Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination

Prepare for success on the NCLEX-RN® exam with this complete review! Often called the “the best NCLEX® exam review book ever,” Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination reviews all nursing content areas related to the current test plan. This new edition includes more than 6,000 questions for the NCLEX-RN in the book and online, including alternate items formats and Next Generation NCLEX questions. Not all NCLEX prep books are created equal. Our resources specifically present high-level questions that consistently test the clinical judgment skills necessary to pass today’s NCLEX exam. Even better, all answers include detailed rationales to help you learn from your answer choices as well as test-taking strategies with tips on how to best approach each question. Written by the most trusted names in NCLEX review, Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela Elizabeth Silvestri, this is THE book of choice for NCLEX preparation. But don’t just take our word for it - read any customer review or ask your classmates to see why there's nothing else like it. More than 6,000 practice questions in the text and on the Evolve website offer ample testing practice and reflect all item types, including Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) items. Detailed rationale and test-taking strategy are included for each question, offering clues for analyzing and uncovering the correct answer option, with rationales for both correct and incorrect answers. Clinical Judgment boxes identify clinical judgment situations, each addressing one of the six cognitive skills of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model. Pyramid Terms important to the discussion in the chapter are highlighted. Pyramid to Success provides a focus of review in each unit and points out key content for NCLEX preparation. Pyramid Points icons indicate important information, identifying content that is likely to appear on the NCLEX-RN® examination. Pyramid Alerts icons appear in red text and highlight key nursing concepts to remember, and identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-RN exam. Priority Concepts - two in each chapter - identify the focus of important content for nursing care, and reflect the latest edition of Giddens’ Concepts for Nursing Practice text. Priority Nursing Action boxes provide information about the steps you will take in clinical situations requiring critical thinking, clinical judgment, and prioritization. Mnemonics are included to help you remember important information. Audio podcasts on Evolve cover pharmacology, acid-base balance, and fluids and electrolytes. Pathways to Success provide guidance with a focus on self-efficacy and both academic and nonacademic test preparation. New graduate’s perspective is offered on how to prepare for the NCLEX-RN and the testing experience. Pharmacology review provides 13 chapters on medications by body systems, a medication and IV calculation chapter, and a pediatric medication administration and calculation chapter. There are over 1,000 pharmacology questions on Evolve. Alternate item format questions cover multiple-response [select all that apply], prioritizing [ordered response], fill-in-the-blank, figure/illustration [hot spot], graphic options, chart/exhibit, and audio questions. Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) standalone and unfolding case studies provide Bow-tie and Trend items, and unfolding cases accompanied by all types of NGN items: highlight (in text, in table), multiple-response (SATA, select N, grouping), matrix (multiple choice and multiple response), drag-and-drop, and drop-down. 85-question pre-test and post-test on Evolve cover all content areas in the same percentages that they are covered on the actual NCLEX-RN test plan. Each test generates an individualized study calendar. Practice questions on Evolve are organized by cognitive level, content area, client needs area, integrated process, health problem, cognitive skills, strategy, and priority concepts, allowing completely customizable exams or study sessions. NEW! 5 additional NGN standalone and unfolding case studies are included 0n the Evolve companion website. NEW! Questions are presented with reference ranges to authentically mirror practice and increase clinical judgment. NEW! Community-based nursing content reflects the growing importance of this area of nursing within our communities. NEW! Thoroughly updated content incorporates clinical updates and reflects the latest NCLEX-RN test plan.