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Now there’s a Canadian edition of the book that is often called the ‘the best NCLEX® exam review book ever! Saunders Canadian Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination provides everything your students need to prepare for the NCLEX exam — complete content review and over 5,100 NCLEX examination-style questions in the book and online. This is the first edition to put the NCLEX-RN® exam in a Canadian context. An Evolve companion website includes instructor resources that make it easy to integrate this book into any course, along with detailed feedback and assessment for your students’ work. Don't make the mistake of assuming the quality of the questions is the same in all NCLEX exam review books, because only this book includes the kind of questions that consistently test the critical thinking skills necessary to pass today's NCLEX exam. Even better, all answers include detailed rationales to help students learn from their answer choices, as well as test-taking strategies with tips on how to best approach each question. Written by the most trusted name in NCLEX review, Linda Anne Silvestri, and featuring special resources to help Canadian students succeed, this is THE book of choice for NCLEX preparation. Read any customer review or ask your colleagues to see why there's nothing else like it!
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Inside Front Cover | ES2 | ||
| Saunders Canadian Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Dedication | v | ||
| Letter from Author | vi | ||
| About the Author | vii | ||
| Contributors | viii | ||
| Reviewers | x | ||
| Saunders Comprehensive Review Welcomes Canadian Candidates! | xii | ||
| A New Perspective on Preparing for Success | xii | ||
| The NCLEX-RN® in Canada | xii | ||
| Process of Registration in Canada | xii | ||
| Differences Between US and Canadian Language | xii | ||
| What Nursing Content is Covered by the NCLEX-RN®? | xiii | ||
| New Canadian Resources Available in This Edition | xiii | ||
| How to Use the Appendices | xiv | ||
| Preface | xv | ||
| Welcome to Saunders Pyramid to Success! | xv | ||
| An Essential Resource for Test Success | xv | ||
| Organization | xv | ||
| Special Features of the Book | xv | ||
| Pyramid Terms | xv | ||
| Pyramid to Success | xv | ||
| Priority Concepts | xv | ||
| Pyramid Points | xv | ||
| Pyramid Alerts | xv | ||
| Priority Nursing Actions | xvi | ||
| Critical Thinking: What Should You Do? Questions | xvi | ||
| Special Features Found on Evolve | xvi | ||
| Pretest and Study Calendar | xvi | ||
| Heart, Lung, and Bowel Sounds Questions | xvi | ||
| Video Questions | xvi | ||
| Testlet Questions | xvi | ||
| Audio Review Summaries | xvi | ||
| Practice Questions | xvi | ||
| Multiple Choice and Alternate Item Format Questions | xvi | ||
| Pharmacology and Medication Calculations Review | xvi | ||
| How to Use This Book | xvii | ||
| Climbing the Pyramid to Success | xvii | ||
| Acknowledgements | xix | ||
| Contents | xxi | ||
| Unit I: NCLEX-RN® Exam Preparation | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1: The NCLEX-RN® Examination | 2 | ||
| The Pyramid to Success | 2 | ||
| Welcome to the Pyramid to Success | 2 | ||
| Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination | 2 | ||
| Saunders Q&A 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 | 2 | ||
| Saunders Q&A Review Cards for the NCLEX-RN® Exam | 3 | ||
| Saunders RNtertainment for the NCLEX-RN® Exam | 3 | ||
| Examination Process | 3 | ||
| Computer Adaptive Testing | 3 | ||
| Development of the Test Plan | 4 | ||
| Test Plan | 4 | ||
| Level of Cognitive Ability | 4 | ||
| Client Needs | 4 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 4 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 5 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 5 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 5 | ||
| Integrated Processes | 6 | ||
| Types of Questions on the Examination | 7 | ||
| Multiple-Choice Questions | 7 | ||
| Fill-in-the-Blank Questions | 7 | ||
| Multiple-Response Questions | 7 | ||
| Ordered-Response Questions | 7 | ||
| Figure Questions | 8 | ||
| Chart/Exhibit Questions | 8 | ||
| Graphic Option Questions | 8 | ||
| Audio Questions | 8 | ||
| Video Questions | 9 | ||
| Registering to Take the Examination | 10 | ||
| Authorization to Test Form and Scheduling an Appointment | 10 | ||
| Changing Your Appointment | 10 | ||
| Day of the Examination | 11 | ||
| Testing Accommodations | 11 | ||
| Testing Center | 11 | ||
| Testing Time | 12 | ||
| Length of the Examination | 12 | ||
| Pass-or-Fail Decisions | 12 | ||
| Completing the Examination | 12 | ||
| Processing Results | 12 | ||
| Candidate Performance Report | 13 | ||
| Interstate Endorsement | 13 | ||
| Nurse Licensure Compact | 13 | ||
| The Foreign-Educated Nurse | 13 | ||
| Chapter 2: Pathways to Success | 14 | ||
| The Pyramid to Success | 14 | ||
| Pathways to Success (Box 2-1) | 14 | ||
| Foundation | 14 | ||
| List | 14 | ||
| Plan for Preparation | 14 | ||
| Positive Pampering | 15 | ||
| Final Preparation | 16 | ||
| Day of the Examination (Box 2-3) | 16 | ||
| This Is Not a Test | 17 | ||
| Chapter 3: The NCLEX-RN® Examination from a Graduates Perspective | 18 | ||
| Chapter 4: Test-Taking Strategies | 20 | ||
| Unit II: Professional Standards in Nursing | 30 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 30 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 30 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 30 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 31 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 31 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 31 | ||
| Chapter 5: Cultural Awareness and Health Practices | 32 | ||
| Chapter 6: Ethical and Legal Issues | 44 | ||
| Chapter 7: Prioritizing Client Care: Leadership, Delegation, and Emergency Response Planning | 59 | ||
