Comprehensive review for NCLEX-RN / MaryAnn Hogan, PhD(c), MSN, RN, CNE, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts.
1. Preparing for the NCLEX-RN� exam -- The NCLEX-RN licensing examination -- Test preparation and test-taking strategies -- Test preparation for internationally educated nurses -- 2. Safe and effective care environment: management of care -- Legal and ethical nursing practice -- Nursing leadership and management -- 3. Safe and effective care environment: safety and infection control -- Injury prevention, disaster planning, and protecting client safety -- Preventing and controlling infection -- 4. Health promotion and maintenance -- Reproduction, family planning, and infertility -- Uncomplicated antenatal assessment and care -- Uncomplicated labor and delivery care -- Uncomplicated postpartum assessment and care -- Uncomplicated newborn care -- Lifespan growth and development -- Providing immunizations -- Health and physical assessment -- Promoting healthy lifestyle choices -- Age-related care of older adults -- 5. Psychosocial integrity -- Therapeutic communication and environment -- Culturally relevant care -- Coping with stressors -- Mental health disorders -- Substance use and addictive disorders -- Crisis intervention and suicide -- End-of-life care -- 6. Psysiological integrity: basic care and comfort -- Meeting nutritional needs -- Meeting basic human needs -- Maintaining the function of tubes and drains -- Integrative therapies -- 7. Physiological integrity: pharmacological and parenteral therapies -- dosage calculation and medication administration --Pediatric dosage calculation and medication administration -- Intravenous therapy -- Blood and blood component therapy -- Total parenteral nutrition -- Maternal and newborn medications -- Psychiatric medications -- Respiratory medications -- Cardiovascular medications -- Neurologic and musculoskeletal medications -- Renal medications -- Gastrointestinal medications -- Endocrine medications -- Integumentary medications -- Eye and ear medications -- Antineoplastic medications -- Immunologic and anti-infective medications -- 8. Physiological integrity: reduction of risk potential -- Common laboratory tests -- Common diagnostic tests and procedures -- Perioperative care -- 9. Physiological integrity: physiological adaptation -- Complicated antenatal care -- Complicated labor and delivery care -- Complicated postpartum care -- Complicated newborn care -- Fluid and electrolyte imbalances -- Acid-base imbalances -- Respiratory disorders -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Neurologic disorders -- Renal or genitourinary disorders -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Endocrine and metabolic disorders -- Musculoskeletal disorders -- Integumentary disorders -- Eye, ear, nose, and throat disorders -- Hematologic disorders -- Oncologic disorders -- Immunologic disorders -- Communicable or infectious diseases -- Basic life support.
Summary:
"New and updated, the Third Edition of the best-selling Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN� offers a comprehensive outline review of the essential content areas tested on the NCLEX-RN� exam, including critical areas such as management, delegation, leadership, decision-making, pharmacology, and emergency care. These topics are incorporated throughout, with ample practice questions that simulate actual difficulty levels on the NCLEX-RN� exam. Organized by the Categories of Client Needs, each unit represents one of the Categories of Client Needs and contains chapters that integrate concepts from across the nursing curriculum, providing a uniquely synthesized approach to preparing for the real exam"--Publisher.
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