Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fundamentals of Critical Thinking Related to Test Taking. Introduction -- Maximize your critical-thinking abilities -- Critical thinking applied to test taking -- Critical-thinking strategy to answer nursing questions : the race model -- Summary -- Nursing Within the Context of Contemporary Health Care. Theory-based nursing care -- Legal and ethical issues -- Leadership and management -- Health-care delivery -- Community-based nursing -- Psychosociocultural Nursing Care. Nursing care across the life span -- Communication -- Psychological support -- Teaching and learning -- Essential Components of Nursing Care. Nursing process -- Physical assessment -- Infection control -- Safety -- Medication administration -- Pharmacology -- Basic Human Needs and Related Nursing Care. Hygiene -- Mobility -- Nutrition -- Oxygenation -- Urinary elimination -- Fluids and electrolytes -- Gastrointestinal system -- Pain, comfort, rest, and sleep -- Perioperative nursing -- Alternate Item Formats. Answers and rationales -- Comprehensive Final Book Exam. Questions -- Answers and rationales -- Glossary of English words commonly encountered on nursing examinations.

Master the fundamentals of nursing while developing your critical thinking and test-taking skills. More than 1,340 classroom-tested, NCLEX-style questions--including more than 440 alternate-item-format questions--reflect the latest advances in medical technology as well as the most recent guidelines and standards of care for nursing practice. An easy-to-follow format organizes information into 24 content areas. Each question provides answers and rationales for correct and incorrect responses and strategies for how to develop your critical-thinking skills.