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
System requirements for accompanying disk: Windows 98 or newer or Power Macintosh.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Synopsis
Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of pathophysiology. 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.
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.
Karen Hill, RN, MSN, PhD has been a nurse educator for 15 years, currently as an Associate Professor at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. She has taught in the baccalaureate program and holds graduate-teaching status. Dr. Hill has taught NCLEX-RN review courses, and her primary teaching responsibilities are in pharmacology and pathophysiology. She has contributed to publications on charting and teaching methodology and has co-authored a pharmacology review book. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, ANA, and LSNA.
Table of Contents
1. Respiratory Health Problems. 2. Cardiac Health Problems.
3. Potassium Balance and Imbalances.
4. Vascular Health Problems.
5. Neurological Health Problems.
6. Musculoskeletal Health Problems.
7. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Health Problems.
8. Gastrointestinal Health Problems.
9. Hepatobiliary Health Problems.
10. Endocrine and Metabolic Health Problems.
11. Male and Female Reproductive Health Problems.
12. Immunological Health Problems.
13. Infectious Health Problems.
14. Integumentary Health Problems.
15. Hematological and Oncological Health Problems.
16. Genetic and Developmental Transmitted Health Problems.
17. Multisystem Health Problems.
Appendix: Answers to Practice to Pass & Case Studies.
Index.