NCLEX-RN 2015-2016 : strategies, practice, & review with practice test / Barbara J. Irwin, MSN, RN, Judith A. Burckhardt, PHD, RN.

Includes index.

Part 1. NCLEX-RN exam overview and test taking strategies -- Part 2. NCLEX-RN exam content review and practice -- Part 3. The practice test. Practice test -- Part 4. The licensure process -- Part 5. NCLEX-RN exam resources -- --

Part 1. NCLEX-RN exam overview and test taking strategies -- -- 1. Overview of the NCLEX-RN exam : What is the NCLEX-RN exam? -- Content of the NCLEX-RN exam -- -- 2. 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 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 -- -- 3. NCLEX-RN exam strategies : The 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 -- -- 4. Safe and effective care environment: management of care : Advance directives -- Advocacy -- Case management -- Client rights -- Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams -- Concepts of management -- Confidentiality/information security -- Consultation -- Continuity of care -- Delegation -- Establishing priorities -- Ethical practice -- Information technology -- Informed consent -- Legal rights and responsibilities -- Performance improvement (quality improvement) -- Referrals -- Supervision -- Chapter quiz -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- -- 5. Safe and effective care environment: safety and infection control : Safety background -- Infection control background -- Accident/injury prevention -- Emergency response plan -- Ergonomic principles -- Error prevention -- 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 -- -- 6. Health promotion and maintenance : Aging process -- Ante/intra/postpartum and newborn care -- Developmental stages and transitions -- Health and wellness -- Health promotion/disease prevention -- Health screening -- High-risk behaviors -- Lifestyle choices -- Principles of teaching/learning -- Self-care -- Techniques of physical assessment -- Chapter quiz -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- -- 7. Psychosocial integrity : Abuse/neglect -- Behavioral interventions -- Chemical and other dependencies -- Coping mechanisms -- Crisis intervention -- Cultural diversity -- 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 communications -- Therapeutic environment -- The nursing process and psychosocial integrity -- Chapter quiz -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- -- 8. Physiological integrity: basic care and comfort : Assistive devices -- Elimination -- Mobility/immobility -- Non-pharmacological comfort interventions -- Nutrition and oral hydration -- Personal hygiene -- Rest and sleep -- Chapter quiz -- Chapter quiz answers and explanations -- --

9. 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 -- -- 10. 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 -- -- 11. 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. The practice test. Practice test -- Your practice test scores -- Answer key -- Practice test answers and explanations -- -- Part 4. The licensure process -- -- 12. Application, registration, and scheduling : How to apply for the NCLEX-RN exam -- Taking the exam -- -- 13. Taking the test more than once : You are not alone -- How to interpret unsuccessful test results -- Should you test again? -- How should you begin? -- -- 14. Essentials for international nurses : NCLEX-RN exam administration abroad -- The CGFNS certificate -- Work visas -- Nursing practice in the United States -- U.S.-style nursing communication -- Sample questions -- Answers to sample questions -- 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 Boars of nursing -- Appendix E: Pearson professional centers offering NCLEX-RN examinations.

"Kaplan NCLEX-RN strategies, practice, and review includes: full practice test with; detailed rationales; analysis of all question types; review of alternate format questions; exclusive strategies for exam success; includes computer adaptive test techniques; 47-item preview of Kaplan's online NCLEX-PN Question Bank"--P. [4] of cover.

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