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Illustrated Study Guide for the NCLEX-PN® Exam
- 10th Edition - November 30, 2023
- Author: JoAnn Zerwekh
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 0 3 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 2 5 4 - 6
Who says studying has to be boring? The Illustrated Study Guide for the NCLEX-PN® Exam, 10th Edition uses colorful drawings and mnemonic cartoons to bring difficult concepts to lif… Read more
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Request a sales quoteWho says studying has to be boring? The Illustrated Study Guide for the NCLEX-PN® Exam, 10th Edition uses colorful drawings and mnemonic cartoons to bring difficult concepts to life and help you recall the content you need to know to excel on the NCLEX-PN examination. Written in a concise and visually appealing outline format, this book makes learning and studying easier and more fun. The companion Evolve website includes more than 3,000 review questions, including alternate item and Next Generation NCLEX® formats, and allows you to personalize your study by creating practice exams, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and reviewing answers and rationales.
- Mnemonic cartoons provide a fun, easy way to review and remember key nursing concepts and disease processes.
- More than 3,000 review questions on the Evolve companion website are available in both study and quiz modes and separated by content area, allowing customized review based on personal study needs. The review questions include multiple choice, alternate item format, and NGN.
- Answers and rationales are provided for all review questions.
- Test Alert! boxes in the book highlight key concepts frequently found on the NCLEX® examination.
- Nursing Priority boxes make it easier to distinguish priorities of nursing care.
- Older Adult Care Focus boxes in the book provide special considerations and nursing care strategies for the older adult.
- Pharmacology tables make key drug information easy to find, with high-alert medications noted by a special icon.
- Appendixes for each chapter summarize medications and nursing procedures for quick reference.
- Special icons distinguish pediatric and adult disorders and identify content on self-care and home care
- A separate chapter on pharmacology and medication administration helps you focus on this area of emphasis on the NCLEX® examination.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Evolve Student Resources
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One. Clinical Judgment and Testing Strategies for the NCLEX-PN® Examination
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT AND NCLEX-PN® EXAMINATION
- AREAS OF CLIENT NEEDS
- COMPUTER ADAPTIVE TESTING
- TAKING THE NCLEX-PN EXAMINATION
- PARTIAL CREDIT SCORING
- TYPES OF TEST ITEMS
- TESTING STRATEGIES
- STRATEGIES AND EXAMPLES
- TIPS FOR TEST-TAKING SUCCESS
- STUDY HABITS
- DECREASE ANXIETY
- References
- Chapter Two. Health Implications Across the Life Span
- LONG-TERM CARE
- REHABILITATION
- HOME HEALTH CARE
- CHRONIC ILLNESS
- GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- NUTRITION
- CHILDHOOD DISEASES
- Communicable Diseases
- POISONING
- CHARACTERISTICS OF CANCER
- Appendix 2-1 CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Three. Nursing Care Concepts
- BASIC HUMAN NEEDS
- STEPS OF THE NURSING PROCESS
- HEALTH ASSESSMENT
- HEALTH PROMOTION
- HEALTH TEACHING
- CULTURE AND SPIRITUALITY AWARENESS
- BASIC NURSING SKILLS
- SAFETY AND INFECTION CONTROL
- PAIN
- PERIOPERATIVE CARE
- Appendix 3.1 POSITIONING AND BODY MECHANICS
- Appendix 3.2 SAFE CLIENT HANDLING – PREVENTION OF INJURY
- Appendix 3.3 MEDICATIONS: ANALGESICS, NSAIDs, AND PREOPERATIVE
- Practice &Next-Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Four. Coordinated Care
- Disaster planning
- LEGAL CONCEPTS
- ETHICAL CONCEPTS
- END-OF-LIFE CARE CONCEPTS
- MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Five. Pharmacology and Medication Administration
- GENERAL CONCEPTS
- MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
- Appendix 5.1 CONVERSIONS
- Appendix 5.2 COMMON ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
