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Saunders Q & A Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination
- 6th Edition - November 30, 2021
- Author: Angela Silvestri
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 5 3 4 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 2 8 8 0 - 2
To pass the NCLEX-PN® exam on your first try, you need practice! Saunders Q & A Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination, 6th Edition prepares you for exam success with more than… Read more
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Request a sales quoteTo pass the NCLEX-PN® exam on your first try, you need practice! Saunders Q & A Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination, 6th Edition prepares you for exam success with more than 5,600 practice questions, each reflecting current nursing knowledge and the latest test plan framework. Answer questions in the book, or go to the Evolve website to answer interactive questions in Study mode or in Exam mode for a more realistic testing experience. To enhance your review, each practice question includes a test-taking strategy and rationales for both correct and incorrect answers. Written by NCLEX experts Linda Silvestri and Angela Silvestri, this book is part of the popular Saunders Pyramid to Success, which has helped thousands of nurses pass the NCLEX-PN exam!
- 1,265 NCLEX-PN® Examination-Style questions are included in the book, and the Evolve website includes all of the questions from the book plus an additional 4,400 questions.
- Content organized by Client Needs and Integrated Processes mirrors the actual NCLEX-PN exam, providing a logical review for exam preparation and end-of-course standardized exams.
- UNIQUE! Detailed test-taking strategy and rationale for each question provides clues for analyzing and uncovering the correct answer option, along with rationales for both correct and incorrect options.
- Case studies include a client scenario and accompanying practice questions.
- UNIQUE! Priority Nursing Action tips are provided for each question to clarify the most important nursing considerations and interventions for each scenario.
- Categorization of questions allows you to select questions by cognitive level, client needs, integrated process, and clinical content area.
- All alternate item format questions are included, providing the practice needed to master critical thinking skills and understand prioritization.
- Graphic options questions on Evolve familiarize you with these alternate item format question types that could appear on the NCLEX®.
- Introductory chapters cover preparation guidance for the NCLEX-PN, test-taking strategies, clinical judgment and NGN item types, non-academic preparation, and a new graduate’s perspective on the NCLEX-PN experience.
Graduating PN students studying for the NCLEX® Exam (47,633 candidates took the NCLEX-PN® for the first time in 2018)
- Instructions for online access
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Dedication
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Unit I. NCLEX-PN® Preparation
- Chapter 1. Clinical Judgment and the NCLEX-PN® Examination
- The Pyramid to Success
- Examination Process
- Computer Adaptive Testing
- Development of the Test Plan
- Test Plan
- Types of Questions on the Examination
- Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Item Types
- Registering to Take the Examination
- Authorization to Test Form and Scheduling an Appointment
- Changing Your Scheduled Appointment
- Day of the Examination
- Testing Accommodations
- Testing Center
- Testing Time and Length of the Examination
- Completing the Examination
- Processing Results
- Pass-or-Fail Decisions and the Candidate Performance Report
- Interstate Endorsement and Nurse Licensure Compact
- The Internationally Educated Nurse
- Chapter 2. Self-Efficacy and Profiles to Success
- The Pyramid to Success
- Your Profile to Success
- Developing Control
- Confidence and Belief in Yourself
- Chapter 3. The NCLEX-PN® Examination: From a Graduate’s Perspective
- Chapter 4. Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies
- Introduction
- I. Clinical Judgment
- II. Key Test-Taking Strategies (Box 4.1)
- IV. Strategic Words (Box 4.5)
- V. Subject of the Question (Box 4.6)
- VI. Positive and Negative Event Queries (Boxes 4.7 and 4.8)
- VII. Questions That Require Prioritizing
- VIII. Eliminate Comparable or Alike Options (Box 4.19)
- IX. Eliminate Options Containing Closed-Ended Words (Box 4.20)
- X. Look for the Umbrella Option (Box 4.21)
- XI. Use the Guidelines for Delegating and Assignment-Making (Box 4.22)
- XII. Available Resources and Ideal Situations (Box 4.23)
- XIII. Answering Pharmacology Questions (Box 4.24)
- Unit II. Client Needs
- Chapter 5. Client Needs and the NCLEX-PN® Test Plan
- Client Needs
- Chapter 6. Safe and Effective Care Environment Practice Questions
- Chapter 7. Health Promotion and Maintenance Practice Questions
- Chapter 8. Psychosocial Integrity Practice Questions
- Chapter 9. Physiological Integrity Practice Questions
- Unit III. Integrated Processes
- Chapter 10. Integrated Processes and the NCLEX-PN® Test Plan
- Integrated Processes
- Caring
- Clinical Problem-Solving Process (Nursing Process)
- Planning
- Communication and Documentation
- Culture and Spirituality
- Teaching and Learning
- Chapter 11. Integrated Processes Practice Questions
- Caring
- Communication and Documentation
- Culture and Spirituality
- Teaching and Learning
- Nursing Process: Data Collection
- Nursing Process: Planning
- Nursing Process: Implementation
- Nursing Process: Evaluation
- No. of pages: 672
- Language: English
- Edition: 6
- Published: November 30, 2021
- Imprint: Saunders
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323795340
- eBook ISBN: 9780323828802
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Angela Silvestri
Angela Silvestri is a well-known nurse educator, researcher, and author. She has been teaching and working in university administrative roles for the past 10 years at all levels of nursing education. She has experience teaching across the program and in classroom and clinical settings in the areas of Nutrition and Human Development Across the Lifespan, Foundations of Care in Nursing, Gerontological Nursing, Complex Care in Nursing, and Leadership and Transition to Practice in pre-nursing and undergraduate nursing programs. She is currently serving as the Program Director for the undergraduate BSN program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a sought-out speaker at national conferences on the topic of nursing school success. Her passion for college student success comes through in her work at the School of Nursing teaching Leadership and licensure exam preparation and in publishing research and best-selling licensure exam review resources on national and international levels.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor Touro University Nevada-School of Nursing