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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 2 Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com. All rights reserved.
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 ...................................................................................................................... 155 ANSWER KEY ...................................................................................................................................... 175 3 Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com. 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
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