2024-2025 Saunders Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies
Passing Nursing School and the NCLEX® Exam
- 8th Edition - March 6, 2023
- Imprint: Saunders
- Authors: Linda Anne Silvestri, Angela Silvestri
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 4 2 5 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 4 2 9 - 8
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Request a sales quoteLearn proven strategies to prepare for nursing school tests and the NCLEX® exam! 2024-2025 Saunders Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies: Passing Nursing School and the NCLEX® Exam, 8th Edition provides tools to help you overcome test anxiety, develop strong study skills, and improve test scores. You’ll gain insight into key nursing areas such as clinical judgment, prioritization, leading and managing, communication, and pharmacology. In the book and on the Evolve companion website, 1,200 practice questions represent all question types — including alternate item formats and new test items for the Next Generation NCLEX®. Written by leading NCLEX experts Linda and Angela Silvestri, this essential resource offers the practical tips and realistic practice you need to succeed on any exam!
- Helpful Tips for the Nursing Student are provided with every practice question to highlight the most important concepts needed for exam success.
- UNIQUE! Student-to-Student Tips highlight real-life strategies that have helped other students successfully complete nursing school and pass the NCLEX® exam.
- Focus on test-taking strategies helps you develop essential clinical judgment skills and prepares you to find the correct answer to all types of test questions.
- Categorization of questions by beginning, intermediate, or advanced level makes this book a useful tool throughout your nursing program.
- 1,200 practice questions in the book and on the companion Evolve website include detailed rationales and test-taking strategies.
- Practice question categories on the companion Evolve website include the level of cognitive ability, client needs, integrated process, clinical judgment/cognitive skill, content area, priority concepts, alternate item formats, and strategy.
Graduating nursing students studying for the NCLEX® exam
Undergraduate nursing students: 214,777 students took the NCLEX®-RN in 2020 (down from 252,311 in 2019) ; 48,218 took the NCLEX®-PN (down from 63,763 in 2019)
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Quick Reference Guide to Strategies
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Previous Reviewers
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Study and Test Preparation
- Part I. Study and Test Preparation
- Chapter 1. Clinical Judgment and Nursing Examinations
- Clinical Judgment and Next Generation NCLEX® Items
- Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and Cognitive Skills
- NGN Item Types
- Types of Case Studies
- When and Why Are Nursing Exams Administered?
- The Beginning Nursing Student: What Should You Think About?
- What Can You Expect on Nursing Exams?
- Your Course Syllabus: Why Is It Important?
- What “Smart Study” Tips Can You Use for Your Nursing Courses and to Get Ready for a Nursing Exam?
- Classroom Notes: How Can You Best Use Them?
- Study Guides
- Study Groups
- Standardized Testing: Why Is It So Important?
- Chapter 2. Developing Study Skills
- What Are Good Study Skills?
- How Do You Identify and Plan Your Study Times?
- What Smart Study Habits Do You Need to Develop?
- What Study Skills Are Important?
- When Should You Start to Study for an Exam?
- Will a Study Group Work for You?
- Chapter 3. Reducing Test Anxiety
- What Is Test Anxiety?
- How Can You Know If You Have Test Anxiety?
- What Causes Test Anxiety?
- What Will Help Prevent Test Anxiety?
- What Can You Do When You Are Experiencing Test Anxiety?
- What Is Self-Care and Why Is It Important?
- What Should You Do the Night Before the Exam?
- How Can You Control Your Test Anxiety Before the Exam?
- How Can You Control Your Test Anxiety During the Exam?
- That Positive Attitude: How Can You Maintain It?
- Chapter 4. NCLEX® Preparation
- Where Does Preparation Begin?
- The NCLEX Test Plan: Why Is It So Important?
- What Are the Steps for Preparing?
- Part II. Strategies for Success
- PART II. Strategies for Success
- Chapter 5. Alternate Item Formats and Next Generation NCLEX® Item Types
- Introduction
- Clinical Judgment and Cognitive Skills
- What Is an Alternate Item Format?
- What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering Fill-in-the-Blank Questions?
- What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering Multiple Response Questions?
- What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering Ordered Response Questions?
- What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering Figure/Illustration Questions?
- What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering Scenario/Exhibit Questions?
- What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering Graphic Item Option Questions?
- What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering Audio Questions?
- What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering NGN Items?
