Saunders Q & A Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination

<p>Prepare for success on the NCLEX-RN<SUP>®</SUP> exam with this comprehensive Q&A review! Based on the test’s current blueprint, <b>Saunders Q & A Review for the NCLEX-RN<SUP>®</SUP> Examination, 9th Edition</b> provides more than 6,000 practice questions in a question-and-answer format. To help you unpack the complexities of the NCLEX exam, each question includes rationales for correct and incorrect answers, a test-taking strategy, clinical judgment situations, priority nursing tips, and a <i>Health Problem</i> code allowing you to select questions by medical diagnosis. Q&A practice is also provided on the Evolve website, with options to answer questions in <i>Study </i>mode or in <i>Exam</i> mode. From the most trusted names in NCLEX review, Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela Silvestri, this resource is part of the popular Saunders <i>Pyramid to Success</i>.</p><ul><b> <li>Detailed rationales </b>are provided for both correct and incorrect answer options.</li> <li><b>UNIQUE!</b> <b><i>Priority Nursing Tip </b></i><b>for each question</b> provide key points to remember for the NCLEX.</li> <li><b>Test-taking strategy</b> is included for each question, providing clues for analyzing and selecting the correct answer.</li> <li><b>UNIQUE!</b> <b>Tear-out bookmark</b> allows you to cover the answer column as you are practicing questions, and includes a list of the Top 10 test-taking strategies.</li> <li><b>All alternate item question types</b> are represented, including multiple response, prioritizing/ordered response, fill-in-the-blank, illustration/hot spot, chart/exhibit, graphic option, audio questions with heart or lung sounds, case studies, and question types for the Next Generation NCLEX.</li> <li><b>Organization of chapters</b> <b>by <i>Client Needs </b></i>reflects the latest NCLEX-RN test plan.</li> <li><b><i>Health Problem</i> code on practice questions</b> allows you to select questions based on a specific medical diagnosis.</li> <li><b><i>Clinical Judgment/Cognitive Skills</i> codes</b> help you recognize the new clinical judgment thought process behind questions for the Next Generation NCLEX.</li> <li><b><i>NCLEX-RN</b><SUP>®</SUP><b> Preparation</i> chapters </b>introduce the NCLEX-RN and the computerized adaptive testing (CAT) format, and include advice from a recent nursing graduate plus clinical judgment and test-taking strategies.</li> <li><b>More than 6,000 questions on the Evolve website </b>include an 85-question pre-test that identifies your strengths and weaknesses and generates an individualized study calendar — taking the guesswork out of what you should study next — and an 85-question post-test that helps to evaluate your progress.</li> <li><b>Question categories in the book and on Evolve </b>include level of cognitive ability, NCLEX client needs area, clinical judgment/cognitive skill, integrated process, content area, health problem, and priority concepts, to help you focus on the question types you find most difficult.</li></ul><ul><b> <li>NEW! NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (NCJMM) and Next Generation NCLEX<SUP>®</b></SUP> <b>(NGN) updates</b> are included in the book!</li> <li><b>NEW! Additional case studies and item types for the NGN</b> are included on the Evolve website, reinforcing clinical judgment and preparing you for the newest NCLEX-RN<SUP>®</SUP> test plan.</li> <li><b>NEW practice questions</b> are included on COVID, infectious diseases, and other content areas.</li></ul>