Title:
NCLEX-RN : strategies, practice, and review for the registered nursing licensing exam / Barbara J. Irwin and Judith A. Burckhardt. Kaplan NCLEX-RN : strategies, practice, and review
Kaplan NCLEX-RN : strategies, practice, and review Kaplan NCLEX-RN : strategies, practice, and review
Strategies, practice, and review for the registered nursing licensing exam Kaplan NCLEX-RN : strategies, practice, and review
Main Entry:
Irwin, Barbara J.
Burckhardt, Judith A. JT.AUTH.
Kaplan Publishing.
Publisher:
Kaplan Pub,
Publication Date:
c2010.
Publication Place:
New York, NY :
ISBN:
9781419553448 :
1419553445
Subject:
Nursing -- Examinations, questions, etc.
Nursing -- Examinations -- Study guides.
National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses -- Study guides.
Nursing, Practice -- Examination Questions.
Nursing, Practical -- examination questions.
Nursing Process -- Examination Questions.
Edition:
2010-2011 ed.
Contents:
About the authors -- Available online -- Reader's comments -- How to use this book -- 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 -- NXLEX-RN exam question types -- Alternate test questions -- Multiple-choice test questions -- Critical thinking strategies -- Reword the question -- Eliminate incorrect answer choices -- Don't predict the answers -- Recognizing expected outcomes -- Read answer choices to obtain clues -- 3: 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 -- 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 -- Informed consent -- Information technology -- 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 -- 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: Practice Test -- Practice test -- Your practice test scores -- Answer key -- Practice test explanations -- Part 4: 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 -- NXLEX-RN exam administration abroad -- CGFNS certificate -- Work visas -- Nursing practice in the United States -- US-style nursing communication -- Sample questions -- Answers to sample questions -- Language -- Kaplan programs for international nurses -- Part 5: NCLEX-RN Exam Resources -- Appendix A: Chart of critical thinking paths -- Appendix B: Nursing terminology -- Appendix C: Common medical abbreviations -- Appendix D: State licensing requirements -- Appendix E: Pearson professional centers for offering the NCLEX-RN exam -- Index -- User's guide to the CD-ROM.
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