NCLEX-PN Content Review Guide

607 Pages·2017·15.144 MB·English

by  Kaplan Nursing

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Table Of Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1:The NCLEX-PN® Examination
Unit 1:The NCLEX-PN® Examination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2:Kaplan’s Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination
Unit 1:Kaplan’s NCLEX-PN® Course Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Unit 2:How to Use Kaplan’s NCLEX-PN® Review Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Unit 3:Kaplan’s PN Decision Tree®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Unit 4:Guide for Test-Takers Repeating the NCLEX-PN® Examination. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 3:Safe and Effective Care Environment
Unit 1:Coordination of Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Unit 2:Safety and Infection Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 4:Health Promotion and Maintenance
Unit 1:Growth and Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Unit 2:Childbearing—Normal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Unit 3:Childbearing—Maternal Complications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Unit 4:Childbearing—Neonatal Normal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Unit 5:Neonatal Complications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Unit 6:Reproduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Unit 7:Prevention and Early Detection of Disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Chapter 5:Physiological Integrity 1: Basic Care and Comfort
Unit 1:Mobility and Immobility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Unit 2:Conditions Limiting Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Unit 3:Interventions to Promote Comfort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Unit 4:Musculoskeletal Trauma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Unit 5:Rest and Sleep Disturbances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Unit 6:Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Unit 7:Elimination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Chapter 6:Psychosocial Integrity
Unit 1:Coping and Adaptation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Unit 2:Psychosocial Adaptation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Unit 3:Psychopathology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Unit 4:Chemical Dependency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Unit 5:Abuse and Neglect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Chapter 7:Physiological Integrity 2: Physiological Adaptation
Unit 1:Medical Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Unit 2:Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Unit 3:Alterations in Body Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Unit 4:Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Chapter 8:Physiological Integrity 3: Reduction of Risk Potential
Unit 1:Sensory and Perceptual Alterations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Unit 2:Alterations in Body Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Unit 3:Perioperative Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Unit 4:Diagnostic Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Unit 5:Therapeutic Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Chapter 9:Physiological Integrity 4: Pharmacological Therapies
Unit 1:Blood Component Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Unit 2:Intravenous Therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Unit 3:Medications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Unit 4:Adverse Effects of Medications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
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Chapter 1
THE NCLEX-PN® EXAMINATION
Units
1. The NCLEX-PN® Examination