NEXT GENERATION NCLEX EXAM VIEW AHEAD
PACKAGE
◉ Pyramid Alert bullets. Answer: Bullets in red text throughout the
chapter that alert to important information about nursing concepts.
◉ Clinical Judgment: Cognitive Skill client scenarios. Answer:
Scenarios focusing on cognitive skills included in each chapter.
◉ NCLEX-style questions. Answer: Book contains 854 questions, and
the Evolve site has more than 6,000 practice questions.
◉ Practice question types. Answer: Include multiple choice, fill-in-
the-blank, multiple-response, ordered-response, questions with
figures or audio formats.
◉ NGN item types. Answer: Provided on the accompanying Evolve
site.
◉ Rationale. Answer: Provides significant information regarding
correct and incorrect options in practice questions.
, ◉ Test-taking strategy. Answer: Provides a logical path to selecting
the correct option in practice questions.
◉ Pyramid to Success. Answer: Begins each unit, addressing specific
points related to the NCLEX-RN examination.
◉ Pyramid Terms. Answer: Key words defined in the glossary on the
Evolve site and set in green color throughout each chapter.
◉ Recognize cues. Answer: Identifying significant data from various
sources (assessment).
◉ Analyze cues. Answer: Connecting data to the client's clinical
presentation to determine if it is expected or unexpected (analysis).
◉ Prioritize hypotheses. Answer: Ranking hypotheses and
determining concerns or client needs/problems and their priority
(analysis).
◉ Generate solutions. Answer: Using hypotheses or client needs to
determine interventions for an expected outcome (planning).
◉ Take action. Answer: Implementing generated solutions
addressing the highest priorities or hypotheses (implementation).
PACKAGE
◉ Pyramid Alert bullets. Answer: Bullets in red text throughout the
chapter that alert to important information about nursing concepts.
◉ Clinical Judgment: Cognitive Skill client scenarios. Answer:
Scenarios focusing on cognitive skills included in each chapter.
◉ NCLEX-style questions. Answer: Book contains 854 questions, and
the Evolve site has more than 6,000 practice questions.
◉ Practice question types. Answer: Include multiple choice, fill-in-
the-blank, multiple-response, ordered-response, questions with
figures or audio formats.
◉ NGN item types. Answer: Provided on the accompanying Evolve
site.
◉ Rationale. Answer: Provides significant information regarding
correct and incorrect options in practice questions.
, ◉ Test-taking strategy. Answer: Provides a logical path to selecting
the correct option in practice questions.
◉ Pyramid to Success. Answer: Begins each unit, addressing specific
points related to the NCLEX-RN examination.
◉ Pyramid Terms. Answer: Key words defined in the glossary on the
Evolve site and set in green color throughout each chapter.
◉ Recognize cues. Answer: Identifying significant data from various
sources (assessment).
◉ Analyze cues. Answer: Connecting data to the client's clinical
presentation to determine if it is expected or unexpected (analysis).
◉ Prioritize hypotheses. Answer: Ranking hypotheses and
determining concerns or client needs/problems and their priority
(analysis).
◉ Generate solutions. Answer: Using hypotheses or client needs to
determine interventions for an expected outcome (planning).
◉ Take action. Answer: Implementing generated solutions
addressing the highest priorities or hypotheses (implementation).
