Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination
- 10th Edition - March 27, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Linda Anne Silvestri, Angela Silvestri
- Language: English
Prepare for success on the NCLEX-RN® exam with this complete review! Often called the “the best NCLEX® exam review book ever,” Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Exam… Read more
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Prepare for success on the NCLEX-RN® exam with this complete review! Often called the “the best NCLEX® exam review book ever,” Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination reviews all nursing content areas related to the current test plan. This new edition includes more than 6,000 questions for the NCLEX-RN in the book and online, including alternate items formats and Next Generation NCLEX questions. Not all NCLEX prep books are created equal. Our resources specifically present high-level questions that consistently test the clinical judgment skills necessary to pass today’s NCLEX exam. Even better, all answers include detailed rationales to help you learn from your answer choices as well as test-taking strategies with tips on how to best approach each question. Written by the most trusted names in NCLEX review, Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela Elizabeth Silvestri, this is THE book of choice for NCLEX preparation. But don’t just take our word for it — read any customer review or ask your classmates to see why there's nothing else like it.
Key features
Key features
- More than 6,000 practice questions in the text and on the Evolve website offer ample testing practice and reflect all item types, including Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) items.
- Detailed rationale and test-taking strategy are included for each question, offering clues for analyzing and uncovering the correct answer option, with rationales for both correct and incorrect answers.
- Clinical Judgment boxes identify clinical judgment situations, each addressing one of the six cognitive skills of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model.
- Pyramid Terms important to the discussion in the chapter are highlighted.
- Pyramid to Success provides a focus of review in each unit and points out key content for NCLEX preparation.
- Pyramid Points icons indicate important information, identifying content that is likely to appear on the NCLEX-RN® examination.
- Pyramid Alerts icons appear in red text and highlight key nursing concepts to remember, and identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-RN exam.
- Priority Concepts — two in each chapter — identify the focus of important content for nursing care, and reflect the latest edition of Giddens’ Concepts for Nursing Practice text.
- Mnemonics are included to help you remember important information.
- Audio podcasts on Evolve cover pharmacology, acid-base balance, and fluids and electrolytes.
- Pathways to Success provide guidance with a focus on self-efficacy and both academic and nonacademic test preparation.
- New graduate’s perspective is offered on how to prepare for the NCLEX-RN and the testing experience.
- Pharmacology review provides 13 chapters on medications by body systems, a medication and IV calculation chapter, and a pediatric medication administration and calculation chapter. There are over 1,000 pharmacology questions on Evolve.
- Alternate item format questions cover multiple-response [select all that apply], prioritizing [ordered response], fill-in-the-blank, figure/illustration [hot spot], graphic options, chart/exhibit, and audio questions.
- Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) standalone and unfolding case studies provide Bow-tie and Trend items, and unfolding cases accompanied by all types of NGN items: highlight (in text, in table), multiple-response (SATA, select N, grouping), matrix (multiple choice and multiple response), drag-and-drop, and drop-down.
- 85-question pre-test and post-test on Evolve cover all content areas in the same percentages that they are covered on the actual NCLEX-RN test plan. Each test generates an individualized study calendar.
- Practice questions on Evolve are organized by cognitive level, content area, client needs area, integrated process, health problem, cognitive skills, strategy, and priority concepts, allowing completely customizable exams or study sessions.
Readership
Readership
Graduating RN students studying for the NCLEX-RN® exam
Table of contents
Table of contents
Unit I: NCLEX-RN® Exam Preparation
1. The NCLEX-RN Examination
2. Self-Efficacy and Pathways to Success
3. The NCLEX-RN® Examination from a Graduate's Perspective
4. Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies
Unit II: Professional Standards in Nursing
5. Population Health Nursing
6. Ethical and Legal Issues
7. Community Care Coordination and Care Settings
Unit III: Foundations of Care
8. Fluids and Electrolytes
9. Acid-Base Balance
10. Vital Signs and Laboratory Reference Intervals
11. Nutrition
12. Health and Physical Assessment of the Adult Client
13. Safety and Infection Control
14. Medication Administration and Intravenous Therapies
15. Perioperative Nursing Care
16. Hygiene, Mobility, and Skin Integrity
17. Urinary and Bowel Elimination
Unit IV: Growth and Development Across the Life Span
18. Theories of Growth and Development
19. Growth, Development, and Stages of Life
20. Care of the Older Client
Unit V: Maternity Nursing
21. Reproductive System
22. Prenatal Period
