Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination

Book info: Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination (Paperback, 1040 pages) – Saunders, 2012. Language: English.

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Get everything you need to review for the NCLEX-PN exam from one trusted source! This unique, bestselling review and preparation guide offers the perfect combination of core content review, practice questions, comprehensive rationales, and detailed test-taking strategies from the NCLEX expert herself: Linda Silvestri. Updated to reflect the latest NCLEX-PN test plan, this new edition features over 4,200 high-quality review questions in the book and on the companion Evolve website to help you hone your understanding of all the important NCLEX-PN content areas.

• More than 4,200 practice questions in the text and companion Evolve site provide ample testing practice in both print and electronic format – 500 more than the last edition!

• 15 pharmacology chapters address the emphasis on pharmacology questions on the NCLEX-PN exam.

• Hundreds of alternate item formats ― including multiple response, ordered response, fill-in-the-blank, figure, chart/exhibit, audio, graphic option, and video questions ― prepare you for this additional component of the new NCLEX-PN test plan.

• Pyramid points identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-PN test plan.

• Pyramid to Success sections provide an overview of the chapter, guidance on what content to focus on, and its relative importance to the most recent NCLEX-PN test plan.
• Comprehensive exam consisting of 85 questions related to all content areas in the book and representative of the percentages identified in the NCLEX-PN test plan.

• Updated content and questions reflect the latest NCLEX-PN test plan.

• New full-color design makes for a more visually engaging learning experience.

• Priority Nursing Actions boxes outline and explain clinical emergent situations requiring immediate action, including detailed rationales and textbook references to help strengthen your prioritizing skills in clinical and testing situations.

• Pyramid Alert boxes reinforce learning of essential content frequently tested on the NCLEX-PN exam.

• New video and graphic option questions familiarize you with all the alternate item format question types.
• New chapter on Physical Assessment of the Adult Client highlights the key components of physical examination and health history often encountered on the NCLEX-PN® exam.

About the Author 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.