Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination
- 9 Edición - 1 de enero de 2024
- Última edición
- Autores: Linda Anne Silvestri, Angela Silvestri
- Idioma: Inglés
Get the best review for the NCLEX-PN® exam from the leading NCLEX® experts! Written by Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela E. Silvestri, Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-… Leer más
Descripción
Descripción
Get the best review for the NCLEX-PN® exam from the leading NCLEX® experts! Written by Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela E. Silvestri, Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination, 9th Edition, provides everything you need to prepare for success on the NCLEX-PN. The book includes a review of all nursing content areas, more than 4,600 questions for the NCLEX, detailed rationales, test-taking tips and strategies, and questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX (NGN). The Evolve companion website simulates the exam-taking experience with customizable practice questions along with realistic practice tests. Based on Silvestri’s proven Pyramid to Success, this complete review is a perennial favorite of students preparing for the NCLEX.
Puntos claves
Puntos claves
- More than 4,600 practice questions in the text and on the Evolve companion website offer ample testing practice
- 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
- Pyramid Points icons indicate important information, identifying content that is likely to appear on the NCLEX-PN examination
- Pyramid Alerts appear in red text, highlighting important nursing concepts and identifying content that typically appears on the NCLEX-PN examination
- Priority Concepts — two in each chapter — discuss important content and nursing interventions and reflect the latest edition of Giddens’ Concepts for Nursing Practice text
- Priority Nursing Action boxes provide information about the steps nurses will take in clinical situations requiring clinical judgment and prioritization
- New graduate’s perspective is offered on how to prepare for the NCLEX-PN, 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, and audio questions
- Practice questions on the Evolve companion website 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
- Audio review summaries on the Evolve companion website cover pharmacology, acid-base balance, and fluids and electrolytes
Índice
Índice
Unit I: NCLEX-PN® Exam Preparation
1. The NCLEX-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
1. The NCLEX-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
Detalles del producto
Detalles del producto
- Edición: 9
- Última edición
- Publicado: 16 de abril de 2024
- Idioma: Inglés
Sobre los autores
Sobre los autores
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Linda Anne Silvestri
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.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Nursing Instructor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las, Nevada; President, Nursing Reviews, Inc. and Professional Nursing Seminars, Inc. Henderson, Nevada; Elsevier Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Thought Leader, USAAS
Angela Silvestri
Assistant Professor Angela Silvestri at Touro University Nevada-School of Nursing.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Assistant Professor, Touro University Nevada-School of Nursing, USA