| Unit III: Nursing Sciences | 76 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 76 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 76 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 76 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 77 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 77 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 77 | ||
| Chapter 8: Fluids and Electrolytes | 78 | ||
| Chapter 9: Acid-Base Balance | 97 | ||
| Chapter 10: Vital Signs and Laboratory Reference Intervals | 108 | ||
| Chapter 11: Nutrition | 124 | ||
| Chapter 12: Parenteral Nutrition | 134 | ||
| Chapter 13: Intravenous Therapy | 144 | ||
| Chapter 14: Administration of Blood Products | 158 | ||
| Chapter 15: Health and Physical Assessment of the Adult Client | 169 | ||
| Unit IV: Fundamentals of Care | 190 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 190 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 190 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 190 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 190 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 191 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 191 | ||
| Chapter 16: Provision of a Safe Environment | 192 | ||
| Chapter 17: Calculation of Medication and Intravenous Prescriptions | 204 | ||
| Chapter 18: Perioperative Nursing Care | 215 | ||
| Chapter 19: Positioning Clients | 230 | ||
| Chapter 20: Care of a Client with a Tube | 239 | ||
| Unit V: Growth and Development Across the Life Span | 255 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 255 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 255 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 255 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 255 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 255 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 256 | ||
| Chapter 21: Theories of Growth and Development | 257 | ||
| Chapter 22: Developmental Stages | 265 | ||
| Chapter 23: Care of the Older Client | 281 | ||
| Unit VI: Maternity Nursing | 289 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 289 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 289 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 289 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 289 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 289 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 289 | ||
| Chapter 24: Reproductive System | 291 | ||
| Chapter 25: Prenatal Period | 299 | ||
| Chapter 26: Risk Conditions Related to Pregnancy | 314 | ||
| Chapter 27: Labor and Birth | 332 | ||
| Chapter 28: Problems with Labor and Birth | 346 | ||
| Chapter 29: Postpartum Period | 356 | ||
| Chapter 30: Postpartum Complications | 364 | ||
| Chapter 31: Care of the Newborn | 372 | ||
| Chapter 32: Maternity and Newborn Medications | 393 | ||
| Unit VII: Pediatric Nursing | 403 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 403 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 403 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 403 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 403 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 403 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 403 | ||
| Chapter 33: Integumentary Disorders | 404 | ||
| Chapter 34: Hematological Disorders | 411 | ||
| Chapter 35: Oncological Disorders | 419 | ||
| Chapter 36: Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders | 430 | ||
| Chapter 37: Gastrointestinal Disorders | 439 | ||
| Chapter 38: Eye, Ear, and Throat Disorders | 457 | ||
| Chapter 39: Respiratory Disorders | 463 | ||
| Chapter 40: Cardiovascular Disorders | 479 | ||
| Chapter 41: Renal and Urinary Disorders | 491 | ||
| Chapter 42: Neurological and Cognitive Disorders | 499 | ||
| Chapter 43: Musculoskeletal Disorders | 511 | ||
| Chapter 44: Infectious and Communicable Diseases | 520 | ||
| Chapter 45: Pediatric Medication Administration and Calculations | 536 | ||
| Unit VIII: Integumentary Disorders of the Adult Client | 543 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 543 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 543 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 543 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 543 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 543 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 543 | ||
| Chapter 46: Integumentary System | 544 | ||
| Chapter 47: Integumentary Medications | 569 | ||
| Unit IX: Hematological and Oncological Disorders of the Adult Client | 578 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 578 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 578 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 578 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 578 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 578 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 578 | ||
| Chapter 48: Hematological and Oncological Disorders | 580 | ||
| Chapter 49: Hematological and Oncological Medications | 614 | ||
| Unit X: Endocrine Disorders of the Adult Client | 625 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 625 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 625 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 625 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 625 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 625 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 625 | ||
| Chapter 50: Endocrine System | 626 | ||
| Chapter 51: Endocrine Medications | 653 | ||
| Unit XI: Gastrointestinal Disorders of the Adult Client | 669 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 669 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 669 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 669 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 669 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 669 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 669 | ||
| Chapter 52: Gastrointestinal System | 671 | ||
