Developing Clinical Judgment for Professional Nursing Practice and NGN Readiness - E-Book: Developing Clinical Judgment for Professional Nursing Practice and NGN Readiness - E-Book, Edition 2
About this ebook
- Emphasis on clinical judgment skills helps you prepare for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Examination (NGN) through practical thinking exercises in which you apply the cognitive skills delineated in the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM) to realistic case studies.
- Comprehensive collection of clinical reasoning exercises allows you to answer questions ranging from basic to more complex, each based on a challenging client situation.
- Evolve website offers the opportunity to answer questions in an interactive format for a realistic test-taking experience with automated scoring and remediation.
- Answer key at the end of the book includes detailed rationales and references for each question.
- Questions organized into six parts address all core clinical areas, guiding you through the entire NGN test plan.
- NEW! Completely new organization by core content areas divides the book into these parts: medical-surgical, psychiatric-mental health, pediatric, maternal-newborn, and critical care.
- NEW! Four new chapters and expanded content throughout address all 14 item types for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN) with unfolding case studies and standalone thinking exercises.
- NEW! Fully updated content also reflects the latest NCLEX-RN® test plan, the most current evidence-based practice, and the latest national and international guidelines.
- NEW! Item types for the NGN include the new "bowtie" items, preparing you for the types of questions encountered on the NGN.
- NEW! All-new practice questions provide more robust preparation for the NGN.
- NEW! Integration of pharmacology exercises is provided in all core chapters, and all pharmacology questions are highlighted with a distinctive icon.
- NEW! Medical record illustrations show client information for thinking exercises in case studies.
About the author
Donna Ignatavicius is nationally recognized as an expert in nursing education and medical-surgical/gerontological nursing and has a wealth of experiences as a nurse educator, clinical nurse specialist, and administrator for over 40 years. Currently, she provides curriculum consultation and presentations for nursing faculty on topics such as concept-based curriculum, assessment of learning methods, and active learning strategies through her consulting company, DI Associates, Inc. Additionally, she is the primary author of numerous articles and books, including Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Interprofessional Collaborative Care, 11th ed. (2024) and her new student workbooks, Developing Clinical Judgment for Professional Nursing and the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Examination and Developing Clinical Judgment for Practical/Vocational Nursing and the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN® Examination. In 2007 she was inducted as a fellow into the prestigious Academy of Nursing Education (ANEF) for her national contribution to the field of nursing education. In 2016 she obtained her Certified Nurse Educator® (CNE) credential; in 2020 she obtained her Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (CNEcl) credential.
