- Detailed rationales are provided for both correct and incorrect answer options. - UNIQUE! Priority Nursing Tip for each question provide key points to remember for the NCLEX. - Test-taking strategy is included for each question, providing clues for analyzing and selecting the correct answer. - UNIQUE! Tear-out bookmark allows you to cover the answer column as you are practicing questions, and includes a list of the Top 10 test-taking strategies. - All alternate item question types are represented, including multiple response, prioritizing/ordered response, fill-in-the-blank, illustration/hot spot, chart/exhibit, graphic option, audio questions with heart or lung sounds, case studies, and question types for the Next Generation NCLEX. - Organization of chapters by Client Needs reflects the latest NCLEX-RN test plan. - Health Problem code on practice questions allows you to select questions based on a specific medical diagnosis. - Clinical Judgment/Cognitive Skills codes help you recognize the new clinical judgment thought process behind questions for the Next Generation NCLEX. - NCLEX-RN? Preparation chapters introduce the NCLEX-RN and the computerized adaptive testing (CAT) format, and include advice from a recent nursing graduate plus clinical judgment and test-taking strategies. - More than 6,000 questions on the Evolve website include an 85-question pre-test that identifies your strengths and weaknesses and generates an individualized study calendar - taking the guesswork out of what you should study next - and an 85-question post-test that helps to evaluate your progress. - Question categories in the book and on Evolve include level of cognitive ability, NCLEX client needs area, clinical judgment/cognitive skill, integrated process, content area, health problem, and priority concepts, to help you focus on the question types you find most difficult. - NEW! NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (NCJMM) and Next Generation NCLEX? (NGN) updates are included in the book! - NEW! Additional case studies and item types for the NGN are included on the Evolve website, reinforcing clinical judgment and preparing you for the newest NCLEX-RN? test plan. - NEW practice questions are included on COVID, infectious diseases, and other content areas.
Table of Contents
UNIT I: NCLEX-RN� PREPARATION1. Clinical Judgment and the NCLEX-RN� Examination
2. Profiles to Success
3. The NCLEX-RN� Examination: A Graduate's Perspective
4. Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies
UNIT II: CLIENT NEEDS
5. Client Needs and the NCLEX-RN� Test Plan
6. Physiological Integrity Practice Questions
7. Safe and Effective Care Environment Practice Questions
8. Health Promotion and Maintenance Practice Questions
9. Psychosocial Integrity Practice Questions
UNIT III: INTEGRATED PROCESSES
10. Integrated Processes and the NCLEX-RN� Test Plan
11. Integrated Processes Practice Questions
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