Complete Comprehensive Guide for Nclex RN with
Practice Questions
Integration of Nursing Practice (West Coast University)
,NCLEX-RN Test
Study Guide
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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
CHARACTERISTICS OF BACTERIA TYPES.............................................................................68
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, 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...............................................................................155
ANSWER KEY..........................................................................................175
VALUABLE NCLEX RESOURCE LINKS.........................................................182
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Practice Questions
Integration of Nursing Practice (West Coast University)
,NCLEX-RN Test
Study Guide
1
,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
CHARACTERISTICS OF BACTERIA TYPES.............................................................................68
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, 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...............................................................................155
ANSWER KEY..........................................................................................175
VALUABLE NCLEX RESOURCE LINKS.........................................................182
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