Publisher's Synopsis
- Updated to reflect the next-generation NCLEX® Examination, including careful attention to NCLEX® examination formatting such as boldfacing key words and referencing "healthcare providers" versus "physicians"
- Enhanced emphasis on application-level questions and above, including an increased percentage of alternate-format questions
- Emphasis on outpatient scenarios, such as those in Nurse Practitioner-run urgent care centers and other nurse-managed facilities to help introduce beginning students to advanced practice nursing roles
- Improved formatting of Definition exercises including the addition of a brief instruction line to guide the student in how to complete the exercises, plus increased spacing between terms for greater clarity
- UNIQUE! Step-by-step approach builds student skills in critical thinking, clinical decision-making, and clinical reasoning, walking students through the author's research-based critical thinking model
- More than 100 true-to-life cases demonstrate how cases progress and complications arise, helping students develop increasingly sophisticated levels of critical thinking
- Emphasis on prioritization helps students prepare for the NCLEX® Examination and for nursing practice
- Integrated NCLEX Examination review helps students apply critical thinking skills to test questions and prepares students for the state boards
- Integration of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies and the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice equips students for safe practice and interprofessional collaboration
- Updated throughout to reflect the latest research and critical thinking and clinical reasoning
