cover image - Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780443112638
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 01-21-2025
Page Count: 448
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $50.99

Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment, 6th Edition

by Linda A. LaCharity, PhD, RN, Candice K. Kumagai, MSN, RN and Shirley M. Hosler, MSN, RN

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cover image - Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780443112638
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 01-21-2025
Page Count: 448
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $50.99
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Help your students develop clinical judgment skills with management-of-care questions to prepare for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Exam (NGN)! Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, Sixth Edition provides a wide variety of realistic patient care scenarios to help students 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 NGN are designed to match the latest NGN formats. 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. All the book’s questions are also provided in an interactive format on the Evolve website in practice exams that simulate the most current NCLEX-RN® Exam. An outstanding review tool, this resource is a favorite of both students and instructors!
    • NEW! 2021 AACN Essentials item coding for faculty allows instructors to focus review and practice on specific aspects of these new, competency-based curricular guidelines
    • NEW! Three new Case Studies include Patient with New Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus, Blunt Abdominal Trauma, and Gunshot Wound with Septic Shock
    • NEW! A new Community Health Problems chapter equips students for the unique challenges of community health
    • NEW! Updated question formats prepare students to succeed on the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Examination (NGN) by including the latest item types
    • NEW! Updated content throughout matches the latest evidence-based guidelines and nursing care protocols
    • Integrated questions for the NGN and a separate NGN-Style Questions chapter help students focus study time on these new question formats to optimize their readiness for success on the NGN and for clinical practice
    • Management-of-care focus addresses the NGN’s emphasis on prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment
    • Three-part organization first establishes foundational knowledge and then provides exercises with scenarios of increasing difficulty to help students build confidence in their prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment skills
    • Part One: Introduction provides a concise foundation and practical guidelines for making prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment decisions
    • Part Two: Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in Common Health Scenarios provides practice in applying learned principles to relatively straightforward health scenarios involving single patients or simple patient assignments
    • Part 3: Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in Complex Health Scenarios includes unfolding cases involving patients with progressively more complicated health problems or challenging assignment issues, demonstrating the progression of typical health scenarios and helping students learn to think like a nurse
    • Answer Keys follow each chapter and provide the correct answer along with a detailed rationale, reinforcing correct responses and helping students learn from incorrect responses
    • Practice exams on the Evolve website include all the book’s questions and allow students to create a virtually unlimited number of practice sessions in Study Mode or Exam Mode
  • PART 1: INTRODUCTION
    Guidelines for Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment Decisions

    PART 2: PRIORITIZATION, DELEGATION, AND ASSIGNMENT IN COMMON HEALTH SCENARIOS
    1. Pain
    2. Cancer
    3. Immunologic Problems
    4. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Balance Problems
    5. Safety and Infection Control
    6. Respiratory Problems
    7. Cardiovascular Problems
    8. Hematologic Problems
    9. Neurologic Problems
    10. Visual and Auditory Problems
    11. Musculoskeletal Problems
    12. Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Problems
    13. Diabetes Mellitus
    14. Other Endocrine Problems
    15. Integumentary Problems
    16. Renal and Urinary Problems
    17. Reproductive Problems
    18. Pregnancy and Childbearing Problems
    19. Pediatric Problems
    20. Pharmacology
    21. Emergencies and Disasters
    22. Psychiatric/Mental Health Problems
    23. Community Health Problems
    24. NGN-Style Questions

    PART 3: PRIORITIZATION, DELEGATION, AND ASSIGNMENT IN COMPLEX HEALTH SCENARIOS
    CASE STUDY 1. Chest Pressure, Indigestion, and Nausea
    CASE STUDY 2. Dyspnea and Shortness of Breath
    CASE STUDY 3. Multiple Patients on a Medical-Surgical Unit
    CASE STUDY 4. Shortness of Breath, Edema, and Decreased Urine Output
    CASE STUDY 5. Patient With New Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus
    CASE STUDY 6. Multiple Patients Receiving Home Health Care
    CASE STUDY 7. Spinal Cord Injury
    CASE STUDY 8. Multiple Patients With Adrenal Gland Disorders
    CASE STUDY 9. Multiple Patients With Gastrointestinal Problems
    CASE STUDY 10. Multiple Patients With Pain
    CASE STUDY 11. Multiple Patients With Cancer
    CASE STUDY 12. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
    CASE STUDY 13. Head and Leg Trauma and Shock
    CASE STUDY 14. Septic Shock
    CASE STUDY 15. Heart Failure
    CASE STUDY 16. Multiple Patients With Peripheral Vascular Disease
    CASE STUDY 17. Respiratory Difficulty After Surgery
    CASE STUDY 18. Multiple Patients in a Long-Term Care Center
    CASE STUDY 19. Pediatric Patients in Clinic and Acute Care Settings
    CASE STUDY 20. Multiple Patients With Mental Health Disorders
    CASE STUDY 21. Childbearing
    CASE STUDY 22. Blunt Abdominal Trauma
    CASE STUDY 23. Gunshot Wound With Septic Shock
  • Linda A. LaCharity, PhD, RN, Formerly, Accelerated Program Director, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Candice K. Kumagai, MSN, RN, Formerly, Clinical Instructor, School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA and Shirley M. Hosler, MSN, RN, Formerly, Nursing Instructor, School of Nursing, National American University, USA
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