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Saunders 2020-2021 Strategies for
Test Success
Passing Nursing School and the
NCLEX® Exam
SIXTH EDITION
Linda Anne Silvestri, PhD, RN
Adjunct Professor of Nursing, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode
Island
President, Nursing Reviews, Inc. and Professional Nursing, Seminars, Inc.,
Henderson, Nevada
Elsevier Consultant, HESI NCLEX-RN® and NCLEX-PN® Live Review
Courses
Angela E. Silvestri, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC,
CNE
Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada

Part I. Study and Test Preparation
Chapter 1. Preparing for Nursing Examinations
When and Why Are Nursing Exams Administered?
The Beginning Nursing Student: What Should You Think About?
What Can You Expect on Nursing Exams?
Your Course Syllabus: Why Is It Important?
How Can You Best Use Your Textbook to Get Ready for
a Nursing Exam?
Classroom Notes: How Can You Best Use Them?
Study Guides
Study Groups
Standardized Testing: Why Is It So Important?
Chapter 2. Developing Study Skills
What Are Good Study Skills?
How Do You Identify and Plan Your Study Times?
What Study Habits Do You Need to Develop?
What Study Skills Are Important?
When Should You Start to Study for an Exam?
Will a Study Group Work for You?

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Chapter 3. Reducing Test Anxiety
What Is Test Anxiety?
How Can You Know If You Have Test Anxiety?
What Causes Test Anxiety?
What Will Help Prevent Test Anxiety?
What Can You Do When You Are Experiencing Test Anxiety?
What Is Positive Pampering and Why Is It Important?
What Should You Do the Night Before the Exam?
How Can You Control Your Test Anxiety Before the Exam?
How Can You Control Your Test Anxiety During the Exam?
That Positive Attitude: How Can You Maintain It?
Chapter 4. NCLEX® Preparation
Where Does Preparation Begin?
The NCLEX Test Plan: Why Is It So Important?
What Are the Steps for Preparing?
Part II. Strategies for Success
Chapter 5. Alternate Item Formats
Introduction
What Is an Alternate Item Format?

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What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering Fill-in-the-
Blank Questions?
What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering Multiple
Response Questions?
What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering
Prioritizing (Ordered Response) Questions?
What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering
Figure/Illustration Questions?
What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering
Chart/Exhibit Questions?
What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering Graphic
Item Option Questions?
What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering Audio or
Video Questions?
What Test-Taking Strategies Are Helpful for Answering Testlet
(Case Study) Questions?
Chapter 6. How to Avoid “Reading Into the Question”
Clinical Reasoning/Clinical Judgment
Ingredients of a Question
Strategic Words or Strategic Phrases
The Subject of the Question
Using Nursing Knowledge and the Process of Elimination

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Chapter 7. Positive and Negative Event Queries
Positive Event Queries
Negative Event Queries
Chapter 8. Questions Requiring Prioritization
Prioritizing
Priority Classification System
Strategic Words or Strategic Phrases
The ABCs
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory
Nursing Process (Clinical Problem-Solving Process)
Chapter 9. Leading and Managing, Delegating, and Assignment-
Making Questions
Delegation and Assignment-Making
Time Management
Chapter 10. Communication Questions
How Are Communication Concepts Tested in a Question?
What Guidelines Can Be Used to Answer Communication
Questions?
Communication Techniques

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Why Are Cultural Considerations Important?
Other Cultural Considerations
Sample Communication Questions
Chapter 11. Pharmacology, Medication, and Intravenous Calculation
Questions
Pharmacology: General Guidelines to Follow
Pharmacology: Assessment/Data Collection Guidelines
Pharmacology: Assessment/Data Collection Guidelines to Follow
Medication Effects
Medication Names
Medication Classifications
Commonalities in Medication Names
What Strategies Will Help When Answering Medication and
Intravenous Calculation Questions?
Chapter 12. Additional Pyramid Strategies
Eliminating Options That Contain Closed-Ended Words: How Will
This Help?
Eliminating Options That Contain Medical Rather Than Nursing
Interventions: How Will This Help?
Eliminating Comparable or Alike Options: How Will This Help?
Ensuring That All Parts of an Option Are Correct: How Will This

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Help?
Selecting the Umbrella Option: How Will This Help?
What Strategies Will Help When Answering Questions Related to
Laboratory Values?
Visualizing the Information in the Case Event, Question Query,
and Options: How Will This Help?
Looking for Concepts in the Question That Are Comparable or
Alike to a Concept in One of the Options: How Will This Help?
What Strategies Will Help When Answering Questions Related to
Client Positioning?
What Strategies Will Help When Answering Questions Related to
Therapeutic Diets?
What Strategies Will Help When Answering Questions Related to
Disasters?
Part III. Practice Tests
Chapter 13. Foundations of Care Questions
Chapter 14. Adult Health Questions
Chapter 15. Mental Health Questions
Chapter 16. Maternity Questions
Chapter 17. Pediatric Questions

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Quick Reference Guide to
Strategies
Alternate Item Formats, p. 32
How to Avoid “Reading into the Question,” p. 44
Clinical Reasoning, p. 44
Ingredients of a Question, p. 44; Also Refer to Inside
Back Cover of This Book
Words or Strategic Phrases, p. 48
Noting the Subject of the Question, p. 49; Also Refer to
Last Page of This Book
Using Nursing Knowledge and the Process of
Elimination, p. 50
Determining If an Abnormality Exists, p. 51
Focusing on the Client of the Question, p. 53
Considering All Available Resources, p. 53
Positive and Negative Event Queries, p. 57
Questions Requiring Prioritization, p. 66; Also Refer to Inside
Back Cover of This Book
Strategic Words or Strategic Phrases, p. 69
The ABCs–Airway—Breathing—Circulation, p. 71
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory, p. 72
The Steps of the Nursing Process (Clinical Problem-
Solving Process), p. 75
Leading and Managing, Delegating, and Assignment-Making
Questions, p. 82
Time Management, p. 90
Communication Questions, p. 92
Cultural Considerations, p. 96

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Saunders 2020–2021 Strategies for Test Success, Sixth Edition ISBN:
978-0-323-58194-3
Copyright © 2020 by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Notices
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