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Learn proven strategies to prepare for nursing school tests and the NCLEX® exam! 2026-2027 Saunders Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies: Passing Nursing School and the NCLEX® Exam, Ninth Edition, provides tools to help you overcome test anxiety, develop strong study skills, and improve test scores. You’ll gain insight into key nursing areas such as clinical judgment, prioritization, leading and managing, communication, and pharmacology. In the book and on the Evolve companion website, 1,200 practice questions represent all question types — including alternate item formats and new test items for the Next Generation NCLEX®. This edition includes NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (NCJMM) updates and stand-alone and unfolding case studies. Written by leading NCLEX® experts Linda and Angela Silvestri, this essential resource offers the practical tips and realistic practice you need to succeed on any exam!
Key Features
- Helpful Tips for the Nursing Student highlight the most important concepts needed for exam success and include tips for accommodations to advocate for all students
- UNIQUE! Student-to-Student Hints highlight real-life strategies that have helped other students graduate from nursing school and pass the NCLEX® exam
- 1,400 review questions are included in the book and online, providing a “2-in-1” approach in which students benefit from learning strategies and practicing test-taking skills
- The focus of the book presents content that helps beginning-level students begin to develop clinical judgment skills. A section of the book is devoted to clinical judgment, and strategies with a focus on clinical judgment, question data, and client abnormalities are provided
- Cognitive levels are clearly defined for students, who often don’t understand this terminology and its significance
- Practice questions on Evolve are organized by content area, cognitive level, client needs area, integrated process, health problem, clinical judgment, and priority concepts, allowing completely customizable exams or study sessions
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1. Clinical Judgment and Nursing Examinations
2. Developing Study Skills
3. Supporting the Nurse: From Test to Practice
4. NCLEX® Preparation
5. Alternate Item Formats and Next-Generation NCLEX® Item Types
6. How to Avoid “Reading into the Question”
7. Positive and Negative Event Queries
8. Questions Requiring Prioritization
9. Leading and Managing, Delegating, and Assignment-Making Questions
10. Communication Questions
11. Pharmacology, Medication, and Intravenous Calculation Questions
12. Additional Pyramid Strategies
13. Fundamentals of Care Questions
14. Adult Health Questions
15. Mental Health Questions
16. Maternity Questions
17. Pediatric Questions
18. Pharmacology Questions
19. Delegating/Prioritizing Questions
20. Leadership/Management Questions