Product Description

Kaplan's strategy guide to the NCLEX-RN exam includes:

*2 practice tests—1 in the book and 1 on the CD-ROM

*Detailed answer explanations

*The latest information on exam content and structure

*Review of alternate questions

*Analysis of all question types

*Exclusive strategies for exam success

*Free preview of Kaplan's online NCLEX-RN[r] Question Bank with more exam-style questions

CD-ROM* Features Include:

Computer-based practice test

Detailed performance analysis

Complete explanations for all questions

Upgraded CD-ROM Windows and Macintosh

Kaplan Nursing and Kaplan University School of Nursing offer a wide variety of programs for pre-licensure and post-licensure nurses. Kaplan Nursing is the world’s largest provider of preparation courses for the NCLEX-RN® exam, and offers classroom and online courses to graduates of U.S. nursing schools and nurses educated abroad. Its partnership with Lippincott Williams & Wilkins also provides nursing schools with a program of Integrated Testing that evaluates students’ level of nursing knowledge and remediates knowledge deficits. Kaplan University School of Nursing offers a dynamic educational experience through on-line learning, including a BSN Completion degree, a Master’s Degree in Nursing Science, a Master’s Degree in Nursing, and much more. Its faculty members are highly qualified nurse leaders who have a keen appreciation of the issues faced by working adults.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1002 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781419552571
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Barbara J. Irwin, BSN, RN is National Curriculum Director for Nursing programs at Kaplan, Inc. She supervises development of the Kaplan courses for preparation for the NCLEX-RN exam, as well as integrated testing programs implemented by nursing schools. While tutoring students that had been unsuccessful on the NCLEX-RN exam, Irwin developed a series of innovative test-taking strategies that help students achieve success. She presents Strategy Seminars and Test-Taking Seminars for the NCLEX-RN to nursing school faculties and students nationwide. Irwin received her BS in nursing from the University of Oklahoma. Her professional background includes experience as a nursing educator and director of a home health agency.

Judith A. Burckhardt, PhD, RN is Executive Director, Nursing for Kaplan, Inc. After graduating from Loyola University in Chicago with a BS in nursing, she received a master’s in education from Washington University and a doctorate in Educational Administration from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Her professional background includes many years of experience as an educator in diploma, ADN., and BSN nursing programs. She has developed programs and materials to help prepare students for the NCLEX-RN and has presented seminars for preparation for the NCLEX-RN exam and career development seminars to students, nurses, and health care professionals in the United States and abroad. Burckhardt has also given item-writing workshops to nursing school faculties.

Patricia A. Yock, BSN, RN, CRRN  is the former Director of the Practical Nursing Program at Front Range Community College, Boulder County Campus, Colorado, and continues as a consultant with the Nursing Program. She received a bachelor of science in nursing from Loyola University in Chicago. Her professional experience includes clinical nursing in varied settings from post-surgical care to comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation, and nursing education in diploma and practical nursing programs. Yock is certified in rehabilitation nursing and served as the nursing director for inpatient rehabilitation and transitional care units.

Customer Reviews

The closest thing to the actual NCLEX
Note that this book is not a comprehensive reviewer, and this book alone is not enough to help you pass the exam. This book is all about STRATEGIES... to help you get inside the mind of the NCLEX writers and help you identify what the question is really asking. A common mistake among students is "reading into the question" and applying your own interpretation, which usually makes you pick the wrong answer. This book will help correct that bad habit. There is very little in this book in the way of actual content, but the strategies it teaches are very valuable.

The actual NCLEX questions are harder than any review book I encountered, and believe me I've seen them all. This book is the closest thing you can get in terms of the level of difficulty of the actual exam.

Read this Book
I didn't pass the NCLEX the first time and that was more than a year ago. Yah, it's embarrasing. Anyways, I've tried to re-study for this test, but this is the only book that made me feel that I can pass this exam when I re-take it. It is a quick read and every time I've read a chapter, I've felt empowered. Having the nursing knowledge is not enough to pass the NCLEX, especially if it has been a long time since you were in nursing school. You need to know how this test is designed and this is the best book to describe that.

Kaplan 2010 Strategies for NCLEX
This is a strategies book with 180 questions in the book and another 180 on the CD. This is not a comprehensive review book.