Synopses & Reviews
Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of mental health nursing. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" information covering therapeutic communication, developmental disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, dissociative disorders, personality disorders, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, cognitive mental disorders, substance abuse, crisis intervention and suicide, death and dying, 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
- New test-taking strategies
- Vocabulary review
- Practice-to-Pass exercises
- Critical thinking case studies
- NCLEX alerts
- Prentice Hall Nursing Notes reference card
- CD-ROM with 700 practice questions
About the Series
Prentice Hall's Nursing Review & Rationales Series is the complete foundation for success within the classroom, in clinical settings and on the NCLEX-RN exam. Each topical 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 offering a tear-out reference card and additional audio reviews, the complete series includes the following volumes:
- Nursing Fundamentals
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Child Health Nursing
- Fluids, Electrolytes, & Acid-Base Balance
- Maternal-Newborn Nursing
- Medical-Surgical Nursing
- Mental Health Nursing
- Nutrition & Diet Therapy
- Pathophysiology
- Pharmacology
- Physical Assessment
- Community Health Nursing
- Leadership & Management
- Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN
- Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-PN
Synopsis
Essential for NCLEX, course, and competency review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of medical-surgical nursing. Each chapter contains objectives, pre- and post-chapter tests with comprehensive rationales, vocabulary review, practice to pass exercises, critical thinking case studies, as well as NCLEX alerts and new test-taking strategies.
Synopsis
Essential for NCLEX, course and competencey review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of medical-surgical nursing. Each chapter contains objectives, pre- and post chapter tests with comprehensive rationales, vocabulary review, practice to pass exercises, critical thinking case studies, as well as NCLEX alerts and new test-taking strategies. 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.
About the Author
Mary Ann Hogan, MSN, RN has been a nurse educator for 25 years, currently as a Clinical
Associate 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® exam,Ms. Hogan has been teaching review courses throughout
New England for the last 15 years. She also has contributed to a number of publications
in the areas of adult health, pharmacology, and fundamentals of nursing. She is a member
of the American Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor
Society for Nursing.
Table of Contents
Preface vi
Contributors and Reviewers of the First Edition xii
Chapter 1 Nursing Process, Physical Assessment, and Common Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests 1
Chapter 2 Respiratory Disorders 44
Chapter 3 Cardiac Disorders 93
Chapter 4 Peripheral Vascular Health Problems 130
Chapter 5 Neurological Disorders 161
Chapter 6 Renal and Urinary Disorders 204
Chapter 7 Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorders 248
Chapter 8 Gastrointestinal Disorders 288
Chapter 9 Musculoskeletal Disorders 323
Chapter 10 Integumentary Disorders 359
Chapter 11 Immunologic Disorders 398
Chapter 12 Cullular Disorders (Oncology) 436
Chapter 13 Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders 464
Chapter 14 Hematologic Disorders 503
Chapter 15 Reproductive and Sexual Disorders 543
Chapter 16 Eye and Ear Disorders 601
Chapter 17 Common Problems Encountered in Emergency and Critical Care Nursing 635
Appendix A Suggested Answers to Practice to Pass & Case Study Questions 693
Index 710