Saunders comprehensive review for the NCLEX-RN examination

Silvestri, Linda Anne (author.). Silvestri, Angela E. (author.).

Summary: "Get the tools and skills you need to prepare for the NCLEX®! Often called the ‘the best NCLEX® exam review book ever,’ Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, 8th Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the most recent test plan. This new edition includes 5,200 NCLEX examination-style questions in the book and online. A companion Evolve website includes thousands of questions that allow you to decide how you want to practice! Don't make the mistake of assuming the quality of the questions is the same in all NCLEX exam review books, because only Silvestri includes the kinds of questions that consistently test the clinical judgment skills necessary to pass today's NCLEX exam. Even better, all answers include detailed rationales to help you learn from your answer choices and test-taking strategies with tips on how to best approach each question. Written by the most trusted name in NCLEX review, this is THE book of choice for NCLEX preparation." -- amazon.com

Record details

ISBN: 9780323358415
ISBN: 0323358411
Physical Description: print
xviii, 1134 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Edition: 8th edition.
Publisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1088-1089) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Unit 1: NCLEX-RN exam preparation -- The NCLEX-RN examination --Pathways to success -- The NCLEX-RN examination : from a graduate's perspective -- Test-taking strategies -- Unit 2: Professional standards in nursing -- Care of special populations -- Ethical and legal issues -- Prioritizing client care : leadership, delegation, and emergency response planning -- Unit 3: Foundations of care -- Fluids and electrolytes -- Acid-base balance -- Vital signs and laboratory reference intervals -- Nutrition --Health and physical assessment of the adult client -- Provision of a safe environment -- Calculation of medication and intravenous prescriptions -- Perioperative nursing care -- Positioning clients -- Unit 4: Growth and development across the life span -- Theories of growth and development -- Growth, development, and stages of life -- Care of the older client -- Unit 5: Maternity nursing -- Reproductive system -- Prenatal period -- Risk conditions related to pregnancy -- Labor and birth -- Problems with labor and birth -- Postpartum period -- Postpartum complications -- Care of the newborn -- Maternity and newborn medications -- Unit 6: Pediatric nursing -- Integumentary disorders -- Hematological problems -- Oncological problems -- Metabolic and endocrine problems -- Gastrointestinal problems -- Eye, ear and throat problems -- Respiratory problems -- Cardiovascular problems -- Renal and genitourinary problems -- Neurological and cognitive problems -- Neurological and cognitive problems -- Musculoskeletal problems -- Immune problems and Infectious diseases -- Pediatric medication administration and calculations -- Unit 7: Integumentary problems of the adult client -- Integumentary problems -- Integumentary medications -- Unit 8: Oncological and hematological problems of the adult client -- Oncological and hematological problems -- Oncological and hematological medications -- Unit 9: Endocrine problems of the adult client -- Endocrine problems -- Endocrine medications -- Unit 10: Gastrointestinal problems of the adult client -- Gastrointestinal problems -- Gastrointestinal medications -- Unit 11: Respiratory problems of the adult client -- Respiratory problems -- Respiratory medications -- Unit 12: Cardiovascular problems of the adult client -- Cardiovascular problems -- Cardiovascular medications -- Unit 13: Renal and urinary problems of the adult client -- Renal and urinary problems -- Renal and urinary medications -- Unit 14: Eye and ear problems of the adult client -- Eye and ear problems -- Eye and ear medications -- Unit 15: Neurological problems of the adult client -- Neurological problems -- Neurological medications -- Unit 16: Musculoskeletal problems of the adult client -- Musculoskeletal problems -- Musculoskeletal medications -- Unit 17: Immune problems of the adult client -- Immune problems -- Immune medications -- Unit 18: Mental health problems of the adult client -- Foundations of mental health nursing -- Mental health problems -- Addictions -- Crisis theory and intervention -- Psychiatric medications -- Unit 19: Complex care -- Complex care -- Unit 20: Comprehensive test.