NCLEX-RN prep : practice test + proven strategies / Barbara Irwin, MSN, RN ; Judith A. Burckhardt, PhD, MSN, RN.
"The NCLEX-RN exam tests how you'll apply the medical knowledge you've gained in real-life situations. In NCLEX-RN Prep 2018, Kaplan's all-star nursing faculty teaches you 10 critical thinking pathways to help you think like a nurse. Eight chapters end with practice sets to help you put critical thinking principles into action"-- Amazon.
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- ISBN: 9781506296128
- ISBN: 1506296122
- Physical Description: xiv, 560 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition: Twenty-sixth edition.
- Publisher: Fort Lauderdale, Florida : Kaplan North America, LLC dba Kaplan Publishing, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
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- Includes index.
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- About the authors -- How to use this book -- Part one: NCLEX-RN exam overview and test taking strategies. Overview of the NCLEX-RN exam ; General and computer adaptive test strategies ; NCLEX-RN exam strategies -- Part two: NCLEX-RN exam content review and practice. Safe and effective care environment: management of care ; Safe and effective care environment: safety and infection control ; Health promotion and maintenance ; Psychosocial integrity ; Physiological integrity: basic care and comfort ; Physiological integrity: pharmacological and parenteral therapies ; Physiological integrity: reduction of risk potential ; Physiological integrity: physiological adaptation -- Part three : The practice test. Practice test ; Your practice test scores ; Answer key ; Practice test answers and explanations -- Part four: the licensure process. Application, registration, and scheduling ; Taking the test more than once ; Essentials for international nurses -- Part five: NCLEX-RN exam resources. Appendix A: summary of critical thinking paths ; Appendix B: nursing terminology ; Appendix C: common medical abbreviations.
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"The NCLEX-RN exam tests how you'll apply the medical knowledge you've gained in real-life situations. In NCLEX-RN Prep 2018, Kaplan's all-star nursing faculty teaches you 10 critical thinking pathways to help you think like a nurse. Eight chapters end with practice sets to help you put critical thinking principles into action"--
