Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination

A useful review tool in preparing for the NCLEX-RN examination, this full-color guide is based on the latest NCLEX-RN test plan including alternate item formats. In an outline format, it comprehensively reviews all areas of nursing, including maternity, pediatric, medical-surgical, psychiatric, and gerontologic. More than 4,000 practice questions are included in the book/CD-ROM package, along with comprehensive rationales and test-taking strategies.

* Text and accompanying CD-ROM provide a total of 4,000 practice questions. The CD-ROM includes all 1,800 questions from the book, plus over 2,200 more.
* Every question includes a correct answer, rationales for all responses, test-taking strategy, level of cognitive ability, integrated process, category of client needs, and reference to a major nursing text.
* Alternate item format questions, including fill-in-the-blank, multiple-response, and illustration questions, provide exposure to these new formats on the NCLEX-RN exam.
* A comprehensive exam consists of 265 questions with content areas in the same percentages as the current NCLEX-RN test plan.
* Pharmacology is emphasized with 13 pharmacology chapters, a medication and intravenous calculation chapter, and a pediatric medication calculation chapter.
* Pyramid to Success sections provide an overview of each chapter plus a focused guide for review.
* Pyramid Terms offer a quick review of key content areas.
* Pyramid Points, located throughout the content outlines, identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-RN exam.
* A chapter written by a student who recently passed the NCLEX-RN exam offers perspective on overcoming anxiety.
* A drop-down calculator is included on CD-ROM, to assist in answering medication questions.
* CD-ROM allows practice in quiz, study, or exam modes, with questions selected from content area, integrated process, or category of client needs.
* Now in full color!
* Addresses issues and areas of difficulty for the foreign-educated nurse in a new, separate chapter.
* Emphasizes leadership, delegating, and prioritizing client care, reflecting the new focus on the Board exam.
* Adds leadership and management selection categories to the CD-ROM important areas on the exam.

Author: Linda Anne Silvestri MSN RN