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" Fundamentals success : "
Patricia M. Nugent, RN, MA, MD, EdD, Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Professor, Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York, Private Practice--President of Nugent Books, Inc., Barbara A. Vitale, RN, MA, Professor Emeritus, Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York, Private Practice--Professional Resources for Nursing.
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BL
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846915
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Nugent, Patricia Mary,1944-
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Fundamentals success : : a Q A review applying critical thinking to test taking /\ Patricia M. Nugent, RN, MA, MD, EdD, Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Professor, Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York, Private Practice--President of Nugent Books, Inc., Barbara A. Vitale, RN, MA, Professor Emeritus, Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York, Private Practice--Professional Resources for Nursing.
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Fourth edition.
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Philadelphia :: F.A. Davis,, [2015]
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Davis's success series
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xxii, 548 pages :: illustrations ;; 28 cm
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0803644140
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: 9780803644144
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Fundamentals of Critical Thinking Related to Test Taking. Introduction -- Maximize your critical-thinking abilities -- Critical thinking applied to test taking -- Critical-thinking strategy to answer nursing questions : the race model -- Summary -- Nursing Within the Context of Contemporary Health Care. Theory-based nursing care -- Legal and ethical issues -- Leadership and management -- Health-care delivery -- Community-based nursing -- Psychosociocultural Nursing Care. Nursing care across the life span -- Communication -- Psychological support -- Teaching and learning -- Essential Components of Nursing Care. Nursing process -- Physical assessment -- Infection control -- Safety -- Medication administration -- Pharmacology -- Basic Human Needs and Related Nursing Care. Hygiene -- Mobility -- Nutrition -- Oxygenation -- Urinary elimination -- Fluids and electrolytes -- Gastrointestinal system -- Pain, comfort, rest, and sleep -- Perioperative nursing -- Alternate Item Formats. Answers and rationales -- Comprehensive Final Book Exam. Questions -- Answers and rationales -- Glossary of English words commonly encountered on nursing examinations.
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Master the fundamentals of nursing while developing your critical thinking and test-taking skills. More than 1,340 classroom-tested, NCLEX-style questions--including more than 440 alternate-item-format questions--reflect the latest advances in medical technology as well as the most recent guidelines and standards of care for nursing practice. An easy-to-follow format organizes information into 24 content areas. Each question provides answers and rationales for correct and incorrect responses and strategies for how to develop your critical-thinking skills.
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Critical thinking.
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Nursing, Examinations, questions, etc.
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Nursing-- Examinations, Study guides.
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Nursing.
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Problem Solving.
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Critical thinking.
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Nursing-- Examinations.
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Nursing.
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610.73076
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RT55.N765 2015
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WY 18.2N967 2015
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Vitale, Barbara Ann,1944-
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Q & A review applying critical thinking to test taking
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