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Abstract
With more than 6,000 unique test questions that you won’t find in Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, Saunders Q&A Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, 6th Edition provides the additional practice you need to prepare for and succeed on the NCLEX-RN exam! To enhance your review, each question includes a test-taking strategy, rationales for correct and incorrect answers, and page references to major nursing textbooks. The Evolve companion website adds a pre-test to help in identifying any areas of weakness, and lets you answer questions in study or exam mode. Written by the most trusted name in NCLEX exam review, Linda Anne Silvestri, this book organizes questions to match the Client Needs and Integrated Processes found in the most recent NCLEX-RN test plan. This review is part of the popular Saunders Pyramid to Success, which has helped more than 1.5 million nurses pass the NCLEX exam!
- Rationales are provided for both correct and incorrect answer options.
- A detailed test-taking strategy is included for each question, providing clues for analyzing and selecting the correct answer.
- All alternate item question types are represented, including multiple response, prioritizing/ordered response, fill-in-the-blank, illustration/hot spot, chart/exhibit questions, graphic option, and questions incorporating audio and video.
- Questions categorized by cognitive level, NCLEX® client needs area, integrated process, priority concepts, and clinical content area help you focus on the question types you find most difficult.
- A Priority Nursing Tip is included with each question, highlighting need-to-know patient care information.
- Page references to Elsevier nursing textbooks direct you to study and remediation material for any question answered incorrectly.
- Chapters organized by Client Needs simplify review and reflect the question mix in the NCLEX-RN test plan blueprint.
- An 85-question comprehensive exam represents the content and percentages of question types identified in the NCLEX-RN test plan.
- An Evolve companion website includes a pre-test to help in identifying any areas of weakness, and allows you to choose an area of study by content category and to answer questions in study or exam mode.
- Preparation guidance for the NCLEX-RN includes chapters on academic and nonacademic preparation, advice from a recent nursing graduate, and transitional issues for the foreign-educated nurse.
- NEW! Online and mobile updates will address the new NCLEX test plan to be released in April 2016.
- NEW! Content from the latest NCLEX-RN ® test plan covers the newest topics you could see on the exam.
- NEW! Additional practice questions in the book and on the Evolve companion website bring the total to over 6,000 test questions.
- NEW! Color-coded strategic words in each test-taking strategy refer you to content review and strategy discussions in the Silvestri Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN and Strategies for Test Success products.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Saunders Q&A Review for the Nclex-RN® Examination | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Dedication | v | ||
| About the Author | vii | ||
| Contributors | ix | ||
| Reviewers | xi | ||
| Preface | xiii | ||
| AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR TEST SUCCESS | xiii | ||
| NCLEX-RN® TEST PREPARATION | xiii | ||
| CLIENT NEEDS | xiii | ||
| INTEGRATED PROCESSES | xiii | ||
| COMPREHENSIVE TEST | xiii | ||
| SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE BOOK | xiii | ||
| Book Design | xiii | ||
| SPECIAL FEATURES FOUND ON EVOLVE | xiii | ||
| Pretest and Study Calendar | xiii | ||
| Heart, Lung, and Bowel Sound Questions | xiv | ||
| Video Questions | xiv | ||
| Testlet Questions | xiv | ||
| Audio Review Summaries | xiv | ||
| PRACTICE QUESTIONS | xiv | ||
| Multiple Choice and Alternate Item Format Questions | xiv | ||
| Answer Sections for Practice Questions | xiv | ||
| HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | xiv | ||
| CLIMBING THE PYRAMID TO SUCCESS | xv | ||
| Acknowledgments | xvii | ||
| Contents | xix | ||
| Unit I: NCLEX-RN® Preparation | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1: The NCLEX-RN® Examination | 2 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 2 | ||
| About This Resource | 2 | ||
| Other Parts of the Pyramid to Success | 2 | ||
| Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination | 2 | ||
| HESI/Saunders Online Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination | 2 | ||
