Title overview
For nursing students preparing for the NCLEX-RN® exam.
The ultimate NCLEX-RN exam prep guide
Best-selling Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN® provides a comprehensive outline review of the essential content areas tested on the NCLEX-RN exam. These content areas include management, delegation, leadership, clinical judgment, pharmacology and emergency care. Unlike similar texts, this review is organized like the NCLEX-RN exam itself: by client needs rather than course areas.
The 4th Edition reflects the 2023 NCLEX-RN Test Plan, with 5,600 new or updated NCLEX®-style practice questions. New features include Next Generation NCLEX standalone questions, as well as case studies preparing students for a new exam section.
Hallmark features of this title
Thousands of NCLEX® practice questions, of all types
- Practice Test sections provide a quiz at the end of each chapter to test students' mastery of chapter concepts.
- Additional Practice Questions section at the end of the text consists of 265 questions reflecting a blend of client needs.
- Answers & Rationales section after each Practice Test explains the “why” behind each answer and offers test-taking strategies.
A focus on concepts tested on the NCLEX-RN exam
- Memory Aid boxes tie specific content to the Test Plan and offer hints for recall during testing.
- NCLEX Alerts identify, with an icon, concepts likely to be tested on the exam.
- Check Your NCLEX-RN Exam I.Q., at the end of each chapter, helps students assess their readiness for the exam against chapter topics.
New and updated features of this title
- UPDATED: The new 2023 NCLEX-RN Test Plan is reflected in updated practice questions, answers & rationales, and test-taking strategies.
- UPDATED: A total of 5,600 new or updated NCLEX-style practice questions appear throughout.
- NEW: New Next Generation NCLEX standalone questions have been incorporated.
- NEW: New Next Generation Case Studies (2 sets of 6-question cases) prepare students for a new exam section posing 3 sets of 6-question case studies.
- UPDATED: The latest test prep advice from MaryAnn Hogan, a trusted expert in what nursing students need to know, is reflected throughout the new edition.
Table of contents
SECTION 1: PREPARING FOR THE NCLEX-RN® EXAM
- The NCLEX-RN® Licensing Examination
- Test Preparation and Test-Taking Strategies
SECTION 2: SAFE AND EFFECTIVE CARE ENVIRONMENT: MANAGEMENT OF CARE
- Legal and Ethical Nursing Practice
- Nursing Leadership and Management
SECTION 3: SAFE AND EFFECTIVE CARE ENVIRONMENT: SAFETY AND INFECTION CONTROL
- Injury Prevention, Disaster Planning, and Protecting Client Safety
- Preventing and Controlling Infection
SECTION 4: HEALTH PROMOTION AND MAINTENANCE
- Reproduction, Family Planning, and Infertility
- Uncomplicated Antenatal Assessment and Care
- Uncomplicated Labor and Delivery Care
- Uncomplicated Postpartum Assessment and Care
- Uncomplicated Newborn Care
- Lifespan Growth and Development
- Providing Immunizations
- Health and Physical Assessment
- Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Choices
- Age-Related Care of Older Adults
SECTION 5: PSYCHOSOCIAL INTEGRITY
- Therapeutic Communication and Environment
- Coping with Stressors
- Mental Health Disorders
- Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
- Crisis Intervention and Suicide
- End-of-Life Care
SECTION 6: PHYSIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: BASIC CARE AND COMFORT
- Meeting Nutritional Needs
- Meeting Basic Human Needs
- Maintaining the Function of Tubes and Drains
- Integrative Therapies
SECTION 7: PHYSIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PARENTERAL THERAPIES
- Dosage Calculation and Medication Administration
- Intravenous Therapy
- Blood and Blood Component Therapy
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
- Maternal and Newborn Medications
- Psychiatric Medications
- Respiratory Medications
- Cardiovascular Medications
- Neurologic and Musculoskeletal Medications
- Renal Medications
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Medications
- Endocrine Medications
- Integumentary Medications
- Eye and Ear Medications
- Antineoplastic Medications
- Immunologic and Anti-Infective Medications
SECTION 8: PHYSIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: REDUCTION OF RISK POTENTIAL
- Common Laboratory Tests
- Common Diagnostic Tests and Procedures
- Perioperative Care
SECTION 9: PHYSIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION
- Complicated Antenatal Care
- Complicated Labor and Delivery Care
- Complicated Postpartum Care
- Complicated Newborn Care
- Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances
- Acid–Base Imbalances
- Respiratory Disorders
- Cardiovascular Disorders
- Neurologic Disorders
- Renal or Genitourinary Disorders
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Integumentary Disorders
- Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
- Hematologic Disorders
- Oncologic Disorders
- Immunologic Disorders
- Communicable or Infectious Diseases
- Basic Life Support
Additional Non-NGN Practice Questions
Answer Key for Additional Practice Questions
APPENDICES
- NGN Case Studies
- Nursing Notes
Author bios
About our author
MaryAnn Hogan, PhD, RN, CNE, has been a nurse educator for more than 30 years, currently as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught in diploma, associate degree and baccalaureate nursing programs. A former item writer for the CAT NCLEX-RN® exam, Dr. Hogan has also taught NCLEX® prep courses for the past 25 years. She also has contributed to a number of publications in the areas of adult health, pharmacology and fundamentals of nursing. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, ANA Massachusetts, Sigma Theta Tau International, Eastern Nursing Research Society, National League for Nursing and International Nursing Association of Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL).