Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination

by Silvestri

• ISBN13: 9781416000525
• ISBN10: 1416000526
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-01
• Publisher: Saunders

Summary

This guide is filled with essential nursing content, tips, strategies, and other indispensable information to help you prepare for the NCLEX-PN examination. It includes all-new information on the latest test plan, plus many questions in the new alternate item formats. The text provides rationales for correct and incorrect answers, as well as strategies for approaching similar questions. Pyramid Terms, key terms defined at the beginning of each chapter, give students a quick review of each content area. Pyramid Points, bulleted items located throughout the content outlines, identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-PN exam. Pyramid to Success sections at the beginning of each chapter or major unit of the book provide an overview of the chapter, guidance and direction regarding the focus of review in the content area, and its relative importance to the current NCLEX-PN test plan. The text and accompanying CD-ROM provide thousands of practice questions. Every question in the book provides a correct answer, rationales for all responses, test-taking strategy, level of cognitive ability, integrated concepts and processes, category of client needs, and reference to an Elsevier nursing textbook. Text includes a comprehensive exam consisting of 300 questions related to all content areas in the book and representative of the percentages identified in the 2005 NCLEX-PN test plan. Alternate item format questions provide practice with mastering prioritizing, decision-making, and critical thinking skills, and help prepare users for this additional component of the NCLEX-PN exam. Text presents introductory chapters on the NCLEX exam, test-taking skills, and the NCLEX-PN from a students perspective. Features a new chapter addressing transitional needs of foreign-educated nurses. The unit on Growth and Development Across the Lifespan has been completely updated. Includes 3,500 questions, approximately 500 more than the 2nd edition. All of the questions in the book, plus additional questions, are included on the CD-ROM. New alternate item format questions include drag-n-drop, illustration questions, and multiple response questions, to prepare readers for the addition of these questions to the NCLEX-PN examination. The CD-ROM allows readers to practice randomly selected alternate item format questions in study and quiz modes.

Table of Contents

NCLEX-PN Preparation
The NCLEX-PN Examination	p. 3
Preparation for the NCLEX Examination: Transitional Issues for the Foreign-Educated Nurse	p. 16
Pathways to Success	p. 20
The NCLEX-PN Examination: From a Student's Perspective	p. 23
Test-Taking Strategies	p. 25
Issues in Nursing
Cultural Diversity	p. 37
Ethical and Legal Issues	p. 49
Delegating, Managing, and Prioritizing Client Care	p. 64
Nursing Sciences
Fluids and Electrolytes	p. 81
Acid-Base Balance	p. 98
Laboratory Values	p. 107
Nutritional Components of Care	p. 122
Intravenous Therapy and Blood Administration	p. 136
Fundamental Skills
Hygiene and Safety	p. 149
Medication and Intravenous Administration	p. 159
Basic Life Support	p. 173
Perioperative Nursing Care	p. 182
Positioning Clients	p. 197
Care of a Client with a Tube	p. 205
Maternity Nursing
Female Reproductive System	p. 223
Obstetrical Assessment	p. 232
Prenatal Period and Risk Conditions	p. 238
Labor and Delivery and Associated Complications	p. 260
The Postpartum Period and Associated Complications	p. 275
Care of the Newborn	p. 286
Maternity and Newborn Medications	p. 303
Growth and Development Across the Life Span
Theories of Growth and Development	p. 313
Developmental Stages	p. 321
Care of the Older Client	p. 333
Pediatric Nursing
Neurological, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Disorders	p. 345
Eye, Ear, Throat, and Respiratory Disorders	p. 357
Cardiovascular Disorders	p. 373
Metabolic, Endocrine, and Gastrointestinal Disorders	p. 384
Renal and Urinary Disorders	p. 407
Integumentary Disorders	p. 415
Musculoskeletal Disorders	p. 422
Hematological and Oncological Disorders	p. 431
Communicable Diseases and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome	p. 443
Pediatric Medication Administration	p. 458
The Adult Client with an Integumentary Disorder
Integumentary System	p. 467
Integumentary Medications	p. 492
The Adult Client with an Oncological Disorder
Oncological Disorders	p. 507
Antineoplastic Medications	p. 542
The Adult Client with an Endocrine Disorder
Endocrine System	p. 557
Endocrine Medications	p. 584
The Adult Client with a Gastrointestinal Disorder
Gastrointestinal System	p. 601
Gastrointestinal Medications	p. 634
The Adult Client with a Respiratory Disorder
Respiratory System	p. 647
Respiratory Medications	p. 674
The Adult Client with a Cardiovascular Disorder
Cardiovascular System	p. 693
Cardiovascular Medications	p. 729
The Adult Client with a Renal Disorder
Renal System	p. 751
Renal Medications	p. 784
The Adult Client with an Eye or Ear Disorder
The Eye and the Ear	p. 797
Ophthalmic and Otic Medications	p. 823
The Adult Client with a Neurological Disorder
Neurological System	p. 837
Neurological Medications	p. 879
The Adult Client with a Musculoskeletal Disorder
Musculoskeletal System	p. 897
Musculoskeletal Medications	p. 931
The Adult Client with an Immune Disorder
Immune Disorders	p. 943
Immunological Medications	p. 954
The Adult Client with a Mental Health Disorder
Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing	p. 963
Mental Health Disorders	p. 977
Addictions	p. 996
Crisis Theory and Intervention	p. 1007
Psychiatric Medications	p. 1023
Comprehensive Test	p. 1039
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