| Saunders Strategies for Test Success: Passing Nursing School and the NCLEX® Exam | 3 | ||
| Saunders Q&A Review Cards for the NCLEX-RN® Exam | 3 | ||
| The Examination Process | 3 | ||
| Computer Adaptive Testing | 3 | ||
| Development of the Test Plan | 3 | ||
| Item Writers | 4 | ||
| The Test Plan | 4 | ||
| Levels of Cognitive Ability | 4 | ||
| Client Needs | 4 | ||
| Integrated Processes | 4 | ||
| Types of Questions on the Examination | 4 | ||
| Multiple Choice Questions | 5 | ||
| Fill-in-the-Blank Questions | 5 | ||
| Multiple Response Questions (Select All That Apply) | 5 | ||
| Prioritizing (Ordered Response) Questions | 5 | ||
| Figure Questions | 5 | ||
| Chart/Exhibit Questions | 6 | ||
| Graphic Options Questions | 6 | ||
| Audio Questions | 7 | ||
| Video Questions | 7 | ||
| Registering to Take the Examination | 7 | ||
| Authorization to Test Form and Scheduling an Appointment | 9 | ||
| Canceling or Rescheduling the Appointment | 9 | ||
| The Day of the Examination | 9 | ||
| Special Testing Circumstances | 9 | ||
| The Testing Center | 9 | ||
| Testing Time | 10 | ||
| Length of the Examination | 10 | ||
| Pass-or-Fail Decisions | 10 | ||
| Completing the Examination | 10 | ||
| Processing Results | 10 | ||
| Candidate Performance Report | 10 | ||
| Interstate Endorsement | 11 | ||
| Nurse Licensure Compact | 11 | ||
| Additional Information about the Examination | 11 | ||
| Chapter 2: NCLEX-RN® Preparation for Foreign-Educated Nurses: Transitional Issues for Foreign-Educated Nurses | 12 | ||
| National Council of State Boards of Nursing | 12 | ||
| State Requirements for Licensure | 12 | ||
| Credentialing Agencies | 12 | ||
| General Licensure Requirements | 12 | ||
| Work Visa | 13 | ||
| VisaScreen | 13 | ||
| Registering to Take the NCLEX Exam | 14 | ||
| Preparing to Take the NCLEX Exam | 14 | ||
| Chapter 3: Profiles to Success | 15 | ||
| The Pyramid to Success | 15 | ||
| Your Profile to Success ( Box 3-1) | 15 | ||
| Developing Your Preparation Plan | 15 | ||
| Identifying Your Goals for Success | 16 | ||
| Selecting Your Study Place | 16 | ||
| Deciding on Your Amount of Daily Study Time | 16 | ||
| Developing Control | 16 | ||
| Dealing with Anxiety | 16 | ||
| Ensuring Physical Readiness | 17 | ||
| Confidence and Belief in Yourself | 17 | ||
| Chapter 4: The NCLEX-RN® Examination: A Graduate’s Perspective | 18 | ||
| Preparing Myself for the NCLEX-RN Examination | 18 | ||
| Planning a Study Routine That Works | 18 | ||
| Phase One | 18 | ||
| Phase Two | 18 | ||
| Answering Question After Question | 19 | ||
| The NCLEX-RN Application Process | 19 | ||
| The Final Steps | 19 | ||
| During the NCLEX-RN Examination | 20 | ||
| Passing the NCLEX-RN Examination | 20 | ||
| Chapter 5: Test-Taking Strategies | 21 | ||
| Unit II: Client Needs | 31 | ||
| Chapter 6: Client Needs and the NCLEX-RN® Test Plan | 32 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 32 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 32 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 33 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 33 | ||
| Test 1: Physiological Integrity | 36 | ||
| Level of Cognitive Ability: | 36 | ||
| Client Needs: | 36 | ||
| Integrated Process: | 36 | ||
| Content Area: | 36 | ||
| Priority Concepts: | 36 | ||
| Answer: | 36 | ||
| Rationale: | 36 | ||
| Priority Nursing Tip: | 36 | ||
| Test-Taking Strategy: | 36 | ||
| Reference(s): | 36 | ||
| Unit III: Integrated Processes | 463 | ||
| Chapter 7: Integrated Processes and the NCLEX-RN® Test Plan | 464 | ||
| Integrated Processes | 464 | ||
| Caring | 464 | ||
| Communication and Documentation | 464 | ||
| Teaching and Learning | 465 | ||
| Nursing Process | 466 | ||
| Assessment | 466 | ||
| Analysis | 466 | ||
| Planning | 466 | ||
| Implementation | 467 | ||
| Evaluation | 467 | ||
| Test 5: Integrated Processes | 469 | ||
| Caring | 469 | ||
| Level of Cognitive Ability: | 469 | ||
| Client Needs: | 469 | ||
| Integrated Process: | 469 | ||
| Content Area: | 469 | ||
| Priority Concepts: | 469 | ||
| Answer: | 469 | ||
| Rationale: | 469 | ||
| Priority Nursing Tip: | 469 | ||
| Test-Taking Strategy: | 469 | ||
| Reference(s): | 469 | ||
| Unit IV: Comprehensive Test | 567 | ||
| Test 6: Comprehensive Test | 568 | ||
| Level of Cognitive Ability: | 568 | ||
| Client Needs: | 568 | ||
| Integrated Process: | 568 | ||
| Content Area: | 568 | ||
| Priority Concepts: | 568 | ||
| Answer: | 568 | ||
| Rationale: | 568 | ||
| Priority Nursing Tip: | 568 | ||
| Test-Taking Strategy: | 568 | ||
| Reference(s): | 568 | ||
| References | 681 | ||
| Index | 683 | ||
| Inside Back Cover | ES3 |