NCLEX-RN
Practice Questions
Fourth Edition
Wilda Rinehart
Diann Sloan
Clara Hurd
800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA
,Contents at a Glance
Introduction 1
CHAPTER 1 Practice Exam 1 and Rationales 5
CHAPTER 2 Practice Exam 2 and Rationales 87
CHAPTER 3 Practice Exam 3 and Rationales 169
CHAPTER 4 Practice Exam 4 and Rationales 251
CHAPTER 5 Practice Exam 5 and Rationales 335
CHAPTER 6 Alternative Items: Questions and Rationales 419
APPENDIX A Need to Know More? 465
APPENDIX B Things You Forgot 475
APPENDIX C Alphabetical Listing of Nursing Boards in the United States 483
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, Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................. 1
Welcome to the NCLEX-RN® Practice Questions Exam Cram .................. 1
Taking tthe tComputerized tAdaptive tTest ............................................................. 2
The t Cost t of t the t Exam ............................................................................................... 2
How tto tPrepare t for tthe t Exam ................................................................................ 3
What t You t Will t Find t in t This t Book................................................................... 3
Hints t for t Using t This t Book ..................................................................................... 4
Need t Further t Study? .................................................................................................... 4
Contact t the t Author ........................................................................................................ 4
Chapter t1:
Practice tExam t1 tand tRationales ..................................................................... 5
Quick t Answers ............................................................................................................... 59
Answers tand tRationales ............................................................................................... 61
Chapter t2:
Practice tExam t2 tand tRationales ................................................................... 87
Quick t Answers ............................................................................................................ 141
Answers tand tRationales ............................................................................................ 143
Chapter t3:
Practice tExam t3 tand tRationales ................................................................. 169
Quick t Answers ............................................................................................................ 223
Answers tand tRationales ............................................................................................ 225
Chapter t4:
Practice tExam t4 tand tRationales ................................................................. 251
Quick t Answers ............................................................................................................ 306
Answers tand tRationales............................................................................................ 308
Chapter t5:
Practice tExam t5 tand tRationales ................................................................. 335
Quick t Answers ............................................................................................................ 392
Answers tand tRationales ............................................................................................ 394