Medical-Surgical Nursing: Reviews and Rationales (Prentice Hall Nursing Reviews & Rationales Series) [Paperback]

Mary Ann Hogan (Author), Tomas Madayag (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130304573 | ISBN-13: 978-0130304575 | Publication Date: September 27, 2003

For course review on a specific topic, e.g., medical-surgical nursing, review for NCLEX-RN, and review for specialty training. This resource provides a core content review of the subject in outline format. Each chapter opens with a brief outline, objectives, key terms with definitions, media box with summary of CD and CW content, as well as a pre-test. The pre-test and post-test guide the student through a self-paced review. Other features unique to this resource help further enhance the review process.

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From the Back Cover

Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of medical-surgical nursing. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" information covering nursing care for respiratory, cardiac, neurological, renal, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and other health problems, emergency and critical care, and much more. Each chapter provides the following tools that will help lead you to success in your course and on the NCLEX-RN:

• Chapter Objectives
• Pre- and post-chapter tests with comprehensive rationales
• Vocabulary review
• Practice-to-Pass exercises
• Critical thinking case studies
• NCLEX alerts

Enhance your review with the Nursing Review & Rationales' with the free CD-ROM and Companion Website. These additional tools feature even more detailed explanations of difficult concepts and visuals, interactive practice exercises and NCLEX-RN questions, audio glossaries, and more related resources.

About the Series
Prentice Hall's Nursing Review & Rationales Series is the complete foundation for success both within the classroom and on the NCLEX-RN. Each volume offers a concentrated review of core content from across the nursing curriculum, while providing hundreds of practice questions and comprehensive rationales. The only review series with an integrated technology package, each book offers a free corresponding CD-ROM and Companion Website. The complete series includes books for:

• Nursing Fundamentals
• Child Health Nursing
• Fluid, Electrolyte, & Acid-Base Balance
• Maternal-Newborn Nursing
• Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Mental Health Nursing
• Nutrition & Diet Therapy
• Pathophysiology
• Pharmacology

About the Author

Mary Ann Hogan, RN, CS, MSN has been a nurse educator for 20 years, currently as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught in diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate nursing programs. A former item writer for the CAT NCLEX-RN, Ms. Hogan has been teaching NCLEX-RN review courses throughout New England for the last 14 years. She has also contributed to a number of publications in the areas of adult health and fundamentals of nursing. Ms. Hogan is an ANCC-certified clinical specialist in medical-surgical nursing and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau.

Tomas Madayag, EdD, ARNP, MEd, MSN, RN is an Associate Professor at Barry University in Florida, and formerly an Assistant Professor at Florida International University. For 10 years, Dr. Madayag owned a test review center in the Philippines that prepared nurses for the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools visa-qualifying examination and NCLEX-RN. He taught NCLEX review courses to senior nursing students at Florida International University, and conducts NCLEX review courses in the Philippines each year. Dr. Madayag is a certified Adult Nurse Practitioner and Cardiovascular Nurse Specialist.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 763 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (September 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130304573
• ISBN-13: 978-0130304575
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super resource for consice information, September 1, 2005

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This review is from: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Reviews and Rationales (Prentice Hall Nursing Reviews & Rationales Series) (Paperback)

I got the fluid and electrolytes book first. To this day I have no problems understanding the topic. I now have the whole set. There is a list of defined terms beginning each chapter, a pre-test and post-test, and the subject is outlined in between. Any book of this series is highly recommended to the nursing student.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource, December 7, 2006

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This review is from: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Reviews and Rationales (Prentice Hall Nursing Reviews & Rationales Series) (Paperback)

I bought this book because my teacher assigned too much reading (100s of pages) from the textbooks and I just couldnt read that much. This book is concise yet gets the information you need for your nursing school tests and the NCLEX across. The questions are great though I wish there were more and I like that the questions have explanations with them. I used this for my last test and after having gotten bad grades on the two previous tests this raised my percentage on the next test by almost 15%. By combining this book with my notes and the outline the teacher gave us it really helped me. I will definitely buy more of their books in the future if the need arises.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book to use with text, May 5, 2006

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This review is from: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Reviews and Rationales (Prentice Hall Nursing Reviews & Rationales Series) (Paperback)

I used this book a good bit along with my textbook. I liked using it when I just wanted the most important points without sifting through all the extras in the text that the instructor was never going to ask about.