication quality, based on the discovery of new knowledge in nursing, standards of care, and research-based studies. Her published resources ensure nursing graduates’ ability to make sound clinical judgments as they serve the public and the nursing profession. Linda is also a Next Generation NCLEX® Subject Matter Expert and Consultant for Elsevier.

Table of Contents

　TABLE OF CONTENTS Unit I: NCLEX-RN® Exam Preparation　 1　The Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Examination 2　Pathways to Success 3　The NCLEX-RN® Examination: From a Student's Perspective 4　Test-Taking Strategies　 Unit II: Issues in Nursing　 5　Cultural Diversity 6　Ethical and Legal Issues 7　Leadership, Delegating, and Prioritizing Client Care　 Unit III: Nursing Sciences　 8　Fluids and Electrolytes 9　Acid-Base Balance 10　Vital Signs and Laboratory Values 11　Nutrition 12　Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) 13　Intravenous Therapy 14　Administration of Blood Products　 Unit IV: Fundamental Skills　 15　Health and Physical Assessment of the Adult Client 16　Provision of a Safe Environment 17　Calculation of Medication and Intravenous Prescriptions 18　Perioperative Nursing Care 19　Positioning Clients 20　Care of a Client with a Tube　 Unit V: Growth and Development Across the Life Span　 21　Theories of Growth and Development 22　Developmental Stages 23　Care of the Older Client　 Unit VI: Maternity Nursing　 24　Reproductive System 25　Prenatal Period 26　Risk Conditions Related to Pregnancy 27　Labor and Birth 28　Problems with Labor and Birth 29　The Postpartum Period 30　Postpartum Complications 31　Care of the Newborn 32　Maternity and Newborn Medications　 Unit VII: Pediatric Nursing　 33　Neurological, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Disorders 34　Eye, Ear, and Throat Disorders 35　Respiratory Disorders 36　Cardiovascular Disorders 37　Gastrointestinal Disorders 38　Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders 39　Renal and Urinary Disorders 40　Integumentary Disorders 41　Musculoskeletal Disorders 42　Hematological Disorders 43　Oncological Disorders　 44　Infectious and Communicable Diseases 45　Pediatric Medication Administration and Calculations　 Unit VIII: The Adult Client with an Integumentary Disorder　 46　Integumentary System 47　Integumentary Medications　 Unit IX: The Adult Client with an Oncological Disorder　 48　Oncological Disorders 49　Antineoplastic Medications　 Unit X: The Adult Client with an Endocrine Disorder　 50　Endocrine System 51　Endocrine Medications　 Unit XI: The Adult Client with a Gastrointestinal Disorder　 52　Gastrointestinal System 53　Gastrointestinal Medications　 Unit XII:　The Adult Client with a Respiratory Disorder　 54　Respiratory System 55　Respiratory Medications　 Unit XIII: The Adult Client with a Cardiovascular Disorder　 56　Cardiovascular Disorders 57　Cardiovascular Medications　 Unit XIV　: The Adult Client with a Renal System Disorder　 58　Renal System 59　Renal Medications　 Unit XV: The Adult Client with an Eye or Ear Disorder　 60　The Eye and the Ear 61　Ophthalmic and Otic Medications　 Unit XVI: The Adult Client with a Neurological Disorder　 62　Neurological System 63　Neurological Medications　 Unit XVII: The Adult Client with a Musculoskeletal Disorder　 64　Musculoskeletal System 65　Musculoskeletal Medications　 Unit XVIII: The Adult Client with an Immune Disorder　 66　Immune Disorders 67　Immunologic Medications　 Unit XIX: The Adult Client with a Mental Health Disorder　 68　Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 69　Mental Health Disorders 70　Addictions 71　Crisis Theory and Intervention 72　Psychiatric Medications 　TABLE OF CONTENTS Unit I: NCLEX-RN® Exam Preparation　 1　The Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Examination 2　Pathways to Success 3　The NCLEX-RN® Examination: From a Student's Perspective 4　Test-Taking Strategies　 Unit II: Issues in Nursing　 5　Cultural Diversity 6　Ethical and Legal Issues 7　Leadership, Delegating, and Prioritizing Client Care　 Unit III: Nursing Sciences　 8　Fluids and Electrolytes 9　Acid-Base Balance 10　Vital Signs and Laboratory Values 11　Nutrition 12　Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) 13　Intravenous Therapy 14　Administration of Blood Products　 Unit IV: Fundamental Skills