- Chapter 6. How to Avoid “Reading Into the Question”
- Clinical Judgment and Clinical Decision-Making
- Ingredients of a Question
- Strategic Words or Strategic Phrases
- The Subject of the Question
- Using Nursing Knowledge and the Process of Elimination
- Chapter 7. Positive and Negative Event Queries
- Positive Event Queries
- Negative Event Queries
- Chapter 8. Questions Requiring Prioritization
- Prioritizing
- Priority Classification System
- Strategic Words or Strategic Phrases
- The ABCs
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory
- Nursing Process (Clinical Problem-Solving Process)
- Chapter 9. Leading and Managing, Delegating, and Assignment-Making Questions
- Delegation and Assignment-Making
- Time Management
- Chapter 10. Communication Questions
- How Are Communication Concepts Tested in a Question?
- What Guidelines Can Be Used to Answer Communication Questions?
- Communication Techniques
- Why Are Cultural Considerations Important?
- Other Cultural Considerations
- Sample Communication Questions
- Chapter 11. Pharmacology, Medication, and Intravenous Calculation Questions
- Pharmacology: General Guidelines to Follow
- Pharmacology: Assessment/Data Collection Guidelines
- Pharmacology: Assessment/Data Collection Guidelines to Follow
- Medication Effects
- Medication Names
- Medication Classifications
- Commonalities in Medication Names
- What Strategies Will Help When Answering Medication and Intravenous Calculation Questions?
- Chapter 12. Additional Pyramid Strategies
- Eliminating Options That Contain Closed-Ended Words: How Will This Help?
- Eliminating Options That Contain Medical Rather Than Nursing Interventions: How Will This Help?
- Eliminating Comparable or Alike Options: How Will This Help?
- Ensuring That All Parts of an Option Are Correct: How Will This Help?
- Selecting the Umbrella Option: How Will This Help?
- What Strategies Will Help When Answering Questions Related to Laboratory Results?
- Visualizing the Information in the Case Event, Question Query, and Options: How Will This Help?
- Looking for Concepts in the Question That Are Comparable or Alike to a Concept in One of the Options: How Will This Help?
- What Strategies Will Help When Answering Questions Related to Client Positioning?
- Guidelines Related to Positioning
- What Strategies Will Help When Answering Questions Related to Therapeutic Diets?
- Strategies for Answering Questions Related to Therapeutic Diets
- What Strategies Will Help When Answering Questions Related to Disasters?
- Part III. Practice Tests
- Part iiI. Practice Tests
- Chapter 13. Foundations of Care Questions
- CHAPTER 14. Adult Health Questions
- Chapter 15. Mental Health Questions
- Chapter 16. Maternity Questions
- Chapter 17. Pediatric Questions
- Chapter 18. Pharmacology Questions
- Chapter 19. Delegating/Prioritizing Questions
- Chapter 20. Leadership/Management Questions
- References and Bibliography
- Index
- Test-Taking Strategy Guide for Traditional Item Types
- Test-Taking Strategy Guide
- Edition: 8
- Published: March 6, 2023
- Imprint: Saunders
- No. of pages: 288
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323874250
- eBook ISBN: 9780323874298
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Linda Anne Silvestri
Linda Anne Silvestri has provided decades of nursing education and leadership that has directly impacted the growing and needed nursing workforce. Her research focused on a holistic investigation of predictors leading to success on the licensure examination. Her findings, published in the Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, led to significant contributions, filling a critical need in NCLEX® preparation. Linda’s vision was to provide a holistic educational approach to ensure overall well-being in test anxiety and self-efficacy, and success on the NCLEX®. As a leader in providing global NCLEX® preparation resources published by Elsevier, she strives for excellence in publication quality, based on the discovery of new knowledge in nursing, standards of care, and research-based studies. Her published resources ensure nursing graduates’ ability to make sound clinical judgments as they serve the public and the nursing profession. Linda is also a Next Generation NCLEX® Subject Matter Expert and Consultant for Elsevier.
Affiliations and expertise
Nursing Instructor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las, Nevada; President, Nursing Reviews, Inc. and Professional Nursing Seminars, Inc. Henderson, Nevada; Elsevier Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Thought Leader, USAAS
Angela Silvestri
Assistant Professor Angela Silvestri at Touro University Nevada-School of Nursing.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Touro University Nevada-School of Nursing, USA