"Fundamentals made manageable! Assure your mastery of the fundamentals of nursing while developing your critical-thinking, clinical judgment, and test-taking skills. Over 1,200 classroom-tested, NCLEXª-style questions--including more than 440 alternate-item-format questions prepare you for success now and on the Next Gen NCLEXª. An easy-to-follow format organizes information into 25 content areas. Each question provides answers and rationales for correct and incorrect responses and strategies for how to develop your critical-thinking skills" -- Provided by publisher.

Fundamentals of critical thinking and clinical judgement -- Nursing within the context of contemporary health care -- Psychosociocultural nursing care -- Essential components of nursing care -- Basic human needs and related nursing care -- Alternate item formats -- Comprehensive final book examination.