Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination

Get the best review for the NCLEX-PN® exam from the leading NCLEX® experts! Written by Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela E. Silvestri, Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination, 9th Edition, provides everything you need to prepare for success on the NCLEX-PN. The book includes a review of all nursing content areas, more than 4,600 questions for the NCLEX, detailed rationales, test-taking tips and strategies, and questions for theNext-Generation NCLEX (NGN). The Evolve companion website simulates the exam-taking experience with customizable practice questions along with realistic practice tests. Based on Silvestri’s proven Pyramid to Success, this complete review is a perennial favorite of students preparing for the NCLEX. More than 4,600 practice questions in the text and on the Evolve companion website offer ample testing practice Detailed 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 Pyramid Points icons indicate important information, identifying content that is likely to appear on the NCLEX-PN examination Pyramid Alerts appear in red text, highlighting important nursing concepts and identifying content that typically appears on the NCLEX-PN examination Priority Concepts - two in each chapter - discuss important content and nursing interventions and reflect the latest edition of Giddens’ Concepts for Nursing Practice text Priority Nursing Action boxes provide information about the steps nurses will take in clinical situations requiring clinical judgment and prioritization New graduate’s perspective is offeredon how to prepare for the NCLEX-PN, 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, and audio questions Practice questions on the Evolve companion website areorganizedby content area, cognitive level, client needs area, integrated process, health problem, clinical judgment, and priority concepts, allowing completely customizable exams or study sessions Audio review summaries on the Evolve companion website cover pharmacology, acid-base balance, and fluids and electrolytes NEW! Questions for the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) prepare you for the biggest change to the NCLEX-PN® test plan to date NEW! Thoroughly updated content incorporates clinical updates and reflects the latest NCLEX-PN 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 UPDATED! Reorganized Foundation of Care unit makes this section more user-friendly for beginning nursing students