- Subjects
- Published
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St. Louis, Mo. :
Mosby Elsevier
[2009]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- "Practical ; detailed ; quick."
Includes tabs: NCLEX-RN overview ; test-taking strategies ; implementing the basics [for nursing] ; therapeutic communication ; management of care ; positioning ; laboratory values ; medication administration ; age-related changes (geriatric) ; and study skills.
Spiral bound. - Physical Description
- iv, 188 pages : color illustrations ; 14 cm + 1 CD-ROM (3 1/4 in.)
- Format
- System requirements for CD-ROM: Windows or Macintosh platforms.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780323054195
9789996057625
- 1. NCLEX overview
- 1.1. What is the NCLEX?
- 1.2. What does the NCLEX test?
- 1.3. Why must I take the NCLEX?
- 1.4. How is the NCLEX administered?
- 1.5. What content is covered on the NCLEX?
- 1.6. What is the NCLEX test plan?
- 1.7. What is the NCLEX test format?
- 1.8. What about critical thinking?
- 1.9. NCLEX contact information
- 2. Test taking strategies
- 2.1. Multiple choice question strategies
- 2.2. Select all that apply question strategies
- 2.3. Fill-in-the-blank question strategies
- 2.4. Hot spot question strategies
- 2.5. Chart/exhibit question strategies
- 2.6. Drag-and-drop question strategies
- 3. Implementing the basics
- 3.1. Maslows hierarchy of needs
- 3.2. Nursing process
- 3.3. Safety
- 4. Therapeutic communication
- 4.1. Therapeutic communication strategies
- 4.2. Therapeutic communication criteria
- 4.3. Effective therapeutic communication techniques
- 4.4. Ineffective therapeutic communication techniques
- 4.5. Therapeutic communication question strategies
- 5. Management of care
- 5.1. Delegation
- 5.2. Priority
- 6. Positioning
- 6.1. Importance of positioning
- 6.2. Positions to know
- 6.3. Positioning question strategies
- 7. Laboratory values
- 7.1. Importance of knowing and interpreting laboratory values
- 7.2. Laboratory values to know
- 7.3. Age/gender considerations
- 7.4. Laboratory values question strategies
- 8. Medication administration
- 8.1. Importance of safely and effectively administering medications
- 8.2. Side effects and nursing implications of medications
- 8.3. Medication administration question strategies
- 9. Age-related changes (geriatric)
- 9.1. General explanation of aging process
- 9.2. Description of key changes
- 9.3. Age-related question strategies
- 10. Study skills
- 10.1. Study skills introduction
- 10.2. Productive study habits
- 10.3. Physical and psychological preparation
- 10.4. Exam day