NCLEX-RN STUDY GUIDE 2023 ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW (NGN)

NCLEX-RN STUDY GUIDE 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 I NTIMIDATION ........................................................................... 11 STRATEGY 2: FINDING YOUR OPTIMAL P ACE ..................................................................................... 13 STRATEGY 3: D ON’ T BE A P ERFECTIONIST .......................................................................................... 15 STRATEGY 4: FACTUALLY C ORRECT , BUT ACTUALLY W RONG ............................................................ 16 STRATEGY 5: E XTRANEOUS INFORMATION ......................................................................................... 16 STRATEGY 6: AVOIDING D EFINITES..................................................................................................... 18 STRATEGY 7: USING C OMMON SENSE ................................................................................................. 18 STRATEGY 8: INSTINCTS ARE RIGHT ................................................................................................... 19 STRATEGY 9: N O FEAR.......................................................................................................................... 19 STRATEGY 10: D ON’ T GET T HROWN O FF BY N EW INFORMATION .................................................... 20 STRATEGY 11: N ARROWING THE SEARCH ........................................................................................... 20 STRATEGY 12: Y OU’ RE NOT E XPECTED TO BE E INSTEIN.................................................................... 21 RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS ....................................................................................................... 21 CIRCULATORY SYSTEM................................................................................................................... 35 C OURSE OF C IRCULATION...................................................................................................................... 36 T HE HEART.............................................................................................................................................. 37 C ARDIOVASCULAR C ONDITIONS............................................................................................................ 40 ARRHYTHMIAS REVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 53 CARDIAC FAILURE REVIEW ......................................................................................................... 55 ENDOCRINE REVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 57 MICROBIOLOGY REVIEW .............................................................................................................. 68 2 Copyright © StudyGuideZ. 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C HARACTERISTICS OF BACTERIA T YPES ............................................................................................... 68 IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES ................................................................................................................. 74 C YTOKINES R EVIEW ............................................................................................................................... 74 PHARMACOLOGY ................................................................................................................................ 78 MEASUREMENT EQUIVALENTS................................................................................................... 87 DRUG DISTRIBUTION...................................................................................................................... 90 BIOTRANSFORMATION OF DRUGS .......................................................................................... 93 D RUG E LIMINATION................................................................................................................................ 94 GENERAL PHARMACOKINETICS REVIEW............................................................................. 96 P HARMACODYNAMIC T ERMS................................................................................................................... 98 AUTONOMIC N ERVOUS SYSTEM RECEPTORS........................................................................................ 98 SPECIFIC PEDIATRIC CONDITIONS ....................................................................................... 99 TUMOR REVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 108 GI REVIEW........................................................................................................................................... 110 EYE, EAR, AND MOUTH REVIEW.............................................................................................. 118 D ISORDERS OF THE E YE ...................................................................................................................... 118 D ISORDERS OF THE M OUTH ................................................................................................................ 121 D ISORDERS OF THE E AR ...................................................................................................................... 123 OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 125 DERMATOLOGY REVIEW .............................................................................................................. 133 AXIAL SKELETON ............................................................................................................................. 139 APPENDICULAR SKELETON........................................................................................................ 140 MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS ......................................................................................... 146 SAMPLE QUESTIONS ...................................................................................................................... 155 ANSWER KEY ...................................................................................................................................... 175 3 Copyright © StudyGuideZ. All rights reserved. VALUABLE NCLEX RESOURCE LINKS .................................................................................... 182 SPECIAL REPORT– QUICK REFERENCE LESION REVIEW ......................................... 183 SPECIAL REPORT- HIGH FREQUENCY TERMS.................................................................. 186 DEFINITION OF ROOT WORDS ................................................................................................ 192 PREFIXES.............................................................................................................................................. 196 SUFFIXES.............................................................................................................................................. 198