The best review for the NCLEX-PN® exam comes from trusted NCLEX® experts Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela E. Silvestri! Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination, 9th Edition,provides everything your students 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 exam, detailed rationales, test-taking tips and strategies, and questions for theNext 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 student favorite and is easy for instructors to integrate into any nursing course.
NEW!15 additional unfolding case studieson the Evolve website are written by experts on the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN), providing robust study for the new exam
NEW! Community-based nursingcontent is added to reflect the growing importance of this area of nursing
NEW! Thoroughly updated content incorporates clinical updates and reflects the latest NCLEX-PN test plan
NEW! Instructor Manual includes chapter overviews, reading and learning activities, and in-class activities to help instructors integrate content into their classes more effectively
More than 6,000 practice questions in the text and on Evolve offer ample testing practice and reflect all item types, including those for the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN)
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
Clinical Judgment boxes identify clinical judgment situations, each addressing one of the six cognitive skills of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model
Pyramid Points icons indicate important information, identifying content that is likely to appear on the NCLEX-PN® examination
Pyramid Alerts appear in red text and highlight key nursingconcepts, and identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-PN exam
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
Mnemonics are included to help students remember important information
Audio podcastson Evolve cover pharmacology, acid-base balance, and fluids and electrolytes
New graduate’s perspective is offeredon how to prepare for the NCLEX-PN, in addition to nonacademic preparation, the CAT format, and test-taking strategies
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-PN test plan
Practice questions on Evolve areorganizedby content area, cognitive level, client needs area, integrated process, health problem, clinical judgment, and priority concepts, allowing completely customizable exams or study sessions
NEW!Questions are presented with reference ranges to authentically mirror practice and increase clinical judgment
NEW!15 additional unfolding case studieson the Evolve website are written by experts on the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN), providing robust study for the new exam
NEW! Community-based nursingcontent is added to reflect the growing importance of this area of nursing
NEW! Thoroughly updated content incorporates clinical updates and reflects the latest NCLEX-PN test plan
Unit I: NCLEX-PN® Exam Preparation 1. Clinical Judgment and the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-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
Linda Anne Silvestri, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, 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, USA and Angela Silvestri, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, Assistant Professor, Touro University Nevada-School of Nursing, USA
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