Intro -- Inside Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Reviewers -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- How to Use This Book to Maximize Success -- Chapter 1 Empowerment -- DEVELOP A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE -- Establish a Positive Internal Locus of Control -- Challenge Negative Thoughts -- Use Controlled Breathing (Diaphragmatic Breathing) -- Desensitize Yourself to the Fear Response -- Perform Muscle Relaxation -- Use Imagery -- Overprepare for a Test -- Exercise Regularly -- ESTABLISH CONTROL BEFORE AND DURING THE TEST -- Manage Your Daily Routine Before the Test -- Manage Your Study Habits Before the Test -- Manage Your Travel the Day of the Test -- Manage the Supplies You Need for the Test -- Manage Your Personal Comfort -- Manage the Test Environment -- Maintain a Positive Mental Attitude -- Manage Your Physical and Emotional Responses -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 2 Critical Thinking -- DEFINITION OF CRITICAL THINKING -- CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING -- Left-Hemisphere and Right-Hemisphere Brain Information Processing -- Clinical Judgments -- Levels of Critical Thinking -- PRACTICE CRITICAL THINKING -- Strategies to Employ in Critical Thinking -- Activities to Improve Critical Thinking -- APPLY CRITICAL THINKING TO MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS -- Identify the Key Concept Being Tested -- Avoid Reading Into the Question -- Study the Rationales for the Right and Wrong Answers -- Change the Focus of the Question -- Study in a Small Group -- SUMMARY -- ANSWERS AND RATIONALES FOR SAMPLE ITEMS IN CHAPTER 2 -- Chapter 3 Time Management -- TIME MANAGEMENT EQUALS SELF-MANAGEMENT -- TAKE THE TIME TO ASSESS YOUR TIME-MANAGEMENT ABILITIES -- Assessment of Inconsistencies Between Values and Behavior -- Personal Time/Activity Journal -- Self-Assessment of Barriers to Productivity -- MAXIMIZE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY -- Identify Goals -- Set Priorities -- Get Organized -- Develop Self-Discipline -- Achieve a Personal Balance -- Delegate -- Overcome Procrastination -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 4 Study Techniques -- GENERAL STUDY TECHNIQUES -- Establish a Routine -- Set Shortand Long-Term Goals -- Simulate a Testing Environment -- Control Internal and External Distractors -- Prepare for Class -- Take Class Notes -- Identify Learning Domains -- Capture Moments of Time -- Use Appropriate Resources -- Balance Sacrifices and Rewards -- SPECIFIC STUDY TECHNIQUES RELATED TO COGNITIVE LEVELS OF NURSING QUESTIONS -- Knowledge Questions -- Comprehension Questions -- Application Questions -- Analysis Questions -- SUMMARY -- ANSWERS AND RATIONALES FOR SAMPLE ITEMS IN CHAPTER 4 -- Chapter 5 The Multiple-Choice Question -- COMPONENTS OF A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTION -- THE STEM -- The Stem That Is a Complete Sentence -- The Stem That Is an Incomplete Sentence -- The Stem With Positive Polarity -- The Stem With Negative Polarity -- THE OPTIONS -- The Option That Is a Sentence -- The Option That Completes the Sentence Begun in the Stem -- The Option That Is an I.
ncomplete Sentence -- The Option That Is a Word -- SUMMARY -- ANSWERS AND RATIONALES FOR SAMPLE ITEMS IN CHAPTER 5 -- Chapter 6 The Nursing Process -- ASSESSMENT -- Collect Data -- Verify Data -- Document Information About Assessments -- ANALYSIS -- Cluster Data -- Interpret Data -- Identify and Communicate Nursing Diagnoses -- Collect Additional Data -- PLANNING -- Identify Goals -- Project Expected Outcomes -- Set Priorities -- Identify Interventions -- Ensure That Health-Care Needs Will Be Met Appropriately -- Modify the Plan of Care as Needed -- Collaborate With Other Health-Care Team Members -- IMPLEMENTATION -- Legal Parameters of Nursing Interventions -- Types of Nursing Interventions -- EVALUATION -- Identify Client Responses (Actual Outcomes) -- Compare Actual Outcomes With Expected Outcomes to Determine Goal Achievement -- Analyze Factors That Affect Actual Outcomes of Care -- Modify the Plan of Care -- SUMMARY -- ANSWERS AND RATIONALES FOR SAMPLE ITEMS IN CHAPTER 6 -- Chapter 7 Test-Taking Techniques -- SPECIFIC TEST-TAKING TECHNIQUES -- Identify the Word in the Stem That Indicates Negative Polarity -- Identify the Word in the Stem That Sets a Priority -- Identify Key Words in the Stem That Direct Attention to Content -- Identify the Central Person in the Question -- Identify Client-Centered Options -- Identify Specific Determiners in Options -- Identify Opposites in Options -- Identify Equally Plausible or Unique Options -- Identify the