During your practical nursing program，you have studied nursing theory

and gained clinical experience．Now you face the important challenge of

scoring sufficiently high in the National Council Licensure Examination to

qualify for PN/VN licensure．The objective of this book is to provide you with

a comprehensive，current，and complete review of practical nursing content．

We are pleased to offer the fourth edition of our PN／VN review book．written

to assist you to prepare for your licensure exam．I am aware of the problems

that you may encounter while preparing for these tests．Most candidates for

licensure do not know how to review the vast amount of material to which they

have been exposed during their nursing education．A key objective of this book

is to help you prepare for NCLEX—PN in the most efficient manner．

An effective preparation method is to thoroughly review the material most

11Kely to be covered on the exam and to take practice tests having similar

questions?With this program in mind，Review for NCLEX-PN is organized into

ten chapters．The outline format is designed to help you review quickly．as well

as to emphasize significant content．

1 he question and answer sections serve a dual purpose(1)to acquaint you

With the type of questions to expect on the examination and(2)to give you an

opportunity to test and improve your knowledge of nurse．patient situations．

The answers and rationale sections are intended to discourage rote memorization and to reinforce learning by demonstrating the underlying principle which

tells you why the answers are right or wrong．The selection and presentation

of content in this book are directed toward minimizing your review time and

maximizing your test results．

Acknowledgments

l wish to extend my thanks to all o f the contributing authors and to the

many other people Who helped with the development o f this book．