An edition of NCLEX-RN Premier 2016
(2016)
NCLEX-RN Premier 2016
with 2 practice tests
2016 edition.
by Barbara J. Irwin
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Overview: Teaches you to think like a nurse. Pass the NCLEX-RN or your money back-guaranteed! Passing the NCLEX-RN exam is not just about what you know-it's about how you think. With expert critical thinking strategies and targeted practice, Kaplan's NCLEX-RN Premier 2016 with 2 Practice Tests shows you how to leverage your content knowledge to think like a nurse.
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NCLEX-RN Premier 2016: with 2 practice tests
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Table of Contents
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Part 1: NCLEX-RN Exam Overview And Test Taking Strategies:
Overview Of The NCLEX-RN Exam:
What is the NCLEX-RN exam?
Content of the NCLEX-RN exam
General And Computer Adaptive Test Strategies:
Standardized exams
What behaviors does the NCLEX-RN exam test?
Strategies that don't work on the NCLEX-RN exam
Becoming a better test taker
NCLEX-RN exam question types
Alternate format test questions
Multiple-choice test questions
Critical thinking strategies
Reword the question
Eliminate incorrect answer choices
Don't predict answers
Recognize expected outcomes
Read answer choices to obtain clues
NCLEX-RN Exam Strategies:
NCLEX-RN exam versus real-world nursing
Strategies for priority questions
Strategies for management of care questions
Strategies for positioning questions
Strategies for communication questions
Your NCLEX-RN exam study plan
Part 2: NCLEX-RN Exam Content Review And Practice:
Safe And Effective Care Environment: Management Of Care:
Advance directives/self-determination/life planning
Advocacy
Assignment, delegation, and supervision
Case management
Client rights
Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams
Concepts of management
Confidentiality/information security
Continuity of care
Establishing priorities
Ethical practice
Information technology
Informed consent
Legal rights and responsibilities
Organ donation
Performance improvement (quality improvement
Referrals
Chapter quiz
Chapter quiz answers and explanations
Safe And Effective Care Environment: Safety And Infection Control:
Safety background
Infection control background
Accident/error/injury prevention
Emergency response plan
Ergonomic principles
Handling hazardous and infectious materials
Home safety
Reporting of incident/event/irregular occurrence/variance
Safe use of equipment
Security plan
Standard precautions/transmission-based precautions/surgical asepsis
Use of restraints/safety devices
Chapter quiz
Chapter quiz answers and explanations
Health Promotion And Maintenance:
Aging process
Ante/intra/postpartum and newborn care
Developmental stages and transitions
Health promotion/disease prevention
Health screening
High-risk behaviors
Lifestyle choices
Self-care
Techniques of physical assessment
Principles of teaching/learning
Chapter quiz
Chapter quiz answers and explanations
Psychosocial Integrity:
Abuse/neglect
Behavioral interventions
Chemical and other dependencies/substance use disorder
Coping mechanisms
Crisis intervention
Cultural awareness/cultural influences on health
End of life care
Family dynamics
Grief and loss
Mental health concepts
Religious and spiritual influences on health
Sensory/perceptual alterations
Stress management
Support systems
Therapeutic communication
Therapeutic environment
Nursing process and psychosocial integrity
Chapter quiz
Chapter quiz answers and explanations.
Physiological Integrity: Basic Care And Comfort:
Assistive devices
Elimination
Mobility/immobility
Nonpharmacological comfort interventions
Nutrition and oral hydration
Personal hygiene
Rest and sleep
Chapter quiz
Chapter quiz answers and explanations
Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological And Parenteral Therapies:
Adverse effects/contraindications/side effects/interactions
Blood and blood products
Central venous access devices
Dosage calculation
Expected actions/outcomes
Medication administration
Parenteral/intravenous therapies
Pharmacological pain management
Total parenteral nutrition
Chapter quiz
Chapter quiz answers and explanations
Physiological Integrity: Reduction Of Risk Potential:
- Changes/abnormalities in vital signs
Diagnostic tests
Laboratory values
Potential for alterations in body systems
Potential for complications of diagnostic tests/treatments/procedures
Potential for complications from surgical procedures and health alterations
System-specific assessments
Therapeutic procedures
Chapter quiz
Chapter quiz answers and explanations
Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation:
Alterations in body systems
Fluid and electrolyte imbalances
Hemodynamics
Illness management
Medical emergencies
Pathophysiology
Unexpected response to therapies
Chapter quiz
Chapter quiz answers and explanations
Part 3: Practice Test
Practice test
Your practice test scores
Answer key
Practice test answers and explanations
Part 4: Licensure Process:
Application, Registration, And Scheduling:
How to apply for the NCLEX-RN exam
Taking the exam
Taking The Test More Than Once:
You are not alone
How to interpret unsuccessful test results
Should you test again?
How should you begin?
Essentials For International Nurses:
NCLEX-RN Exam Administration Abroad
CGFNS Certificate
Work visas
Nursing practice in the United States
US-style nursing communication
Sample questions
Answers and explanations
Language
Kaplan programs for international nurses
Part 5: NCLEX-RN Exam Resources:
Appendix A: Summary of critical thinking paths
Appendix B: Nursing terminology
Appendix C: Common medical abbreviations
Appendix D: State Boards of Nursing
Appendix E: Pearson Professional Centers offering NCLEX-RN examinations
Index.
Edition Notes
Includes index.
"Score higher with 600+ practice questions, 60 min. of video tutorials, 10 critical thinking paths, 8 practice sets"--Cover.
Accompanying DVD contains video tutorials (60 min.): Part 1. Test-taking Workshop -- Part 2. Rules of the NCLEX-RN. Presentor: Barbara Irwin.
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