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Saunders Q & A Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination
Sixth Edition
Linda Anne Silvestri, PhD, RN
Instructor of Nursing, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island
President, Nursing Reviews, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, Nursing Reviews, Inc., Charlestown, Rhode Island, Professional Nursing Seminars, Inc., Charlestown, Rhode Island
Elsevier Consultant, HESI NCLEX-RN® and NCLEX-PN® Live Review Courses
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Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
Dedication
About the Author
Contributors
Reviewers
Preface
An Essential Resource for Test Success
NCLEX-RN® Test Preparation
Client Needs
Integrated Processes
Comprehensive Test
Special Features of the Book
Special Features Found on Evolve
Practice Questions
How to Use this Book
Climbing the Pyramid to Success
Acknowledgments
Unit I: NCLEX-RN® Preparation
Chapter 1: The NCLEX-RN® Examination
Pyramid to Success
The Examination Process
Computer Adaptive Testing
Development of the Test Plan
Item Writers
The Test Plan
Types of Questions on the Examination
Registering to Take the Examination
Authorization to Test Form and Scheduling an Appointment
Canceling or Rescheduling the Appointment
The Day of the Examination
Special Testing Circumstances
The Testing Center
Testing Time
Length of the Examination
Pass-or-Fail Decisions
Completing the Examination
Processing Results
Candidate Performance Report
Interstate Endorsement
Nurse Licensure Compact
Additional Information about the Examination
Chapter 2: NCLEX-RN® Preparation for Foreign-Educated Nurses: Transitional Issues for Foreign-Educated Nurses
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
State Requirements for Licensure
Credentialing Agencies
General Licensure Requirements
Work Visa
VisaScreen
Registering to Take the NCLEX Exam
Preparing to Take the NCLEX Exam
Chapter 3: Profiles to Success
The Pyramid to Success
Your Profile to Success (Box 3-1)
Developing Control
Confidence and Belief in Yourself
Chapter 4: The NCLEX-RN® Examination: A Graduate’s Perspective
Preparing Myself for the NCLEX-RN Examination
Planning a Study Routine That Works
Answering Question After Question
The NCLEX-RN Application Process
The Final Steps
During the NCLEX-RN Examination
Passing the NCLEX-RN Examination
Chapter 5: Test-Taking Strategies
Unit II: Client Needs
Chapter 6: Client Needs and the NCLEX-RN® Test Plan
Physiological Integrity
Safe and Effective Care Environment
Health Promotion and Maintenance
Psychosocial Integrity
Test 1: Physiological Integrity
Test 2: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Test 3: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Test 4: Psychosocial Integrity
Unit III: Integrated Processes
Chapter 7: Integrated Processes and the NCLEX-RN® Test Plan
Integrated Processes
Caring
Communication and Documentation
Teaching and Learning
Nursing Process
Test 5: Integrated Processes
Caring
Communication and Documentation
Teaching and Learning
Nursing Process
Unit IV: Comprehensive Test
Test 6: Comprehensive Test
References
Index
Copyright

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Silvestri, Linda Anne, author.
Saunders Q & A review for the NCLEX-RN examination / Linda Anne Silvestri. – Edition 6.
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Q & A review for the NCLEX-RN examination
Saunders Q and A review for the NCLEX-RN examination
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4557-5373-4 (paperback : alk. paper)
I. Title. II. Title: Q & A review for the NCLEX-RN examination. III. Title: Saunders Q and A review for the NCLEX-RN examination.
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Dedication
To my father,
ARNOLD LAWRENCE
My memories of his love, support, and words of encouragement will remain in my heart forever! and To my many nursing students, past, present, and future: their inspiration has brought many personal and professional rewards to my life!
To All Future Registered Nurses,
Congratulations to you!
You should be very proud and pleased with yourself on your nursing school accomplishments and well-deserved success of completing your nursing program to become a registered nurse. I know that you have worked very hard to become successful and that you have proven to yourself that indeed you can achieve your goals.
In my opinion, you are about to enter the most wonderful and rewarding profession that exists. Your willingness, desire, and ability to assist those who need nursing care will bring great satisfaction to your life. In the profession of nursing, learning is a lifelong process, which makes the profession stimulating and dynamic and ensures that your learning will continue to expand and grow as the profession continues to evolve. Your next very important endeavor will be the learning process needed to achieve success in your examination to become a registered nurse.
I am excited and pleased to be able to provide you with the Saunders Pyramid to Success products, which will help you prepare for your next important professional goal: becoming a registered nurse. I want to thank all of my former nursing students whom I have assisted in their studies for the NCLEX-RN exam for their willingness to offer ideas regarding their needs in preparing for licensure. Student ideas have certainly added a special uniqueness to all of the products available in the Saunders Pyramid to Success.
Saunders Pyramid to Success products provide you with everything that you need to ready yourself for the NCLEX-RN exam. These products include material that is required for the NCLEX-RN exam for all nursing students regardless of educational background, specific strengths, areas in need of improvement, or clinical experience during the nursing program.
So let's get started and begin our journey through the Saunders Pyramid to Success , and welcome to the wonderful profession of nursing!
Sincerely,

Linda Anne Silvestri, PhD, RN
About the Author

Linda Anne Silvestri
(Photo by Laurent W. Valliere)
As a child, I always dreamed of becoming either a nurse or a teacher. Initially I chose to become a nurse because I really wanted to help others, especially those who were ill. Then I realized that both of my dreams could come true; I could be both a nurse and a teacher. So I pursued my dreams.
I received my diploma in nursing at Cooley Dickinson Hospital School of Nursing in Northampton, Massachusetts. Afterward, I worked at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, where I cared for clients in acute medical-surgical units, the intensive care unit, the emergency department, pediatric units, and other acute care units. Later, I received an associate degree from Holyoke Community College in Hol