Practice Questions for NCLEX-PN (Delmar's Practice Questions for Nclex-Pn)

403 Pages·2010·4.1 MB·English

by  Judith C. Miller

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Delmar’s Practice Questions
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For NCLEX-PN
Second Edition
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Delmar’s Practice
Questions For
®
NCLEX-PN
Second Edition
JUDITH C. MILLER, RN, MSN
President, Nursing Tutorial and
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Assistant Professor of Nursing
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CONTENTS
Contributors vii UNIT V
Preface ix Health Promotion and Drug Therapy 155
18
Nutrition and Special Diets 157
UNIT I
19
Pharmacology 163
Overview of Practical/Vocational Nursing 1
1 How to Prepare for NCLEX-PN® 3 UNIT VI
2
Essential Concepts 11 Comprehensive Practice Tests 173
Practice Test One 175
UNIT II
Practice Test Two 201
Medical-Surgical Nursing 17
Practice Test Three 225
3
The Cardiovascular System 19 Practice Test Four 249
4
The Hematologic System 27 Practice Test Five 275
5
The Respiratory System 33 Practice Test Six 301
6
The Neurosensory System 39 Practice Test Seven 325
7
The Gastrointestinal System 45 Practice Test Eight 351
8
The Genitourinary System 53 Appendices 379
9
The Musculoskeletal System 61
10 Appendix A Symbols and Abbreviations 380
The Endocrine System 67
11 Appendix B Metric System Equivalents 382
The Integumentary System 73
Appendix C Temperature Conversions 383
Appendix D Medical Prefixes and Suffixes 384
UNIT III
Appendix E NANDA International Nursing
Maternity and Pediatrics 77
Diagnoses 2009–2011 387
12
The Female Reproductive System,
Maternity, and Newborns 79
13
Pediatrics 103
UNIT IV
Special Populations 129
14
The Older Adult Client 131
15
The Mental Health Client 135
16
The Perioperative Client 145
17
The Client with Cancer 149
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CONTRIBUTORS
TEST ITEM WRITERS Mary E. Arnold, RN, BSN, MA
Director VOCN Program
Lenore Boris, RN, BSN, MS, JD
Blinn College Bryan Campus
New York State Public Employees Federation
Bryan, Texas
Organizer
Albany, New York Gyl Ann Burkhard, RN, BSN, MS
Instructor
Teresa Burkhalter, RN, BS, MSN
OCM BOCES
Nursing Faculty
Syracuse, New York
Technical College of the Lowcountry
Beaufort, South Carolina Teresa Burkhalter, RN, BS, MSN
Nursing Faculty
Judy Draper, GNP, BC
Technical College of the Lowcountry
Nurse Practitioner
Beaufort, South Carolina
LIFE (Living Independently For Elders)
School of Nursing Esther Gonzales, RN, MSN, MSEd.
University of Pennsylvania Del Mar College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Corpus Christi, Texas
Judith M. Hall, RNC, MSN, IBCLC, ICCE, Bonnie Grusk, RN, MSN
FACCE Continuing Education Coordinator for Health
Lactation Consultant and Childbirth Educator Professions
Fredericksberg, Virginia Illinois Valley Community College
Oglesby, Illinois
Lieutenant Matthew P. McMahon, RN, BSN
Nurse Corps, United States Navy Sheila Guidry, RN, LPN, BSN, DSN, PhD.
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Wallace Community College
Washington, D.C. Dothan, Alabama
Carol Nelson, RN, BSN, MSN Carol Nelson, RN, BSN, MSN
Spokane Community College Spokane Community College
Spokane, Washington Spokane, Washington
Marguerite Barondeau Washnok, APRN, MS, Linda Walline
DNP Associate Dean of Instruction
Associate Professor Central Community College
Presentation College Grand Island, Nebraska
Aberdeen, South Dakota
REVIEWERS
Terry Ardoin, RN, CCM
Louisiana Technical College
Charles B. Coreil Campus
Ville Platte, Louisiana
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