Pearson Reviews & Rationales

&>For courses covering psychiatric and mental health nursing, and/or preparing nursing students for the psychiatric/mental health (psychosocial integrity) components of the NCLEX-RN® examination.

This text provides a clear, concentrated, and up-to-date review of today’s “need to know” knowledge for effective psychiatric and mental health nursing. Developed and reviewed by a large team of nurse educators, it fully reflects the current (2010) NCLEX-RN® Test Plan. The text thoroughly covers mental health nursing, including every major diagnostic category. Additional chapters focus on crisis intervention and suicide; family violence and sexual assault, loss and grief; and the psychological adaptation to medical illness. Since mental health questions are unique and distress many students, Chapter 1 presents specific techniques and strategies for answering the NCLEX-RN® exam’s psychosocial integrity questions. A complete support package includes access to additional questions and the complete eText online, and a tear-out NursingNotes card for clinical reference and quick review.

Helps prepare students for all aspects of mental health nursing covered on the NCLEX-RN® exam. Includes comprehensive yet concise coverage of every major mental health diagnostic category, including: infancy, childhood, adolescence, and developmental disabilities; mood, anxiety, somatoform, dissociative, and personality disorders; schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; delirium, dementia, and other cognitive mental disorders; and substance use disorders. also includes chapters focusing on special topics such as crisis intervention and suicide; family violence and sexual assault, loss and grief; and psychological adaptation to medical illness.

Helps students overcome the specific challenges associated with successfully answering mental health/psychosocial integrity questions on the NCLEX-RN® exam. Responding to the unique and sometimes distressing nature of the psychosocial integrity questions on the NCLEX-RN® exam, Chapter 1 of this text presents test-taking strategies that will be specifically helpful for this portion of the exam.

Gives students comprehensive practice that helps them direct their study and build mastery. Contains 10-question pretests in each chapter, open-ended critical thinking “Practice to Pass” questions, 10-question chapter posttests, and 420 additional questions online. All pretest and posttest questions contain comprehensive rationales for correct and incorrect answers, and are coded according to cognitive level of difficulty and NCLEX-RN® Test Plan categories of client need and integrated processes.

Offers exceptionally efficient and focused review of key concepts, terms, and techniques. Chapters start with clear objectives, include “Review at a Glance” glossaries of critical terms, and present multiple NCLEX Alerts identifying concepts that are especially likely to be tested.

Gives students additional opportunities to apply critical thinking and clinical reasoning. Includes case studies at the end of each chapter, describing true-to-life client case situations and asking open-ended questions about how the student would provide care for this client and his or her family.

Provides additional last-minute, “take-anywhere” preparation. Includes a popular tear-out reference card presenting frequently used facts and information, ideal for last-minute exam review as well as ongoing clinical work.

Helps students study for the entire NCLEX®-RN exam (and other exams) more effectively. In addition to mental health-specific test-taking strategies, this text presents many proven Study Tips and Test-Taking Strategies that can help with all parts of the NCLEX-RN exam, as well as other high-stakes exams students may encounter.