Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination: First South Asia Edition

"Often called the 'the best NCLEX® exam review book ever, ' Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination provides everything you need to prepare for the NCLEX exam - complete content review and over 5,100 NCLEX examination-style questions in the book and online. Don't make the mistake of assuming the quality of the questions is the same in all NCLEX exam review books, because only this book includes the kind of questions that consistently test the critical thinking skills necessary to pass today's NCLEX exam. Even better, all answers include detailed rationales to help you learn from your answer choices, as well as test-taking strategies with tips on how to best approach each question. Written by the most trusted name in NCLEX review, Linda Anne Silvestri, and updated to reflect the most current NCLEX test plan, Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, 6th Edition is THE book of choice for NCLEX examination review. But don't just take our word for it - read any customer review or ask your classmates to see why there's nothing else like it!"--Publisher's website The NCLEX-RN® examination NCLEX-RN® preparation for foreign-educated nurses: transitional issues for foreign-educated nurses Pathways to success The NCLEX-RN® examination: from a graduate's perspective Test-taking strategies Cultural awareness and health practices Ethical and legal issues Prioritizing client care: leadership, delegation, and disaster planning Fluids and electrolytes Acid-base balance Laboratory values Nutrition Parenteral nutrition Intravenous therapy Administration of blood products Provision of a safe environment Calculation of medication and intravenous prescriptions Cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines for health care providers Perioperative nursing care Positioning clients Care of a client with a tube Theories of growth and development Developmental stages Care of the older client Health and physical assessment of the adult client Reproductive system Obstetrical assessment Prenatal period Risk conditions related to pregnancy Labor and delivery Problems with labor and delivery Postpartum period Postpartum complications Care of the newborn Maternity and newborn medications Integumentary disorders Hematological disorders Oncological disorders Metabolic and endocrine disorders Gastrointestinal disorders Eye, ear, and throat disorders Respiratory disorders Cardiovascular disorders Renal and urinary disorders Neurological and cognitive disorders Musculoskeletal disorders Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Infectious and communicable diseases Pediatric medication administration and calculations Integumentary system Integumentary medications Hematological and oncological disorders Antineoplastic medications Endocrine system Endocrine medications Gastrointestinal system Gastrointestinal medications Respiratory system Respiratory medications Cardiovascular system Cardiovascular medications Renal system Renal medications The eye and the ear Ophthalmic and otic medications Neurological system Neurological medications Musculoskeletal system Musculoskeletal medications Immune disorders Immunological medications Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing Models of care Mental health disorders Addictions Crisis theory and intervention Psychiatric medications. This review and test preparation guide offers a combination of core content review, practice questions, comprehensive rationales, and detailed test-taking strategies. It contains more than 4,200 practice questions both in the text and on the companion Evolve site. Alternative item formats are provided, including multiple response, ordered response, fill-in-the-blank, figure, chart/exhibit, audio, graphic option, and video questions. Pharmacology chapters reflect the emphasis on medication and calculation questions. Priority nursing actions boxes outline and explain clinical emergent situations requiring immediate action to reinforce prioritizing skills in clinical and testing situations. The comprehensive test incorporates questions related to all content areas in the book and is representative of the percentages identified in the NCLEX-PN exam test plan. Strategies for taking the NCLEX-PN exam are also covered. Codes for client needs, content area, nursing process, level of cognitive ability, and integrated process are included with every review question Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination provides everything you need to prepare for the NCLEX exam--complete content review and over 5100 NCLEX examination-style questions in the book and online. Only this book includes the kinds of questions that consistently test the critical thinking skills necessary to pass today's NCLE exam