HESI Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination 6th Edition

Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributing Authors
Preface
1. Introduction to Test-Taking Strategies and the NCLEX-RN®
	Test-Taking Strategies
	The NCLEX-RN
	Job Analysis Studies
	The NCLEX-RN Computer Adaptive Testing
	Gentle Reminders of General Principles
2. Leadership and Management: Legal Aspects of Nursing
	Legal Aspects of Nursing
	Prescriptions and Health Care Providers
	Review of Legal Aspects of Nursing
	Leadership and Management
	Maintaining a Safe Work Environment
	Communication Skills
	Review of Leadership and Management
	Disaster Nursing
	Ebola
	Review of Disaster Nursing
3. Advanced Clinical Concepts
	Respiratory Failure
	Respiratory Failure in Children
	Review of Respiratory Failure
	Shock
	Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
	Review of Shock and DIC
	Resuscitation
	Management of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (FBAO)
	Review of Resuscitation
	Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
	Review of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
	Electrocardiogram (ECG)
	Review of Electrocardiogram (ECG)
	Perioperative Care
	Review of Perioperative Care
	HIV Infection
	Pediatric HIV Infection
	Review of HIV Infection
	Pain: Fifth Vital Sign
	Review of Pain
	Death and Grief
	Review of Death and Grief
4. Medical-Surgical Nursing
	Communication
	Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
	Teaching/Learning
	Spiritual Assessment
	Cultural Diversity
	Complementary and Alternative Interventions
	Respiratory System
	Review of Respiratory System
	Renal System
	Review of Renal System
	Cardiovascular System
	Review of Cardiovascular System
	Gastrointestinal (GI) System
	Review of Gastrointestinal System
	Endocrine System
	Review of Endocrine System
	Musculoskeletal System
	Review of Musculoskeletal System
	Neurologic System
	Review of Neurologic System
	Hematology and Oncology
	Review of Hematology and Oncology
	Reproductive System
	Review of Reproductive System
	Burns
	Review of Burns
5. Pediatric Nursing
	Growth and Development
	Pain Assessment and Management in the Pediatric Client
	Review of Child Health Promotion
	Respiratory Disorders
	Review of Respiratory Disorders
	Cardiovascular Disorders
	Review of Cardiovascular Disorders
	Neuromuscular Disorders
	Review of Neuromuscular Disorders
	Renal Disorders
	Review of Renal Disorders
	Gastrointestinal Disorders
	Review of Gastrointestinal Disorders
	Hematologic Disorders
	Review of Hematologic Disorders
	Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
	Review of Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
	Skeletal Disorders
	Review of Skeletal Disorders
6. Maternity Nursing
	Anatomy and Physiology of Reproduction
	Antepartum Nursing Care
	Review of Anatomy and Physiology of Reproduction and Antepartum Nursing Care
	Fetal and Maternal Assessment Techniques
	Review of Fetal and Maternal Assessment Techniques
	Intrapartum Nursing Care
	Review of Intrapartum Nursing Care
	Normal Puerperium (Postpartum)
	Review of Normal Puerperium (Postpartum)
	The Normal Newborn
	Review of the Normal Newborn
	High-Risk Disorders
	Review of High-Risk Disorders
	Postpartum High-Risk Disorders
	Review of Postpartum High-Risk Disorders
	Newborn High-Risk Disorders
	Effects on the Neonate of Substance Abuse
7. Psychiatric Nursing
	Therapeutic Communication
	Coping Styles (Defense Mechanisms)
	Treatment Modalities
	Review of Therapeutic Communication and Treatment Modalities
	Anxiety and Related Disorders
	Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, and Traumatic and Stressor Related Disorders
	Review of Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, and Traumatic and Stressor Related Disorders
	Somatic Symptom Disorder and Related Disorders
	Review of Somatic Symptom Disorder and Related Disorders
	Dissociative Disorders
	Review of Dissociative Disorders
	Personality Disorders (DSM-5 Criteria)
	Review of Personality Disorders
	Eating Disorders
	Review of Eating Disorders
	Mood Disorders
	Review of Mood Disorders
	Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
	Review of Thought Disorders
	Substance Abuse Disorder
	Substance Use Disorder
	Review of Substance Abuse Disorder
	Abuse
	Review of Abuse
	Neurocognitive Disorder (DSM-5)
	Review of Neurocognitive Disorders
	Childhood and Adolescent Disorders
	Review of Childhood and Adolescent Disorders
8. Gerontologic Nursing
	Theories of Aging
	Neurocognitive Disorder (NCD): Dementia
	Psychosocial Changes
	Health Maintenance and Preventive Care
	Review of Gerontologic Nursing
Answer Key to Review Questions
APPENDIX. Common Laboratory Tests
Index