,Evolve Student Resources for Silvestri: Saunde
Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, Seve
include the following:
How to Use the Online Practice Questions:
Customize your study session for your time and your ow
• Pre-test of 7 5 questions evaluates your current
knowledge. These results feed into a
personalized Study Calendar to help guide you
in your preparation for the NCLEX-RN examination.
• Study Mode: Receive immediate feedback after each
question. Select questions by Client Needs,
Integrated Process, Alternate Item Format Type, Priority
Concept, or specific Content Area. The answer, rationale,
test-taking strategy, question codes, priority concepts,
and reference sources for further remediation appear
,
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Publisher (other than as m ay be noted herein).
Notices
Knowledge and best practices in this field are constantly changing.
broaden our understanding, changes in research m ethods, profession
m ay becom e necessary.
Practitioners and researchers m ust always rely on their own experie
and using any inform ation, m ethods, com pounds, or experiments
inform ation or m ethods, they should be m indful of their own safety
parties for whom they have a professional responsibility.
With respect to any drug or pharm aceutical products identified, rea
current inform ation provided (i) on procedures featured or (ii) by th
be adm inistered to verify the recom m ended dose or form ula, the m
adm inistration, and contraindications. It is the responsibility of pr
experience and knowledge of their patients, to m ake diagnoses, to
treatm ent for each individual patient, and to take all appropriate s
,UNIT I
NCLEX-RN ® Exam Preparation, 1
1 Th e NCLEX-RN ® Exam in ation , 2
2 Path ways to Success, 14
3 Th e NCLEX-RN ® Exam in ation fro m
a Graduate’s Perspective, 18
4 Test-Takin g Strategies, 20
UNIT II
Professional Standards in Nursing, 30
5 Cultural Awaren ess an d Health Practices, 32
6 Eth ical an d Legal Issu es, 44
7 Prioritizin g Clien t Care: Leadersh ip,
Delegation , an d Em ergen cy Respon se
Plan n in g, 59
,iv Contents
UNIT VIII
Integumentary Disorders of the Adult
Client, 543
46 In tegu m en tary System , 544
47 In tegum en tary Medication s, 569
UNIT IX
Hematological and Oncological
Disorders of the Adult Client, 578
48 Hem atological an d On cological Disord ers, 580
49 Hem atological an d On cological
Medication s, 614
UNIT X
Endocrine Disorders of the Adult
Client, 625
50 En docrin e System , 626
51 En docrin e Medication s, 653
UNIT XI
Gastrointestinal Disorders of the
Adult Client, 669
, To my p
To my mother,
and in loving memory of m
who taught me to
and be the best
,To All Future Registered Nurses,
Congratulations to you!
You should be very proud and please
deserved accom plish m ent of com pletin
tered nurse. I know that you have work
you have proven to yourself that indee
In m y opinion, you are about to e
profession that exists. Your willingness
nursing care will bring great satisfactio
your learning will be a lifelong process.
ulating and dynam ic. Your learning pr
the profession continues to evolve. Y
the learning process involved to achie
a registered nurse.
I am excited and pleased to be able to
Success products, which will help you p
goal, becom ing a registered nurse. I wan
whom I have assisted in their studies
, Linda Anne Silvestri, PhD, RN
(Photo by Laurent W. Valliere.)
A s a child, I always dream ed
of becom ing either a nurse
or a teacher. Initially I chose to
becom e a nurse because I really
wanted to help others, espe-
cially those who were ill. Then I realized that both of
m y dream s could com e true; I could be both a nurse
and a teacher. So I pursued m y dream s.
I received m y diplom a in nursing at Cooley Dickin-
son Hospital School of Nursing in Northam pton, Mas-
sachusetts. Afterward, I worked at Baystate Medical
Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, where I cared for
clients in acute m edical-surgical units, the intensive care
unit, the em ergency departm en t, pediatric units, and
, Contributors
Consultants
Dianne E. Fiorentino
Research Coordinator
Nursing Reviews, Inc.
Henderson, Nevada
James Guibault, Jr., BS, PharmD
Clinical Pharm acist
Wilbraham , Massachusetts
Nicholas L. Silvestri, BA
Editorial and Com m unications Analyst
Nursing Reviews, Inc.
Charlestown, Rhode Island
Jane Tyerman, RN, MScN, PhD
Faculty
Trent/Flem ing School of Nursing
Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, Seve
include the following:
How to Use the Online Practice Questions:
Customize your study session for your time and your ow
• Pre-test of 7 5 questions evaluates your current
knowledge. These results feed into a
personalized Study Calendar to help guide you
in your preparation for the NCLEX-RN examination.
