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Prepare for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN ® Exam (NGN) and gain the clinical judgment skills you need to manage patient care safely and effectively! Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX-RN ® Examination, 5th Edition is the first and the most popular NCLEX-RN Exam review book focused exclusively on building management-of-care clinical judgment skills. What’s more, this bestselling review is now enhanced for the NGN with new NGN-style questions! Beginning with concepts relating to prioritization, delegation, and assignment decisions, the workbook guides you through patient care scenarios and exercises progressing from simple to complex. All of the book’s questions are provided in an interactive online format on the Evolve website in tests that simulate the latest NCLEX-RN Exam. Written by a team of noted educators led by Linda A. LaCharity, this review prepares you for success on the NGN and in clinical practice like no other! Management-of-care focus addresses the emphasis on prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment in the NCLEX-RN ® Examination. Three-part organization first establishes foundational knowledge and then provides exercises with scenarios of increasing difficulty to help you build confidence in your prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment skills. Part One: Introduction provides a concise foundation and practical guidelines for making prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment decisions. Part Two: Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in Common Health Scenarios provides practice in applying the principles you’ve learned to relatively straightforward health scenarios involving single patients or simple patient assignments. Part 3: Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in Complex Health Scenarios includes unfolding cases involving patients with progressively more complicated health problems or challenging assignment issues, demonstrating the progression of typical health scenarios and helping you learn to "think like a nurse." Answer keys follow each chapter and provide the correct answer plus a detailed rationale. Practice quizzes on the Evolve website include all of the book’s questions in an interactive format that allows you to create a virtually unlimited number of practice sessions or tests in Study Mode or Exam Mode. NEW and UNIQUE! Updated question formats prepare you to succeed on the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN ® Examination (NGN) by including the latest item types and highlighting each with a distinctive icon. NEW and UNIQUE! Next-Generation NCLEX Questions chapter includes only NGN-style questions to help you focus your study time on these new question formats and optimize your chances for success on the NGN. NEW! Dozens of additional questions and answers provide more review and practice for the increasingly challenging NCLEX-RN Exam. NEW! Updated content throughout matches the latest evidence-based guidelines and treatment protocols. Prepare for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN(R) Exam (NGN) and gain the clinical judgment skills you need to manage patient care safely and effectively! Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX-RN(R) Examination, 5th Edition is the first and the most popular NCLEX-RN Exam review book focused exclusively on building management-of-care clinical judgment skills. What's more, this bestselling review is now enhanced for the NGN with new NGN-style questions! Beginning with concepts relating to prioritization, delegation, and assignment decisions, the workbook guides you through patient care scenarios and exercises progressing from simple to complex. All of the book's questions are provided in an interactive online format on the Evolve website in tests that simulate the latest NCLEX-RN Exam. Written by a team of noted educators led by Linda A. LaCharity, this review prepares you for success on the NGN and in clinical practice like no other! Management-of-care focus addresses the emphasis on prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment in the NCLEX-RN(R) Examination. Three-part organization first establishes foundational knowledge and then provides exercises with scenarios of increasing difficulty to help you build confidence in your prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment skills. Part One: Introduction provides a concise foundation and practical guidelines for making prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment decisions. Part Two: Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in Common Health Scenarios provides practice in applying the principles you've learned to relatively straightforward health scenarios involving single patients or simple patient assignments. Part 3: Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in Complex Health Scenarios includes unfolding cases involving patients with progressively more complicated health problems or challenging assignment issues, demonstrating the progression of typical health scenarios and helping you learn to think like a nurse. Answer keys follow each chapter and provide the correct answer plus a detailed rationale. Practice quizzes on the Evolve website include all of the book's questions in an interactive format that allows you to create a virtually unlimited number of practice sessions or tests in Study Mode or Exam Mode. NEW and UNIQUE! Updated question formats prepare you to succeed on the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN(R) Examination (NGN) by including the latest item types and highlighting each with a distinctive icon. NEW and UNIQUE! Next-Generation NCLEX Questions chapter includes only NGN-style questions to help you focus your study time on these new question formats and optimize your chances for success on the NGN. NEW! Dozens of additional questions and answers provide more review and practice for the increasingly challenging NCLEX-RN Exam. NEW! Updated content throughout matches the latest evidence-based guidelines and treatment protocols. Front Cover IFC Prioritization, Delegation,and Assignment Prioritization, Delegation,and Assignment Copyright Contributors and Reviewers Preface Contents 1 - Guidelines for Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment Decisions 2 - Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment in Common Health Scenarios 1 - Pain 2 - Cancer 3 - Immunologic Problems 4 - Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid- 5 - Safety and Infection Control 6 - Respiratory Problems 7 - Cardiovascular Problems 8 - Hematologic Problems 9 - Neurologic Problems 10 - Visual and Auditory Problems 11 - Musculoskeletal Problems 12 - Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Problems 13 - Diabetes Mellitus 14 - Other Endocrine Problems 15 - Integumentary Problems 16 - Renal and Urinary Problems 17 - Reproductive Problems 18 - Problems in Pregnancy and Childbearing 19 - Pediatric Problems 20 - Pharmacology 21 - Emergencies and Disasters 22 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Problems 23 - NCLEX Next Generation 3 - Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignmentin Complex Health Scenarios 1 - Chest Pressure, Indigestion, and Nausea 2 - Dyspnea and Shortness of Breath 3 - Multiple Patients on a Medical- Surgical Unit 4 - Shortness of Breath, Edema, and Decreased Urine Output 5 - Diabetic Ketoacidosis 6 - Home Health 7 - Spinal Cord Injury 8 - Multiple Patients With Adrenal Gland Disorders 9 - Multiple Patients With Gastrointestinal Problems 10 - Multiple Patients With Pain 11 - Multiple Patients With Cancer 12 - Gastrointestinal Bleeding 13 - Head and Leg Trauma and Shock 14 - Septic Shock 15 - Heart Failure 16 - Multiple Patients With Peripheral Vascular Disease 17 - Respiratory Difficulty After Surgery 18 - Long- Term Care 19 - Pediatric Patients in Clinic and Acute Care Settings 20 - Multiple Patients With Mental Health Disorders 21 - Childbearing Illustration Credits IBC Prepare for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Exam (NGN) and gain the clinical judgment skills you need to manage patient care safely and effectively! Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, 5th Edition is the first and the most popular NCLEX-RN Exam review book focused exclusively on building management-of-care clinical judgment skills. What's more, this bestselling review is now enhanced for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN (NGN) with new NGN-style questions! Beginning with concepts relating to prioritization, delegation, and assignment decisions, the workbook guides you through patient care scenarios and exercises progressing from simple to complex. All of the book's questions are provided in an interactive online format on the Evolve website in tests that simulate the latest NCLEX-RN Exam. Management-of-care focus addresses the emphasis on prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment in the NCLEX-RN® Examination. Three-part organization first establishes foundational knowledge and then provides exercises with scenarios of increasing difficulty to help you build confidence in your prioritization, delegation, and patient assignment skills.--Publisher website Enhanced for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN (NGN) with new NGN-style questions, this book focuses on building management-of-care clinical judgment skills for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Exam (NGN) and the clinical judgment skills needed to manage patient care safely "This workbook is the first and the most popular NCLEX-RN® Exam review book focused exclusively on building management-of-care clinical judgment skills"-- Provided by publisher