
Illustrated Study Guide for the NCLEX-RN® Exam
7th Edition
Description
Fun and engaging, this must-have review resource covers the nursing concepts and content found on the latest NCLEX-RN examination. It features a concise outline format that’s perfect for studying, as well as 2,020 review questions to test your knowledge and help you prepare for the exam. Colorful illustrations and mnemonic cartoons clarify essential nursing concepts and offer a visual way for you to remember key facts for the NCLEX exam. Answers and rationales are provided for every practice question.
Key Features
- Unique! An integrated systems approach incorporates pediatric, adult, and older adult lifespan considerations in each body system chapter.
- Unique! Mnemonic cartoons provide a fun, easy way to review and remember key nursing concepts.
- A full-color, user-friendly design enhances content and helps you quickly locate special features.
- Appendixes for each chapter summarize medications and nursing procedures for quick reference.
- Practice questions at the end of each chapter and on the companion CD -- 2,020 in all -- provide a wealth of NCLEX examination preparation in both print and electronic formats.
- The companion CD features practice questions available in both study and quiz/exam modes that are divided by content area and allow you to create a customized review experience based on your personal study needs.
- Electronic alternate item format questions on the CD, such as priority drag-and-drop and "hot spot" illustrated point-and-click questions, prepare you for the interactive question types you'll encounter on the computerized NCLEX examination.
- Answers and rationales for all review questions help you understand why correct answers are right and incorrect options are wrong.
- An Alert! feature highlights key nursing concepts frequently found on the NCLEX examination.
- Separate chapters on pharmacology and nursing management help you focus on these areas of emphasis on the NCLEX examination.
Table of Contents
- Testing Strategies for the NCLEX-RN Examination
- Health Implications Across the Life Span
- Concepts of Nursing Practice
- Control Functions and Management
- Pharmacology
- Homeostasis
- Immune System
- Abnormal Cell Growth
- Psychiatric Nursing Concepts
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Integumentary System
- Sensory System
- Endocrine System
- Hematologic System
- Respiratory System
- Vascular System
- Cardiac System
- Gastrointestinal System
- Hepatic and Biliary System
- Neurologic System
- Musculoskeletal System
- Reproductive System
- Urinary-Renal System
- Antepartum
- Intrapartum and Postpartum
- Newborn
Appendix A: Normal Laboratory Data
Chapter Study Questions: Answers and Rationales
Details
- No. of pages:
- 688
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Mosby 2010
- Published:
- 1st December 2009
- Imprint:
- Mosby
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780323168328
About the Author
JoAnn Zerwekh
Affiliations and Expertise
President/CEO, Nursing Education Consultants, Chandler, AZ; Nursing Faculty - Online Campus, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
Jo Carol Claborn
Affiliations and Expertise
Nurse Educator, Seymour, Texas