NCLEX-RN Premier 2016
Subtitle: with 2 practice tests
By: [Barbara Irwin, MSN, RN and Judith A. Burckhardt, PhD, MSN, RN]
Contributors: Burckhardt, Judith A., author
Edition: 2016 edition.
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 519
ISBN-13: 9781506202198
Subjects: Examinations; Outlines, syllabi; Nursing; Study guides; Examinations, questions; National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses
Other titles: Kaplan; Kaplan NCLEX-RN Premier; Premier DVD for the NCLEX-RN, 2016.
Description: Overview: Teaches you to think like a nurse. Pass the NCLEX-RN or your money back-guaranteed! Passing the NCLEX-RN exam is not just about what you know-it's about how you think. With expert critical thinking strategies and targeted practice, Kaplan's NCLEX-RN Premier 2016 with 2 Practice Tests shows you how to leverage your content knowledge to think like a nurse.
Notes: Includes index.

"Score higher with 600+ practice questions, 60 min. of video tutorials, 10 critical thinking paths, 8 practice sets"--Cover.

Accompanying DVD contains video tutorials (60 min.): Part 1. Test-taking Workshop -- Part 2. Rules of the NCLEX-RN. Presentor: Barbara Irwin.
Table of contents: title: About the authors; title: Readers' comments; title: How to use this book; title: Sign up for an online classroom event; title: Part 1: NCLEX-RN Exam Overview And Test Taking Strategies:; title: Overview Of The NCLEX-RN Exam:; title: What is the NCLEX-RN exam?; title: Content of the NCLEX-RN exam; title: General And Computer Adaptive Test Strategies:; title: Standardized exams; title: What behaviors does the NCLEX-RN exam test?; title: Strategies that don't work on the NCLEX-RN exam; title: Becoming a better test taker; title: NCLEX-RN exam question types; title: Alternate format test questions; title: Multiple-choice test questions; title: Critical thinking strategies; title: Reword the question; title: Eliminate incorrect answer choices; title: Don't predict answers; title: Recognize expected outcomes; title: Read answer choices to obtain clues; title: NCLEX-RN Exam Strategies:; title: NCLEX-RN exam versus real-world nursing; title: Strategies for priority questions; title: Strategies for management of care questions; title: Strategies for positioning questions; title: Strategies for communication questions; title: Your NCLEX-RN exam study plan; title: Part 2: NCLEX-RN Exam Content Review And Practice:; title: Safe And Effective Care Environment: Management Of Care:; title: Advance directives/self-determination/life planning; title: Advocacy; title: Assignment, delegation, and supervision; title: Case management; title: Client rights; title: Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams; title: Concepts of management; title: Confidentiality/information security; title: Continuity of care; title: Establishing priorities; title: Ethical practice; title: Information technology; title: Informed consent; title: Legal rights and responsibilities; title: Organ donation; title: Performance improvement (quality improvement; title: Referrals; title: Chapter quiz; title: Chapter quiz answers and explanations; title: Safe And Effective Care Environment: Safety And Infection Control:; title: Safety background; title: Infection control background; title: Accident/error/injury prevention; title: Emergency response plan; title: Ergonomic principles; title: Handling hazardous and infectious materials; title: Home safety; title: Reporting of incident/event/irregular occurrence/variance; title: Safe use of equipment; title: Security plan; title: Standard precautions/transmission-based precautions/surgical asepsis; title: Use of restraints/safety devices; title: Chapter quiz; title: Chapter quiz answers and explanations; title: Health Promotion And Maintenance:; title: Aging process; title: Ante/intra/postpartum and newborn care; title: Developmental stages and transitions; title: Health promotion/disease prevention; title: Health screening; title: High-risk behaviors; title: Lifestyle choices; title: Self-care; title: Techniques of physical assessment; title: Principles of teaching/learning; title: Chapter quiz; title: Chapter quiz answers and explanations; title: Psychosocial Integrity:; title: Abuse/neglect; title: Behavioral interventions; title: Chemical and other dependencies/substance use disorder; title: Coping mechanisms; title: Crisis intervention; title: Cultural awareness/cultural influences on health; title: End of life care; title: Family dynamics; title: Grief and loss; title: Mental health concepts; title: Religious and spiritual influences on health; title: Sensory/perceptual alterations; title: Stress management; title: Support systems; title: Therapeutic communication; title: Therapeutic environment; title: Nursing process and psychosocial integrity; title: Chapter quiz; title: Chapter quiz answers and explanations.; title: Physiological Integrity: Basic Care And Comfort:; title: Assistive devices; title: Elimination; title: Mobility/immobility; title: Nonpharmacological comfort interventions; title: Nutrition and oral hydration; title: Personal hygiene; title: Rest and sleep; title: Chapter quiz; title: Chapter quiz answers and explanations; title: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological And Parenteral Therapies:; title: Adverse effects/contraindications/side effects/interactions; title: Blood and blood products; title: Central venous access devices; title: Dosage calculation; title: Expected actions/outcomes; title: Medication administration; title: Parenteral/intravenous therapies; title: Pharmacological pain management; title: Total parenteral nutrition; title: Chapter quiz; title: Chapter quiz answers and explanations; title: Physiological Integrity: Reduction Of Risk Potential:; title: - Changes/abnormalities in vital signs; title: Diagnostic tests; title: Laboratory values; title: Potential for alterations in body systems; title: Potential for complications of diagnostic tests/treatments/procedures; title: Potential for complications from surgical procedures and health alterations; title: System-specific assessments; title: Therapeutic procedures; title: Chapter quiz; title: Chapter quiz answers and explanations; title: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation:; title: Alterations in body systems; title: Fluid and electrolyte imbalances; title: Hemodynamics; title: Illness management; title: Medical emergencies; title: Pathophysiology; title: Unexpected response to therapies; title: Chapter quiz; title: Chapter quiz answers and explanations; title: Part 3: Practice Test; title: Practice test; title: Your practice test scores; title: Answer key; title: Practice test answers and explanations; title: Part 4: Licensure Process:; title: Application, Registration, And Scheduling:; title: How to apply for the NCLEX-RN exam; title: Taking the exam; title: Taking The Test More Than Once:; title: You are not alone; title: How to interpret unsuccessful test results; title: Should you test again?; title: How should you begin?; title: Essentials For International Nurses:; title: NCLEX-RN Exam Administration Abroad; title: CGFNS Certificate; title: Work visas; title: Nursing practice in the United States; title: US-style nursing communication; title: Sample questions; title: Answers and explanations; title: Language; title: Kaplan programs for international nurses; title: Part 5: NCLEX-RN Exam Resources:; title: Appendix A: Summary of critical thinking paths; title: Appendix B: Nursing terminology; title: Appendix C: Common medical abbreviations; title: Appendix D: State Boards of Nursing; title: Appendix E: Pearson Professional Centers offering NCLEX-RN examinations; title: Index.