This essential review text is an excellent study and preparatory tool for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). More than three thousand questions for practice testing, now completely revised and updated to meet current NCLEX standards, prepare students for even the most challenging exams. Questions are coded for the step of the nursing process, client need, and cognitive level, and tests are followed by a self-evaluation grid so students can target areas for further study. Rationale is provided for correct and incorrect responses so that students understand the thinking behind each question, allowing greater retention. Organized by practice area -- psychiatric/mental health, adult, child and child-bearing family -- the review offers defined and comprehensive coverage. A free practice computer disk provides an additional one hundred questions for Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT). New in this edition: / Practice questions have all been revised to reflect the National Council of State Boards of Nursing test plan revision / Case studies now include community-based content.

Diane Billings, Ed.D, RN, FAAN, award-winning author and nursing educator, offers more than 35 years experience teaching nursing from the associate through the graduate levels, with a special focus on preparing nurses for educator roles and on preparing students to take the NCLEX-RN examination.

 

Dr. Billings' NCLEX experience includes developing and teaching NCLEX review courses, integrating computer-based licensing exam review programs into nursing curricula and designing NCLEX test questions. A nationally recognized test-item writer, her NCLEX preparation books have helped thousands of students pass the NCLEX-RN exam.

 

Dr. Billings is an exprienced educator and has taught in several graduate level teacher preparation programs. She is the recipient of the National League for Nursing's Award for Outstanding Leadership in Nursing Education, the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching at Indiana University, and the Founders Award for Excellence in Teaching from Sigma Theta Tau, International. She is the co-editor of Teaching In Nursing: A Guide for Faculty which recived the 1998 AJN Book of the Year Award. Now in its 4th edition, this book is used to prepare the current generation of nurses for advanced practice roles as nurse educators.

 

She is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus at Indiana University School of Nursing and a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.