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Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (May 26, 2023) © 2024

  • Mary Ann Hogan

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For nursing students preparing for the NCLEX-RN® exam.

The ultimate NCLEX-RN exam prep guide

Best-selling Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN® provides a comprehensive outline review of the essential content areas tested on the NCLEX-RN exam. These content areas include management, delegation, leadership, clinical judgment, pharmacology and emergency care. Unlike similar texts, this review is organized like the NCLEX-RN exam itself: by client needs rather than course areas.

The 4th Edition reflects the 2023 NCLEX-RN Test Plan, with 5,600 new or updated NCLEX®-style practice questions. New features include Next Generation NCLEX standalone questions, as well as case studies preparing students for a new exam section.

Hallmark features of this title

Thousands of NCLEX® practice questions, of all types

  • Practice Test sections provide a quiz at the end of each chapter to test students' mastery of chapter concepts.
  • Additional Practice Questions section at the end of the text consists of 265 questions reflecting a blend of client needs.
  • Answers & Rationales section after each Practice Test explains the “why” behind each answer and offers test-taking strategies.

A focus on concepts tested on the NCLEX-RN exam

  • Memory Aid boxes tie specific content to the Test Plan and offer hints for recall during testing.
  • NCLEX Alerts identify, with an icon, concepts likely to be tested on the exam.
  • Check Your NCLEX-RN Exam I.Q., at the end of each chapter, helps students assess their readiness for the exam against chapter topics.

New and updated features of this title

  • UPDATED: The new 2023 NCLEX-RN Test Plan is reflected in updated practice questions, answers & rationales, and test-taking strategies.
  • UPDATED: A total of 5,600 new or updated NCLEX-style practice questions appear throughout.
  • NEW: New Next Generation NCLEX standalone questions have been incorporated.
  • NEW: New Next Generation Case Studies (2 sets of 6-question cases) prepare students for a new exam section posing 3 sets of 6-question case studies.
  • UPDATED: The latest test prep advice from MaryAnn Hogan, a trusted expert in what nursing students need to know, is reflected throughout the new edition.

SECTION 1: PREPARING FOR THE NCLEX-RN® EXAM

  1. The NCLEX-RN® Licensing Examination
  2. Test Preparation and Test-Taking Strategies

SECTION 2: SAFE AND EFFECTIVE CARE ENVIRONMENT: MANAGEMENT OF CARE

  1. Legal and Ethical Nursing Practice
  2. Nursing Leadership and Management

SECTION 3: SAFE AND EFFECTIVE CARE ENVIRONMENT: SAFETY AND INFECTION CONTROL

  1. Injury Prevention, Disaster Planning, and Protecting Client Safety
  2. Preventing and Controlling Infection

SECTION 4: HEALTH PROMOTION AND MAINTENANCE

  1. Reproduction, Family Planning, and Infertility
  2. Uncomplicated Antenatal Assessment and Care
  3. Uncomplicated Labor and Delivery Care
  4. Uncomplicated Postpartum Assessment and Care
  5. Uncomplicated Newborn Care
  6. Lifespan Growth and Development
  7. Providing Immunizations
  8. Health and Physical Assessment
  9. Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Choices
  10. Age-Related Care of Older Adults

SECTION 5: PSYCHOSOCIAL INTEGRITY

  1. Therapeutic Communication and Environment
  2. Coping with Stressors
  3. Mental Health Disorders
  4. Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
  5. Crisis Intervention and Suicide
  6. End-of-Life Care

SECTION 6: PHYSIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: BASIC CARE AND COMFORT

  1. Meeting Nutritional Needs
  2. Meeting Basic Human Needs
  3. Maintaining the Function of Tubes and Drains
  4. Integrative Therapies

SECTION 7: PHYSIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PARENTERAL THERAPIES

  1. Dosage Calculation and Medication Administration
  2. Intravenous Therapy
  3. Blood and Blood Component Therapy
  4. Total Parenteral Nutrition
  5. Maternal and Newborn Medications
  6. Psychiatric Medications
  7. Respiratory Medications
  8. Cardiovascular Medications
  9. Neurologic and Musculoskeletal Medications
  10. Renal Medications
  11. Gastrointestinal (GI) Medications
  12. Endocrine Medications
  13. Integumentary Medications
  14. Eye and Ear Medications
  15. Antineoplastic Medications
  16. Immunologic and Anti-Infective Medications

SECTION 8: PHYSIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: REDUCTION OF RISK POTENTIAL

  1. Common Laboratory Tests
  2. Common Diagnostic Tests and Procedures
  3. Perioperative Care

SECTION 9: PHYSIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION

  1. Complicated Antenatal Care
  2. Complicated Labor and Delivery Care
  3. Complicated Postpartum Care
  4. Complicated Newborn Care
  5. Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances
  6. Acid–Base Imbalances
  7. Respiratory Disorders
  8. Cardiovascular Disorders
  9. Neurologic Disorders
  10. Renal or Genitourinary Disorders
  11. Gastrointestinal Disorders
  12. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
  13. Musculoskeletal Disorders
  14. Integumentary Disorders
  15. Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
  16. Hematologic Disorders
  17. Oncologic Disorders
  18. Immunologic Disorders
  19. Communicable or Infectious Diseases
  20. Basic Life Support

Additional Non-NGN Practice Questions

Answer Key for Additional Practice Questions

APPENDICES

  1. NGN Case Studies
  2. Nursing Notes

About our author

MaryAnn Hogan, PhD, RN, CNE, has been a nurse educator for more than 30 years, currently as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught in diploma, associate degree and baccalaureate nursing programs. A former item writer for the CAT NCLEX-RN® exam, Dr. Hogan has also taught NCLEX® prep courses for the past 25 years. She also has contributed to a number of publications in the areas of adult health, pharmacology and fundamentals of nursing. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, ANA Massachusetts, Sigma Theta Tau International, Eastern Nursing Research Society, National League for Nursing and International Nursing Association of Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL).

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