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Saunders Q & A Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination
- 5th Edition - February 5, 2019
- Authors: Linda Anne Silvestri, Angela Silvestri
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 5 6 1 4 - 9
The best way to prepare for the NCLEX-PN Exam is practice, practice, practice! And with over 5,000 NCLEX-style review questions reflecting the most current clinical updates and te… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe best way to prepare for the NCLEX-PN Exam is practice, practice, practice! And with over 5,000 NCLEX-style review questions reflecting the most current clinical updates and test plan, Saunders Q&A Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination, 5th Edition delivers all the practice you need to pass this all-important exam and so much more! Review questions in the physical book or go online and utilize the quiz mode or exam mode for an even more realistic review experience. There are ample alternate item question types in both the physical book and online. All questions are cross-categorized by level of cognitive ability, client needs area, integrated process, and 21 different clinical content areas — giving you the ability to really focus your study efforts where you need it most. All questions also include rationales for correct and incorrect options; as well as helpful test-taking strategies. This proven study resource has already helped thousands of students pass the NCLEX-PN Exam the first time. Don’t miss your chance!
- Detailed test-taking strategies for each question offer clues for analyzing and uncovering the correct answer option. Rationales are provided for both correct and incorrect options.
- All alternate item format questions provide the necessary practice in critical thinking and prioritization.
- 85-question comprehensive exam reflects the percentages identified in the NCLEX-PN exam test plan.
- Content organized by Client Needs and Integrated Processes provides an organized review for exam preparation and end-of-course standardized exams.
- Each question is categorized by level of cognitive ability, Client Needs area, integrated process, and clinical content area offer multiple study and exam selections.
- Introductory chapters cover exam preparation guidance, nonacademic preparation, test-taking strategies, the CAT format, and the NCLEX-PN from a new graduate’s perspective.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Author
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Preface
- NCLEX-PN® Test Preparation
- Special features of the book
- Special features found on evolve
- Practice questions
- Answer sections for practice questions
- How to use this book
- Climbing the pyramid to success
- Acknowledgments
- Unit I: NCLEX-PN® Preparation
- Chapter 1: The NCLEX-PN® Examination
- The pyramid to success
- The examination process
- Computer adaptive testing
- Development of the test plan
- Test plan
- Types of questions on the examination
- Registering to take the examination
- Authorization to test form and scheduling an appointment
- Changing your appointment
- Day of the examination
- Testing accommodations
- Testing center
- Testing time
- Length of the examination
- Pass-or-fail decisions
- Completing the examination
- Processing results
- Candidate performance report
- Interstate endorsement
- Nurse licensure compact
- The foreign-educated nurse
- Chapter 2: 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: Test-Taking Strategies
- Introduction
- Unit II: Client Needs
- Chapter 5: Client Needs and the NCLEX-PN® Test Plan
- Client needs
- Test 1: Safe and Effective Care Environment
- Test 2: Health Promotion and Maintenance
- Test 3: Psychosocial Integrity
- Test 4: Physiological Integrity
- Unit III: Integrated Processes
- Chapter 6: Integrated Processes and the NCLEX-PN® Test Plan
- Integrated processes
- Caring
- Clinical problem-solving process (nursing process)
- Communication and documentation
- Culture and spirituality
- Teaching and learning
- Test 5: Integrated Processes
- Caring
- Communication and documentation
- Culture and spirituality
- Teaching and learning
- Nursing process
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Unit IV: Comprehensive Test
- Test 6: Comprehensive Test
- No. of pages: 672
- Language: English
- Edition: 5
- Published: February 5, 2019
- Imprint: Saunders
- eBook ISBN: 9780323556149
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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 LeaderAS
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