PEARSON REVIEWS & RATIONALES: COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW FOR NCLEX-PN®, 2/e is the ultimate NCLEX-PN® exam preparation guide. It provides a comprehensive outline review of the essential content areas tested on the NCLEX-PN® exam, including critical areas such as safety, ethics, and reduction of risk. These topics are incorporated throughout, with over 1,500 practice questions in the book simulating the level of difficulty on the actual NCLEX-PN® exam, as well as 3,800 more online at Nursing Reviews & Rationales. This book integrates core nursing concepts into categories of client needs as they are found on the actual NCLEX-PN® exam, enabling readers to study for specific sections of the test based on the results of any predictor tests they have taken. Coverage includes the four client need categories: safe, effective care environments; health promotion and maintenance; psychosocial and physiological integrity; and all integrated processes on the current NCLEX-PN® Test Plan.  

MaryAnn Hogan, MSN, RN has been a Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught in diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate nursing programs. A former item writer for the CAT NCLEX-RN® exam, Ms. Hogan has been teaching review courses throughout to a number of publications in the areas of adult health, pharmacology, and fundamentals of nursing. She is a member
of the American Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society for Nursing.

Julie Skrabal, MSN, RN has been an assistant professor at BryanLGH College of Health Sciences in Lincoln, Nebraska since 2002, where she actively serves on curriculum and assessment committees and is the faculty advisor for the local student nurses’ association. Ms. Skrabal is a member of the Nu Rho-at-Large chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, the National League for Nursing, and the Nebraska League for Nursing where she serves on the Board of Directors. She is also a member of the American Nurses Association. In addition, Ms. Skrabal is pursuing her doctorate at College of Saint Mary in Omaha, Nebraska. 

SECTION 1. Preparing for the NCLEX-PN® Exam

1. The NCLEX-PN® Licensing Exam

2. Test Preparation and Test-Taking Strategies

3. Test Preparation for International Nurses

4. The NCLEX-PN® Examination through the Candidates’ Eyes

 

SECTION 2. Safe Effective Care Environment: Management of Care

5. Legal and Ethical Nursing Practice

6. Leadership and Management

 

SECTION 3. Safe Effective Care Environment: Safety and Infection Control

7. Injury Prevention, Disaster Planning, and Protecting Client Safety

8. Preventing and Controlling Infection

 

SECTION 4. Health Promotion and Maintenance

9. Reproduction, Family Planning, and Infertility

10. Uncomplicated Antenatal Assessment and Care

11. Uncomplicated Labor and Delivery Care

12. Uncomplicated Postpartum Assessment and Care

13. Uncomplicated Newborn Care

14. Lifespan Growth and Development

15. Providing Immunizations

16. Health and Physical Assessment

17. Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Choices

18. Age-Related Care of Older Adults

 

SECTION 5. Psychosocial Integrity

19. Therapeutic Communication and Environment

20. Culturally Competent Care

21. Coping with Stressors

22. Mental Health Disorders

23. Dependency and Addiction

24. Crisis Intervention and Suicide

25. End of Life Care

 

SECTION 6. Physiological Integrity: Basic Care and Comfort

26. Meeting Nutritional Needs

27. Meeting Basic Human Needs

28. Maintaining Function of Tubes and Drains

29. Alternative and Complementary Therapies

 

SECTION 7. Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies

30. Dosage Calculation and Medication Administration

31. Pediatric Dosage Calculation and Medication Administration

32. Intravenous Therapy

33. Blood and Blood Component Therapy

34. Total Parenteral Nutrition

35. Maternal and Newborn Medications

36. Psychiatric Medications

37. Respiratory Medications

38. Cardiovascular Medications

39. Neurological and Musculoskeletal Medications

40. Renal Medications

41. Gastrointestinal Medications

42. Endocrine Medications

43. Integumentary Medications

44. Eye and Ear Medications

45. Antineoplastic Medications

46. Immunological and Anti-Infective Medications

 

SECTION 8. Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential

47. Common Laboratory Tests

48. Common Diagnostic Tests and Procedures

49. Perioperative Care.

 

SECTION 9. Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation

50. Complicated Antenatal Care

51. Complicated Labor and Delivery Care

52. Complicated Postpartum Care

53. Complicated Newborn Care

54. Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances

55. Acid-Base Imbalances

56. Respiratory Disorders

57. Cardiovascular Disorders

58. Neurological Disorders

59. Renal or Genitourinary Disorders

60. Gastrointestinal Disorders

61. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

62. Musculoskeletal Disorders

63. Integumentary Disorders

64. Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders

65. Hematological Disorders

66. Oncological Disorders

67. Immunological Disorders

68. Communicable or Infectious Diseases

69. Basic Life Support

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam Answers

Index