- Appendix 5.3 UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Six. Homeostasis and Immune Concepts
- FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES
- INTRAVENOUS FLUID REPLACEMENT THERAPY
- MAINTENANCE AND REMOVAL OF INTRAVENOUS INFUSIONS
- COMPLICATIONS OF PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS THERAPY (Fig. 6.3)
- ACID-BASE BALANCE
- INFLAMMATION
- INFECTION
- DISORDERS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
- Appendix 6.1 POTASSIUM, SODIUM, AND CALCIUM IMBALANCES AND CORRECTING MEDICATIONS
- Appendix 6.2 MEDICATIONS: ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANTIBIOTIC, ANTIRETROVIRAL
- Appendix 6.3 INFECTION CONTROL PROCEDURES
- Appendix 6.4 VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Seven. Psychosocial Nursing Care
- SELF-CONCEPT
- BODY IMAGE
- SPECIFIC SITUATIONS OF ALTERED BODY IMAGE AND NURSING INTERVENTIONS
- HUMAN SEXUALITY
- CONCEPT OF LOSS
- PSYCHOSOCIAL
- THERAPEUTIC NURSING PROCESS
- INTERVENTION MODALITIES
- STRESS AND ADAPTATION
- COMMON BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS
- ABUSE
- RAPE
- PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
- NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS
- ANXIETY
- PERSONALITY DISORDERS
- SUBSTANCE-RELATED AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS
- MOOD DISORDERS
- SCHIZOPHRENIA AND SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISORDERS
- Appendix 7.1 MEDICATIONS: ALZHEIMER’S, ANTIANXIETY, ANTIMANIC, ANTIDEPRESSANT, AND ANTIPSYCHOTIC
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Eight. Eye and Ear: Care of Adult Clients
- THE EYE
- DISORDERS OF THE EYE
- THE EAR
- DISORDERS OF THE EAR
- Appendix 8.1 OPHTHALMIC AND HEARING DIAGNOSTICS
- Appendix 8.2 OPHTHALMIC MEDICATIONS
- Appendix 8.3 NURSING PROCEDURE: EAR AND EYE IRRIGATION
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Nine. Endocrine: Care of Adult Clients
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PITUITARY GLAND
- DISORDERS OF THE PITUITARY GLAND
- DISORDERS OF THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY
- DISORDERS OF THE THYROID GLAND
- DISORDERS OF THE PARATHYROID
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PANCREAS
- DISORDERS OF THE PANCREAS
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE ADRENALS
- DISORDERS OF THE ADRENALS
- Appendix 9.1 ENDOCRINE DIAGNOSTICS
- Appendix 9.2 MEDICATIONS USED IN ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
- Practice &Next-Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Ten. Hematology: Care of Adult Clients
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BLOOD
- DISORDERS OF HEMATOLGY SYSTEM
- DISORDERS OF COAGULATION
- Appendix 10.1 HEMATOLOGIC DIAGNOSTICS
- Appendix 10.2 HEMATOLOGIC MEDICATIONS
- Appendix 10.3 BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
- Appendix 10.4 HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Eleven. Respiratory: Care of Adult Clients
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
- Appendix 11.1 PULMONARY DIAGNOSTICS
- Appendix 11.2 RESPIRATORY MEDICATIONS
- Appendix 11.3 SUDDEN AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
- Appendix 11.4 WATER-SEALED CHEST DRAINAGE
- Equipment
- Appendix 11.5 ARTIFICIAL AIRWAYS
- Tracheostomy
- Appendix 11.6 SUCTIONING THROUGH ARTIFICIAL AIRWAYS
- Appendix 11.7 OXYGEN
- Appendix 11.8 VENTILATORS
- Appendix 11.9 NURSING PROCEDURE: SPUTUM SPECIMEN COLLECTION
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Twelve. Vascular: Care of Adult Clients
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM
- DISORDERS OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM
- Appendix 12.1 VASCULAR DIAGNOSTICS
- Appendix 12.2 MEDICATIONS
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Thirteen. Cardiac: Care of Adult Clients
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CARDIAC SYSTEM
- DISORDERS OF THE CARDIAC SYSTEM
- Appendix 13.1 CARDIAC DIAGNOSTICS
- Appendix 13.2 CARDIAC MEDICATIONS
- Appendix 13.3 CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS
- Appendix 13.4 PACEMAKERS
- Appendix 13.5 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
- Appendix 13.6 NONDRUG TREATMENT OF DYSRHYTHMIAS
