Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN, 3rd edition

Pedagogical features highlight critical concepts on the NCLEX-RN Exam.

• Memory Aid boxes tie specific content from the review outline to the Test Plan. The boxes provide hints or suggestions to help students remember these important concepts easily during testing.

• NCLEX Alerts identify concepts that are likely to be tested on the NCLEX­-RN exam and prompt students to learn the important information next to the icon for more favourable results.

• Check Your NCLEX-­RN Exam I.Q. sections, at the end of each chapter, provide an opportunity for students to assess their NCLEX-RN readiness on the topics covered in the chapter.

• Practice Test sections provide a quiz at the end of each chapter to test student mastery of the concepts in that chapter.

• A Comprehensive Exam at the end of the book contains 265 questions to help students build endurance, in case they have to answer questions for an extended time on the real exam.

• UPDATED! The completely updated practice exam reflects the 2016 NCLEX-RN Test Plan. Content and practice questions echo the newest changes and are distributed among the categories of Client Needs.

• NEW! New NCLEX-­style alternate-item format questions, including hot spots, exhibits, graphic option, audio, and media-­enhanced items enable students to approach their review in a variety of ways.

Students learn test-taking skills and strategies that prepare them for success on test day.

• MaryAnn Hogan, a trusted expert in what nursing students need to know, provides the most current test prep advice available.

  • Answers & Rationales are provided following the Practice Test at the end of each chapter. For every question, there is a comprehensive rationale behind the choices, because it is important to understand why an answer option is correct or incorrect.

  • Test­-Taking Strategies are highlighted in the Answers & Rationales section of the book. Because questions cannot be skipped on the NCLEX-RN exam, students need to learn strategies for breaking down each question and selecting the correct choice–even if they don’t recognize it immediately.

  • Pearson Nursing Notes offer a quick review of testing strategies and frequently used information, organized by the categories of client needs. This appendix is also designed to be useful in the clinical setting, when quick and easy access to information is so important.

• NEW! The new edition and the new web-based Pearson Test Prep app provide 5,600 brand new or updated NCLEX-style practice test questions.

• NEW! New NCLEX-­style alternate-item format questions, including hot spots, exhibits, graphic option, audio, and media-­enhanced items enable students to approach their review in a variety of ways.

• The completely updated practice exam reflects the 2016 NCLEX-RN® Test Plan. Content and practice questions echo the newest changes and are distributed among the categories of Client Needs.

• MaryAnn Hogan, trusted expert in what nursing students need to know, provides the most current test prep advice available.

• NEW! Pearson Test Prep, a new web-based app accompanying this book, includes all 1,600 questions from the book, plus an additional 4,000 questions, and features all NCLEX-style question formats. Students can customize their practice experience to focus on specific topics, question types, and areas of difficulty, or simulate a realistic NCLEX-RN exam. Detailed reporting features help students identify and focus on improving the areas where they need the most attention so they arrive prepared and confident on test day.