ATI NurseNotes Nursing Q & A: Critical Thinking Exercises [Paperback]

Sally Lagerquist (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2006 | ISBN-10: 0976006308 | ISBN-13: 978-0976006305 | Edition: 7th

For nursing students and graduate nurses who want a practical study guide for hands-on review of nursing knowledge, and who want to apply critical-thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills to real-life clinical situations.

Focusing on the content areas: medical, surgical, obstetric, pediatric and psychiatric care, ATI's Nursing Q & A: Critical-Thinking Exercises, by Sally Lagerquist, is designed to effectively provide the essential content you need in order to master all exams throughout nursing school, as well as achievement tests, and re-entry and challenge exams.

Over 1,100 practice questions in all.

75 cases representing situations that are encountered in all areas of nursing.

Our questions-answers are designed to emphasize how to apply nursing process and transfer your knowledge of essential concepts and principles to a test question.

As an added bonus, Nursing Q & A also includes a disc featuring over 340 NCLEX-RN style review questions.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Build critical thinking skills and prepare for the NCLEX-RN® in one book! ATI Nursing Q&A: Critical Thinking Exercises is a single source for developing critical thinking through more than 1,100 case-based questions with detailed answers! Learn to think through patient problems - just like practicing nurses do - with the practical and relevant explanations provided. As a bonus, ATI Nursing Q&A provides a disc with over 300 NCLEX-RN® style questions and explanations to help ready you for the most important examination of your nursing career! Reasons Why Students Will Love This Book: Fact-filled pages offer more exercises to test your reasoning skills. Unique index grid helps locate your individual study needs. Nursing exam preparation is made easy!

and Essential concepts are covered by easy-to-remember cases. Assess your ability to apply nursing knowledge by using the coded and detailed answers. Special hints are given for test-wise guidelines to gain higher scores. Your study time will be spent in a better way, for success on exams. Reasons Why Nursing Instructors Will Love This Book: Nursing problems/diagnoses are featured with medical problems. Exam question spin-offs from 75 case scenarios. Wide array of clinical situations enliven your teaching.

and Case-management approach is a more interesting alternative to lectures. Real-life clinical nursing examples cover encounters with patients, families, and colleagues. Exercises that enhance critical-thinking skills. Adjunct to all clinical nursing textbooks. Tools to focus and structure discussion groups. Inference-making devices. Vignettes used in problem-based learning have everyday applicability. Examples stimulate students' curiosity about related situations; the broad content range naturally progresses into related areas.

About the Author

About the Author/Editor: Sally Lambert Lagerquist, RN, MS, is founder and president of Review for Nurses, Inc. and Review for Nurses Tapes Co. of San Francisco, California. She is the author and editor of five ATI NurseNotes titles, the ATI How to Pass Nursing Exams book, and a series of audio, DVD/CD-ROM, and video exam reviews. She has lectured nationwide at RN licensure exam review courses since 1976 and has been a faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing where she also obtained her degrees. Sally is a charter member of Sigma Theta Tau.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976006308
• ISBN-13: 978-0976006305
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ATI NurseNotes Nursing Q & A : Criticcal Thinking Exercises, May 16, 2008

By 

fagoyebizcoy "abc123" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ATI NurseNotes Nursing Q & A: Critical Thinking Exercises (Paperback)

Excellent book that I can never forget when I took my state board Examination. Very good book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars common book, November 30, 2010

By 

Daniel Lee Gallegos "DTO3167" (NYC) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: ATI NurseNotes Nursing Q & A: Critical Thinking Exercises (Paperback)

nothing unique about this book
just like any nursing book, the CD never updates
and its RN only book

2.0 out of 5 stars Outdated, January 16, 2012

By 

GW - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: ATI NurseNotes Nursing Q & A: Critical Thinking Exercises (Paperback)

Questions are too outdated for today's NCLEX, don't bother buying. If only the NCLEX were as simple as these questions!