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,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
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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
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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