Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX-RN® Examination

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Prepare for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Exam (NGN) and gain the clinical judgment skills you need to manage patient care safely and effectively! Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, 5th Edition is the first and the most popular NCLEX-RN Exam review book focused exclusively on building management-of-care clinical judgment skills. What’s more, this bestselling review is now enhanced for the NGN with new NGN-style questions! Beginning with concepts relating to prioritization, delegation, and assignment decisions, the workbook guides you through patient care scenarios and exercises progressing from simple to complex. All of the book’s questions are provided in an interactive online format on the Evolve website in tests that simulate the latest NCLEX-RN Exam. Written by a team of noted educators led by Linda A. LaCharity, this review prepares you for success on the NGN and in clinical practice like no other!

    • Management-of-care focus addresses the emphasis on prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment in the NCLEX-RN® Examination.
    • Three-part organization first establishes foundational knowledge and then provides exercises with scenarios of increasing difficulty to help you build confidence in your prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment skills.
    • Part One: Introduction provides a concise foundation and practical guidelines for making prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment decisions.
      • Part Two: Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in Common Health Scenarios provides practice in applying the principles you’ve learned to relatively straightforward health scenarios involving single patients or simple patient assignments.
        • Part 3: Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in Complex Health Scenarios includes unfolding cases involving patients with progressively more complicated health problems or challenging assignment issues, demonstrating the progression of typical health scenarios and helping you learn to "think like a nurse."
          • Answer keys follow each chapter and provide the correct answer plus a detailed rationale.
          • Practice quizzes on the Evolve website include all of the book’s questions in an interactive format that allows you to create a virtually unlimited number of practice sessions or tests in Study Mode or Exam Mode.
            • NEW and UNIQUE! Updated question formats prepare you to succeed on the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Examination (NGN) by including the latest item types and highlighting each with a distinctive icon.
            • NEW and UNIQUE! Next-Generation NCLEX Questions chapter includes only NGN-style questions to help you focus your study time on these new question formats and optimize your chances for success on the NGN.
              • NEW! Dozens of additional questions and answers provide more review and practice for the increasingly challenging NCLEX-RN Exam.
              • NEW! Updated content throughout matches the latest evidence-based guidelines and treatment protocols.

      Author(s): Linda A. LaCharity, Candice K. Kumagai, Shirley M. Hosler
      Edition: 5
      Publisher: Elsevier
      Year: 2021

      Language: English
      Pages: 601
      City: St. Louis

      Front Cover
      IFC
      Prioritization, Delegation,and Assignment
      Prioritization, Delegation,and Assignment
      Copyright
      Contributors and Reviewers
      Preface
      Contents
      1 -
      Guidelines for Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment Decisions
      2 - Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in Common Health Scenarios
      1 - Pain
      2 - Cancer
      3 - Immunologic Problems
      4 - Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-
      5 - Safety and Infection Control
      6 - Respiratory Problems
      7 - Cardiovascular Problems
      8 - Hematologic Problems
      9 - Neurologic Problems
      10 - Visual and Auditory Problems
      11
      - Musculoskeletal Problems
      12 - Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Problems
      13 - Diabetes Mellitus
      14 - Other Endocrine Problems
      15
      - Integumentary Problems
      16
      - Renal and Urinary Problems
      17
      - Reproductive Problems
      18 - Problems in Pregnancy and Childbearing
      19 - Pediatric Problems
      20 -
      Pharmacology
      21 -
      Emergencies and Disasters
      22
      - Psychiatric/Mental Health Problems
      23 - NCLEX Next Generation
      3 - Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignmentin Complex Health Scenarios
      1 - Chest Pressure, Indigestion, and Nausea
      2
      - Dyspnea and Shortness of Breath
      3 - Multiple Patients on a Medical- Surgical Unit
      4
      - Shortness of Breath, Edema, and Decreased Urine Output
      5
      - Diabetic Ketoacidosis
      6
      - Home Health
      7 - Spinal Cord Injury
      8
      - Multiple Patients With Adrenal Gland Disorders
      9
      - Multiple Patients With Gastrointestinal Problems
      10
      - Multiple Patients With Pain
      11
      - Multiple Patients With Cancer
      12
      - Gastrointestinal Bleeding
      13
      - Head and Leg Trauma and Shock
      14
      - Septic Shock
      15
      - Heart Failure
      16
      - Multiple Patients With Peripheral Vascular Disease
      17
      - Respiratory Difficulty After Surgery
      18
      - Long- Term Care
      19
      - Pediatric Patients in Clinic and Acute Care Settings
      20
      - Multiple Patients With Mental Health Disorders
      21 - Childbearing
      Illustration Credits
      IBC