Developing Clinical Judgment Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

• This one-of-a-kind workbook dedicated to developing clinical judgment skills helps prepare you for the Next-Generation NCLEX^® Exam (NGN) through practical thinking exercises in which you will apply the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Clinical Judgment Model (CJM).
• A comprehensive collection of carefully developed clinical reasoning exercises range from basic to more complex and address all specialty areas.
• Answer key with robust rationales to remediate learning follows at the end of the book.
• Six-part organization guides you through the entire NGN test plan.
• Answer questions in the book itself or on a companion Evolve website for automated scoring and remediation.

Part 1: Introduction: The Use of Clinical Judgment in Professional Nursing Practice 1.Transitioning from the Nursing Process to Clinical Judgment 2.Applying the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Model to Ensure Client Safety

Part 2: Clinical Judgment for Clients Across the Lifespan Experiencing Commonly Occurring Health Problems 3.Perfusion: Common Problems 4.Clotting: Deep Vein Thrombosis 5.Gas Exchange: Common Problems 6.Elimination: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia 7.Nutrition: Common Problems 8.Mobility: Common Problems 9.Metabolism: Common Problems 10.Cellular Regulation: Breast Cancer 11.Inflammation: Common Problems 12.Infection: Common Problems 13.Sensory Perception: Cataracts 14.Cognition: Common Problems 15.Mood and Affect: Depression 16.Stress and Coping: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 17.Reproduction: Uterine Leiomyoma/Hysterectomy

Part 3: Clinical Judgment for Childbearing Families 18.Reproduction: Childbearing Family

Part 4: Clinical Judgment for Clients Across the Lifespan Experiencing Complex Multi-System Health Problems 19.Perfusion: Complex Problems 20.Mobility: Spinal Cord Injury 21.Cognition: Traumatic Brain Injury 22.Infection: Sepsis 23.Gas Exchange: Chest Trauma 24.Elimination: Complex Problems 25.Metabolism: Complex Problems 26.Tissue Integrity: Burns 27.Stress and Coping: Substance Use Disorder 28.Management of Care: Complex Problems

Part 5: Pharmacology for Nursing 29.Pharmacology in Management of Common Health Problems 30.Pharmacology in Management of Complex Health Problems

Part 6: Answers and Rationales for Thinking Exercises Answers and Rationales for Thinking Exercises

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