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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. Assistant Professor Angela Silvestri at Touro University Nevada-School of Nursing.

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Prepare for success on the NCLEX-RN® exam with this complete review! Often called 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 5,700 NCLEX exam-style questions in the book and online, including alternate items formats and Next Generation NCLEX questions. 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 kinds of 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 5,700 practice questions in the text and on the Evolve website offer ample testing practice
• UNIQUE! D**etailed test-taking strategy** is included for each question, offering clues for analyzing and uncovering the correct answer option, with rationales provided for both correct and incorrect answers
• UNIQUE! Pyramid Points icons indicate important information, identifying content that is likely to appear on the NCLEX-RN® examination
• UNIQUE! Pyramid Alerts appear in red text and highlight important nursing concepts, and identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-RN examination
• UNIQUE! Priority Concepts - two in each chapter - discuss important content and nursing interventions, and reflect the latest edition of Giddens’ Concepts for Nursing Practice text
• UNIQUE! Priority Nursing Action boxes provide information about the steps you will take in clinical situations requiring clinical judgment and prioritization
• UNIQUE! Audio review summaries on Evolve cover pharmacology, acid-base balance, and fluids and electrolytes
• New graduate’s perspective is offered ****on how to prepare for the NCLEX-RN, in addition to nonacademic preparation, the CAT format, and test-taking strategies
• Mnemonics are included to help you remember important information
• Alternate item format questions cover multiple response, prioritizing [ordered response], fill-in-the-blank, figure/illustration [hot spot], chart/exhibit, video, and audio questions
• 75-question comprehensive exam in the book covers all content areas in the book in the same percentages that they are covered on the actual NCLEX-RN test plan

• Practice questions on Evolve are organized by content area, cognitive level, client needs area, integrated process, health problem, clinical judgment, and priority concepts, allowing completely customizable exams or study sessions

• NEW! Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) examination-style questions prepare you for the biggest change to the NCLEX-RN® test plan to date
• NEW! Thoroughly updated content incorporates clinical updates and reflects the latest NCLEX-RN test plan
• NEW! Clinical Judgment boxes identify clinical judgment situations, each addressing one of the six cognitive skills of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model.
• NEW! Additional questions cover health problem areas and complex care

• NEW! Urinary and Bowel Elimination and Hygiene, Mobility, and Skin Integrity chapters are added to this edition

  Inhalt

  Unit I NCLEX-RN ® Exam Preparation
  1 Clinical Judgment and the Next Generation NCLEX (NGN)-RN ® Examination
  2 Self-Efficacy and Pathways to Success
  3 The NCLEX-RN ® Examination from a Graduate’s Perspective
  4 Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies

  Unit II Professional Standards in Nursing
  5 Population Health Nursing
  6 Ethical and Legal Issues
  7 Prioritizing Client Care: Leadership, Delegation, and Emergency Response Planning

  Unit III Foundations of Care
  8 Fluids and Electrolytes
  9 Acid-Base Balance
  10 Vital Signs and Laboratory Reference Intervals
  11 Nutrition
  12 Health and Physical Assessment of the Adult Client
  13 Safety and Infection Control
  14 Medication Administration and Intravenous Therapies
  15 Perioperative Nursing Care
  16 Hygiene, Mobility, and Skin Integrity
  17 Urinary and Bowel Elimination

  Unit IV Growth and Development Across the Life Span
  18 Theories of Growth and Development
  19 Growth, Development, and Stages of Life
  20 Care of the Older Client

  Unit V Maternity Nursing
  21 Reproductive System
  22 Prenatal Period
  23 Risk Conditions Related to Pregnancy
  24 Labor and Birth
  25 Problems with Labor and Birth
  26 Postpartum Period
  27 Postpartum Complications
  28 Care of the Newborn
  29 Maternity and Newborn Medications

  Unit VI Pediatric Nursing
  30 Integumentary Problems
  31 Hematological Problems
  32 Oncological Problems
  33 Metabolic and Endocrine Problems
  34 Gastrointestinal Problems
  35 Eye, Ear, and Throat Problems
  36 Respiratory Problems
  37 Cardiovascular Problems
  38 Renal and Genitourinary Problems
  39 Neurological and Cognitive Problems
  40 Musculoskeletal Problems
  41 Immune Problems and Infectious Diseases
  42 Pediatric Medication Administration and Calculations

  Unit VII Integumentary Problems of the Adult Client
  43 Integumentary Problems
  44 Integumentary Medications

  Unit VIII Oncological and Hematological Problems of the Adult Client
  45 Oncological and Hematological Problems
  46 Oncological and Hematological Medications

  Unit IX Endocrine Problems of the Adult Client
  47 Endocrine Problems
  48 Endocrine Medications

  Unit X Gastrointestinal Problems of the Adult Client
  49 Gastrointestinal Problems
  50 Gastrointestinal Medications

  Unit XI Respiratory Problems of the Adult Client
  51 Respiratory Problems
  52 Respiratory Medications

  Unit XII Cardiovascular Problems of the Adult Client
  53 Cardiovascular Problems
  54 Cardiovascular Medications

  Unit XIII Renal and Urinary Problems of the Adult Client
  55 Renal and Urinary Problems
  56 Renal and Urinary Medications

  Unit XIV Eye and Ear Problems of the Adult Client
  57 Eye and Ear Problems
  58 Eye and Ear Medications

  Unit XV Neurological Problems of the Adult Client
  59 Neurological Problems
  60 Neurological Medications

  Unit XVI Musculoskeletal Problems of the Adult Client
  61 Musculosk…