Pearson Reviews & Rationales: Nursing Fundamentals with Nursing Reviews & Rationales, 4th edition

• Helps prepare students for all nursing fundamentals covered on the NCLEX-RN^® exam. Includes comprehensive yet concise coverage of the nursing process; health assessment; communication; professional standards; health promotion; administering medications and intravenous fluids; and meeting basic human needs. Individual chapters also cover the challenges of caring for patients with pain; perioperative clients; and those with altered skin integrity, sensory perception, or mobility.
• Gives students comprehensive practice that helps them direct their study and build mastery. Contains pretests in each chapter, open-ended critical thinking "Practice to Pass" questions, chapter posttests, and hundreds of additional questions online. All NCLEX^®-style questions contain comprehensive rationales for correct and incorrect answers, and are coded according to cognitive level of difficulty and NCLEX-RN^® Test Plan categories of client need and integrated processes.
• Offers exceptionally efficient and focused review of key concepts, terms, and techniques. Chapters start with clear objectives, include "Review at a Glance" glossaries of critical terms, and present multiple NCLEX Alerts identifying concepts that are especially likely to be tested.
• Gives students additional opportunities to apply critical thinking and clinical reasoning. Includes case studies at the end of each chapter describing true-to-life client case situations and asking open-ended questions about how the student would provide care for this client and his or her family.
• Provides additional last-minute "take-anywhere" preparation. Includes a popular tear-out reference card presenting frequently used facts and information, ideal for last-minute exam review as well as ongoing clinical work.

Complete update reflecting the 2016 NCLEX-¿RN^® Test Plan

• A comprehensive yet concentrated outline of nursing fundamentals prepares students to master all related content on the 2016 NCLEX-RN exam.
• Revised chapter learning objectives, NCLEX^® alerts, and a glossary of key terms target concepts likely to be tested on the NCLEX-RN exam.
• A refreshed set of test-taking strategies provides dozens of techniques to help students improve their chances of success on the NCLEX-RN exam and beyond.
  
  

New or updated practice opportunities

• Revised pre- and post-chapter tests with comprehensive rationales assess students’ mastery of chapter material following review and study.
• Up-to-date Practice-to-Pass exercises stimulate critical thinking and reinforce chapter content.
• Amended end-of-chapter critical thinking case studies describe real client situations and pose open-ended questions asking students how they would provide care for the client or their family.
• An updated NursingNotes appendix with useful clinical information offers students a quick review and reference resource.
  
  

New! Access to Pearson Test Prep, a new online practice resource

• Students can study with hundreds of NCLEX-style questions and detailed rationales on their computer or any mobile device.
• Detailed reporting features identify where students are struggling so they can focus on improving in those areas.
• Students can easily customize their practice exams to work on specific topics, types of questions, and areas of difficulty.