Medical-Surgical Nursing: Reviews & Rationales (Prentice Hall Nursing Reviews & Rationales) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130304573 ISBN 13: 9780130304575

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst. Exam review for those preparing to take the NCLEX exam. Includes vocabulary review, practice-to-pass exercises, critical thinking case studies, and questions with answers and rationales. Also includes a nursing notes reference card. Softcover. DNLM: Nursing Process--Examination Questions.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of medical-surgical nursing. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" information covering nursing care for respiratory, cardiac, neurological, renal, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and other health problems, emergency and critical care, and much more. Each chapter provides the following tools that will help lead you to success in your course and on the NCLEX-RN:

• Chapter Objectives
• Pre- and post-chapter tests with comprehensive rationales
• Vocabulary review
• Practice-to-Pass exercises
• Critical thinking case studies
• NCLEX alerts

Enhance your review with the Nursing Review & Rationales' with the free CD-ROM and Companion Website. These additional tools feature even more detailed explanations of difficult concepts and visuals, interactive practice exercises and NCLEX-RN questions, audio glossaries, and more related resources.

About the Series
Prentice Hall's Nursing Review & Rationales Series is the complete foundation for success both within the classroom and on the NCLEX-RN. Each volume offers a concentrated review of core content from across the nursing curriculum, while providing hundreds of practice questions and comprehensive rationales. The only review series with an integrated technology package, each book offers a free corresponding CD-ROM and Companion Website. The complete series includes books for:

• Nursing Fundamentals
• Child Health Nursing
• Fluid, Electrolyte, & Acid-Base Balance
• Maternal-Newborn Nursing
• Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Mental Health Nursing
• Nutrition & Diet Therapy
• Pathophysiology
• Pharmacology

About the Author:

Mary Ann Hogan, RN, CS, MSN has been a nurse educator for 20 years, currently as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught in diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate nursing programs. A former item writer for the CAT NCLEX-RN, Ms. Hogan has been teaching NCLEX-RN review courses throughout New England for the last 14 years. She has also contributed to a number of publications in the areas of adult health and fundamentals of nursing. Ms. Hogan is an ANCC-certified clinical specialist in medical-surgical nursing and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau.

Tomas Madayag, EdD, ARNP, MEd, MSN, RN is an Associate Professor at Barry University in Florida, and formerly an Assistant Professor at Florida International University. For 10 years, Dr. Madayag owned a test review center in the Philippines that prepared nurses for the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools visa-qualifying examination and NCLEX-RN. He taught NCLEX review courses to senior nursing students at Florida International University, and conducts NCLEX review courses in the Philippines each year. Dr. Madayag is a certified Adult Nurse Practitioner and Cardiovascular Nurse Specialist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0130304573
• ISBN 13: 9780130304575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 763
• Editor: Hogan Mary Ann, Madayag Tomas