Saunders 2022-2023 Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies: Passing Nursing School and the NCLEX® Exam - Softcover

Silvestri PhD RN ANEF FAAN, Linda Anne; Silvestri PhD APRN FNP-BC CNE, Angela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 032376388X ISBN 13: 9780323763882

Publisher: Saunders, 2021

Synopsis

Use proven strategies to prepare for nursing school tests and the NCLEX^® exam! Saunders 2022-2023 Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies: Passing Nursing School and the NCLEX^® Exam, 7th Edition provides tools to help you overcome test anxiety, develop study skills, and improve test scores. You'll gain insight into key nursing areas such as clinical judgment, prioritization, leading and managing, communication, and pharmacology. In the book and on the Evolve website, 1,200 practice questions represent all question types - including alternate item formats and new Next Generation NCLEX^®-style test items. Written by leading NCLEX experts Linda Anne and Angela Silvestri, this essential resource offers the practical tips and realistic practice you need to succeed on any exam!

• Test-taking strategies help students find the correct answer to all types of test questions.
• Pyramid Points identify content that is important to know in preparing for the NCLEX^® examination.
• Fun, full-color design?features lots of sample questions, cartoons, and bold designs to help engage visual learners.
• 1,200 practice questions are included in the book and on the Evolve website, with each illustrating a test-taking strategy and including the correct answer, rationales for correct and incorrect options, a tip for the nursing student, and question codes.
• Categorization of questions by beginning, intermediate, or advanced level makes this book a useful tool throughout the nursing program.
• UNIQUE!?Tip for the Nursing Student?is provided with every practice question to help students learn content, develop clinical judgment, and master test-taking skills.
• UNIQUE!?Student-to-Student Tips highlight real-life strategies that have helped other students successfully complete nursing school and pass the NCLEX^® exam.
• Practice question categories on Evolve include the level of cognitive ability, client needs, integrated process, clinical judgment/cognitive skill, content area, priority concepts, alternate item formats, and strategy.

• NEW! Next Generation NCLEX^® (NGN) case studies and practice questions are included on the Evolve website, preparing students for the changes to the NCLEX^® exam.

About this title

About the Authors

Linda Anne Silvestri has provided decades of nursing education and leadership that has directly impacted the growing and needed nursing workforce. Her research focused on a holistic investigation of predictors leading to success on the licensure examination. Her findings, published in the Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, led to significant contributions, filling a critical need in NCLEX® preparation. Linda's vision was to provide a holistic educational approach to ensure overall well-being in test anxiety and self-efficacy, and success on the NCLEX®. As a leader in providing global NCLEX® preparation resources published by Elsevier, she strives for excellence in publication quality, based on the discovery of new knowledge in nursing, standards of care, and research-based studies. Her published resources ensure nursing graduates' ability to make sound clinical judgments as they serve the public and the nursing profession. Linda is also a Next Generation NCLEX® Subject Matter Expert and Consultant for Elsevier.

Assistant Professor Angela Silvestri at Touro University Nevada-School of Nursing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Saunders
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 032376388X
• ISBN 13: 9780323763882
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272