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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NCLEX TEST RESOURCES................................................................................................................. 4


INTRODUCTION TO THIS GUIDE ................................................................................................ 5


TESTING AND ANALYSIS................................................................................................................. 7


INTRODUCTION TO THE NCLEX................................................................................................... 9


THE NCLEX SCORING SCALE........................................................................................................ 10


GENERAL STRATEGIES.................................................................................................................... 11

STRATEGY 1: UNDERSTANDING THE INTIMIDATION ........................................................................... 11
STRATEGY 2: FINDING YOUR OPTIMAL PACE ..................................................................................... 13
STRATEGY 3: DON’T BE A PERFECTIONIST .......................................................................................... 15
STRATEGY 4: FACTUALLY CORRECT, BUT ACTUALLY WRONG ............................................................ 16
STRATEGY 5: EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION ......................................................................................... 16
STRATEGY 6: AVOIDING DEFINITES..................................................................................................... 18
STRATEGY 7: USING COMMON SENSE ................................................................................................. 18
STRATEGY 8: INSTINCTS ARE RIGHT ................................................................................................... 19
STRATEGY 9: NO FEAR .......................................................................................................................... 19
STRATEGY 10: DON’T GET THROWN OFF BY NEW INFORMATION .................................................... 20
STRATEGY 11: NARROWING THE SEARCH ........................................................................................... 20
STRATEGY 12: YOU’RE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EINSTEIN .................................................................... 21

RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS ....................................................................................................... 21


CIRCULATORY SYSTEM................................................................................................................... 35

COURSE OF CIRCULATION...................................................................................................................... 36
THE HEART .............................................................................................................................................. 37
CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS............................................................................................................ 40
ARRHYTHMIAS REVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 53

CARDIAC FAILURE REVIEW ......................................................................................................... 55


ENDOCRINE REVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 57


MICROBIOLOGY REVIEW .............................................................................................................. 68


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CHARACTERISTICS OF BACTERIA TYPES ............................................................................................... 68
IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES ................................................................................................................. 74
CYTOKINES REVIEW ............................................................................................................................... 74

PHARMACOLOGY ................................................................................................................................ 78


MEASUREMENT EQUIVALENTS................................................................................................... 87


DRUG DISTRIBUTION...................................................................................................................... 90


BIOTRANSFORMATION OF DRUGS .......................................................................................... 93

DRUG ELIMINATION................................................................................................................................ 94

GENERAL PHARMACOKINETICS REVIEW............................................................................. 96

PHARMACODYNAMIC TERMS................................................................................................................... 98
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM RECEPTORS........................................................................................ 98

SPECIFIC PEDIATRIC CONDITIONS ....................................................................................... 99


TUMOR REVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 108


GI REVIEW........................................................................................................................................... 110


EYE, EAR, AND MOUTH REVIEW .............................................................................................. 118

DISORDERS OF THE EYE ...................................................................................................................... 118
DISORDERS OF THE MOUTH ................................................................................................................ 121
DISORDERS OF THE EAR ...................................................................................................................... 123

OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 125


DERMATOLOGY REVIEW .............................................................................................................. 133


AXIAL SKELETON ............................................................................................................................. 139


APPENDICULAR SKELETON........................................................................................................ 140


MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS ......................................................................................... 146


SAMPLE QUESTIONS ...................................................................................................................... 154


ANSWER KEY ...................................................................................................................................... 174

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VALUABLE NCLEX RESOURCE LINKS .................................................................................... 181


SPECIAL REPORT– QUICK REFERENCE LESION REVIEW ......................................... 182


SPECIAL REPORT- HIGH FREQUENCY TERMS.................................................................. 184


DEFINITION OF ROOT WORDS ................................................................................................ 190


PREFIXES.............................................................................................................................................. 194


SUFFIXES.............................................................................................................................................. 196




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