Davis's NCLEX-RN Success » (2nd Edition)

This study guide helps nursing students prepare to take the NCLEX-RN licensure exam. Emphasizing the practical application of clinically relevant data, each of 11 units is organized in terms of the eight areas of human functions. The second edition incorporates new question formats used in the latest official NCLEX exam and features a new 500-question pretest section. The Windows-compatible CD-ROM contains a practice test for self-evaluation. Lagerquist (Review for Nurses, Inc.) is a former instructor of nursing at the U. of California, San Francisco. Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Reviewer:Mary Allen Carey, PhD(University of Oklahoma College of Nursing)
Description:NCLEX-RN Success, edited by Lagerquist, et al, poses to students, aspiring to be registered nurses, thousands of text-based questions and a CD-ROM with no questions duplicated. The book includes the latest NCLEX-RN Test Plan content with new question formats. Rationales and test-taking tips are given for every question. This is the 2nd edition of this text. (pp. 942)
Purpose:The purpose of this book is to assist RN students to review essential nursing content and pass the NCLEX-RN examination. These are worthy objectives and the authors have met them well.
Audience:The book is written for the student aspiring to be a registered nurse who must take the NCLEX-RN examination. According to the authors, whether the student is a first time or repeat test taker, the text will help them to pass. The authors are credible authorities on the subject of the matter of the book.
Features:For each major section, relevant content is reviewed and thousands of practice questions are presented based on the latest official NCLEX-RN test plan. According to the authors, this is the only NCLEX-RN review book with clinical pathways for management of care. All questions are coded for client needs/sub needs, clinical area, cognitive level of difficulty, nursing process step and category of human function congruent with available information about the NCLEX-RN Test Plan. Detailed rationales for all correct and incorrect answers are given. Test taking tips are offered for all questions. A new 500 question pre-test is available for students' to take. Updated unit review questions with an integrated practice test, a final test and a computerized test are also available for students.
Assessment:The review text is of excellent quality. Study tips and strategies and relaxation exercises are a plus. Numerous appendices including indexes to enable students to quickly find questions and content based on the official NCLEX-RN Test Plan are also available to students. This 2nd edition does justify replacing the previous edition.