Saunders Q & A Review for the Nclex-Rn(r) Examination

Practice makes perfect with Saunders Q&A Review for the NCLEX-RN^(R) Examination, 8th Edition. This popular review offers more than 6,000 test questions, giving you all the Q&A practice you need to pass the NCLEX-RN examination! Each question enhances review by including a test-taking strategy and rationale for correct and incorrect answers. Questions are organized to match the Client Needs and Integrated Processes found in the most recent NCLEX-RN test plan. Q&A practice is also provided on the Evolve companion website, with many study and testing options - including an option to select practice questions by health problem/medical diagnosis. From the most trusted names in NCLEX review, Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela Silvestri, this resource is part of the popular Saunders Pyramid to Success.

• Detailed test-taking strategies
for each question provide clues for analyzing and selecting the correct answer.
• Comprehensive rationales are provided for both correct and incorrect answer options.
• Chapters organized by Client Needs reflect the latest NCLEX-RN test plan.
• Evolve companion website includes more than 6,000 questions with robust study and self-testing options.
• A 75-question pre-test generates a study calendar to guide your exam preparation.
• Questions on the Evolve companion site may be sorted by cognitive ability, NCLEX client needs area, content area, integrated process, health problem, priority concept, strategy, or alternate item format to help you focus on the question types you find most difficult.
• A 75-question post-test helps you evaluate your progress.
• All alternate item question types are represented, including multiple response, prioritizing/ordered response, fill-in-the-blank, illustration/hot spot, chart/exhibit questions, graphic option, questions incorporating audio, case studies, and Next-Generation NCLEX-style question types.
• A Priority Nursing Tip for each question highlights need-to-know patient care information.
• Introductory chapters cover preparation guidance for the NCLEX-RN and the computerized adaptive testing (CAT) format, nonacademic preparation, test-taking strategies, and the NCLEX-RN from a new graduate's perspective.
• Three audio reviews on the Evolve companion website cover acid-base balance, fluids and electrolytes, and pharmacology.
• Appropriate for all test takers in the US and Canada - includes metric, SI, and imperial units, as applicable.
• Questions written at higher cognitive levels (applying, analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating, and creating) correspond to the NCLEX, where most items are written at the application level or higher.

• NEW!
Thoroughly updated questions reflect the latest NCLEX-RN test plan.
• NEW! Clinical Judgment Situations include unfolding Next-Generation NCLEX-style case studies and question types with answer guidelines on the Evolve companion website.
• NEW! Clinical Judgment/Cognitive Skills labels help you recognize the new clinical judgment thought process behind Next-Generation NCLEX-style questions.
• NEW and UNIQUE! A tear-out bookmark insert allows you to cover the answer column and includes a list of the top 10 test-taking strategies.

Author: Linda Anne Silvestri, Angela Elizabeth Silvestri
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 12/07/2020
Pages: 749
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.44lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780323672849

About the Author
Silvestri, Linda Anne: - Linda Anne Silvestri has provided decades of nursing education and leadership that has directly impacted the growing and needed nursing workforce. Her research focused on a holistic investigation of predictors leading to success on the licensure examination. Her findings, published in the Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, led to significant contributions, filling a critical need in NCLEX(R) preparation. Linda's vision was to provide a holistic educational approach to ensure overall well-being in test anxiety and self-efficacy, and success on the NCLEX(R). As a leader in providing global NCLEX(R) preparation resources published by Elsevier, she strives for excellence in publication quality, based on the discovery of new knowledge in nursing, standards of care, and research-based studies. Her published resources ensure nursing graduates' ability to make sound clinical judgments as they serve the public and the nursing profession. Linda is also a Next Generation NCLEX(R) Subject Matter Expert and Consultant for Elsevier.Silvestri, Angela Elizabeth: - Angela Silvestri is a well-known nurse educator, researcher, and author. She has been teaching and working in university administrative roles for the past 10 years at all levels of nursing education. She has experience teaching across the program and in classroom and clinical settings in the areas of Nutrition and Human Development Across the Lifespan, Foundations of Care in Nursing, Gerontological Nursing, Complex Care in Nursing, and Leadership and Transition to Practice in pre-nursing and undergraduate nursing programs. She is currently serving as the Program Director for the undergraduate BSN program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a sought-out speaker at national conferences on the topic of nursing school success. Her passion for college student success comes through in her work at the School of Nursing teaching Leadership and licensure exam preparation and in publishing research and best-selling licensure exam review resources on national and international levels.