Global Option -- Identify Duplicate Facts Among Options -- Identify Options That Deny Clients’ Feelings, Concerns, or Needs -- Use Multiple Test-Taking Techniques -- GENERAL TEST-TAKING TECHNIQUES -- Follow Your Regular Routine the Night Before a Test -- Arrive Early for the Examination -- Bring the Appropriate Tools -- Understand All the Directions for the Test Before Starting -- Manage the Allotted Time to Your Advantage -- Concentrate on the Simple Before the Complex -- Avoid Reading Into the Question -- Make Educated Guesses -- Maintain a Positive Mental Attitude -- Check Your Answers and Answer Sheet -- SUMMARY -- ANSWERS AND RATIONALES FOR SAMPLE ITEMS IN CHAPTER 7 -- Chapter 8 Testing Formats Other Than Multiple-Choice Questions -- STRUCTURED-RESPONSE QUESTIONS -- Multiple-Response Questions -- True-False Questions -- Matching Questions -- RESTRICTED-RESPONSE QUESTIONS -- Completion Questions -- Short-Answer Questions -- EXTENDED ESSAY QUESTIONS -- Learning to Write -- Writing to Learn -- PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL -- ALTERNATE QUESTION FORMATS REFLECTIVE OF NCLEX -- Fill-in-the-Blank Calculation Items -- Hot Spot Items -- Graphic Items -- Drag and Drop/Ordered Response Items -- Multiple Response Items -- Exhibit Items -- Multimedia in Multiple-Choice and Alternate Format Items -- SUMMARY -- ANSWERS AND RATIONALES FOR SAMPLE ITEMS IN CHAPTER 8 -- Chapter 9 Computer Applications in Education and Evaluation -- THE COMPUTER AS A RESOURCE TOOL -- THE COMPUTER AS AN INFORMATION MANAGER -- THE COMPUTER AS .
AN INSTRUCTOR -- THE COMPUTER AS A TOOL FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION -- THE COMPUTER AS A SIMULATOR -- THE COMPUTER AS AN EVALUATOR -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 10 Analyze Your Test Performance -- INFORMATION-PROCESSING ANALYSIS TOOL -- CORRECTIVE ACTION GUIDE FOR THE INFORMATIONPROCESSING ANALYSIS TOOL -- Corrective Action Guide for Processing Errors in the Information-Processing Analysis Tool -- Corrective Action Guide for Personal Performance Trends in the Information-Processing Analysis Tool -- KNOWLEDGE ANALYSIS TOOL -- CORRECTIVE ACTION GUIDE FOR THE KNOWLEDGE ANALYSIS TOOL -- Corrective Action Guide for Gaps in Knowledge in the Knowledge Analysis Tool -- Corrective Action Guide for Incorrect Application of the Nursing Process in the Knowledge Analysis Tool -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 11 Practice Questions With Answers and Rationales -- WORLD OF THE CLIENT AND NURSE -- QUESTIONS -- The World of the Client and Nurse Answers and Rationales -- COMMON THEORIES RELATED TO MEETING CLIENTS’ BASIC HUMAN NEEDS -- QUESTIONS -- Common Theories Related to Meeting Clients'' Basic Needs Answers and Rationales -- COMMUNICATION AND MEETING CLIENTS’ EMOTIONAL NEEDS -- QUESTIONS -- Communcation and Meeting Clients'' Emotional Needs Answers and Rationales -- PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT OF CLIENTS -- QUESTIONS -- Physical Assessment of Clients Answers and Rationales -- MEETING CLIENTS’ PHYSICAL SAFETY AND MOBILITY NEEDS -- QUESTIONS -- Meeting Clients'' Physical Safety and Mobility Needs Answers and Rationales -- MEETING CLIENTS’ HYGIENE, PAIN, COMFORT, REST, AND SLEEP NEEDS -- QUESTIONS -- Meeting Clients'' Hygiene, Pain, Comfort, Rest, and Sleep Needs Answers and Rationales -- MEETING CLIENTS’ FLUID, ELECTROLYTE, AND NUTRITIONAL NEEDS -- QUESTIONS -- Meeting Clients'' Fluid, Electrolyte, and Nutritional Needs Answers and Rationales -- MEETING CLIENTS’ ELIMINATION NEEDS -- QUESTIONS -- Meeting Clients'' Elimination Needs Answers and Rationales -- MEETING CLIENTS’ OXYGEN NEEDS -- QUESTIONS -- Meeting Clients'' Oxygen Needs Answers and Rationales -- ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS -- QUESTIONS -- Administration of Medications Answers and Rationales -- MEETING THE NEEDS OF PERIOPERATIVE CLIENTS AND CLIENTS WITH WOUNDS -- QUESTIONS -- Meeting the Needs of Perioperative Clients and Clients with Wounds Answers and Rationales -- MEETING CLIENTS’ MICROBIOLOGICAL SAFETY NEEDS -- QUESTIONS -- Meeting Clients'' Microbiological Safety Needws Answers and Rationales -- MEETING THE NEEDS OF CLIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY SETTING -- QUESTIONS -- Meeting the Needs of Clients in the Community Setting Answers and Rationales -- PHARMACOLOGY -- QUESTIONS -- Pharmacology Answers and Rationales -- Chapter 12 Comprhensive Final Book Exam -- QUESTIONS -- Comprehensive Final Book Exam Answers and Rationales -- Bibliography -- Glossary of English Words Commonly Encountered on Nursing Examinations -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- .