| Chapter 53: Gastrointestinal Medications | 698 | ||
| Unit XII: Respiratory Disorders of the Adult Client | 706 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 706 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 706 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 706 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 706 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 706 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 706 | ||
| Chapter 54: Respiratory System | 708 | ||
| Chapter 55: Respiratory Medications | 737 | ||
| Unit XIII: Cardiovascular Disorders of the Adult Client | 754 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 754 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 754 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 754 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 754 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 754 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 754 | ||
| Chapter 56: Cardiovascular System | 755 | ||
| Chapter 57: Cardiovascular Medications | 797 | ||
| Unit XIV: Renal and Urinary Disorders of the Adult Client | 815 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 815 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 815 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 815 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 815 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 815 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 815 | ||
| Chapter 58: Renal and Urinary System | 817 | ||
| Chapter 59: Renal and Urinary Medications | 850 | ||
| Unit XV: Eye and Ear Disorders of the Adult Client | 860 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 860 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 860 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 860 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 860 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 860 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 860 | ||
| Chapter 60: The Eye and the Ear | 861 | ||
| Chapter 61: Eye and Ear Medications | 882 | ||
| Unit XVI: Neurological Disorders of the Adult Client | 892 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 892 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 892 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 892 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 892 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 892 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 892 | ||
| Chapter 62: Neurological System | 893 | ||
| Chapter 63: Neurological Medications | 923 | ||
| Unit XVII: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Adult Client | 936 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 936 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 936 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 936 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 936 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 936 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 936 | ||
| Chapter 64: Musculoskeletal System | 937 | ||
| Chapter 65: Musculoskeletal Medications | 958 | ||
| Unit XVIII: Immune Disorders of the Adult Client | 965 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 965 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 965 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 965 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 965 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 965 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 965 | ||
| Chapter 66: Immune Disorders | 966 | ||
| Chapter 67: Immunological Medications | 980 | ||
| Chapter 68: Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing | 987 | ||
| Unit XIX: Mental Health Disorders of the Adult Client | 999 | ||
| Pyramid to Success | 999 | ||
| Client Needs: Learning Objectives | 999 | ||
| Safe and Effective Care Environment | 999 | ||
| Health Promotion and Maintenance | 999 | ||
| Psychosocial Integrity | 999 | ||
| Physiological Integrity | 999 | ||
| Chapter 69: Mental Health Disorders | 1000 | ||
| Chapter 70: Addictions | 1019 | ||
| Chapter 71: Crisis Theory and Intervention | 1030 | ||
| Chapter 72: Psychiatric Medications | 1043 | ||
| Unit XX: Comprehensive Test | 1056 | ||
| References | 1079 | ||
| Online References | 1079 | ||
| Glossary | 1081 | ||
| Index | 1090 | ||
| Appendix A: Canadian Regulators and Associated Regulatory and Exam Resources | 1135 | ||
| Canadian Council of Registered Nurse Regulators (CCRNR) | 1135 | ||
| Canadian Regulators (Provincial and Territorial) | 1135 | ||
| National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Resources for Canadian Writers | 1135 | ||
| National Nursing Assessment Service (NNAS) for Internationally Educated Nurses | 1136 | ||
| Appendix B: Canadian Nursing Professional Resources | 1137 | ||
| Canadian Nurses Association | 1137 | ||
| Canadian Nurse Protective Society (CNPS) | 1137 | ||
| Appendix C: Canadian Health Care Management Organizations and Associated Clinical Online Resources | 1138 | ||
| Arthritis Care and Management | 1138 | ||
| Blood Safety | 1138 | ||
| Cancer Care | 1138 | ||
| Cardiovascular Care | 1138 | ||
| Care Across the Lifespan | 1138 | ||
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Care and Management | 1138 | ||
| Communicable Diseases | 1139 | ||
| Complementary and Alternative Health Therapies | 1139 | ||
| Diabetes Care | 1139 | ||
| Disease Prevention and Control | 1139 | ||
| Emergency Triage Management | 1139 | ||
| Mental Health Care | 1139 | ||
| Nursing Scope of Practice | 1139 | ||
| Nutrition and Canadas Food Guide | 1139 | ||
| Occupational Health and Safety | 1140 | ||
| Palliative Care | 1140 | ||
| Patient Safety/Restraints and Fall Safety | 1140 | ||
| Privacy Legislation | 1140 | ||
| Public Safety and Emergency Management | 1140 | ||
| Stroke Care and Management | 1140 | ||
| Appendix D: Canadian Reference Resources | 1141 | ||
| Inside Back cover | ES3 |