23. Risk Conditions Related to Pregnancy
24. Labor and Birth
25. Problems with Labor and Birth
26. Postpartum Period
27. Postpartum Complications
28. Care of the Newborn
29. Maternity and Newborn Medications
Unit VI: Pediatric Nursing
30. Integumentary Problems
31. Hematological Problems
32. Oncological Problems
33. Metabolic and Endocrine Problems
34. Gastrointestinal Problems
35. Eye, Ear, and Throat Problems
36. Respiratory Problems
37. Cardiovascular Problems
38. Renal and Genitourinary Problems
39. Neurological and Cognitive Problems
40. Musculoskeletal Problems
41. Immune Disorders and Infectious Diseases
42. Pediatric Medication Administration and Calculations
Unit VII: Integumentary Problems of the Adult Client
43. Integumentary Problems
44. Integumentary Medications
Unit VIII: Oncological and Hematological Problems of the Adult Client
45. Oncological and Hematological Problems
46. Oncological and Hematological Medications
Unit IX: Endocrine Problems of the Adult Client
47. Endocrine Problems
48. Endocrine Medications
Unit X: Gastrointestinal Problems of the Adult Client
49. Gastrointestinal Problems
50. Gastrointestinal Medications
Unit XI: Respiratory Problems of the Adult Client
51. Respiratory Problems
52. Respiratory Medications
Unit XII: Cardiovascular Problems of the Adult Client
53. Cardiovascular Problems
54. Cardiovascular Medications
Unit XIII: Renal and Urinary Problems of the Adult Client
55. Renal and Urinary Problems
56. Renal and Urinary Medications
Unit XIV: Eye and Ear Problems of the Adult Client
57. Eye and Ear Problems
58. Eye and Ear Medication
Unit XV: Neurological Problems of the Adult Client
59. Neurological Problems
60. Neurological Medications
Unit XVI: Musculoskeletal Problems of the Adult Client
61. Musculoskeletal Problems
62. Musculoskeletal Medications
Unit XVII: Immune Problems of the Adult Client
63. Immune Problems
64. Immunological Medications
Unit XVIII: Mental Health Problems of the Adult Client
65. Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
66. Mental Health Problems
67. Addictions
68. Crisis Theory and Intervention
69. Psychiatric Medications
Unit XIX: Complex Care
70. Complex Care
1. The NCLEX-RN Examination
2. Self-Efficacy and Pathways to Success
3. The NCLEX-RN® Examination from a Graduate's Perspective
4. Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies
Unit II: Professional Standards in Nursing
5. Population Health Nursing
6. Ethical and Legal Issues
7. Community Care Coordination and Care Settings
Unit III: Foundations of Care
8. Fluids and Electrolytes
9. Acid-Base Balance
10. Vital Signs and Laboratory Reference Intervals
11. Nutrition
12. Health and Physical Assessment of the Adult Client
13. Safety and Infection Control
14. Medication Administration and Intravenous Therapies
15. Perioperative Nursing Care
16. Hygiene, Mobility, and Skin Integrity
17. Urinary and Bowel Elimination
Unit IV: Growth and Development Across the Life Span
18. Theories of Growth and Development
19. Growth, Development, and Stages of Life
20. Care of the Older Client
Unit V: Maternity Nursing
21. Reproductive System
22. Prenatal Period
23. Risk Conditions Related to Pregnancy
24. Labor and Birth
25. Problems with Labor and Birth
26. Postpartum Period
27. Postpartum Complications
28. Care of the Newborn
29. Maternity and Newborn Medications
Unit VI: Pediatric Nursing
30. Integumentary Problems
31. Hematological Problems
32. Oncological Problems
33. Metabolic and Endocrine Problems
34. Gastrointestinal Problems
35. Eye, Ear, and Throat Problems
36. Respiratory Problems
37. Cardiovascular Problems
38. Renal and Genitourinary Problems
39. Neurological and Cognitive Problems
40. Musculoskeletal Problems
41. Immune Disorders and Infectious Diseases
42. Pediatric Medication Administration and Calculations
Unit VII: Integumentary Problems of the Adult Client
43. Integumentary Problems
44. Integumentary Medications
Unit VIII: Oncological and Hematological Problems of the Adult Client
45. Oncological and Hematological Problems
46. Oncological and Hematological Medications
Unit IX: Endocrine Problems of the Adult Client
47. Endocrine Problems
48. Endocrine Medications
Unit X: Gastrointestinal Problems of the Adult Client
49. Gastrointestinal Problems
50. Gastrointestinal Medications
Unit XI: Respiratory Problems of the Adult Client
51. Respiratory Problems
52. Respiratory Medications
Unit XII: Cardiovascular Problems of the Adult Client
53. Cardiovascular Problems
54. Cardiovascular Medications
Unit XIII: Renal and Urinary Problems of the Adult Client
55. Renal and Urinary Problems
56. Renal and Urinary Medications
Unit XIV: Eye and Ear Problems of the Adult Client
57. Eye and Ear Problems
58. Eye and Ear Medication
Unit XV: Neurological Problems of the Adult Client
59. Neurological Problems
60. Neurological Medications
Unit XVI: Musculoskeletal Problems of the Adult Client
61. Musculoskeletal Problems
62. Musculoskeletal Medications
Unit XVII: Immune Problems of the Adult Client
63. Immune Problems
64. Immunological Medications
Unit XVIII: Mental Health Problems of the Adult Client
65. Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
66. Mental Health Problems
67. Addictions
68. Crisis Theory and Intervention
69. Psychiatric Medications
Unit XIX: Complex Care
70. Complex Care
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 10
- Latest edition
- Published: January 5, 2027
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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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