Nursing Fundamentals: Review & Rationales [Paperback]

Mary Ann Hogan (Author), Judy White (Author), Donna Bowles (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130304557 | ISBN-13: 978-0130304551 | Publication Date: November 19, 2002

For course review on a specific topic, e.g. fundamentals of 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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ABOUT THE SERIES

Prentice Hall's Nursing Reviews & Rationales Series is the complete foundation for success both within the classroom and on the NCLEX-RN. Each volume includes a review of core content, while providing hundreds of practice questions and comprehensive rationales. The only review series to offer a free CD-ROM and Companion Website with each book. The complete series includes:

• Nursing Fundamentals
• Child Health Nursing
• Fluids, Electrolytes, & 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.

Donna Bowles, RN, MSN, EdD is an Assistant Professor at Indiana University Southeast. Her clinical background, spanning several decades, is Adult Nursing. In addition, test construction/evaluation, remediation and motivation of undergraduate students are her areas of academic expertise.

Judy E. White, RNC, MA, MSN has taught at all levels of nursing, including LPN, diploma, associate degree and baccalaureate programs at schools of nursing in Kentucky, New York, and Alabama. Ms. White has contributed NCLEXRN test questions to numerous publications, and she has taught the pediatric component of NCLEX-RN Review Courses in New York and Kentucky. Currently, she is the Director of Nursing and Nurse Educator at Vital Care, Inc., a home infusion pharmaceutical company that provides continuing education to nurses.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 364 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (November 19, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130304557
• ISBN-13: 978-0130304551
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great choice!, February 9, 2004

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This review is from: Nursing Fundamentals: Review & Rationales (Paperback)

If you have to get ready for your NCLEX or just simply overview Nursing Fundamentals area - this book is a Bible of Fundamentals, short, easy to read and retain, perfect tool!
Thanks for your help, AUTHOR!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Study Guide! Ace your tests, August 30, 2007

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J. Goodwin (Abingdon, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nursing Fundamentals: Review & Rationales (Paperback)

This book is an excellent resource for nursing students especially if you are needing practice with nclex style questions or focusing in on specific items to study. For instance, it has items tagged NCLEX and almost invariably these items ended up on most of my unit and final exams. With so much info to know this definitely helped me hone in on the most important pieces. It is written in outline format, it is easy to read and the extra test questions are excellent.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Freshman Nursing Student, January 19, 2007

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M. Dubuisson "Nursing Student -RN 05/08" (Mississippi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nursing Fundamentals: Review & Rationales (Paperback)

This book is great for reviewing Fundamentals of Nursing Freshman I (Level 1) Nursing. I used it to review for my final and for perioperative nursing. It has an outline, pre and post tests, as well as NCLEX questions and a CD with more questions. I just bought Medical-Surgical by the same author!!! I will probably buy the next set for L&D, Peds, and Psych if they have them available. Thank you for a wonderfully written study tool.