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Fourteen. Gastrointestinal: Care of Adult Clients
- Physiology of the Gastrointestinal System
- Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System
- Appendix 14.1 GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS
- Appendix 14.2MEDICATIONS
- Appendix 14.3 PARENTERAL NUTRITION
- Appendix 14.4 NURSING PROCEDURE: NASOGASTRIC AND NASOINTESTINAL TUBES
- Appendix 14.5NURSING PROCEDURE: ENTERAL FEEDING
- Appendix 14.6NURSING PROCEDURE: ENEMAS
- Appendix 14.7NURSING PROCEDURE: CARE OF THE CLIENT WITH AN OSTOMY
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Fifteen. Hepatic and Biliary: Care of Adult Clients
- Physiology of the Hepatic and Biliary System
- Disorders of the Hepatic System
- DISORDERS OF THE BILIARY TRACT
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Sixteen. Neurology: Care of Adult Clients
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- DISORDERS OF THE NEUROLOGIC SYSTEM
- Appendix 16.1 NEUROLOGIC SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS
- Appendix 16.2 MEDICATIONS
- Appendix 16.3 APHASIA
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Seventeen. Musculoskeletal: Care of Adult Clients
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE
- DISORDERS OF MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE
- Appendix 17.1 DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES
- Appendix 17.2 MEDICATIONS
- Appendix 17.3 ASSISTIVE DEVICES FOR IMMOBILITY
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Eighteen. Reproductive Care of Adult Clients
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
- DISORDERS OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
- DISORDERS OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
- Appendix 18.1 MEDICATIONS USED IN REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Nineteen. Urinary Care of Adult Clients
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT
- DISORDERS OF THE URINARY-Kidney SYSTEM
- Appendix 19.1 DIAGNOSTICS OF THE URINARY-RENAL SYSTEM
- Appendix 19.2 MEDICATIONS FOR THE URINARY SYSTEM
- Appendix 19.3 URINARY DIVERSION
- Appendix 19.4 NURSING PROCEDURE: URINE SPECIMEN COLLECTION
- Appendix 19.5 NURSING PROCEDURE: URINARY CATHETERIZATION
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Twenty. Integumentary: Care of Adult Clients
- PHYSIOLOGY OF THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
- BENIGN AND INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS
- SKIN INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS
- Appendix 20.1 SKIN DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES
- Appendix 20.2 MEDICATIONS
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Twenty-One. Maternity Nursing Care
- ANTEPARTUM
- FETAL AND MATERNAL ASSESSMENT TESTING
- NORMAL PREGNANCY CYCLE: PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES
- FETAL DEVELOPMENT
- COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY
- INTRAPARTUM AND POSTPARTUM
- OPERATIVE OBSTETRICS
- COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LABOR AND DELIVERY
- POSTPARTUM NURSING CARE
- COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH POSTPARTUM
- HEALTHY NEWBORN
- HIGH-RISK NEWBORN
- DISORDERS OF MATERNAL ORIGIN
- Appendix 21.1 CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS
- Appendix 21.2 MEDICATIONS
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Chapter Twenty-Two. Pediatric Nursing Care
- Eye
- EAR
- IMMUNE
- PSYCHOSOCIAL
- INTEGUMENTARY
- ENDOCRINE
- HEMATOLOGY
- RESPIRATORY
- CARDIAC
- GASTROINTESTINAL
- NEUROLOGY
- MUSCULOSKELETAL
- REPRODUCTIVE
- URINARY-RENAL
- Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Answers to Practice &Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) Questions
- Appendix 1. Normal Laboratory Data
- Appendix 2. Anticoagulants
- General Nursing Implications
- References and Resources
- Index
- No. of pages: 568
- Language: English
- Edition: 10
- Published: November 30, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443110351
- eBook ISBN: 9780443112546
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JoAnn Zerwekh
Affiliations and expertise
President/CEO, Nursing Education Consultants, Inc., Chandler, Arizona