Wilda Rinehart, Diann Sloan, Clara Hurd

NCLEX-RN Exam Cram (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The most targeted book for the 2010 NCLEX-RN exam: focused, "to the point" content highlighting the critical thinking skills NCLEX demands!

• The definitive late-stage preparation tool for the new NCLEX-RN exam
• Contains 16 case studies designed to strengthen candidates' management and judgment skills
• Provides 900+ sample questions, all with clear, detailed Answer Rationales
• Concise, easy-to-digest, modular content enables students to train at their own pace, even when only a few minutes are available

NCLEX-RN Exam Cram, Third Edition offers updated, concise coverage of every topic you need to study for the brand-new April 2010 NCLEX-RN registered nurse licensing exam. Drawing on extensive focus group feedback, this book blends the ideal level of discussion, drawings, tables and case studies into a format that's optimally designed for efficient study. Reflecting NCLEX-RN's focus on critical thinking, this book focuses not just on recalling clinical nursing facts, but on strengthening critical judgment and management skills. Areas of coverage include: pharmacology; infant and pediatric care; burns; eyes and ears; cancer; psychiatric disorders; cultural and legal issues; and major body systems including respiratory, renal, genitourinary, hemapotoietic, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, cardiovascular, and neurological. This book includes popular Exam Cram features including the Cram Sheet, notes, tips, Exam Alerts, and much more. Three Practice Exams are printed in the book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson ITP
• Seitenzahl: 1008
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780768697353
• Artikelnr.: 52927293

Autorenporträt

Wilda Rinehart received an Associate Degree in Nursing from Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville, Mississippi. After working as a staff nurse and charge nurse, she became a public health nurse and served in that capacity for a number of years. In 1975, she received her nurse practitioner certification in the area of obstetrics-gynecology from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1979, she completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Mississippi University for Women. In 1980, she completed her Master of Science degree in Nursing from the same university and accepted a faculty position at Northeast Mississippi Community College, where she taught medical-surgical nursing and maternal-newborn nursing. In 1982, she founded Rinehart and Associates Nursing Consultants. For the past 26 years, she and her associates have worked with nursing graduates and schools of nursing to assist graduates to pass the National Council Licensure Exam for Nursing. She has also worked as a curriculum consultant with faculty to improve test construction. Ms. Rinehart has served as a convention speaker throughout the southeastern United States and as a reviewer of medical-surgical and obstetric texts. She has co-authored materials used in seminars presented by Rinehart and Associates Nursing Review. As the president of Rinehart and Associates, she serves as the coordinator of a company dedicated to improving the quality of health through nursing education.

Dr. Diann Sloan received an Associate Degree in Nursing from Northeast Mississippi Community College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Mississippi, and a Master of Science degree in Nursing from Mississippi University for Women. In addition to her nursing degrees, she holds a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Georgia State University and a Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education, with minors in both Psychology and Educational Psychology from Mississippi State University. She has completed additional graduate studies in healthcare administration at Western New England College and the University of Mississippi. Dr. Sloan has taught pediatric nursing, psychiatric mental health nursing, and medical surgical nursing in both associate degree and baccalaureate nursing programs. As a member of Rinehart and Associates Nursing Review, Dr. Sloan has conducted test construction workshops for faculty and nursing review seminars for both registered and practical nurse graduates. She has co-authored materials used in the item-writing workshops for nursing faculty and Rinehart and Associates Nursing Review. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau nursing honor society.

Clara Hurd received an Associate Degree in Nursing from Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville, Mississippi (1975). Her experiences in nursing are clinically based, having served as a staff nurse in medical-surgical nursing. She has worked as an oncology, intensive care, orthopedic, neurological, and pediatric nurse. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama, and her Master of Science degree in Nursing from the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi. Ms. Hurd is a certified nurse educator. She currently serves as a nurse educator consultant and an independent contractor. Ms. Hurd has taught in both associate degree and baccalaureate degree nursing programs. She was a faculty member of Mississippi University for Women; Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee; Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee; and Northeast Mississippi Community College. Ms. Hurd joined Rinehart and Associates in 1993. She has worked with students in preparing for the National Council Licensure Exam and with faculty as a consultant in writing test items. Ms. Hurd has also been a presenter at nursing conventions on various topics, including itemwriting for nursing faculty. Her primary professional goal is to prepare the student and graduate for excellence in the delivery of healthcare.