Elsevier’s Case Study Practice Review for the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)
- 1st Edition - July 29, 2025
- Author: Kara Sealock
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 2 9 4 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 4 6 5 - 5
Use case studies and practice exams to prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX-RN®! Designed for nursing students, Elsevier’s Case Study Practice Review for the Next Generation NCL… Read more
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Use case studies and practice exams to prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX-RN®! Designed for nursing students, Elsevier’s Case Study Practice Review for the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) provides step-by-step advice and concrete methods to solving case studies and targeted questions that help you build critical thinking and clinical judgement skills. A combined total of 130 stand-alone and unfolding case studies are offered in the book and its Evolve website, with rationales for correct and incorrect answers, the clinical judgement skill being tested, and Elsevier text references for further learning. Written by noted educator Kara Sealock, this review ensures that you are ready for success on the NGN and in your nursing career.
- Review content reflects the new 2023 Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) test plan and its emphasis on clinical judgement cognitive skills
- Case studies for the NGN prepare you for the biggest change to the NCLEX-RN® test plan to date — the addition of questions measuring clinical judgement skills
- Two in-text practice exams include 100 stand-alone and unfolding case studies for the NGN, giving you plenty of testing practice with critical thinking and clinical judgement skills
- Case studies on the Evolve website include all case studies from the book in interactive format plus 30 additional case studies, creating a virtually unlimited number of practice sessions or tests in Study Mode or Exam Mode
- In-depth rationales are provided for both correct and incorrect answers to each question
- Answer keys for each practice test
Graduating Canadian RN students studying for the NCLEX-RN exam
1 Understanding the New NCLEX-RN® and Next Generation NCLEX®
2 Applying Knowledge to Clinical Judgement Scenarios
3 What Is Happening With the Client: Recognize Cues, Analyze Cues, Prioritize Hypothesis
4 Next Steps When Caring for the Client: Generate Solutions,
Take Action, Evaluate Outcomes
5 Understanding Unfolding Case Studies
6 Understanding Stand-Alone Case Studies
7 Let’s Practise Unfolding Case Studies
8 Let’s Practise Stand-Alone Case Studies
9 Answers and Rationales for Unfolding Case Studies
10 Answers and Rationales for Stand-Alone Case Studies
Appendixes
A Normal vs. Abnormal vs. Critical Abnormal Condition
Tables
B Laboratory Values (on Evolve website)
C Strategies for Faculty Using This Textbook
D Contact Information for Nursing Regulatory Bodies in
Canada and the United States
E Entry-to-Practice Competencies and Standards of Practice
Across Canada (on Evolve website)
2 Applying Knowledge to Clinical Judgement Scenarios
3 What Is Happening With the Client: Recognize Cues, Analyze Cues, Prioritize Hypothesis
4 Next Steps When Caring for the Client: Generate Solutions,
Take Action, Evaluate Outcomes
5 Understanding Unfolding Case Studies
6 Understanding Stand-Alone Case Studies
7 Let’s Practise Unfolding Case Studies
8 Let’s Practise Stand-Alone Case Studies
9 Answers and Rationales for Unfolding Case Studies
10 Answers and Rationales for Stand-Alone Case Studies
Appendixes
A Normal vs. Abnormal vs. Critical Abnormal Condition
Tables
B Laboratory Values (on Evolve website)
C Strategies for Faculty Using This Textbook
D Contact Information for Nursing Regulatory Bodies in
Canada and the United States
E Entry-to-Practice Competencies and Standards of Practice
Across Canada (on Evolve website)
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 29, 2025
- Language: English
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Kara Sealock
Dr. Kara Sealock is a tenured, Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary with a focus in adult education. She has extensive experience teaching students from years 1 to 4 in both clinical and theory. Dr. Sealock is passionate about pathophysiology, assessment, and pharmacology content addressing populations across the lifespan, supporting students as they transition from student to practitioner, and student success on NCLEX-RN.
To the educator role, Dr. Sealock brings strong clinical nursing experience in adult critical care (ICU/CCU), medical-surgical, gerontology, and clinical research (cardiovascular and endocrinology).
Dr. Sealock’s research interests include adult learning with specific attention to cognitive levels of learning in clinical and theoretical environments (critical thinking/clinical judgement), student success on NCLEX-RN and faculty development, relational inquiry, and empathy. She has presented at the local, provincial, and national level.
Dr. Sealock has been an NCSBN item writer for the NCLEX and NGN. She is also the NGN faculty training lead at the University of Calgary. Along with being one of the co-authors of our Lilley’s Pharmacology for Canadian Health Care Practice, Dr. Sealock serves as Elsevier’s Canadian NCLEX-NGN subject matter expert.
Dr. Sealock holds the 2019 Faculty of Nursing, Pursuit of Excellence Award- Committee’s Choice, and was recently awarded the 2022/23 Pat Griffin Research Grant by the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary ,Calgary, Alberta, Canada