• Study Mode: Receive immediate feedback after each
question. Select questions by Client Needs,
Integrated Process, Alternate Item Format Type, Priority
Concept, or specific Content Area. The answer, rationale,
test-taking strategy, question codes, priority concepts,
and reference sources for further remediation appear
,
,3251 Riverport Lane
St. Louis, Missouri 63043
SAUNDERS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW FOR THE
NCLEX-RN ® EXAMINATION, SEVENTH EDITION
Copyrigh t © 2017 by Elsevier, In c. All righ ts reserved.
No part of this publication m ay be reproduced or transm itted in any
or m echanical, including photocopying, recording, or any inform atio
without perm ission in writing from the publisher. Details on how to
inform ation about the Publisher’s perm issions policies and our arran
such as the Copyright Clearance Center and the Copyright Licensing A
www.elsevier.com /perm issions.
This book and the individual contributions contained in it are prote
Publisher (other than as m ay be noted herein).
Notices
Knowledge and best practices in this field are constantly changing.
broaden our understanding, changes in research m ethods, profession
m ay becom e necessary.
Practitioners and researchers m ust always rely on their own experie
and using any inform ation, m ethods, com pounds, or experiments
inform ation or m ethods, they should be m indful of their own safety
parties for whom they have a professional responsibility.
With respect to any drug or pharm aceutical products identified, rea
current inform ation provided (i) on procedures featured or (ii) by th
be adm inistered to verify the recom m ended dose or form ula, the m
adm inistration, and contraindications. It is the responsibility of pr
experience and knowledge of their patients, to m ake diagnoses, to
treatm ent for each individual patient, and to take all appropriate s
,UNIT I
NCLEX-RN ® Exam Preparation, 1
1 Th e NCLEX-RN ® Exam in ation , 2
2 Path ways to Success, 14
3 Th e NCLEX-RN ® Exam in ation fro m
a Graduate’s Perspective, 18
4 Test-Takin g Strategies, 20
UNIT II
Professional Standards in Nursing, 30
5 Cultural Awaren ess an d Health Practices, 32
6 Eth ical an d Legal Issu es, 44
7 Prioritizin g Clien t Care: Leadersh ip,
Delegation , an d Em ergen cy Respon se
Plan n in g, 59
,iv Contents
UNIT VIII
Integumentary Disorders of the Adult
Client, 543
46 In tegu m en tary System , 544
47 In tegum en tary Medication s, 569
UNIT IX
Hematological and Oncological
Disorders of the Adult Client, 578
48 Hem atological an d On cological Disord ers, 580
49 Hem atological an d On cological
Medication s, 614
UNIT X
Endocrine Disorders of the Adult
Client, 625
50 En docrin e System , 626
51 En docrin e Medication s, 653
UNIT XI
Gastrointestinal Disorders of the
Adult Client, 669
, To my p
To my mother,
and in loving memory of m
who taught me to
and be the best
,To All Future Registered Nurses,
Congratulations to you!
You should be very proud and please
deserved accom plish m ent of com pletin
tered nurse. I know that you have work
you have proven to yourself that indee
In m y opinion, you are about to e
profession that exists. Your willingness
nursing care will bring great satisfactio
your learning will be a lifelong process.
ulating and dynam ic. Your learning pr
the profession continues to evolve. Y
the learning process involved to achie
a registered nurse.
I am excited and pleased to be able to
Success products, which will help you p
goal, becom ing a registered nurse. I wan
whom I have assisted in their studies
, Linda Anne Silvestri, PhD, RN
(Photo by Laurent W. Valliere.)
A s a child, I always dream ed
of becom ing either a nurse
or a teacher. Initially I chose to
becom e a nurse because I really
wanted to help others, espe-
cially those who were ill. Then I realized that both of
m y dream s could com e true; I could be both a nurse
and a teacher. So I pursued m y dream s.
I received m y diplom a in nursing at Cooley Dickin-
son Hospital School of Nursing in Northam pton, Mas-
sachusetts. Afterward, I worked at Baystate Medical
Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, where I cared for
clients in acute m edical-surgical units, the intensive care
unit, the em ergency departm en t, pediatric units, and
, Contributors
Consultants
Dianne E. Fiorentino
Research Coordinator
Nursing Reviews, Inc.
Henderson, Nevada
James Guibault, Jr., BS, PharmD
Clinical Pharm acist
Wilbraham , Massachusetts
Nicholas L. Silvestri, BA
Editorial and Com m unications Analyst
Nursing Reviews, Inc.
Charlestown, Rhode Island
Jane Tyerman, RN, MScN, PhD
Faculty
Trent/Flem ing School of Nursing
