Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination

Get the top-rated review resource for the NCLEX-PN® exam from leading NCLEX® experts.

Written by the most trusted names in NCLEX preparation, Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela E.

Silvestri, Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination, 10th Edition, is the go-to choice for practical, comprehensive preparation both during nursing school and in preparation for the NCLEX!

This resource reviews all major nursing content areas aligned to the current test plan and includes over 4,700 high-level practice questions designed to strengthen the clinical judgment skills needed for today’s NCLEX.

You’ll also find alternate item formats, Next Generation NCLEX-style questions, and detailed rationales for every answer — plus test-taking strategies to help you approach questions with confidence.

The Evolve companion website adds an NCLEX exam-like experience with multiple selections for practice questions and realistic practice tests.

Built on Silvestri’s Pyramid to Success, this complete review supports focused study from start to finish.

• More than 4,700 practice questions in the text and on the Evolve website offer ample testing practice and reflect all item types, including Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) items
• Detailed rationales and test-taking strategies are included for each question, offering clues for analyzing and uncovering the correct answer option, with rationales for both correct and incorrect answers
• Clinical Judgment boxes identify clinical judgment situations, each addressing one of the six cognitive skills of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model
• Pyramid Points icons indicate important information, identifying content that is likely to appear on the NCLEX-PN® examination
• Pyramid Terms important to the discussion in the chapter are highlighted
• Pyramid to Success provides a focus of review in each unit and points out key content for NCLEX preparation
• Pyramid Points icons identify content that is likely to appear on the NCLEX-PN® examination
• Pyramid Alerts icons appear in red text and highlight key nursing concepts to remember, and identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-PN exam
• Priority Concepts — two in each chapter — identify the focus of important content for nursing care, and reflect the latest edition of Giddens’ Concepts for Nursing Practice text
• Mnemonics help you remember important information
• Audio podcasts on Evolve cover pharmacology, acid-base balance, and fluids and electrolytes
• Pathways to Success provide guidance with a focus on self-efficacy and both academic and nonacademic test preparation
• New graduate’s perspective is offered on how to prepare for the NCLEX-PN and the testing experience
• Pharmacology review provides 13 chapters on medications by body systems, a medication and IV calculation chapter, and a pediatric medication administration and calculation chapter.

  There are over 650 pharmacology questions on Evolve.

• Alternate item format questions cover multiple-response (select all that apply), prioritizing [ordered response], fill-in-the-blank, figure/illustration [hot spot], graphic options, chart/exhibit, and audio questions
• Next Generation NCLEX (NGN) standalone and unfolding case studies provide Bow-tie and Trend items, and unfolding cases accompanied by all types of NGN items: highlight (in text, in table), multiple response (SATA, select N, grouping), matrix (multiple choice and multiple response), drag-and-drop, and drop-down
• 85-question pre-test and post-test on Evolve cover all content areas in the same percentages that they are covered on the actual NCLEX-PN test plan.

  Each test generates an individualized study calendar.

• Practice questions on Evolve are organized by cognitive level, content area, client needs area, integrated process, health problem, cognitive skills, strategy, and priority concepts, allowing completely customizable exams or study sessions

• NEW!

  5 additional unfolding case studies on the Evolve companion website are written by experts on the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN), providing robust study for the new exam

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  Community-based nursing content reflects the growing importance of this area of nursing

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  Thoroughly updated content incorporates clinical updates and aligns with the latest NCLEX-PN test plan