2024-2025 Saunders Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies

Linda Anne Silvestri has provided decades of nursing education and leadership that has directly impacted the growing and needed nursing workforce. Her research focused on a holistic investigation of predictors leading to success on the licensure examination. Her findings, published in the Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, led to significant contributions, filling a critical need in NCLEX® preparation. Linda's vision was to provide a holistic educational approach to ensure overall well-being in test anxiety and self-efficacy, and success on the NCLEX®. As a leader in providing global NCLEX® preparation resources published by Elsevier, she strives for excellence in publication quality, based on the discovery of new knowledge in nursing, standards of care, and research-based studies. Her published resources ensure nursing graduates' ability to make sound clinical judgments as they serve the public and the nursing profession. Linda is also a Next Generation NCLEX® Subject Matter Expert and Consultant for Elsevier. Assistant Professor Angela Silvestri at Touro University Nevada-School of Nursing.

• PART I Study and Test Preparation1 Clinical Judgment and Nursing Examinations2 Developing Study Skills3 Reducing Test Anxiety4 NCLEX® PreparationPART II Strategies for Success5 Alternate Item Formats and Next Generation NCLEX® Item Types6 How to Avoid "Reading into the Question,”7 Positive and Negative Event Queries8 Questions Requiring Prioritization9 Leading and Managing, Delegating, and Assignment-Making Questions10 Communication Questions11 Pharmacology, Medication, and Intravenous Calculation Questions12 Additional Pyramid StrategiesPART III Practice Tests13 Foundations of Care Questions14 Adult Health Questions15 Mental Health Questions16 Maternity Questions17 Pediatric Questions18 Pharmacology Questions19 Delegating/Prioritizing Questions20 Leadership/Management QuestionsReferences and BibliographyIndex